lavrov is presented as russia’s chief diplomat, but in reality he’s just a skilled mouthpiece without real decision‑making power - part of a “4‑D” diplomatic façade that hides internal rivalries and ineffective negotiations
Boris Bondarev, Substack
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Sergey Lavrov and the Myth of His “Disgrace”
Over the past week or two, several Russian and foreign media outlets have circulated reports claiming that Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has supposedly fallen into disgrace.Boris Bondarev
Ukraine is being rocked by the biggest corruption scandal of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s term. It’s no surprise then that the news that some in power have been enriching themselves has caused mass outrage across Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/rage-panic…
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[2025/11/15 14:14]
Rage, panic, and a glimmer of hope in Ukraine as corruption scandal unfolds
Ukraine is being rocked by the biggest corruption scandal of President Volodymyr Zelensky's term. In the halls of power in Kyiv, the mood is one of dread and uncertainty about what to expect next.Chris York (The Kyiv Independent)
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s outreach to the Trump administration — once seen as one of Moscow’s most coordinated diplomatic efforts — now appears increasingly fractured. kyivindependent.com/how-a-trio…
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/15 14:08]
How a trio of power brokers turned Putin’s US strategy into a quiet turf war
Russian President Vladimir Putin's outreach to the Trump administration — once seen as one of Moscow's most coordinated diplomatic efforts — now appears increasingly fractured.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
💬 Russian authorities have stopped allowing electric and hybrid vehicles to cross the Crimean Bridge because they fear the cars batteries could be used to conceal large quantities of explosives, according to Espreso TV on November 15.
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Russia Bans Electric Cars on Crimean Bridge. Here's Why
Russian authorities have banned electric and hybrid vehicles from the Crimean Bridge, fearing the concealment of explosives in their batteries.Roman Kohanets (UNITED24 Media)
putin’s US outreach, once unified, is now split among lavrov, dmitriev, and ushakov - each competing for influence, creating a quiet turf war and fracturing russia’s diplomatic strategy toward Washington
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How a trio of power brokers turned Putin’s US strategy into a quiet turf war
Russian President Vladimir Putin's outreach to the Trump administration — once seen as one of Moscow's most coordinated diplomatic efforts — now appears increasingly fractured.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
❗️The occupiers' breakthrough to Novopavlivka. Using the fog, the enemy established a crossing between Yalta and Dachny.
🔥 The soldiers of the Perun unit immediately began working with drones. They burned 2 Russian tanks and 5 armored personnel carriers.
⚡️US delays sanctions on Russian oil giant Lukoil, Bloomberg reports. The company entered negotiations to sell its foreign assets shortly before requesting that U.S. officials postpone sanctions. kyivindependent.com/us-delays-…
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/15 13:44]
US delays sanctions on Russian oil giant Lukoil, Bloomberg reports
Interest in Lukoil's overseas holdings has increased in recent days, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 14.Kateryna Hodunova (The Kyiv Independent)
🕯️Yesterday, during another night attack by Russia on Kyiv, a teacher of the Preschool structural unit of the Lyceum "Dominanta" Vashchenko Svitlana was killed.
💔 "Svitlana Anatoliivna was a teacher devoted to her profession, a kind and sensitive person who gave care, attention and love to children every day," her colleagues wrote.
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🇱🇹🦅 Lithuania is moving quickly to develop technology to counter the recent influx of smuggling balloons and unmanned aerial vehicles from Belarus, Economy Vice Minister Paulius Petrauskas said, - LRT
Several dozen Lithuanian companies submitted proposals for innovative measures to detect, monitor, identify, and neutralise aerial threats.
Petrauskas said the government expects to select the best ideas within a few weeks and develop the technology within six months.
🔥 The Ryazan oil refinery, Nebo-U radar station, a military echelon and several areas of concentration of enemy manpower were hit, - General Staff
▪️Products of this refinery: A-92/95/98/100 gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, liquefied gases and other oil refining products.
