Gazprom's six-month profit fell by 88%. The company produced $3.1B in net profit for January-June 2023, while for the same period last year, the figure was $26.3B. (UBN)

Lieven is a Kremlin shill. The large majority of Russians would not say anything if Russia left Ukraine entirely. They would not challenge Putin even if Ukraine liberated Crimea. The idea that there's some domestic constraint on Russian policy in Ukraine is nonsense.

Putin's propagandists not only blamed Anglo-Saxons for Prigozhin's death, but preemptively accused them of scheming to kill Surovikin. The warning was so controversial, Vladimir Solovyov's producers cut it out of the broadcast. My latest for @CEPA: cepa.org/article/who-as…

Sanctions work.

Residents of Moscow were asked whether anything has changed in their lives in the year and a half of the "special military operation". Most of them live in denial. One woman said she was afraid her son would be drafted but would still like for him to serve in the army "to

After Kadyrov's mother appeared on the US sanctions lists, he moved on to direct threats: "Well, this only unties our hands. If the States have legitimized such criminal methods for themselves, then we will not limit ourselves by any boundaries. The first and second Chechen

1/ Men over 50, many with serious illnesses, are being forced to serve in the 'Donetsk People's Republic' armed forces despite this being illegal and in defiance of legal rulings and orders. "We turned out to be third-class people without rights", says one relative. ⬇️

I’m genuinely puzzled how many times the Kremlin has to say that this is an imperial war of conquest before some people begin to accept it. It wasn’t NATO, it wasn’t Nazis, it wasn’t security, it wasn’t preservation of Russia. It was always, always, about conquest and control.

This. Also how many times the Kremlin has to say that Ukr state/nation should be destroyed and rest of population re-educated before people stop going: "maybe Ru will be happy w keeping Crimea and Donbas". Ru *had* Crimea and Donbas in Feb 2022! They want ALL OF UKRAINE.

"I do not want my picture in your offices. The president is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids’ photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision." Zelensky (2019)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented that he is ready to run for reelection should presidential elections take place in 2024. english.nv.ua/nation/zelensk…

What is the Three Seas Initiative? Launched in 2016, it is one of the most ambitious geopolitical projects of our time: Its goal is to help transform Central and Eastern Europe, with 12 EU states cooperating on work in energy, transport and communications infrastructures.

e·lec·tile dys·func·tion (noun): the inability of a presidential candidate to generate excitement, support, and/or attention for their candidacy and campaign.

This!

Russian anti-aircraft guns firing into the skies over Pskov - an unidentified object traveling at altitude of 1,000 meters and speed of 120 km/h seen over the city’s Kresti District, next to airport/airbase. Fighter scrambled, but object “disappeared as quickly as it appeared.”

NASA has released a Set of Images showing the Crash Site of the Luna-25 Moon Lander of the Russian Space Corporation, Roscosmos which Crashed on the South Pole of the Moon after an Engine Failure on August 19th.

Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations in western #Zaporizhia Oblast and reportedly advanced on August 31. Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces have advanced closer to the western outskirts of #Verbove and near #Robotyne.🧵 isw.pub/UkrWar083123

Liz Cheney: "I’m going to make sure Donald Trump...is not the nominee. And if he is the nominee, I won’t be a Republican.” #TBT

Air raid alerts in south-central Ukraine due to probable launch of Kalibr cruise missiles from Russian warships in the Black Sea.

Propagandist Vladimir Solovyov called Tucker Carlson "a dead man walking" and said that "he signed his own death warrant" by expressing his desire to interview Vladimir Putin. This and more in my latest article, linked below ⤵️ youtu.be/D3dEKE1D878