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Seagal, 72, had a distinctly ballooned belly in a newly released Russian propaganda film — “In The Name of Justice”

The images are some of the latest of Seagal, who was granted Russian citizenship in 2016 and has been offloading his vast portfolio of American real estate ever since.

During the documentary, Seagal's bloated belly is so large his untucked shirt hung down from his waist, being pushed out by his massive midriff. 

The 30-minute documentary, publicly available on Russian website Smotrim. ru and operated by Russian state-run broadcaster VGTRK, was released on October 10.

It follows the portly Putin partisan wandering around Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, between drone shots of rubble and bombed-out buildings.

It looks like he has eaten all the russian army provisions and is in a very poor state for his martial arts performances.

Segal was raised in America, but his grandparents were Russian immigrants, he is banned from entering Ukraine.

Link to part of the propaganda video in which Segal speaks in English not Russian.
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Not a real human

"When there is such a war in Ukraine, I cannot stand aside."

Britney, call sign "Captain," is a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces. She served as a crew chief of a Leopard tank.

When Canada donated the first Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Britney signed a contract to train the crews as an instructor. That's where she met the Ukrainian military.

"I was very impressed by the patriotic attitude of the Ukrainian tankers and their desire to learn. When I returned from the training, I was overwhelmed with emotions. And the decision to go to help Ukraine came naturally, because I clearly realized that there is a large-scale war going on there, and I simply cannot stay away. I am a professional military woman and I have to be where my knowledge and experience will help win peace," Britney said.

Now "Captain" speaks Ukrainian well enough to understand the commander and communicate with the crew.

Britney is a gunner, but she plans to study and learn from the experience of her comrades in order to fight our common enemy more effectively and grow in her career.

"I will do my best to be effective on the battlefield and help Ukraine be free and independent," the "Captain" added.

Source: Communications Department of 25th Separate Airborne "Sicheslav" Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces

In an outrageous move, UN Secretary-General Guterres will participate in the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia according to the head of the organization’s information center in Moscow.

The event will take place from October 22 to 24, with Russia presiding over the group this year.

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US announces reward of up to $10 million for information on Russian propagandists

The United States has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information about the Russian Rybar project.

The information was published on the website of the Rewards For Justice program of the US Department of State.

According to the US authorities, the Russian project tried to interfere in the US presidential election.

“The “Rybar” relies on connections and funding from Rostec to strengthen Russia’s military capabilities and promote pro-Russian and anti-Western ideological attitudes,” the report states.

According to the United States, Rybar operates the propaganda media channels HOLDTHELINE and STANDWTHTEXAS to promote the political interests of the Russian government in the United States.

Both projects are used by supporters of pro-Republican voting in the United States, and the first of them appeared in accounts with an audience of more than a million people.

Also, according to the US, Rybar created the TEXASvsUSA account on X to exploit the issue of illegal immigrants crossing the Texas border.

This account was suspended for violating the social network’s rules. Using this account, the US authorities believe that Rybar tried to “sow discord, promote social divisions, incite partisan and racial hatred, and call for hatred and violence in the United States.”

The Rewards for Justice program offers a reward for information leading to the location of Rybar project employees who “knowingly participated or are participating in interference in the U.S. election,” as well as for information that will prevent foreign interference in the election.

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Rest in Peace Nick

An American volunteer medic, Nick Duckworth, was killed in the Pokrovsk sector

Nick started volunteering in Ukraine in early 2022. He began by evacuating civilians from contested areas, totaling nearly 3000 evacuations. He joined the 16th brigade of the Ukrainian army in late 2023 as a combat medic and was defending the Pokrovsk direction.

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Goodnight Resisters everywhere

The numerical superiority of Russian forces over Ukraine on the battlefield will likely begin to decrease by the end of this year, according to American military analyst Michael Kofman.

Kofman believes that while the Kremlin continues to pressure Ukraine, suffering high levels of attrition, it is now beginning to struggle under “very significant constraints.”