▪️Also AFU hit radar station “Nebo-U” in the temporarily occupied Crimea, a military echelon in the Tokmak and a concentration of enemy personnel near Vovchansk in Kharkiv region.
🔋 Since the UK banned single-use vapes in June over health and environmental concerns, Viacheslav Semeniuk has had his work cut out extracting thousands of batteries from the devices to send to #Ukraine, where they are made into power banks for frontline troops.
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How Britain’s Disposable Vape Ban Has Boosted Ukraine’s War Effort
Since a ban on disposable e-cigarettes, Ukrainian volunteers have shipped thousands of unused vape batteries to Ukraine where they are made into powerbanks for frontline soldiers.Amos Chapple (RFE/RL)
🇷🇺📉 Russian economic growth was close to zero in the third quarter, the state statistics agency said Friday, as the costs of the Ukraine war and Western sanctions start to bite.
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🧐 Ukrainian intelligence:
"The Russian economy's dependence on energy and metal exports, most of which are sold to China, makes it increasingly vulnerable to fluctuations in demand in the Chinese market and increases its dependence on Beijing."
💥 Defense forces cut off enemy logistical routes on the approaches to Pokrovsk, — 7th Corps of DShV
As a result of the airstrike, the road connecting Selidove and Pokrovsk was destroyed.
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the village of Novovasylivske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast to "more favorable defensive positions," the Southern Defense Forces confirmed on Nov. 15.
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Ukraine confirms withdrawal from Novovasylivske amid Russian advances in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Ukrainian forces withdrew from the village of Novovasylivske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast to "more favorable defensive positions," the Southern Defense Forces said on Nov. 15.Kateryna Hodunova (The Kyiv Independent)
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⚡️Ukraine confirms withdrawal from Novovasylivske amid Russian advances in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the village to “more favorable defensive positions,” the Southern Defense Forces confirmed on Nov. 15. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-pu…
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Ukraine confirms withdrawal from Novovasylivske amid Russian advances in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Ukrainian forces withdrew from the village of Novovasylivske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast to "more favorable defensive positions," the Southern Defense Forces said on Nov. 15.Kateryna Hodunova (The Kyiv Independent)
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✈️ Three NATO aircraft are conducting reconnaissance missions in the Black Sea theater of military operations.
Annexed Crimea and the Krasnodar Krai of Russia should prepare.
15 November 1904 | A Polish Jew, Fiszel Goldrajch, was born in Łódź. A weaver.
In #Auschwitz from 1 October 1941.
No. 21256
He perished in the camp on 21 October 1941.
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"On Auschwitz" (12): Polish and Jewish prisoners in the camp
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🇺🇸 The US Treasury Department issued a license for certain transactions involving Lukoil's retail service stations and contracts for the sale of the firm's international assets until Dec. 13, - Bloomberg
A separate waiver for deals pertaining to Lukoil's entities in Bulgaria was extended through April 29, as Treasury holds talks with allies while navigating the unwind of the company's overseas operations.
‼️ In Zaporizhzhia and the south of Dnipropetrovsk region, the enemy does not reduce the intensity of assault operations, - Defense Forces of South
Over the past day, almost four dozen combat clashes took place in the Oleksandrivske and Hulyaipillia directions.
More than 350 attacks were recorded using more than 1,500 ammunition. Enemy losses amounted to almost 300 personnel and 58 units of munitions.
Our units were withdrawn from the settlement of Novovasylivske to new positions for defense.
⚡️North Korea halves shell shipments to Russia as its own stockpiles run low, Ukraine’s intelligence says. North Korean artillery supplies enabled Russia to maintain its firing rate in 2024, but this year, that support has declined markedly. kyivindependent.com/north-kore…
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/15 11:06]
🔥 A fire at the Saratov Oil Refinery has been burning for two days.
The refinery halted production on November 4, 2025. After attack, mew strikes 10 days later set fire to tanks and further damaged technical equipment.
