:: Russia Invades Ukraine

Saturday 27 December 2025

(1)

Russia's Central Bank new updated 1,000 ruble bank note
dedicated to Nizhny Novgorod and the Volga Federal District




main image on the front
the Nikolskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin


main image on the front
the Nikolskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin


back image
the Saratov Highway Bridge
a Meteor-120R hydrofoil
Palace of Agriculture in Kazan


banknote retains its original color palette and is turquoise


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[ Note ]

street leading to the Nikolskaya Tower depicted on the front
of the 1,000 ruble bank note is named:. Zelensky Congress

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update January 2026
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Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense
published a video explaining the assassination was staged to flush out
Russian agents and accomplishes that orderd the hit for $500,000

Reportedly, Denis "WhiteRex" Kapustin is alive
wished everyone a Happy New Year
that Russian Volunteer Corps continue to carry out their missions
and he's ready to join the fight

from the intelligence report:.

"As a result of a comprehensive special operation by the Ukranian Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR),
which lasted more than a month, the life of the RDC commander, Dens Kapustin, whom Russian dictator Vladimir Putin
considers a personal enemy, was saved, and the circle of individuals who ordered the crime in the Russian intelligence services
and who carried it out was identified"

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.. . died FPV (First Person View) drone strike in Zaporizhzhia region


Denis "WhiteRex" Kapustin . [ commander | co-founder :: Russian Volunteer Corps ]
. fights on the side of Ukraine


in 2023-2024 .. .
Russian Volunteer Corps
conducted several raids in the Bryansk, Belogorad and Kursk regions of Russia


2023 November .. .
Second Western District Military Court of Moscow
sentenced Denis Kapustin in absentia
to life in imprisonment on charges of:.

creating a terrorist organization
illegal trafficking of weapons and explosives
training in terrorist activities
treason


in 2024 .. .
Second Western District Military Court of Moscow
sentenced sentenced Denis Kapustin in absentia
to life in imprisonment for invading the Bryansk region [ Russia ] .

(3)

Vladimir Putin to work on projects for Russia's defense industry


:: Dmitry Peskov . [ The Kremlin'sspokesperson ]

"Today, he (Vladimir Putin) will continue to work on various projects
within the state's armaments program for 2027-2036 and, in general,
the development program for the country's defense-industrial complex
for the period of the Second World War and into the long term"

Russia's State Armaments Program
defines the procurement, development, and modernization of military equipment
for the Russian Armed Forces over a ten year period


.. . at the meeting
"Development of the Defense Industrial Complex"
draft state armaments program for 2027-2036


:: Vladimir Putin

"the methods of conducting military operations and the absolutely invaluable experince
gained by the troops are being fully utilized in shaping the new image of the armed forces
and the defense-industrial complex"


Vladimir Putin stated that a set of measures will ensure
"the expansion of high-tech production with maximun automation"
and increased labor production with special attention to reducing production costs


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[ Note ]

Second Military Operation = Russia's War in Ukraine

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.. . mysterious death
killed on December 4, 2025 in the Flotsky gardening community in Sevastopol


four cars pulled up to house No. 51 in the gardening community.
Masked men [ Russian security forces ] with automatic weapons emerged - several shots


Six hours later an ambulance arrived at house of "The Spaniard"
around nine minutes later, ambulance carries Stanislav Orlov's body out of the apartment building


funeral in Russian Orthodox Church
buried in the main cathedral
first so-called veteran of the war in Ukraine to be honored in this manner
previously, funerals were held there only for high ranking Kremlin officals


Stanislav Orlov . [ call sign "The Spaniard" ]
CSKA football fan
Russian commander
founder of neo-Nazi football (soccer) brigade "Espanyola" PMC
fought in Ukraine and committed war crimes


Espanyola PMC (private military company)
part of the Vostok battalion so the so-called DPR (Donetsk People's Republic)
was created by fans, maily Spartak,
then the Rotenbergs (friends of Valudimir Putin) came there with the idea of taking over the PMC for themselves

Espanyola like most Russian volunteer units part of the "Redut PMC"
of the Russian Ministry of Defense


Espanyola fighters took part in the assault on Azovstal
Kherson and Zaporozhye directions, near Ugledar, near Avdeevka

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for the end of 2025 . ..
Vladimir Putin scheduled to not deliver his annual address to the Federal Assembly


Article 84 of the Russian Constitution:.

