Georgia’s Interior Ministry has issued directives to the organizers of the next weekly march in Tbilisi, which typically draws thousands of protesters. According to the notice, protesters must (a) stay strictly on the sidewalk and (b) not obstruct pedestrian movement, which seems impossible.

Would this make an excellent target practise for flamingos🦩?

Fully agree. Ruzzkies go home!

Something too few people understand: Russia can fail to achieve its strategic objectives in Ukraine and lose as a result, yet still remain a major threat to the rest of Europe

The threat to German auto producers isn't from Chinese cars flooding Germany. It's from Chinese cars flooding to emerging markets (red), where they're killing the market for German cars. That's not something EU tariffs on China are going to be able to fix... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-inv...

One thing I do regret about 2025 is how many nonsense meetings I had to sit through about how China is becoming the world's "green" super power. Two-thirds of electricity generation in China is from thermal power plants (blue). That's coal. Give me a break. robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-ele...

While we argue amongst ourselves, those that start the arguments are sharpening their blades.

These declassified exchanges between Prez and W Bush in which I completely deny Ukraine's existence just prove the West provoked Russia by claiming it does.

Another instance of Russia lying. 🤥 They still list the frozen central bank assets as 741 bn U.S. dollars, as if they have access to them. In reality, the amount is less than half based on what’s frozen. The rest is in gold and yuan, which are not freely convertible and have problems of their own

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄❄️🎅 Cartoon from the Toronto Star newspaper 2022.

> The plant is operated by Gazprom and is one of the world's largest gas chemical complexes, processing gas from the unique Orenburg field and Kazakhstan's Karachaganak field, producing purified gas, sulfur, LPG, and condensate. The facility is around 1,200 km (750 miles) from the current frontline.

😂 😂 😂 newsthump.com/2025/12/22/d...

🔥 La Russia non cambierà finché non sarà sconfitta. Kasparov: solo la vittoria dell'Ucraina a Sebastopoli può porre fine alla malattia imperiale. La sconfitta è la terapia. 🇺🇦

Unfortunately, this was to be expected due to sanctions being not enforced. 🤮

👀 Special Flight Detachment “russia” Number of technical failures in Q3 2025 Aircraft type Total failures In-flight failures Il-96-300 139 34 Tu-214 77 11 ... Total 319 55

Mitglieder von Union, AfD und wohl auch SPD, gründen ihrer Aussage dem Vorbild Turning Point USA folgend, also einer rechtskultistischen MAGA-Bewegung, den Verein Wendepunkt Deutschland. SPD und Union wollen mit den Mitgliedern sprechen, was mehr ihre Hilf- und Tatenlosigkeit, denn Abgrenzung atmet.

#EvgenIstrebin 🇺🇦 Between December 1 and 24, cash outflow from 🇷🇺 Russian banks amounted to 529 billion rubles. Russia's main problem is the trend of cash outflow, which has been ongoing for seven months since June 1.

Merry Christmas! 😍

Russian officials say a convoy was struck by drones in Belgorod region near Grushevka, killing a deputy district head from Dagestan, Magomednabi Gadzhiev, and two others, with a fourth wounded. Moscow claims the "humanitarian" convoy carried food, tools and letters “for Russian troops.”

Europe’s strategy has been to buy time by appeasing Trump, and we need to continue because Trump is dumb enough to fall for it. However, this cannot be our only strategy. Bullies go harder on you if you never say no, and Trump is a weak bully who even backs down when facing no

Local authorities report a successful attack on the port in Temryuk, Krasnodar Krai, with two tanks on fire. NASAs satellites have also confirmed a fire in the port area. #russianLosses #UkraineNews

The main route of the Russian shadow fleet goes through the Suez canal.

Overnight on 25 December, Russia launched 131 attack drones (Shahed, Herber, and others) toward Ukraine from multiple directions. As of 08:30, 106 UAVs were shot down or suppressed, and 22 strikes were recorded at 15 locations across northern, southern, and eastern Ukraine.

Pure cinema. No notes. 12/10. Three thumbs up.

>> Out of the usual categories linked to military production, ammunition saw a 1,3% decrease, guidance systems grew by just 9% and military vehicles by only 6,4% suggesting again that the growth potential seems to have been used up. 2/4

Oh look, how seriously Russia takes private property! 🤡

‼️ Russia: “Roscosmos has promised to build a power plant on the Moon within 11 years.” Russia can’t build a power plant in Russia today ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/24/r...

Today’s estimated Ruzzian losses

‼️Russia: “Construction of a new railway in the Arctic has been postponed due to a lack of funds.” 🍿 I’m not surprised ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/24/r...

A bit unclear when this happened. Other sites suggest 'during the night Dec 21/22'... Good hit anyway. 😍

JD Vance has declared that France and the United Kingdom having nuclear weapons is a security threat to the United States. Russia and MAGA want every remaining democracy in the world to be weakened and defenseless.

“Unexpectedly” fell for “the first time since February.” Unexpectedly for whom?

Cars will become luxury goods again. Soviet Union 2.0 😂

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Putin signed a decree extending the time to sell ExxonMobil's unclaimed share in the oil and gas project Sakhalin-1 till January 1st 2027. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8316334

‼️ Russia: “"This technology cannot be curbed." The State Duma complained about the inability to block VPNs for Russians.” LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL They got Rock & Roll smuggled in on X-rays during the USSR, why do they think they can stop the modern equivalent? ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/25/e...

Moscow will continue to import migrants, according to Sobyanin. Currently, migrants account for 5-6% of the capital's GDP, if they were removed, there would be a "huge spiral of inflation," the mayor explained. "It would be better if we could do without these filthy migrants. 1/2

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Revenues: 34,383.4 billion rubles (+50.8 bn rubles) Expenses: 40,344.3 bn rubles (+228.5 bn rubles) Total deficit: 5.960 trillion rubles❗️ Russia’s budget deficit currently exceeds the Ministry of Finance’s plan by 200 billion rubles. And they haven’t yet paid advance expenses for next year 🍿

The sooner the EU rips off the bandaid and starts building an Open Source Eurostack to compete with US Tech Bros, the better it will be for the world.

I am an ex-catholic but I do support this appeal!

If you show weakness in today's world, this comes back to haunt you. The EU last week could have used Russia's frozen reserves to fund Ukraine. It didn't. If you don't want to get pushed around on the global stage, you have to be willing to do tough stuff... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/a-dark-day...

What clownery 🤡. The name 'Russia' is literally derived from the Scandinavian or Viking Rus. In the 9th and 10th century the Rus travelled and traded eastward and founded the early Eastern European state, the Kyivan Rus, which gave its name to Russia.

Gotta hand it to him for actually showing up and not just sending his people.

We will never be able to match the sacrifice of the Ukrainian people. But we will support their fight for survival for as long as it takes. Because Ukraine’s security is our security.

Sounds like all is well in Mordor. 😎

Good riddance.

🔥 Saratov, a fire at the Kreking refinery, an emergency situation has been declared