“Battlefield advantage is likely to diminish as we enter this winter and look toward 2025,” said Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

However, he cautioned against expecting Russia to run out of equipment or personnel soon. Still, he believes Moscow will not be able to sustain its current pace of attack for long.

Kofman’s first explanation is that Moscow is replacing significant losses of equipment with Soviet-era weapons, but even these reserve stocks will not last indefinitely.

“Russia is depleting its Soviet-era assets, and the production rate of new equipment is quite low compared to the battlefield losses. This means that the Russian military is increasingly forced to adapt tactics to minimize losses, which also reduces their ability to achieve any operationally significant breakthroughs,” says the expert.

High payments to contract soldiers in Russia indicate that recruitment efforts are under pressure, he points out. Kofman believes that the Russian government will struggle to maintain the surge in bonuses and benefits it offers to new recruits.

“It’s clear that, at this rate of losses, Russia’s contract recruitment campaign will not be sustainable. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Russia will face a manpower shortage soon, but it’s evident they are encountering difficulties,” Business Insider quotes Kofman.

For instance, the British Ministry of Defense has estimated that the Kremlin will lose 1,000 soldiers daily during the coming winter, after suffering record daily losses in May and September.

The slow and costly pace of hostilities has consequences not only for the front lines in Ukraine but also for Russia’s wartime economy. It remains unclear how long Moscow can continue increasing its war budget.

Russian Lukoil Adds 25 Old Tankers to Its Shadow Fleet — Financial Times

Journalists discovered that each of these tankers was purchased by a separate offshore company, which was linked to one or even several other firms.

The ships were operated by Dubai-based companies owned by a Pakistani shipping entrepreneur who is currently facing prosecution in British courts for defrauding investors.

All purchases were financed by Dubai’s Eiger Shipping DMCC, which belongs to Litasco Middle East DMCC, the Middle Eastern branch of Lukoil’s oil trading division. Eiger provided upfront funding by pre-chartering the vessels being prepared for acquisition.

Journalists estimated that Lukoil spent over $700 million on these tankers.

Since their purchase, the vessels have been used almost exclusively to transport Russian oil, with 82% of the shipments being Lukoil oil, totaling around 119 million barrels. At $60 per barrel, this amounts to nearly $7.2 billion.

A key figure in this scheme was British accountant John Ormerod. His firm, Ormerod Allen & Co., has provided financial services to the shipping industry since 1990.

In total, Russia’s shadow fleet consists of more than 400 tankers. Despite increasing efforts by Western countries to target individual vessels through sanctions, oil companies shield them behind so many shell firms that it is extremely difficult to prove their connection to Russia.

Kyiv confirms death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna held in Russian captivity
Viktoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist held captive by Russia, has died, said Petro Yatsenko, a spokesperson of Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, on national television on Oct. 10.
The circumstances of her death are still being confirmed, Yatsenko said.
Roshchyna disappeared in August 2023 while reporting in Russian-occupied territory. Her father received a letter from Russia's Defense Ministry in April of the following year confirming that she was being detained by Russian authorities.

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https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/this-is-a-bunch-of-horse-crap-2/58437/

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/this-isnt-going-to-be-pretty-for-donald-trump/58436/

A republican lesson in the difference when two do the same...
Trump's vice presidential candidate claims Israel's right to be the first to hit Iran

The decision to launch a preemptive strike on Iran should remain with Israel, and the United States should support its ally, said US vice presidential candidate from the Republican Party James David Vance.

"It's up to Israel to decide what they need to keep their country safe, and we have to support our allies as they fight the bad guys. I believe this is the right approach to the Israeli issue," Vance said at a televised debate with Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz (quoted by TASS).

So how come duplicitous Trumpists do not see that Ukraine has the very same right - not even for preemptive strikes but just to hit military targets in russia - as "they fight the bad boys"? For Ukraine the big Vance echoes just Putin's Victory plan, "give up and roll over."