the president
"addresses the Federal Assembly with annual addresses on the state of the country
and main directions of the state's domestic and foreign policy"


in 2022
when Russia invaded Ukraine
Vladimir Putin did not address the Federal Assembly

(6)

Igor Strelkov-Girkin
. [ former Minister of Defense | Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) :: 2014 May-August


"Right now, the economic news is worse than news from the front...
The peacetime economy is no longer capable of coping with a full-scale military burden...
I believe that in the second or third quarter of next year, [ 2026 ]
we will begin something to an economic collapse,
a steady escalating one, which, of course,
will soon lead to social collapse"


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:: Note

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(2024 July 21)
Igor Strelkov-Girkin
sentenced to four years in general regime colony
public calls for extremist activities | Part 2 of Article 280 Russian Criminal Code
due to posts on his Telegram channel (criticizing the Kremlin)


::


(2014 July 17)

Russian separatists reportedly led by

Igor Strelkov-Girkin
. [ former Minister of Defense | Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) :: 2014 May-August

shot down with a BUK rocket
Malaysia Airlines flight . Boeing 777 . MH-17
over eastern Ukraine
killing all 298 people on board

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Buryatia schools


parent | chat - link

to an important sociological survey as part of
Russia's first regional patriotic education project


survey for fathers:.
"Are you ready to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense and volunteer for the Special Military District?"


to receive their results the so-called "anonymous" survey requires the student to list:.
age
location
email or phone number

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Vladimir Putin | signed a decree:.


Regulations on Military Service Procedures
for stateless persons in the Russian Armed Forces
and other Russian military formations

Amendments introduced to the regulation
approved by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation September 16, 1999

adopted:. July 2025
granting stateless persons the right to enter into contracts with the Russian military

amendments to the laws:.

"On Military Duty and Military Service"

"On Defense"

"On the Status of Military Personnel"

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assassinated | car bomb


Fanil Fanisovich Sarvarov . [ Lieutenant General ] . promoted:. May 2024 dob:. 1969 March 11
Gremyachinsk, Perm Oblast


[ graduated ] :.

1990 . Kazan Higher Tank Command School
1999 . Military Academy of Armored Forces
2008. Military Acadmy of the General Staff of the Russian Federation


1992 - 2003 . military operations . Ossetian-Ingush conflict . Chechen Republic


2015 - 2016 . organized tasks for military operations in Syria


2008 - 2025 December 22 (his death)
. Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
. Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces . [ appointed head:. 2016 ]
(responsible for current and medium term planning of the Russian Armed Forces)


Awards:.

Order of Courage
Order of Military Merit
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st and 2nd class
Suvorov Medal
Honored Military Specialist of the Russian Federation



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Assassination :: Monday 21 December 2025
time:. around 7 am
place:. court yard of residential building on Yasenevaya Street
magnetic mine bomb based on hexogen its yield reached up to 300 grams of TNT equivalent
placed under the drivers seat of the Kia Sorento and detonated when the car began moving






. . . . .

Moscow, Russia
bombs planted under a traffic police car
near location of assassination of:
Fanil Fanisovich Sarvarov . [ Lieutenant General ]

- died - :: two police lieutenants

Ilya Klimanov
Maxim Gorbunov

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died .. .


Yuri Sadovenka
. [ former Deputy Minister of Defense | Russia ] :: 2013 - May 2024
dob:. 1969 September 11 [ age 56 ]
born in Ukraine


[ graduated ] :.


1994 - 2002 . Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School

2002 - 2007 . aide and chief of staff to :: Sergei Shoigu . [ Ministry of Emergency Situations | Russia ]
Sergei Shoigu . [ current chairman | Secretary of Russia's Security Council ]
former head | Russia's Minister of Defense . [ 2012 - May 2024 ]

2012 . May - November :: Chief of Staff | Moscow Region Governor

2013 - 2024 May . [ fired by Vladimir Putin's presidential decree ]
. Deputy Minister of Defense | Russia
. Minister of Defense . [ Chief of Staff ]

Saturday 20 December 2025

(1)

Russia's S-500 anti-aircraft missile system
capable of hitting targets in near space


[ April 2022 :: Almaz-Antey (Russian military-industrial enterprise) began serial production of S-500 system ]


"The Aerospace Forces have formed their first air defense and missile defense division.
The first regiment equipped with the unique S-500 anti-aircraft missile system has entered combat duty"

- Andrei Belousov . [ Russia Defense Minister ]
at Russia's Ministry of Defense board meetng | December 2025



according to Russia's Ministry of Defense .. .
S-500 anti-aircraft missile system
capable of destroying satellites and hypersonic weapons in near space and ballistic targets.