The Saratov Oil Refinery is the city's largest enterprise, refining approximately 5.8 million tons of crude oil, which accounts for approximately 2.2% of Russia's total refining volume.
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Polish PM Tusk:
Today, enthusiasm for supporting Ukraine has weakened in Poland and abroad. People are tired of the war and its costs, so maintaining support is harder.
I often stress that it’s in Poland’s clear interest for Ukraine to remain an independent, well-governed state.
We will continue to support Ukraine, because by helping Ukraine, we also protect Poland.
It will become harder to convince international partners to stand with Ukraine if such corruption cases continue to appear.
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Polish PM Tusk:
I warned Zelensky early in his presidency that Russia and pro-Russian groups in Europe would push the narrative that Ukraine is deeply corrupt.
I urged him to watch carefully for any signs of corruption around him, because avoiding even the smallest scandal would be crucial for his reputation.
🇺🇸Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
🎤Reporter: Is it your brain?
🇺🇸Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyze, they analyzed it well.
📡🇪🇪🇺🇦 Estonia allocates €3.5 million for Starlink for Ukraine.
🗣️ According to Estonian Defense Minister, "Starlink capabilities are especially important, given Ukraine's desire to significantly increase the number of drones that require high-performance Internet connections."
❗️Yesterday the enemy stormed Novopavlivka, - DeepState
😶🌫️ Using the fog, the Russians established a pontoon crossing between Yalta and Dachny and transported about 10 units of equipment.
Unfortunately, they were discovered too late, so the enemy managed to disperse the landing force in the central and southern parts of the village, which fled to shelters.
As of the evening of November 14, it is known that at least 1 tank and BMP were destroyed, fate of the rest of the equipment is unknown.
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🕯️Russia killed Natalia Khodemchuk, the widow of Valeriy Khodemchuk, the first victim of Chornobyl disaster.
A Russian drone struck the woman's apartment in Kyiv. Natalia was hospitalized with burns to 45% of her body. She died in the hospital this morning.
🇺🇸☢️ Trump stated that the US intends to conduct nuclear tests in the near future.
In an interview with GB News, he added that he would like to initiate negotiations on denuclearization.
The first step could be a meeting involving three states — the US, Russia, and China.
🇰🇵 North Korea has more than halved the volume of artillery ammunition supplies to Russia in 2025!
This was announced by Vadym Skibitsky, Deputy Head of GUR, in an interview with Reuters.
The reason was the depletion of ammunition stocks in Pyongyang.
At the same time, about half of the ammunition turned out to be so outdated that they needed modernization at Russian factories.
📉"GDP continues to deflate in Russia." Rosstat confirmed a slowdown in economic growth to 0.6%, - The Moscow Times
In the third quarter, GDP grew by 0.6% compared to July-October 2024. In the previous three quarters, annual growth was 4.5%, 1.4%, and 1.1%.
According to economist Dmitry Polevoy's preliminary estimate, seasonally adjusted quarterly growth was a symbolic 0.15%. "GDP continues to deflate," commented former Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Sergey Aleksashenko.
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 15, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
🐦🔗: nitter.oksocial.net/KyivIndepe…
[2025/11/15 09:42]
😢 In Kharkiv region, Russians hit police car with FPV drone: one person killed
❗️And in Chernihiv region, Russians hit a farm building with a drone.
💀❗️In Sumy region, the 71st OEB launched a hunt for groups of operators of the Rubicon UAV center.
Several points from which drones were launched against Ukrainian military personnel were attacked.
Our paratroopers tried to disable equipment, antennas, and transport first.
😎🇺🇦 Pokrovsk direction: Bohdana destroys enemy targets.
Jack went from a private soldier to a gun commander in a year of service in the 144th artillery division of the SSO center.
In civilian life, he was a landscape designer - and to some extent he remained so, because artillery, like no other, changes the enemy's landscape.
