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MarineBosphorus, Istanbulbosphorusobserver.comJoined July 2011

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Russia's sophisticated smuggling op that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth $1billion is a war crime & carried out by state-owned companies:CMC's Mikhail Nenashev transits Bosphorus carrying plundered wheat from occupied Sevastopol
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Russia's sophisticated smuggling op that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth $1billion is a war crime & carried out by state-owned companies:CMC's Matros Pozynich transits Bosphorus carrying plundered wheat from occupied Sevastopol
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1)This vessel regularly carries aviation jet fuel to Russian Armed Forces in Syria. 2)This vessel is de facto Russian Navy auxiliary. 3)This vessel should not transit the Turkish Straits. 4)Simply preventing the transit of this vessel will cripple Russia's campaign in Syria.
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Russia distracted the world into pointless inspection of grain carriers while Russian vessels disguised as civilian merchants transit Bosphorus towards Med carrying jet fuel for Russian Air Force, technical military cargo for Russian Army and Russian defense exports to Asia.
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EARLIER in the WEEK: Second batch delivery of BMC Kirpi, Turkish made mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle, was moving on Ukrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia rolling stocks thru Bacāu railway station in Romania (46.5664685, 26.8942194) likely en route to Chernivtsi, #Ukraine.
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20 hours over the BlackSea: 7th Reconnaissance Squadron’s Northrop Grumman RQ-4B-40 Global Hawk from NAS Sigonella, conducts ISR flight over the BlackSea, approximately 125km south of occupied Crimea, providing near-real-time coverage using IMINT, SIGINT & MTI sensors
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Bosphorus closed to international transit due to possible loose mines: Turkish Navy, Coast Guard & Bosphorus Coastal Safety planes, helicopters, patrol vessels are searching for more floating mines near the northern anchorage: Transit traffic is about to resume towards #BlackSea
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While the world is busy with the extension of grain deal, Russia's sophisticated smuggling op continues unabated, carried out by state-owned companies using falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain: #OATT
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We wonder if we can visit all Istanbul ports in a single day ? @BenKendim1 calculated that we can use the current winter timetable and make many connections and go to all the ports (except Ortaköy) in a single day. We will try. We start at Bostancı 04:45local GMT+3
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Official Russia can no longer distinguish between reality and fantasy: In the picture we see fires burn in and around Saddam Hussein's palace in Baghdad in 2003.
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On 24 March 1999 the US-led NATO commenced its act of illegal and unprovoked aggression 💥 against the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which lasted 78 days.
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Russia has created a ghost fleet of vessels to transport its oil output while evading G7 sanctions & price caps: Managed by an Indian shell company ARK SeaKonnect, St Kitts & Nevis flag Panamax tanker Pericles transited Bosphorus en route from Taman to Laconian Gulf.
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Disappearing ships of the Black Sea: Russia's great grain plunder continues unabated. Russian flag Sormovskiy 48, carrying 3000t corn from occupied Kerch, enters the port of Karasu with no AIS. Vessel went dark from tracking 3 days ago with false destination Izmir. #OATT
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IMHO, picture might have been taken from #ВМФ Project 22870 #ЧФ BSF 145th Rescue Ship Squad 1st group tug SB739
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#war Photo of the damaged cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea in 15 April 2022.⚠️ First impressions of this shocking photo. Life-saving equipment (rescue rafts) on board are missing, which means they were dropped into the water during the rescue operation./1
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Small regional publication, full of anti-semitic bs. (Bigger picture here is how Russia has aligned its security interests in Syria with Hezbollah.) Elon Musk is commenting for the billionth time on subjects he has no idea about
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Courageous (!) RIA Novosti camera crew walk in front of (!!!) Russian Army soldiers searching for unexploded ordnance in the fields of #Ukraine.