(2)

. .. plenary session | State Duma


up to 20 years in prison for desertion . [ formerly five to 15 years ]


for those that entered into agreements (signed a military contract)
with Russia's Ministry of Defense in exchange for
release from prison or suspension of criminal proceedings
to participate in the :: SVO (Special Military Operation)


- for unauthorized absence from duty or failure to appear without good reason
(Article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)


- for desertion
(Article 338 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)


- for evading military service by feigning illness, self-harm, forgery of documents, or other deception
(Article 339 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)


If a formerly incarcerated service member leaves or abandons their miliary unit without permission:


... abandons military unit | for more then two days
- prison sentence: two to six years


... abandons military unit | for 10 days to one month
- prison sentence: three to eight years


... abandons military unit | for over one month or feigns illness to avoid military service
- prison sentence: seven to 12 years

(3)

.. . State Duma abolished
mandatory annual filing of income and property declarations
for Russian government officals, cival servants, deputies and senators


Vasily Piskarev . [ Chairman | Duma Commitee on Security and Anti-Corruption ]
(United Russia . Vladimir Putin's political party)

authored a package of amendments
led by a group of parlimentarians from all political factions


officals will only be required
to provide information on their properties in the following cases:


- upon entering the civil service

- when appointed to a new position

- when transferring between government agencies

- when included in the federal personnel reserve

- when concluding transactions, the amount of which exceeds the total income of the official
his spouse and minor children for three years




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[ Note ]

in Russia . . .
bloggers, influencers and former government officials
are routinely sent to pre-trial detention or house arrest . [ sometimes years after the alleged offense ]
and "all their assets and bank accounts" transferred to the Russian government for:


- abuse of office
- bribery
- not filing income taxes
- not paying the required amount in income taxes
- having real estate property (in their name or relatives) in excess of income - including apartments


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Vladimir Putin | signed a decree


requiring Russian citizens to report their change of address - year round
to the military registration and enlistment office
if the potential conscript leaves place of residence for more than three months

penalties | administrative fine:. 10,000 to 20,000 rubles

- failure to comply with military obligations
(Article 21.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses)

(5)

Vladimir Putin | signed a decree


reportedly to amend the anti-money laundering law (115-FZ)
Rosfinmonitering given access to data on Russians transactions


- Mir cards

- Central Bank's Faster Payment System (FPS)

Rosfinmonitering had to previously send requests to banks to track FPS transfers
which reached 60 million per day


Rosfinmonitering maintains a "registry of extremists and terrorists"
and ability to block payments and accounts for "suspicious transactions"

Thursday 11 December 2025

(1)

9 - 10 December 2025
in Vietnam


Sergei Shoigu . [ chairman | Secretary of Russia's Security Council ]
former head | Russia's Minister of Defense . [ 2012 - May 2024 ]

to meet with:

Pham Minh Tinh . [ Prime Minister | Vietnam ]

To Lam . [ General Secretary | Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam ]

Lung Tam Quang . [ Minister of Public Security of the SRV ]

Phan Van Giang . [ Minister of National Defense ]



Russia's Security Council . . .

"The agenda for the meetings includes a discussion of a wide range of Russian-Vietnamese relations,
covering coordination of actions on the international stage
(including in multilateral formats such as the EAEU, ASEAN, and BRICS),
regional security, military and military-technical cooperation, trade and economic relations,
and collaboration in the scientific and technological sphere.
Cooperation in combating drug trafficking, organized crime, and extremism will also be discussed in detail,
as well as cooperation in finiancial intelligence, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (police),
the Ministry of Justice, and the Russian National Guard"

(2)

Looting in the Russian Military


- Anastasia Kashevarova
. [ pro-Russia propagandist ]


I bitterly admit that man is a wolf to man, even there at the front.
If a soldier is missing in action or killed, then their family can forget about their personal belongings


Everything is taken and looted - helmets, body armour, documents, bank cards,
and even money is withdrawn from her by so-called comrades-in-arms or commanders.

