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    17 Dec 2017

    If anybody is interested in my journalism from before I came to Russia, I have posted a very small selection on a blog. It's in response to more smears from US state media.

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  2. 47 minutes ago

    This, however, is something new. And might be significant. If he keeps it up for a sustained period. Between them, & have as much reach as prime time Vladimir Soloviev. And that could, theoretically, be huge, if harnessed.

    One of Russia’s top rap stars, , joined the anti-Kremlin rally today for the first time. A significant shift given that the size of his social media audience alone is on par with govt-funded TV channels
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  3. 51 minutes ago

    Over eight years ago. Time moves on, but the predictions, slogans, etc. don't really change.

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  4. 53 minutes ago

    And 2013, 2012 and 2011.

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  5. 53 minutes ago

    "Putin is a thief." Moscow opposition protest Groundhog Day. 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2014 editions.

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    1 hour ago

    Approved protest follows two unsanctioned rallies

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  7. Retweeted
    12 hours ago

    Russia/Ukraine population ratio fell from less than 3:1 to almost 5:1 since 1992. It is ironic that Ukrainian independence has been worse for Ukraine’s population balance vis-a-vis Russia than anything that Lazar Kaganovich and the Nazis did.

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  8. 2 hours ago

    Tiger cub, not kitten. 🥵

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  9. 14 hours ago

    Khabarovsk, Russia: a player from the local club testing his skills with an Amur Tiger kitten. Images of the big cats are everywhere in the Far Eastern city. Nevertheless, it's still a little unusual to find a live one in a hockey dressing room.

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    Арена "Амура" называется не просто так. (🎥 )
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    18 hours ago

    "Putin, 46, appeared to have a strong chance for confirmation as prime minister — but the likelihood of his actually being elected Yeltsin's successor seems remote." Brian Whitmore in "Moscow Times", 10 August 1999.

    пре 20 година Владимир Путин по први пут именован је за премијера Руске Федерације. Текст од 10.08.1999; из архиве …
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  11. Aug 9

    Here's an example of why is so popular in Russia. Notably, the NATO aligned lobby group doesn't seem to have a view on whether "Turkstream" (opened last year) is a "weapon." (Atlantic Council gets a lot of money from Turkish donors).

    🇷🇺 "Nord Stream 2 is not a natural gas pipeline. It’s a weapon, in the form of an underwater pipeline, that will give President Vladimir Putin the power to plunge the Soviet Union’s former satellites and republics in Europe into darkness or recession.”
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  12. Aug 9

    "Spread of terrorism (could be blocked) by renunciation of using terrorists for geopolitical purposes by a well-known group of countries led by the US. (Russia's priority is) the formation of a truly universal anti-terrorism coalition under the auspices of the ," says

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  13. Aug 9

    Russia's Foreign Ministry has asked the US to abandon "the use of terrorists for geopolitical purposes" in the Middle East. It's in response to this week's Pentagon report on the situation in Iraq & Syria.

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  14. Aug 9

    Meanwhile, claims "made a direct appeal to people to attend unauthorised protests (in Moscow)." (). The German state broadcaster denies the allegations

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  15. Aug 9

    Presumably, the move is aimed at framing the recent Moscow protests as a Western-backed conspiracy. Of course, Atlantic Council's endless stream of anti-Russian messaging, and the sheer bizarreness of "Free Russia Forum" makes such a task easier.

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  16. Aug 9

    Two weeks ago, was deemed "undesirable" in Russia. Now, Prosecutor General's office accuses it (alongside "World Congress of Ukrainians” & "Free Russia Forum") of "interfering in Russian internal affairs & influencing election results."

    The NATO-aligned "think tank" has been declared an "undesirable organisation" in Russia. The Prosecutor General deems it "a threat to... the security of the Russian Federation."
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  17. Aug 9

    Bad news for London? Russia's finance minister wants more tax revenue from "oligarchs." He proposes to reduce the criteria for tax residence from 183 to 90 days a year. And also penalise those who have their "center of vital interests" in Russia.

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  18. Aug 9

    Putin's two decades effectively running the show in Moscow compares to Josef Stalin's 30 years, & Leonid Brezhnev's 18 in the Kremlin. Mikhail Gorbachev had only six. He's the longest serving Russian-born leader of the post-Tsar era. Stalin was Georgian & Brezhnev Ukrainian.

    Twenty years ago today, the guy on the left was appointed as Russian Prime Minister. He was the 5th holder of the office in 17 months in a crisis-ridden country. Today, no Russian under 25 remembers a time when Putin…
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  19. Aug 9

    I can’t imagine Vladimír Putin, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, or any European leader (even Boris Johnson) visiting the area of a tragedy, then releasing video of themselves being deluged with fawning applause, accompanied by uplifting music. This is crazy.

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    My time spent in Dayton and El Paso with some of the greatest people on earth. Thank you for a job well done!
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  20. Aug 9

    Btw, sorry, I preemptively tweeted this yesterday. Putin was first made PM on 9th August 1999. His second stint began on 8th August 2008. I got them mixed up. 🤫🤭😬🤢

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  21. Aug 9

    Twenty years ago today, the guy on the left was appointed as Russian Prime Minister. He was the 5th holder of the office in 17 months in a crisis-ridden country. Today, no Russian under 25 remembers a time when Putin wasn’t either President or Prime Minister.

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