'After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears; after they sent electric shocks up his genitals; after they wacked him with pipes and truncheons, the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith. 'When did you become a Baptist?''
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After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith. “When did you become a Baptist? When did you become an American spy?”…on how Russia’s war against evangelicals is a war against America time.com/6969273/russia…

Russia's war on evangelical Christians - stunning reporting from peter pomerantsev.
'By hurting those who practice an “American” religion,' he writes, 'the Kremlin can claim it is striking against American power—while picking on the powerless.'
time.com/6969273/russia…

Prof.Timothy Snyder shuts down Marjorie Taylor Greene after raising the slur of 'nazis in Ukraine' (spoiler: it's russians, it's always russians)

Before the dawn, the darkest hour 🇺🇦

I remain a master strategist.

✚ Oksii ✚ Self Defence is NOT escalation
#russiaisaterroriststate

Olena Halushka

Every country and every alliance has targetable vulnerabilities. The authoritarian quad of Iran, Russia, China and NK is no different. A good piece from ⁦War on the Rocks⁩ warontherocks.com/2024/04/the-ax…

Your daily reminder that #RussiaInvadedUkraine & is illegally occupying Crimea, Donbas & other parts of Ukraine. Day 3712 of Putler's war in Ukraine. As the House votes on aid for Ukraine, I'm sure there's one who won't sleep very well at night any more. #ArmUkraineNOW

Russian culture means erasing entire blocks of high-rise residential buildings. Vovchansk, Kharkiv region
Photo: Oleh Syniehubov

The 6yo boy who survived a russian attack yesterday is now orphaned. Invaders took the lives of his mom, granny, older sister, & brother in one assault. His dad passed away last year. Entire families are disappearing because russian savage terrorism goes unchecked--it's beyond me

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
19th century vs 21 century
ℹ️TDF media

On the day Congress is preparing, finally, to vote on aid for Ukraine, read Nataliya Gumenyuk on how Ukraine's democracy is adjusting to a state of permanent war foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/brave-…

well, we’ve been aware for quite a while (say, 2-3 years) that the US intelligence has been terrified by what they know. They share their feelings with everyone who listens. Hard to imagine they conceale their knowledge from those who are obliged to listen

Five years ago, when we made our film ‘Russia: The Empire Strikes Back’, we were told “Russia’s idea is to be the grand spoiler in the world.” Who knew then what 2022 would bring. Camera Matthew Goddard Producer Will Vernon

WarTranslated (Dmitri) Kamil Galeev have done threads explaining Russian prison culture.
twitter.com/kamilkazani/st…

Traditional russian values in action, again. 🙄

#RussianTraditionalValues #RussianWorld #Putinistan

#NAFO is the Streisand Effect on Russian imperialism.