In response to family inquiries, military units and headquarters respond with:


"We don't know where his personal belongings are"

"We don't know where he disappeared"

"We don't know how he disappeared"


What is this? This is the [ Russian ] ARMY!
The pride of the country! This is the sovereign's army, not rabble.


Even if there are many random people with low morale and a lack of
understanding of military brotherhood in the Russian Armed Forces now,
there must be oversight. There must be discipline.


From a letter:

"When I was at the military registration and enlistment office,
I asked what would happen to my son's personal belongings.
The junior lieutenant who lost his arm near Artemovsk signed and said:
"They'll sit at the unit for a couple of weeks, then the guys will steal them."


And that's exactly what happened.
The guys stole not only the equipment, but they're not sorry about that.
The boys stole his personal phone, passport, contract with the Ministry of Defense
bank card, a book of Mao Zedong quotations, and personal belongings.


The boys also, using either the passport or a power of attorney signed by the unit commander,
issued an additional bank card to my son's account and stole all the funds that were sent to him in August [ 2025 ].


So, his family has no grave, no record of his death, nor the annotated book he constantly read.
His fellow soldiers also stole everything that was left of him, like crow

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incapacitated soldiers supplied to the frontlines of Russia's Armed Forces
by military recruitment offices, local administrations, district police officers and Roma profit


- Anastasia Kashevarova
. [ pro-Russia propagandist ]


The scheme goes like this:

A district police officer and military recruitment office representative work together,
often involving Roma who sell drugs and siphon off contingents.
The district police officer provides information about people with problems:
alcoholics, drug addicts and citizens with psychiatric diagnoses.


Then, they visit the home of those who meet these criteria and tell them that mobilization is underway,
and that they, as a draft dodger, face a prison sentence. They offer to quickly resolve the issue by signing a contract.
If the victim reveals medical conditions that prevent them from serving, they are offered a medical examination.
Which, of course, shows that the candidate is as healthy as an ox.


And there is no turning back:
a person who's already incapable of thinking clearly is intimidated with a criminal case and forced to sign a contract.


On paper, there's a certain number of fighters [ in Russia's Armed Forces ]
but in reality, some of them are simply incompetent.

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Beware of a popular Russian malware tactic used to gain control of the victim's device


messages with the caption:

"Looking at the photo, I remember you"


These messages contain a link to a fake photo
that leads to a malicious file to install malware on the victim's device.

This allows the attackers to gain full access to the smartphone,
including intercepting and sending messsages,
and collecting financial data.


The malware can also self-propagate through a comprised device,
launching phising emails and redirecting calls.


Other ways malware is distributed via:

New Year's cards
.. . malacious files are disguised as images, animations or videos
after opening the file scammers can gain access to
banking applications, passwords and personal data

Using neural networks (AI) Artificial Intelligence
to fake avatars (profile photo or photos) of other people

Fradulent files are typically in APK format and contain malware
these files allow attackers to gain remote access to the phone

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.. . died


Alexey Okopny
. deputy head | Moscow Center "E" . (Center for Countering Extremism)
oversaw pro-Kremlin radical group SERB

known for persecuting the opposition and detaining protestors

:: ::

.. . died
shot in Transbaikal


Konstantin Ektov . age 31
. contract solder
. part of the Russian military investigative task force
. arrested wanted soldiers that left their military unit without permission
. known for beating soldiers and coercing confessions

(5)

Hacked all data reportedly destroyed


Russia's Military Registration Registry . [ 30 million accounts ]
. key developer - Mikord . hackers claim to have destroyed the infrastructure including the source code


message on Mikord's website:


"The servers of the key developer of the Military Registration Registry have been hacked, all data erased"

Friday 5 December 2025

(1)

Russian volunter brigade . . . BARS-Kursk


in partnership with:.
Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies


will specialize in testing and implementing.the latest communications

electronic warefare (EW)

mine clearing systems

reconnaissance (SIRI) systems

robotics

UAV systems

(2)

RT . [ Russia Today ] will begin broadcasting daily bulletins in English for India


Vladimir Putin announced:
"The new channel will undoubtedly help Indian audiences better understand Russia and Russians
and receive objective information about what's happening in our country today"

(3)

.. . on Donbas


Vladimir Putin to India Today


"Either we liberate these territories by force or arms
or the Ukranian troops will leave these territories"


.. . about U.S representatives in the Kremlin and points in (Donald Trump's) Ukraine plan


"We said somewhere that yes, we can discuss this, but we can't agree to that"