Ksenia Karelina, a U.S.-Russian citizen who was sentenced to 12 yrs in prison, for a small donation to a Ukrainian humanitarian NGO, has been released in a prisoner swap, WSJ reports wsj.com/world/russia/u…

Sumy 💔 24 people killed, including one child. 84 people injured, including seven children. The Russian missile was a cluster one to maximize the damage. The most victims were in the trolleybus.

Journalism is not a crime themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/15/rus…

You would be surprised but this is a major problem now. Russia budget is crying a river now due to strong ruble/lower oil price combo. So either oil prices have to go up or ruble has to go down

⚡️⚡️ Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine that will begin Saturday at 6:00 p.m. Moscow time and last until midnight on Sunday. themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/19/vla…

NEW: The Kremlin is scouring for incentives it believes can catch — and hold — Donald Trump’s attention, ranging from rare earths deals and geopolitical leverage in Iran and North Korea to a long-dreamed-of Trump Tower in Moscow. козлов reports: themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/21/tru…

2/ The Moscow Times reported that the Kremlin is attempting to use economic incentives to sway US-Russian talks about the war in Ukraine, as the Kremlin is not sincerely interested in Trump's efforts to end the war. ISW cannot independently verify Kremlin sources' statements, but

That’ll be enough for like half an iPhone

State propaganda glorifies the image of a military wife waiting for her husband at the front. Beneath the surface, these women face a complex reality. themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/22/pub…

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JD Vance: "there's a very big gulf between what the Russians want and what the Ukrainians want" It should have not taken 100 days to arrive at this

NEW: Vladimir Putin has no intention of accepting Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer to meet in Istanbul, sources in the Russian government, the Foreign Ministry and close to the Kremlin have told MT. козлов reports: themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/14/beh…

Me betting an ice cream that Putin will not go to Turkey tomorrow

“There’s absolutely no indication, from what we can see on the ground, that there will be a sudden stop in the fighting in the next week or two — or even the next month or two,” said a Russian serviceman currently stationed on the front line. themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/15/wha…

Are we going to talk about how it hasn’t rained in the Netherlands in like three months?

Someone’s been listening to The Rest Is History