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Видео от пропагандистских риа новостей: оператор идет прямо перед сапером, который ищет мины. На кого это рассчитано? 🤔
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This is criminal activity!: Russia steals vast amounts of Ukrainian grain. Astrakhan based CMC's Russia flag bulk carrier Matros Pozynich transited Bosphorus towards Med, en route from occupied Sevastopol allegedly to İskenderun, carrying plundered wheat. AIS data missing & false
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#OATT Bulkers linked to Russia’s largest grain trader shipped thousands of tons of stolen Ukrainian grain to global buyers, using a sophisticated system of feeder ships & floating cranes, according to an investigation by with my contribution:
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People's Liberation Army AF transport plane Xi'an Y-20-A Pàng niū 20041 is flying high over Bosphorus en route from Batajnica AFB likely to Ürümqi after delivering Guizhou Aerospace Industry / Shaanxi Yellow River Group manufactured HQ22 Red Banner SAM system's export version FK3
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Bora Jet Bombardier Global Express flew from Istanbul Ataturk to Moscow Vnukovo then continued to Caracas Simón Bolívar #Venezuela. The new owner of Bora Jet has been subpoenaed by Robert Mueller and is the target of a new federal racketeering lawsuit 👉twitter.com/klasfeldreport
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A man subpoenaed by Robert Mueller has been sued for racketeering, in a federal lawsuit accusing him of a globe-hopping campaign of a violence, extortion and financial crime across the United States and Turkey. My latest, at @CourthouseNews courthousenews.com/airline-intrig
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Through the Looking Glass: Russia... -invades Ukraine -plunders its factories -steals documents -misinterprets & declares itself the victim. - deliberately misinterprets an ordinary EU export license question, see p238 #OJEU trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/20
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The document dated December, 15, 2021 presents a response to request from Ukrainian Motor Sich company to the Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar Makina ➡️ facebook.com/mod.mil.rus/po
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İki otobanın ortasında, deniz yoluna bağlı ve İstanbul’un terminalinin altına metro gelen tek havalimanına bilinçli ve planlı, fırsat kollayıp el atmanın ve yok etmenin resimli trajik tarihi:
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VİDEO | Atatürk Havalimanı arazisinde yapımı devam eden sahra hastanesi görüntülendi; kaba inşaat bitti, peyzaj çalışmaları başladı t24.com.tr/video/ataturk-
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Richest person in the world, is in #Datça, Turkey: World’s 14th largest 136mt yacht, Lürssen built & Øino designed Cayman Islands flag Flying Fox arrives to Datça harbor carrying an Airbus H155 helicopter. Yacht has a two-deck spa with a gym & sauna, Turkish hammam.
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FLIGHT OF INTEREST: Russo-Turkish leading travel company Pegas Touristik owned, Sheremetyevo based, Nordwind Airlines’ Boeing 777-2Q8ER is flying from Moscow Vnukovo to Caracas Simón Bolívar, #Venezuela. Currently departing Irish airspace over the Atlantic.
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This must be stopped: Stolen commodities from occupied #Ukraine delivered to #Syria. Astrakhan based CMC's Russia flag bulk carrier Matros Pozynich transits Bosphorus toward BlackSea, likely en route to occupied Sevastopol, after delivering stolen Ukrainian wheat to #Tartus #OATT
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Problem NOT solved! More plundered wheat from occupied Ukraine shipped today than legal exports: Astrakhan based CMC's Russia flag bulker Mikhail Nenashev transited Bosphorus carrying 27000t of wheat en route from occupied Sevastopol allegedly to Beirut, but perhaps to Syria.
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Plundering continues unabated! Russia has systematically stolen industrial amounts of grain from occupied #Ukraine: Russian flag bulk carrier SV Konstantin transited Bosphorus towards Aegean carrying misappropriated corn from occupied Sevastopol to Izmir. #OATT
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Russian flag bulker Matros Koshka, part of a sophisticated Russian-run smuggling op that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain, transits Bosphorus en route from occupied Sevastopol likely to Tartus, carrying 28000t of plundered wheat. #OATT
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Late Roman-Byzantine era Chalcedon’s lost commercial harbor with structures, traces of waterways & roads have been discovered upon removal of the rails during the upgrade of old commuter train line to metro. Architects Otto Ritter & Helmuth Conu designed Haydarpaşa in background
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Is #BlackSea a Russian lake ?: Russian Navy is using VHF channel 16 to inform all merchant vessels about a so-called “counterterrorist operation” and demand all vessels from Odesa & Danube areas to proceed towards Bosphorus immediately.
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10 months ago, we have talked and warned about the island situation in our above meeting twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/st…
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Russia's sophisticated smuggling that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth billions$€ is a war crime & carried out by state enterprises: CMC's Matros Koshka transits Bosphorus carrying stolen wheat from occupied Sevastopol to Tartus
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Matros Koshka, owned by a sanctioned Russian state-owned defense contractor, sails past Istanbul en route from Tartus to occupied Sevastopol & is part of an Russian-run smuggling that has been hauling stolen Ukrainian grain from ports in occupied Crimea to customers in MiddleEast
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Stolen commodities from occupied #Ukraine: Astrakhan based CMC's Russia flag bulk carrier Matros Koshka transited Bosphorus towards Med en route from occupied Sevastopol allegedly to Beirut, but really to #Syria (Tartus or Latakia), carrying 27200 tons stolen wheat. #OATT.
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Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu214PU RA64532 is flying from Ankara Esenboğa to Moscow Vnukovo with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on board: Turkish banks will start accepting Russian Mir payment system cards for electronic fund transfers.
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Stolen commodities from occupied #Ukraine: Shipping from #Crimea to Turkish ports continues unchecked with impunity, against Turkish policy! Astrakhan based CMC's Russian flag vessel Mikhail Nenashev, en route from Sevastopol, transited Bosphorus carrying wheat & arrived Derince.
