Vladimir Solovyov speaking at the Moscow Arts Theatre in 2008:
A war against Ukraine would be "the most terrible crime you can think of"
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Latest episode of 's Global Jigsaw podcast examines the viral popularity of vox pop street debate videos in Turkey + what this tells us about the country's economic and media landscape, ahead of next week's critical elections.
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Pictures are now surfacing from the scene of the car bomb attack on Zakhar Prilepin
Look at that crater
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Prilepin is now reportedly seriously injured in hospital following a car bomb attack which left his driver dead
I wonder if his views on PTSD will now change
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Nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin claims that no Russian soldiers ever suffer from post-traumatic stress and that the condition was invented by the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers to "destabilise society"
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#breaking this morning — Russian nationalist author and big war supporter Zakhar Prilepin injured in assassination attempt — according to Telegram channels. Car bomb - driver killed
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Vladislav Shurygin wants Russia to react to the alleged Kremlin drone attack by getting an American black rights group to attack the White House
(He also thinks the Black Panthers were called the "Green" Panthers for some reason)
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Ramzan Kadyrov has received yet another award
This time it's the Kurchatov medal, traditionally handed out for *checks notes* "outstanding work in the field of nuclear physics and nuclear energy"
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State news agency RIA Novosti says Putin and the Security Council discussed "preparations for Victory Day celebrations" at today's meeting
Nothing else?
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After Prigozhin's recent outbursts, the Russian MoD has issued a statement saying Shoigu has tasked his deputy Alexei Kuzmenkov with "specially monitoring the constant and rhythmic provision of troops with all necessary arms and military equipment"
No mention of Wagner though
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Russian MP Alexei Zhuravlyov (best known for his interesting relationship with turtles - look it up if you don’t know) has suggested that a "squadron of eagles" be kept in the Kremlin for taking down incoming drones
Solovyov Live host Armen Gasparyan isn’t impressed by the idea
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“On the surface there is an air of normality. In reality, there is nothing normal about what's happening here.” My personal reflections on what it feels like in Moscow more than 14 months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Former deputy prime minister and Roscosmos state space agency director Dmitry Rogozin says Russia should use tactical nukes to "destroy" Ukraine’s counter-offensive because "at the present moment there is no other option"
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This morning Vladimir Solovyov says Russia should kill Zelensky while he’s in the Netherlands
"We don’t care that it’s a Nato country"
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This morning's totally normal headline on Solovyov Live:
"The Ukro-Reich must be destroyed"
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To all the doubters who ridiculed the airbag- and ABS-less Lada Granta, last month it broke its sales record!
In April a total of 19,899 were sold in Russia, a more than seven-fold increase on April 2022
info.avtovaz.ru/press-releases
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Tonight on Solovyov’s show, former KGB sleeper agent Andrei Bezrukov (aka Donald Heathfield) calls for Russia to articulate its war aims properly and decide whether it wants to take Odesa and Transnistria or not
But Solovyov says he’s still thinking about Russia reaching Lisbon
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Tonight on Solovyov’s show, former KGB sleeper agent Andrei Bezrukov (aka Donald Heathfield) calls for Russia to articulate its war aims properly and decide whether it wants to take Odesa and Transnistria or not
But Solovyov says he’s still thinking about Russia reaching Lisbon
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Tonight Solovyov and his cronies were busy discussing the drone incident
MP Andrei Gurulyov says the 🇺🇦leadership "should no longer be on this Earth", calls for govt buildings in Kyiv to be "turned into dust" and wants Ze's plane to be shot down over the Baltic when he leaves 🇫🇮
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Russia says Ukraine tried to assassinate Putin. Ukraine denies attacking Putin or Moscow - and says the incident was staged by Russia. We've looked at 4 videos at the centre of the story. Produced Michael Cox, Mary Fuller, Floyd Cush, BBC Reality Check. bbc.co.uk/news
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Even if it’s just an attempt to awake Russians from their apathy, it’s still incredible that this is being said on state TV, 14 months into the war
Host Yevgeny Popov asks "war correspondent" Yevgeny Poddubny whether Ukraine is about to launch a major attack on Belgorod Region
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There were 2 drones which flew from different directions. 1st one caused some fire, second one didn't. Check the clock: 1st one is 2.27, 2nd one 2.43. The video with the people climbing the dome is indeed the 2nd drone (no fire caused).
