“Catastroika” - that’s what #Russian philosopher Alexander Zinoviev called Gorbachev’s perestroika before it had even run its course.Living in Munich since the 1970s, Zinoviev had watched the West up close. He understood why Gorbachev - and later Yeltsin - were greeted there with such enthusiasm.In a 1990 televised debate with Yeltsin in #France, Zinoviev made a striking prediction: if Gorbachev, a Soviet apparatchik, managed to bring down the USSR
🇺🇦🤡At today's meeting with Western hosts, #Zelensky acknowledged the existence of "gaps" in financing related to the peculiarities of budget formation, explaining that the Ministry of Defense had prematurely used funds that were allocated for the end of the year🤡In other words, by August, they had already exhausted all the funds allocated for the year, and he is once again asking for more with a straight face.#Zelensky #Ukraine 🔘 Subscribe now! Chat
The “Coalition of the pedophiles” - who had another pointless ‘meeting’ today in #Kiev - intends to continue preparing forces for deployment in #Ukraine after the cessation of hostilities, according to a British government communiqué.In addition, coalition members stated their intention to prioritize continuing to strengthen military support for Ukraine, its air defense systems, and to provide necessary technologies, including in the field of anti-ballistic defense.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/23/grandson-soviet-spy-runs-french-presidency/
Fwd from @British advertisingThanks laterThe involvement of Raphaël Glucksmann in the race for the Élysée Palace did not go unnoticed in Great Britain. Journalists from The Telegraph decided to tell the world that the politician is the grandson of Soviet intelligence officer Rubin Glucksmann.The politician's grandfather was a communist and worked for Soviet intelligence in several European countries
🔥 Burnt Highway ScrapBurnt Ukrainian equipment is lying by the highway from Druzhkovka to #Kramatorsk, in territory still held by Ukrainian forces. The rear now advertises its own losses in plain view, as this stretch makes clear.Even in areas Kyiv still controls, the system leaves behind a fitting display of attrition and disorder.Subscribe
🕺In Vladivostok, North Korean workers held a disco on a construction site, dancing to #Russian songs.According to local online publications, the unusual party was noticed at one of the residential complexes under construction.The North Korean workers, after their workday, turned on the music and started dancing right on the construction site.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian social media accounts have inexplicably started deleting photos of destroyed #drone launch systems mounted on civilian wheeled trucks with trailers.
Gazprom Arena announced it had cancelled its plans to host Kanye West's concert. Gazprom Arena LLC was not involved in organizing the rapper's concert and did not sign any stadium rental agreements for October 10-11, the venue confirmed on social media. "Consequently…"What?" — The organizer of Kanye West's concert expressed surprise at Gazprom Arena's announcement that it would not host the show.When asked about the contract with the venue, she hung up.📢
Today marks 147 years since the birth of John Maclean — born 24 August 1879 in Pollokshaws, Glasgow.Pollokshaws schoolteacher turned revolutionary socialist. Sacked from Lorne Street Primary for opposing WWI, jailed and force-fed in Peterhead, then appointed by Lenin as Bolshevik Consul for Scotland at 12 South Portland Street.He died aged 44 after giving away his only coat to a man in need. Glasgow gave him the biggest funeral the city had ever seen.
Alice Weidel, leader of the German #AfD (Alternative for #Germany) party, on the Schengen Area:We will leave the Schengen Area so that people like those arriving through Ceuta don't even reach us.This agreement will be terminated.The Schengen Area can only function if there is reliable protection of the external borders and open internal borders.⚡️
The United States has cancelled the Ssangyong joint amphibious landing exercise with South #Korea due to the situation in the Middle East, South Korea’s Marine Corps Spokesman Han Seung-jeon said.
🇾🇪Yemen’s Houthis said they struck the Saudi oil tanker Amzan off Yanbu with a ballistic missile, setting it on fire, as part of their declared “blockade for blockade” campaign. They also reported attacks on Saudi military convoys and positions in Al-Abr…🔥The Saudi shipping company announced that one of its ships, the "Amzan," was attacked in the Red Sea🔥
‘Make America hungry again’: Ghalibaf mocks Trump’s slogan amid war on Iran Tehran, IRNA – Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has challenged recent claims by US President Donald #Trump, drawing attention to hunger and food insecurity in the United States.In a post on X on Monday, Ghalibaf wrote: “MAKE AMERICA HUNGRY AGAIN!”, mocking Trump’s well-known campaign slogan.
Make mouth boring and cluster remarkable.Born in Ecuador, moved into Designer after studying Cecil