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LOL. The Russian car factories are at standstill but they are trying to retool to manufacture 70s-80s models. But everyone will have to relearn to drive stick shift. 'Cuz the automatic transmissions in Russian "domestic" cars were all Japanese.

"Because of the sanctions, Russian clothing industries are faced with a shortage of sewing accessories, including buttons. This was announced by the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina during a speech in the State Duma, Interfax reports." This is a country that pretends that it is a...

Azov et al were an insignificant part of Ukraine's politics. Something like 3% in the last elections. Not now. Putin has taken care of that. Azov (especially with the latest Putin "decision" to stop attacking AzovStal) have become legendary heroes in Ukraine. I am sure that will be reflected in...

He's definitely sick. On that video of meeting with Shoigu he looked... unwell.

Ukrainians plan to move the celebrations to May 8th.

Bild has revealed that Scholz lied in yesterday’s press conference after his phone call with Biden. Scholz has removed all heavy weapons from the list of weapons (tanks, IFVs & artillery). Germany's defense industry put together a 48 page list of weapons it could immediately deliver to...

And yet, those two - the soldier and the wife - were tracked down and identified from the phone numbers used in the call. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-rape-russian-soldier-wife-bykovsky/31805486.html They were contacted. The voices matched.

Hilarious. Today Google blocked the Russian Duma (Parliament) email system (duma.gov.ru). Apparently they based it in GMail. GMail! Official Russian Parliamentarians email was in GMail! Fully accessible to Google and anyone Google was willing to show it to. Oh and Google blocked it with no...

Scholz has been lying about sending weapons to Ukraine for 2 months now. The latest: Scholz claimed that Germany doesn't have any Marder armored vehicles to send to Ukraine. Then he said that they do but they don't work. Then he said that all the Marders that they have and don't work are in...

The head of the Russian Union of Oil and Gas Equipment Manufacturers stated during Russian Duma Committee hearings that 90% of the Russian oil refineries equipment is Western, and anything that breaks today will stay broken and cannot be replaced. Also, he stated that any shelf oil and gas...

The head of the Russian Union of Oil and Gas Equipment Manufacturers stated during Russian Duma Committee hearings that 90% of the Russian oil refineries equipment is Western, and anything that breaks today will stay broken and cannot be replaced. Also, he stated that any shelf oil and gas...

Russians were hoping that the Chinese UnionPay will replace Visa and Mastercard for them. UnionPay announced that it will not work with any Russian banks that were sanctioned by the West.

Russians were hoping that the Chinese UnionPay will replace Visa and Mastercard for them. Apart from the fact that UnionPay cards are not accepted nearly as widely as Visa and Mastercard... UnionPay announced that it will not work with any Russian banks that were sanctioned by the West.

There is the famous speech in which Putin has said (about nuclear weapon use) "мы как мученики попадем в рай, а они просто сдохнут". Rough translation is "we as martyrs will go to heaven and they will just die like dogs". That's a religious fanatic level crazy. You cannot appease someone like...

This is fun. Russians decided they will produce old (80s) models of cars, without modern electronics, since they cannot get the parts for those. Also, no airbags and other safety features. But they are getting a problem with ABS systems. All modern cars come with ABS, and ABS are produced by...

Where do the weapons go? Here is an example. One more Russian colonel multiplied by zero today.

Britain said on Tuesday it planned to revoke the Moscow Stock Exchange's (MOEX) status as a recognised stock exchange in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

You know how Russian soldiers steal phones from Ukrainians in order to call their relatives in Russia and since it is all on Ukrainian cell networks, Ukrainians can intercept those calls easily and publish them regularly. Well there is a great intercept today. The soldier's mother is telling...

There is this Russian word "терпилы". Much like other Russian slang, hard to translate. Basically those who will tolerate anything no matter how hard or humiliating. That is not a positive trait.