[Roosta]

Originally Posted by Guns N' Coffee ↗

Vladimir Putin signs a decree honoring US actor – and Russian citizen – Steven Seagal

CNN
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to honor the American actor Steven Seagal with the state Order of Friendship.

The decree cited what it called Seagal’s “great contribution to the development of international cultural and humanitarian cooperation.”

Seagal has been a regular visitor to Russia and became a citizen of the country in 2016, when he received a Russian passport from Vladimir Putin personally. He has also worked as the Russian Foreign Ministry’s “special representative” to the United States and Japan.

The former action hero backed Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and has supported its invasion of Ukraine. He visited the occupied Donbas area last summer.

In an interview on Russian television last year he spoke of an existential threat to Russia from Ukraine.



https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/europ...cli/index.html

Poo Tin is the last M/F on earth that should be handing out "Humanitarian Awards" & for Seagal to accept it is,

To be linked to Putin who will go down in History as nothing more than a Genocidal Tyrant who's trying to wipe a country off the map, won't do his credibility any favors. Nice to see his TRUE colors thought !

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by PeterR ↗

Zelenskys last heroes are recruited before they can finish highschool.

Plenty of Countries have a national service requirement of 2 years, so to try an insinuate that there is something wrong with Ukraine doing this is just B/S !

Nothing New or to be seen here !

[kellyhound]

Putin signs a decree honoring US actor – and Russian citizen – Steven Seagal

No wonder.
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/p...ns/1528460002/

[scorpion9]

Originally Posted by Roosta ↗

Plenty of Countries have a national service requirement of 2 years, so to try an insinuate that there is something wrong with Ukraine doing this is just B/S !

Nothing New or to be seen here !

Probably not recruited...but a volunteer.
But yeah...depending on when you go to highschool, you may end up having to serve in the army before you graduate, unless you ask for an extension.

First time, i had to serve, i postponed it so i could graduate high school...second time...i forgot to ask for an extension and had to quit school, 1 year before graduating.

So...it happens.

[Roosta]

Reuters

Moldova and Romania vow to boost ties amid war in Ukraine
Story by Reuters • 9h ago


BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Moldova and Romania pledged on Wednesday to boost economic ties following Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine, and Bucharest reiterated support for Chisinau's bid to join the European Union.

On his first trip abroad since taking office last month, Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean held talks with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Nicolae Cuica.

Moldova has been hit hard by the economic fallout of the war in Ukraine, which borders both Moldova and Romania, and tensions with Russia have risen over the war in Ukraine and the tiny former Soviet republic's EU accession bid.

"Business on both banks of the Prut speaks the same language," Recean told a joint news conference with Cuica, referring to a river on the border between Romania and Moldova, and the countries' mutual use of Romanian.

"We will soon integrate our financial markets and Bucharest's capital market will be accessible to Chisinau. I call on entrepreneurs from both banks of the Prut to develop business and use all the economic potential."

Recean said talks also covered regional security and that Moldova, which is highly dependent on Russian gas, was considering signing long-term contracts on gas and electricity supplies from Romania.

Cuica said bilateral trade grew by $1.2 billion last year to more than $3.5 billion, and that he saw big potential for more.

"Romania will firmly support Moldova's European agenda, economic recovery and strengthening its security," said Iohannis, whose country joined the EU in 2007.

Recean said Moldova and Romania enjoyed a "special relationship" and that Romania's experience in joining the EU was helpful for Chisinau.

[Roosta]

Meanwhile, Ruskies are starting to feel the pinch.


Reuters

Russia's central bank warns of growing financial sector risks.
• Yesterday 9:11 pm

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank governor on Thursday warned of possible "systemic risks" in the banking sector as lenders scramble to make up for a slump in profits recorded last year.

Speaking at a banking forum near Moscow, Governor Elvira Nabiullina said the regulator was concerned by declining standards in mortgage lending and falling rates of early repayments, suggesting consumers were feeling the pinch after a year of economic pressure on the Russian economy.

"We will not let systemic risks come to pass," Nabiullina said, pledging the central bank was paying close attention to banks' lending practices and was ready to tighten the regulatory screws if needed.


There's going to be a lot of decent from the ruskie ppl towards the government & hopefully this will turn into more infighting that brings an end to this invasion.

[AnonX93]

The whole Steven Segal thing has been meme worthy for years. The fact that Segal thinks people look to him for his politics, defense skills, etc is fucking hilarious. Leave it to Russia to love the worst action hero of all time.

[WhiskeyOutpost]

Belarussian partisan group "Bypol" drone lands on that Russian A-50 early warning aircraft and flies away. Not sure if it placed something on the plane.

From the before and after photo it seems certain something happened to it, still unclear just how much damage was done.

https://news.yahoo.com/opposition-be...173010885.html

[WonderMomma]

A couple of stories coming out on the Russian side that are most likely propaganda/false flags:

1. "Russian media and social media report that Ukrainian saboteurs allegedly clashed with the Russian military in Sushany, and that one of the groups "took hostages" in the village of Liubechane. TASS reports on the dead and wounded.

Ukraine's State Border Guard Service and the Armed Forces have not yet commented on the reports."

Five minutes later:
"The "North" command stated that they knew nothing about the incidents in the border areas of the Russian Federation."

30 minutes later:
"The "North" command published a short reminder that "the enemy may resort to provocations and try to discredit the Armed Forces Of Ukraine". The reason for its publication was not specified. It may be related to Russian statements about battles with subversive groups."

2. "Meanwhile, the Russian Volunteer Corps Telegram channel publishes an appeal from unknown fighters with yellow ribbons, who claim to have crossed the border in the Bryansk region to fight against the Putin regime.

Ukrainian intelligence considers the reports of clashes in the Bryansk region "a continuation of Russia's transformation, its purification and liberation from Putin's dictatorship," said Andriy Yusov, a representative of the GUR, in a commentary to Hromadske.

"Today, the Russian Federation is an entity within which there is a large number of interethnic, interethnic, interreligious, socio-political and other conflicts. Today there is a public statement by the RVC. These are people who are fighting with arms against the Putin regime and those who support it... Perhaps Russians are beginning to wake up, realize something and take some concrete steps."

Due to the so-called "Ukrainian subversive group" in Bryansk region, Putin changed his mind about going to the North Caucasus - to Stavropol region - where he was to hold an event to open the Year of the Teacher, Russian dictator's spokesman Peskov said."

EDIT: added another video. Their yellow tape looks sus. If it was an actual undercover pro-UA group... why in thee fuck would they openly wear yellow tape... and too much of it (2nd video, left soldier)?

[WonderMomma]

"Relatives of Russian soldiers from Orel recorded an video. They complain that the moral and physical state of their soldiers is bad, pay is inadequate and there was a murder in their battalion."