‼️ Russia: “Garry Kasparov has been arrested in absentia for inciting terrorism.” Russia doing Russia things www.interfax.ru/russia/1064652

‼️ Russia: “Volodin promised that the State Duma will do everything possible to reduce the Central Bank rate to 9% in 2026.” www.interfax.ru/russia/1064680

‼️ Russia: “Russia's financial assistance in 2026 will not exceed 30% of Abkhazia's total income.” Once again… As Russia weakens its ability to control/influence these areas that Russia considers its “sphere of influence” we be reduced. www.interfax.ru/world/1064697

‼️ Russia: “Seed imports to Russia in 2025 fell by a third, to 18.5 thousand tons.” www.interfax.ru/russia/1064740

‼️ Russia: “The Russian government will consider preferential loans for businesses in difficult conditions.” AND “Additional funds are planned to be allocated from the reserve fund. The amount is not specified.” The NWF is running low, as is the Kremlin’s revenue 🍿 www.interfax.ru/russia/1064764

“Kate Middleton's new wax figure has been compared to SpongeBob SquarePants.” Points? www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

Meanwhile in Russia… “A Dagestani Special Military Forces soldier, declared dead, returned home to find his wife with another man” Wait for it…. www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

Meanwhile in Russian Media… “Subtlety and perfection: Maria Zakharova celebrates her anniversary” Is this a joke? www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

‼️ “The Libyan army's chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, died in a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey's capital Ankara” It was a Dassault Falcon 50-type jet www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Meanwhile in Russian Media… “Epstein's safe contains Russian rubles” www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

Meanwhile in Russian Media… “Russians were told that on December 24, Nikon's Day, they are not allowed to take out the trash.” *sigh* ok…what else www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

I was in…Serbian news? Did not expect that 😃 informer.rs/planeta/vest...

🇫🇮 Reindeer: Santa knows if you’ve been naughty, and he knows where you live…

‼️ The OFZ Federal Bond Thread 2025: Russia’s Race to Secure a Loan Q4 Auction Day 11 of 12

‼️ Russia: “Authorities have failed to find funds for the construction of nearly 1,500 civil courts.” Wars are expensive ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/23/v...

‼️ Russia: “A record number of Russians in three years have complained of a deterioration in their financial situation.” 👉 IT WILL GET WORSE ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/23/r...

‼️ Russia: “The head of the "oligarchs' union" said he dreams of the dollar rising to 95 rubles.” 👉 Alexander Shokhin, head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/23/g...

Look at the exchange rate 😂 cbr.ru/eng/

Helpful tips to reach this Banking liquidity data quickly on your own Go the Russian Central Bank website and click “All Indicators” cbr.ru/eng/

Here are the results of today’s REPO auction. What is notable is the massive demand. 👉 6.4 Trillion Rubles Don’t get me wrong, 3.63 Trillion allotted is still big, but it’s not that more than they had been allotting. cbr.ru/eng/hd_base/...

‼️ Russia: “The government has begun preparing for a banking crisis in Russia.” 🍿 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/23/p...

Meanwhile in Russia… “A resident of the Kirov region was sentenced to six months' suspended imprisonment for a public comment on social media deemed insulting to the memory of fallen participants in a special military operation.” www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

Meanwhile in Russian Media… “Russians were told that on December 23, Minin's Day, they should not go to bed late.” Let’s see the list of things they’re not supposed to do… www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

Meanwhile in Russia… “Pine mites are attacking Russian homes after crawling out of their fir trees.” 🌲: MUAHAHAHAHA www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

‼️ Russia: “The number of mining farms in Russia has jumped by more than 40%.” Cryptoi-mining, and much of it is illegal. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/22/v...

‼️ Russia: “An electric train caught fire at the Elektrogorsk station in the Moscow region.” 👉 “After a short circuit, an overhead contact wire fell onto the car, causing the equipment to overheat and ignite.” www.kommersant.ru/doc/8313677

Meanwhile in Russia… “A teenager had his skull fractured by a xylophone at a patriotic camp on Sakhalin.” That has got to be a brand new sentence. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8313716

A sinkhole in Moscow! ✅ Sinkhole ❌ St. Petersburg No points www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314121

‼️ Russia: “The Ministry of Finance stated that monitoring the exit of foreign businesses from Russia is effective.” Interesting how none that left want to return, and some weren’t even allowed to leave. Just ask Carlsberg Brewing 🇷🇺: *yoink* www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314173

‼️ Russia: “Krasnov called for strengthening public trust in the judiciary.” Says the guy that was in charge of nationalization a bunch of stuff. He was Captain *Yoink* www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314202

Meanwhile in Russia… “"Agricultural science is a driver of sovereignty and security"” Those that know… www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314088

‼️ Russia: “The Ministry of Justice has proposed giving commanders the right to certify transactions on behalf of military wives.” 🇷🇺: What could possibly go wrong? www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314375

‼️ Russia: “The former Moscow Region trade minister received a suspended sentence for attacking his ex-wife with an axe.” One year probation. He broke her wrist. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314404

Meanwhile in Russian… “Frugal chic” 🇷🇺: Yes comrade! Saving is fashionable now! Having large families should also be fashionable! www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314115

Does this qualify as a “magnetic storm”? www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314385

‼️ Russia: “Pawnshop profits in Russia increased by 54% in nine months.” I think a lot of are thinking about that same old news story about Russian pawn shops… 😬 www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314407

‼️Russia: “According to data from the National Bureau of Credit Histories, express loans, which consumers can apply for when making purchases at retail outlets, known as POS loans, are approved for only one in ten clients.” www.kommersant.ru/doc/8314587

‼️Russia: Kommersant put out an article today on the “first yuan-denominated OFZs on the Moscow Exchange.” We’ve talked a little bit before about these. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8292918

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“Trump-Class” Battleship 🤦‍♀️ Trump & “class” do no go together www.youtube.com/live/vj6wNub...

I took a quick look at what the coupon payments & repayments may be in 2026. Same rules as the normal forecast occurs. I’ve accounted for expenses already accrued. I also assumed a key rate 16% for the year. Then…

The electronic budget system shows a 5.56 trillion ruble deficit as of 19 December 2025

I have four human males in my house. All of them are still drawn to this.

This keeps reminding me of Forky…

Repeat after me: You’re never too old to die under mysterious circumstances

Meanwhile in Russian Media… 🇷🇺: Maybe I don’t want Western Companies to return! 😡 www.mk.ru/economics/20...

Meanwhile in Russia… “a psychologist-numerologist” www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

Meanwhile in Russia… “A courtyard in Novosibirsk was flooded with green boiling water.” 🇷🇺: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! www.mk.ru/incident/202...

Meanwhile in Russian Media… “A psychologist gave advice to those who were fired or laid off before the New Year.” www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

Meanwhile in Russia… “69-year-old influential businessman Viktor Averin, said to be one of the founders of the Solntsevskaya organized crime group, died on Saturday in Mytishchi.” 🇷🇺: He drowned www.mk.ru/incident/202...