Russia

Sergey Lavrov

Границы России нигде не заканчивается - Russia’s borders end nowhere

[1] вернём границы 1945 года! Let’s bring back the borders of 1945!

“ Russia is not squeaky clean. Russia is what it is. And we are not ashamed of showing who we are.

— Sergey Lavrov, Lavrov: Russia is not squeaky clean and not ashamed, 17 June 2022

russia[6] is a KGB-run dictatorship[7], expansionist colonial empire, and state sponsor of terrorism[8][9].

It is the legal successor of the USSR (the evil empire) and its ruling ideology is referred to as Kremlinism. Its supporters are referred to as vatniks, tankies, and Kremlintarians. Its victims are referred to as russophobes.

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Its ruler is traditionnaly referred to as “tsar” (or “czar”, from latin Caesar). The current tsar is KGB lieutenant-colonel Vladmir Putin, possibly the richest man in the world through sheer corruption [10].

Continuity with USSR

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worth it.

• GrandTurion, Russia = Soviet Union 🧵 (thread) (pdf)

Corruption

• https://twitter.com/WeLoveNATO/status/1595169231582203920

Ideology

“ Long time observers may be confused why Russia so readily embraces the most obviously conflicted ideologies.

Ideologies are just costumes for Russia. Underlying everything is a religious belief in an all powerful Czar, and in salvation through enduring and inflicting suffering.

— Roman Skaskiw, March 2, 2023

Geography

Russia is the only country surrounded by the West on all sides!

сильная россия —strong russia

State symbols

The State Duma building in Moscow

russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Economy

• Twelve reasons why Russia sucks

• How bad is the economic situation in Russia?

• russia inching toward bankruptcy: russian Finance Ministry made a completely fictitious transaction with the Central Bank of Russia. It ’sold’ €28.517 billion, £2.77 billion, & ¥121.852 billion in frozen assets parked in the West due to sanctions, which it can’t access.

Landmarks

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Immigration

• Russia hoping to attract 7 million Conservatives.

Inequality

• 47 million Russians do not have hot running water. 29 million don’t have any running water. 22 million do not have central heating. 35 million do not have an indoor toilet.
• Russia’s 500 Super Rich Wealthier Than Poorest 99.8% – Report

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  Vladimir Vladimirovich has been very concerned about russia’s slums. For 15 years. Too bad he couldn’t do anything about it...

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  ... had to get that gold toilet paper holder first. Inside Putin’s $700M yacht, complete with gold toilet paper holder

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  well, at least one russian citizen can enjoy decent living accomodations.

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  Putin attended a political rally last week to commemorate Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea recently donning a down puffer jacket that appears to be from Loro Piana and which sells for nearly $14,000. “We have not had unity like this for a long time,” he told a cheering crowd.

Religion

• Russian Orthodox Church
• Kremlinism/Anti-Christianity

LGBT rights

• Chechen authorities rounding up and killing gay men in ’prophylactic purge,’ Russian paper says

• Russia to ban sharing LGBT ’propaganda’ with adults as well as children

• Russia moves to ban ’LGBT propaganda’ among all ages

• Russian Lawmakers Vote in Favor of ’LGBT Propaganda’ Expansion

• Anti-Gay Law to Push Russia’s LGBT Community ‘Into the Shadows,’ Activists Warn

• It is all about family. Family is a man and a woman and children. November 25, 2022

Culture

• A monkey in SS uniform, goats with swastika - this is Russian circus.

• Катерина, “You steal land, you steal life, you steal humans, you steal washing machines, you steal foreign culture and call it «great & Russian»...What kind of species are you, ”russkomirovcy“? 🧵” (thread) (pdf)

Art

• Russia’s Musical Blacklist

Prison culture

• Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the notorious Wagner mercenary group, says that he is not currently recruiting anally raped prisoners but wants to create a separate “cock division” to ensure that other convict soldiers do not have to serve with such untouchable outcasts. (thread) (pdf) (Yevgeny Prigozhin)
• The Wagner mercenary group’s ’cock division’ now seems to be a reality, judging by a new video of a Wagner convict recruit’s debriefing. In the video, the convict talks of how Wagner is mobilising a segregated unit of raped men, who are treated as untouchables. (thread) (pdf)

Military

• Putin militarizes society: ‘For the president, for the army, for Russia’

• The Long History of Russia and War

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Family values

• Conversation with the mother of a captive Russian soldier

respect for the military

• Russian Forces Accused of Burning Fallen Soldiers’ Bodies in Kherson Landfill

Ordinary russians

• https://twitter.com/adnashmyash/status/1631770012980584449

• https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1631759115037843457

• https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1632402753002561536

Racism

• https://jordanrussiacenter.org/news/slavs-only-housing-discrimination-in-urban-russia/
• https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/06/21/putin-depersonalized-what-does-oliver-stones-film-reveal-about-russias-leader-a58241

Travel visas for Russians

• https://twitter.com/amramleifer/status/1573759734188068866

Tourism promotion

• This is russia

Gastronomy

• Do you know what “food” Russian soldiers eat on the frontline? (thread) (pdf)
• Not lovin’ it! Fed-up Russians are served MOLDY burgers in their replacement McDonald’s restaurants after the chain left the country due to the invasion of Ukraine

Famous russian liars

• Vasily Nebenzya

More about this fantastic country

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