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Putin’s Revised Foreign Agent Law Could Enable Mass Repression

In the past two weeks, it has become increasingly dangerous for Russian citizens to participate in anti-war demonstrations, to express opposition to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, or to share true information about the military campaign. The Russian State Duma has introduced legislation that threatens fines, forced military conscription and prison sentences for speaking the truth. At the same time, public pressure to support Putin’s lies has mounted. Russian professionals who refuse to sign open letters supporting the purported “special military operation” in Ukraine have been sacked from their jobs. Russian university students who show up at protests have faced expulsion.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inRussia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, War

Propaganda Alert! President Zelenskyy to Address Congress

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is portrayed as a hero as he pushes for NATO — specifically the US — to go to war. While Russia is led by a villain and they invaded Ukraine, Zelenskyy might have been able to stop it before it got to this point. There is a lot of evidence that Russia did have legitimate complaints ignored by Zelenskyy and NATO.

For the record, I don’t agree with a lot of things in this article. I do however agree that Zelenskyy is not a hero and this is not our fight – at least not yet. But it’s always good to know what your opponents are thinking.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inPropaganda, Russia, Ukraine, USA, War

GEFIRA: Western Media “Are Either Delusional Or Lying Through Their Teeth”

The collective post-West has been running amok for the last two weeks. The powers that be make believe that they did not expect that events would unfold the way they are unfolding now (though they did their best to make things happen as they are happening) and they make a show imposing sanctions on the aggressor and assuring the populace that the aggressor sooner or later will cave in. There is yet a third aspect to the phenomenon: the same powers that be want the people to forget that merely twenty years back they themselves assaulted Yugoslavia/Serbia, used missiles with depleted uranium, bombed cities and shot at civilians. Of course, that earlier event was a humanitarian action while the current one is a brutal act of aggression, but we digress.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Disinformation", History - distortion of, MSM bias to the left, MSM Blackout, MSM Lies, MSM Shitweasels, Russia, Ukraine, War

Trudeau blasts social media disinformation — in Russia and Canada

And while Trudeau was in Europe diving into the dangers of disinformation, his top national security adviser was in Ottawa delivering a high-profile warning about how it’s feeding into domestic extremism in Canada.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Comply!", "Criminalizing Dissent", "Disinformation", "extremists", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship on Social Media, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Russia

Worthwhile Despot Initiative: Russia Moves To Declare Facebook Parent Company An ‘Extremist Organization’

March 11 (Reuters) – Prosecutors have asked a Russian court to designate Facebook’s parent organisation Meta Platforms (FB.O) as an “extremist organisation,” Interfax reported on Friday.

The state prosecutor also asked Russia’s communications watchdog to restrict access to Meta’s Instagram social networking service.

Reuters reported on Thursday that Meta would allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine .

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted infacebook, facebook is evil, Russia

Joe Biden Threatens ‘World War III’ if Vladimir Putin Attacks NATO

The president spoke about the conflict at a House Democrat retreat in Philadelphia, vowing again to defend “every inch” of NATO territory from Putin and the Russians.

“Granted, if we respond, it is World War III, but we have a sacred obligation,” he said to his fellow Democrats.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"President Dementia AKA Joe Biden", idiot politician, NATO, Russia, Vladimir Putin, War

American elites have squandered our technological and manufacturing advantage over both Russia and China.

Few dispute that the Ukraine crisis brings with it the risk of nuclear escalation. The reverse also might be true: The Ukraine crisis may be the result of a shift in the world’s nuclear balance.

With an economy smaller than the state of Texas, Russia has built strategic weapons superior to many in the American arsenal. These include land as well as submarine-launched hypersonic weapons that can carry nuclear missiles past any American defense, as well as the world’s best air defense system, the S-500. The October 4, 2021, test of Russia’s submarine-launched “Zircon” hypersonic missile was the first-ever underwater firing of a low-altitude weapon that flies at nine times the speed of sound, according to Russian claims. A Russian sub lurking a hundred miles off the American coast could nuke Washington in a flat minute.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Russia, USA

Russia says documents suggest ‘components of bioweapons were being developed in Ukraine’

Speaking at a weekly briefing in Moscow, Maria Zakharova said the Russian armed forces received evidence of the development of biological weapon components by Ukraine under US guidance from the employees of Ukraine’s biological labs.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inBioweapons, Russia, Ukraine, USA, War

Ukraine war adding massive costs for farmers – and consumers are about to feel it too

As Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine drives consumer prices higher globally, Canadian farmers are feeling the sticker shock, too, as they incur massive costs to continue running their operations and ensure grocery store shelves remain stocked.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Economy, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Russia, Ukraine, War