🇵🇱🇺🇦 Poland has been providing assistance to Ukrainian refugees for the last year, — President Nawrocki.
"I emphasized that I signed this law on assistance to Ukrainians for the last time."
15 November 1940 | A German Sinti boy, Dieter Bamberger, was born in Frankenthal (Pfalz).
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 18 March 1943.
No. Z-4262
He perished in the camp on 16 April 1943.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz:
Podcast: youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_roma_a…
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
At least 23,000 Roma and Sinti people - including 11 thousand children were deported by the Nazi German regime to Auschwitz. After the Jews and Poles they ar...YouTube
#Pokrovsk after over a year resisting russia’s fiercest assaults, now faces imminent fall. russian forces advanced via infiltration, infantry pressure & drone attacks
The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell explains how the battle reached this point and what it’s fall could mean
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Battle of Pokrovsk: How Russia broke into the city and what's next
Pokrovsk, a city that held back some of Russia’s fiercest assaults for over a year, is now on the verge of falling. Despite Kremlin claims of encirclement, R...YouTube
🇷🇺🤡 #Russia’s Investigative Committee has announced it has formally completed a criminal investigation into the most senior figures at the International Criminal Court, charging them in absentia with a host of serious crimes, including the preparation of an attack “for the purpose of provoking war.”
en.zona.media/article/2025/11/…
A warrant for a warrant. Moscow adds International Criminal Court leadership to wanted list for “illegal prosecution” of Russians and “provoking a war”
Russia’s Investigative Committee has announced it has formally completed a criminal investigation into the most senior figures at the International Criminal Court (ICC), charging t...Mediazona
Zelfs wereldverbeteraar Bill Gates probeert nu bij Donald Trump in de gunst te komen
Historische precedenten van oprukkend autoritarisme en meebuigende ondernemers zijn er genoeg. Toch is het opvallend dat geen enkele durfal onder de Amerikaanse techondernemers het waagt om Donald Trump te ontstemmen.Olaf Tempelman (DPG Media)
Ultime battute per l'iniziativa #IoLeggoPerché.
Come funziona? Facile: entrate in una delle librerie aderenti (tipo la mia), comprate un libro che vorreste donare alla biblioteca di una scuola a vostra scelta (gemellata con la libreria), firmate la dedica e lo lasciate nelle grinfie del/la libraio/a. I responsabili delle scuole ritireranno i libri donati e in primavera riceveranno altri libri dagli editori.
E adesso datevi da fare.
#VitaDaLibraio
Amazon | Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer | Pinch, Trevor, Trocco, Frank | MIDI, Mixers, etc.
Amazon配送商品ならAnalog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizerが通常配送無料。更にAmazonならポイント還元本が多数。Pinch, Trevor, Trocco, Frank作品ほか、お急ぎ便対象商品は当日お届けも可能。amzn.to
Sounds great.. Magnificent!
Destiny71z - Live Buchla Session | RA Sessions
Destiny71z - Live Buchla Session | RA Sessions
Throughout 2020, Eglo Records released a series of EPs by the hitherto unknown artist Destiny71z. Subscribe to RA's YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1x7PeGyCol...YouTube
[Column] The Buchla Music Easel and the Philosophy of “Solitary Performance”: Redefining Improvisation Through Analog Synthesis
Released in 1973, the Buchla Music Easel was a portable iteration of the legendary Buchla 200 Series analog modular system. Designer Don Buchla described the instrument as “a portable composition environment”—not merely a compact modular synth, but a vision of what he called a “personal improvisation instrument.”