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Putin: "Russia collected a record harvest, over 150 million tons of grain,..until 30/6/23, we will bring the total volume of grain export to 60 million tons. 10 years ago, this seemed absolutely unreachable". He must be counting the wheat Russia stole from Ukraine as well #OATT
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New entry to Russia's sophisticated smuggling op that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain & carried out by state-owned companies: Astrakhan based CMC's Matros Shevchenko transits Bosphorus carrying plundered wheat from occupied Sevastopol
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Russian smuggling operation that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal industrial amount of Ukrainian grain continues unabated & it is a war crime. CMC's bulker Matros Shevchenko transited Bosphorus carrying plundered wheat from occupied Sevastopol to Syria
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A mysterious fleet is helping Russia ship oil around the world: Managed by India’s Gatik, Gabon flag ghost fleet vessel Suezmax tanker Pagos transited Bosphorus towards Black Sea en route from Vadinar India to Novorossiysk. #OOTT
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Russian smuggling operation that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal industrial amount of Ukrainian grain continues unabated & it is a war crime. CMC's bulker Matros Shevchenko transited Bosphorus carrying plundered wheat from occupied Sevastopol to Syria.
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Atatürk Airport 17/35 runways are now fully destroyed, due to collapse of checks & balances in decision making about public property management and investment in Turkey. Only 5/23 runway of Atatürk remains operational. What a collosal waste to destroy a well functioning airport.
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A never ending wind-down ? #Maersk supposedly stopped all new bookings to & from Russia on Feb28. But still has ships calling at Russian ports: Hong Kong flag container ship Nele Mærsk transited Bosphorus towards Mediterranean en route from Novorossiysk to Port Said.
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Russia has transported hundreds of thousands of tonnes of stolen Ukrainian grain, worth €200mn: Astrakhan based CMC's Russian flag vessel Matros Koshka transited Bosphorus 23:30GMT en route from occupied Sevastopol allegedly to Beirut but likely to Syria carrying plundered wheat
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Heavly lift cargo vessel transited Bosphorus en route from St. Nazaire to Constanta carrying two OCEA Les Sables-d’Olonne built, 32-meter FPB 98 patrol boats with aluminum hulls for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, . (Video edited for low resolution)
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⚠️Turkish Air Force lands directly at Al Watiya AFB ! Turkish Air Force’s Erkilet based turboprop transport planes, 221st Squadron A400 17080 flew from Istanbul to Misrata & 222nd Squadron’s Lockheed C130 Hercules 711468 flew from Konya to Al Watiya.
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Belarus Government VIP / Belavia Bombardier Challenger 850 (CL- 600-2B19) EW-301PJ flew from Minsk to Bodrum-Milas. Lukashenko family members in Turkey ?
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🇷🇺bulker Mikhail Nenashev, part of a sophisticated Russian-run smuggling op that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain, transits Bosphorus en route from occupied Sevastopol likely to Tartus, carrying 27200t of plundered wheat #OATT
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Russia has been systematically stealing grain in occupied Ukraine similar to Stalin’s expropriation of farmers’ property during collectivization: Astrakhan based CMC's Russia flag bulker Mikhail Nenashev transited Bosphorus en route to Sevastopol after delivering wheat to #Tartus
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All flights cancelled from Istanbul Grand Airport. The costly new airport was built on the Black Sea coast, with fierce northerly winds (107days/year), storms, and intense cloud cover(65days/yr) instead of the safer shores of the Marmara. You cannot fight topography & meteorology
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YOU SAW THE TRACKING HERE FIRST: WAGNER, Russian Private military contractors flew into #Venezuela in the past few days to beef up security for . There is a contingent of WAGNER in Venezuela now: reuters.com/article/us-ven
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#Venezuela Crisis—Possible Russian shuttle diplomacy in progress: Rossiya Special Flight Detachment Ilyushin Il96-300 flew from Moscow Vnukovo to Aśuncion Silvio Pettirossi, continued to Ciudad del Este Guarani (triple-frontier city with🇵🇾🇦🇷🇧🇷) & just arrived to Havana José Marti
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Fleeing sanctions, Putin's inner circle seeks safe ports for their superyachts: Roman Abramovich's 🇧🇲yachts are portside, Eclipse in Marmaris & Solaris in Bodrum. Dmitry Medvedev's 🇰🇾yacht Universe was in Marmaris. Maxim Shubarev's 🇨🇰yacht Polaris is in Göcek's Skopea Marina.