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Sane Republicans for Kamala Harris
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/republicans-for-kamala-harris/58189/

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❌On September 11, 1969, Mustafa Dzhemilev, an activist of the Crimean Tatar national movement, was arrested by the KGB.

At that time, Mustafa was one of the founders of the Human Rights Protection Initiative Group. An activist of the Crimean Tatar movement, a dissident, a political prisoner, who later became a national hero and led the movement of Crimean Tatars for repatriation.

He was convicted in January 1970 under Article 190-1 to 3 years in prison. He devoted his whole life to the national struggle, and was tried for the first time in 1966, then in 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1983 and the last time - in 1986.

The movement of the Crimean Tatars for the return to Crimea was the most massive dissident movement in the USSR - the actions of this movement alone numbered hundreds of thousands of participants. He played a major role in the fight against Soviet totalitarianism.

Knight of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise IV and V degrees, the Order "For Intellectual Courage" and the Order of the Republic of Turkey, laureate of the award: Fritjof Nansen of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Pylyp Orlyk "For the Democratization of Ukrainian Society", "Light of Justice" and "Solidarity", the owner of the "Cross of Solidarity of Struggle".

He is an honorary doctor of law from Seljuk University and the Higher Institute of Technology, an honorary doctor in the field of international relations from Canakkale University named after the Eighteenth of March, an honorary citizen of the Turkish cities of Kastamonu and Kirikkale. Poland nominated Mustafa Dzhemilev for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

Currently, Mustafa Dzhemilev is a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the "European Solidarity" party. He is a supporter of the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, the establishment of the fundamental principles of democracy in Ukrainian society, which is the basis for the restoration of the rights of the Crimean Tatar people, who will once again return to their historical land — Crimea — a constituent part of the Ukrainian state.

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JD Vance says that Trump’s “peace plan” for Ukraine is to let russia keep all the Ukrainian territory they currently occupy (nearly 20% of Ukraine) and give russia a guarantee that Ukraine will never join NATO and any other “allies institution” [EU?]

A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin.

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~ Trump been so secretive about his plan toward Ukraine & ruZZia war, but his mate JD Vance has leaked the plan during his interview. What a perfect mate ~ 👀😁

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The bastard who attacked the children's hospital.

⚡️ Ukraine identifies Russian general suspected of ordering strike on Kyiv children's hospital.

Ukrainian authorities on Sept. 10 announced war crime charges in absentia against Russian Lieutenant General Sergey Kobylash over a deadly strike against the Ohkmadyt children's hospital in Kyiv two months ago.

Photo: Mil.ru/Wikipedia

She should not even be a judge. Low IQ

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/new-trouble-for-judge-aileen-cannon/58030/

War in Ukraine Will End Only When Russia Is Defeated or Putin Is Gone—Foreign Affairs

Former CIA analyst Peter Schroeder argues in Foreign Affairs that Vladimir Putin will never give up on Ukraine. The war can only end in one of two ways: either Russia loses its ability to continue fighting, or Putin is no longer in power.

Schroeder dismisses the notion that Putin’s actions are merely a “test of the West’s weakness.” Instead, the Kremlin sees a “strategic need” to prevent Ukraine from becoming a Western stronghold that could threaten Russia.

As long as Putin remains alive and in power, no amount of sanctions, military losses, or international pressure will deter him. Ukraine must either decisively defeat the Russian army on the battlefield, leaving Putin unable to continue the war, or freeze the conflict and wait for his death. Schroeder suggests that since the war is driven by Putin’s personal ambitions, future Russian leaders may be easier to negotiate with.

Rest in Peace Oleksii. Eternal memory

When Oleksii saw the footage from Bucha, he felt compelled to fight for his country. Like all mothers, she tried to dissuade him because she didn't want to lose her son but he replied:

If I don't go and someone else doesn't go, then russia will soon be running our backyard.

He died early this year in the Donetsk region, aged just 24. We must not forget his sacrifice, not just for Ukraine but for the free world 😌

His mother, who is broken hearted, wants to emphasize that people from the Roma community are also defending their country.

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