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This should be the second of two alleged drones. You can see people climbing the dome and running around with flashlights near the tower gates. Additionally, there must have been something that prompted the person who filmed this to start recording. twitter.com/Mike_Eckel/sta…
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Astonishing footage of last night's drone attack on the Kremlin
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Last night there was apparently an attempt to attack the Kremlin with two drones
Putin's spokesman Peskov has called it a "planned terrorist attack and an attempt on the Russian president's life"
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Сегодня ночью была попытка атаковать Кремль беспилотником. Ничего себе.
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Spiridon Kilinkarov says the UK is behind the railway sabotage in Russia because they’re "major specialists" (if only Lawrence of Arabia was around to hear this!)
Vladimir Solovyov says Russia should respond by sending "fishermen" to cut the underwater power cables to the UK
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The ethics of Russian state TV in action, courtesy of Sergei Zenin, a "correspondent" on Dmitry Kiselyov’s show
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The lengths that Kremlin propagandists go to in their quest to paint Russia as a victim are pretty extraordinary
Yulia Vityazeva says Russia must win in Ukraine because if it fails to, Russians will be sent to the gas chambers
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This electronic billboard in Saint Petersburg has a never-ending stream of different graphics promoting signing up for the army
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Another train has derailed following an explosion in Russia's Bryansk Region, which borders Ukraine
The same thing happened yesterday on a different stretch of railway in the region twitter.com/adagamov/statu
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"On 24 February I died in order to be born for a different life"
I’m not expecting Vladimir Solovyov to open up on the pain of losing his Italian villas in this new documentary, but here’s hoping
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In Russia you can now buy bin bags in support of the "special military operation"
One rouble (about a penny) from the sale of each roll of bags apparently goes to help those fighting in Ukraine and their families wildberries.ru/catalog/155754
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On his show tonight, state TV anchor Dmitry Kiselyov introduces a report lauding the representatives of Russia’s ethnic minorities fighting in Ukraine
"We do not carry the white man's burden as Russia never had colonies"
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This is not the first time they’ve done this and I doubt it will be the last
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A prime example of Russian state media disinformation:
On last night's primetime TV news, this image was used to illustrate "Ukrainian shelling" on Donbas
Except it's actually from the Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia that so far has left eight Ukrainian civilians dead twitter.com/BBCPaulAdams/s…
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Absolutely shameless - Russian state TV used images of this week’s missile strike on a block of flats in Ukraine’s Uman which killed 23 civilians to illustrate the "shelling of Donbas by Ukrainian militants"
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Российское телевидение выдало кадры разрушенной девятиэтажки в Умани за "обстрел Донбасса украинскими боевиками".
Накануне, 28 апреля, российская ракета разрушила подъезд многоквартирного дома в Умани, Черкасской области Украины.
Погибли 23 человека, в том числе пятеро детей
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Ahead of Russia’s May Day public holiday, the mayor's office in Belgorod has published maps of bomb shelters near popular recreation areas in the city t.me/beladm31/8810
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Abu Mohammed al Jawlani is a Syrian militant leader wanted by the West, but who wants to be its friend.
asks what's behind his transformation? With
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• Missile strikes across Ukraine kill a 3 yr old girl & her mum
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a friend of Evan
Gershkovich, the US journalist held in Russia on espionage charges
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20 people now confirmed killed in the latest horrific missile strike by Russia
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Uman’, Central Ukraine this morning. Russian missile hit a residential block when people were sleeping.
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An important post-sanctions announcement from Russia's Industry and Trade Ministry:
Aluminium can production in the country is now fully meeting domestic demand
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The first episode, with the 'jihadist who wants to be liked', will be available here and in all the places you usually get your podcasts
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