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Cayman Islands flag, 74m mega yacht Universe, linked to Dmitry Medvedev, is waiting in the Bosphorus northern anchorage. (BlackSea entrance of the strait)
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Plundering continues unabated: Russian bulker Mikhail Nenashev, part of a Russia gov run smuggling that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain, transits Bosphorus en route to occupied Sevastopol after delivering 27200t of stolen wheat to Syria
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Russia brings firepower to Mediterranean: #ВМФ Project 1164 Slava (NATO: Atlant)class guided missile cruiser & #ЧФ BSF flagship Moskva accompanied by Project 11356M Adm Grigorovich class guided missile frigate ЧФ BSF 30th Surface Ship Division’s Admiral Essen transited Bosphorus
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Plundering continues unabated! 2nd ship of the night: Russian state-owned USC’s Astrakhan based sub CMC's 🇷🇺flag bulker Mikhail Nenashev transits Bosphorus en route from occupied Sevastopol allegedly to Beirut but likely to Tartus, carrying 27200t of stolen wheat #OATT
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Russian flag #superyacht Rahil, owned by Putin’s childhood friend Arkady Rotenberg who reportedly owns the “Putin’s Palace” in Gelendzhik, is in Viaport Marina Tuzla Istanbul. , UK & EU sanctioned Arkady Rotenberg’s Stroygazmontazh was the builder of the Crimea Bridge.
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Turkey doubles down on military support to the recognized government in Tripoli: Chișinău based AeroTrandCargo’s Boeing 747-412 flew from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen & Misrata.
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Russia Doubles Down: Armed with powerful Kalibr SS-N-27 missiles, #ВМФ Project 11356M Adm Grigorovich class guided missile frigates #ЧФ BlackSeaFleet 30th Surface Ship Div’s Admiral Makarov & Admiral Grigorovich transited Bosphorus together towards Med. My pix v
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Russia is returning equipment/vehicles from #Syria to use in hostilities vs Ukraine: Russian Min of Defense owned Oboronlogistika‘s, civilian crewed Russian flag roro Sparta II transited Bosphorus toward BlackSea en route from military pier of #Tartus to Novorossiysk.
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RE: the merchant vessel traffic resuming to Ukraine’s Danube ports. ⚠️To correct misleading info about the first ship AMS1 is: -NOT Israeli owned -NOT managed by a Turkish firm - NOT escorted by US Navy aircraft. AMS1 is owned by Hong Kong registered Yun Da Shipping.
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Russia’s naval defenses in Sevastapol as seen by Planet Labs-operated SkySat includes layers of nets & booms across the entrance to Sevastapol bay SW of Konstantinovskaya Battery, between Pier12 and Ugolnaya, to the east of the bay & at the entrance of the inner bay of Pivdenna.
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Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas, exchanged for Konstantin Yaroshenko in Ankara:
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Spooks!: FSB - Russia Federal Security Service Antonov An-148 RA-61712 flew from Moscow Vnukovo to Ankara. Landing to Ankara Esenboğa. (Exchange of prisoners ?) (This airplane involved in Russian domestic high profile detentions etc in the past)
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This is what this crisis was missing: Ramazan Kadyrov is coming to Moscow. A319-133CJ VIP configuration associated with Kadyrov, is flying from Grozny to Moscow (likely Vnukovo).
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Subsidiary of sanctioned Russian state-owned JSC United Shipbuilding Corp, Astrakhan based CMC's 🇷🇺flag bulker Mikhail Nenashev transited Bosphorus toward Med en route from occupied Sevastopol allegedly to Beirut but likely to Tartus, carrying 27200t of stolen wheat.
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Russia has stolen 700000 tonnes of grain from occupied #Ukraine: Astrakhan based CMC's Russia flag bulk carrier Matros Koshka transited Bosphorus towards Med en route from occupied Sevastopol allegedly to Beirut, but really to #Syria (Tartus?), carrying 27000 tons stolen wheat.
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Sig is a legitimate military target. This a civilian vessel in name only: 1)Sig regularly carries aviation jet fuel to Russian Armed Forces in Syria. 2)Sig is de facto Russian Navy auxiliary. 3)Disabling Sig will also partially cripple Russia's campaign in Syria.
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Turkish Presidential candidate directly accuses Russia of intervening in and manipulating Turkish politics and elections thru deep fake content and #kompromat.
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Sevgili Rus Dostlarımız, Dün bu ülkede ortaya saçılan montajlar, kumpaslar, Deep Fake içerikler, kasetlerin arkasında siz varsınız. Eğer 15 Mayıs sonrası dostluğumuzun devamını istiyorsanız, elinizi Türk’ün devletinden çekin. Biz hala işbirlikten ve dostluktan yanayız.
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Repatriation: sanctioned SC South LLC owned Russia flag vessel Sparta IV, itself sanctioned for being linked to SC SOUTH, transited Bosphorus toward BlackSea en route from Tartus Syria to Novorossiysk military harbor carrying military cargo. Civilian vessel, it ain't.
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