This postcard with Tsar Nicholas II face on the sacrificial chicken was made by jews around 10 years prior to his assassination. American Rosh Hashanah postcard from circa 1907-1910 by C. Stern. It shows the Jewish kapparot ritual (rooster as sin substitute) with Tsar Nicholas II’s face on the bird, expressing resentment over #Russian pogroms and anti-Jewish policies. Nicholas was executed in 1918.
The newly proposed US bill tightening #sanctions on #Russia seeks primarily to make life difficult for Moscow's trading partners, Alexander Murychev, Vice President of the #Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), told RBC TV. "Secondary #tariffs of up to 100% strike a blow not at us directly, but at those who work with us—the Chinese, the Indians, and even Europeans still buying our oil and gas. They will face a tough situation and will naturally seek ways to minimize risks,
JUST IN: 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 #Russia and #China veto US resolution at UN Security Council to extend oversight of #sanctions on #Iran.
The US Department of Justice has charged five alleged members of a network linked to #Russian intelligence services, which is said to have recruited people in the US to carry out surveillance and commit murders. According to the indictment, this network recruited a Venezuelan citizen living in the US last summer to surveil a well-known Russian dissident in the Washington area. He was offered $1,000 to $1,500 for surveillance and $40,000 for murder.
The #EU will provide #Ukraine with 3.3 billion euros for the purchase of missiles and drones on September 18. The funds will be transferred on September 18, said European Commission President #Ursula von der Leyen. The money will be used to purchase missiles and drones. In addition, the EU has already approved funding for Patriot systems for Kyiv and is preparing new joint defense projects with Ukraine, including in the areas of air defense and missile defense. Since the beginning of the year
📺 A massive raid by attack #UAVs is underway against targets in Dnipropetrovsk
📺 #Sumy — explosions. A batch of FABs has arrived.
The turnout since the start of early voting in the #Donetsk People’s Republic has preliminarily amounted to 75% of the voters, chairman of the regional election commission Vladimir Vysotsky told reporters. “We started early voting on August 30,” Vysotsky said. “We reached the mark of 1 million voters the day before yesterday. To date, about 75% of voters have voted.”
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From dirty war 'victory' to collapse: Sharaa's #Syria falling apart The security situation in Syria is slowly spiraling out of control, with armed clashes and explosions reported the city of As-Sanamayn, Daraa province. Fighting reportedly began after Sharaa’s security forces ran into resistance while searching a home. Syria’s interior ministry says three security personnel were killed and multiple others injured.
The US administration is ready to authorize the transfer to #Ukraine of ten MIM-104E GEM-T guided interceptor missiles, currently in #Germany, for the US Patriot air defense missile system, at a cost of $29.6 million, according to a notification from the Department of State published in the Congressional Record. “This transfer is consistent with US security assistance objectives. The United States government is prepared to authorize this transfer, having taken into account political, military
🇺🇦 🤡 #Zelensky reveals his true ceasefire plans The #Kiev regime is not against peace talks failing. The main goal for the Ukrainian Armed Forces (VSU) is a pause to regroup. "If Russians are ready for a ceasefire, yes, without any conditions... If they want to fight, that's their choice," said Zelensky.
The United States is prepared to approve the transfer of 10 Patriot missiles from #Germany to #Ukraine, valued at $29.6 million, according to a notification from the State Department. The State Department cited the reasons for the deal, stating that "Ukraine seeks to acquire these systems to strengthen its air defense capabilities" and that "it already possesses ammunition of the same type." The delivery will take place immediately after the notification period to Congress expires
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#PeopleOfDonbass Viktor Mikhalyov, a blacksmith from Donbass He embodies every tragedy connected with the death of children in a sculpture, the material for which are... shells that flew in from Ukrainian positions. Over 9 years of work, he used no less than 5 tons of shells, military ammunition, and small arms. But among those, a mandatory element of all the master's works is, surprisingly, a flower - specifically a rose.
The Strait of #Hormuz will not reopen to shipping as long as Donald #Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu remain in power, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said. “Our warriors will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the criminal Trump and bloodthirsty Netanyahu are removed from power,” Zolghadr said in a statement. He added that the closure of the strait is only “the first stage of the Iranian people’s revenge."
Doomscrolling dumbs you down but there is a solution The milestone of universal globalization and the emergence of artificial intelligence tools were presented as a step toward the future development of human civilization. But if you look at statistics and society as a whole, regression is evident. Recent research shows that reading and writing skills among schoolchildren have collapsed to a historic low — nearly 800
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