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[Column] Buchla Music Easel and the philosophy of “solitary performance”: Redefining improvisation with analog synths
Introduction: What is Buchla Music Easel?mmr
Teo Macero on Creating "Bitches Brew" With Miles Davis
Teo Macero on Creating "Bitches Brew" With Miles Davis
In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org - Legendary producer and arranger Teo Macero discusses working on the album, Bitches Brew, with Miles Davis, and ...YouTube
[Column] Teo Macero and Miles Davis—When Editing Transcends Creation
In the late 1960s, Miles Davis’s music transformed from an extension of live performance into “sonic architecture” constructed through studio editing. Behind this transformation stood Teo Macero…
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[Column] Teo Macero and Miles Davis —— The moment when editing surpasses creativity
Prologue: “Another instrument” called the recording roommmr
The Three Suns - Tico Tico (1948)
[Column] Three Suns and the magic of the accordion - an acoustic fable born in postwar America
A soft melody drifting from the radio. What was playing was The Three Suns—a symbol of 1940s American home music, built around an arrangement of accordion, guitar, and electric organ…
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[Column] Three Suns and the magic of the accordion - an acoustic fable born in postwar America
Prologue: Three suns echoing in the living room at duskmmr
[Column] DEVO and Energy Dome ─ Utopia and degeneration theory in the technological age
DEVO embodied a new era of pop art through not only their music but also their visual iconography.
The symbol of this was the red plastic hats they wore on stage and in their music videos—the Energy Dome…
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[Column] DEVO and Energy Dome ─ Utopia and degeneration theory in the technological age
Prologue: What does the red dome mean?mmr
Dilemma etico.
Io voglio evitare in ogni modo di fare pubblicità qui su mastodon, perché è giusto così.
Ma a volte la tentazione di farvi vedere le cose pucciosissime che ci arrivano è molto forte.
Ma teniamo duro.
#Sapevatelo
#Mastocartolaio
Negli ultimi giorni, gli ennesimi guasti ai sistemi #AWS e #Azure hanno lasciato migliaia di utenti senza accesso a molti servizi: una dimostrazione di quanto sia fragile un web concentrato nelle mani di pochi.
💪 Serve sostenere chi costruisce alternative libere e trasparenti.
Dietro ogni server del @fediverso ogni servizio etico, ci sono persone, tempo, costi e tanta passione.
👉 per sostenere i @devol e partecipare al cambiamento:
💥 Rendiamo il web di nuovo nostro
Gong-Rockenstock (18/09/73)
Gong-Rockenstock (18/09/73)
Divertiti con i video e la musica che ami, carica contenuti originali e condividi tutto con amici, familiari e con il mondo su YouTube.YouTube
Amazon | Gong - revised and updated: Every Album, Every Song (On Track) | Furbank, Kevan | Rock
Amazon配送商品ならGong - revised and updated: Every Album, Every Song (On Track)が通常配送無料。更にAmazonならポイント還元本が多数。Furbank, Kevan作品ほか、お急ぎ便対象商品は当日お届けも可能。amzn.to
[Column] The Gong Legend: Era, Mythology, Sound, and Community
In the late 1960s, Paris was a laboratory for revolution.
Student protests, street actions, the liberation of art—the fervor of the “May Revolution” engulfed the youth, and music, poetry, and politics merged into one…
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Arriva Kraken: il nuovo ransomware che valuta l’ambiente per infliggere il massimo danno
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/arriva-kr…
I #ricercatori di #Cisco Talos hanno rilevato un'ondata attiva di attacchi che utilizzano un nuovo #ransomware chiamato Kraken. Il gruppo ha iniziato a operare nel febbraio 2025 e utilizza metodi di doppia estorsione , senza prendere di mira settori specifici.
Tra le vittime figurano aziende di Stati Uniti, Regno Unito, Canada, Danimarca, Panama e Kuwait. Kraken infetta i sistemi Windows, #Linux e #VMware ESXi , distribuendo versioni separate del #ransomware per ciascun #sistema.
A cura di Redazione RHC
#redhotcyber #news #ciscoTalos #KrakenRansomware #Ransomware #Doppiaestorsione #Cybersecurity #Malware #Bitcoin #USA #UK #Canada #Attacchinformatici #infosecurity
Arriva Kraken: il nuovo ransomware che valuta l'ambiente per infliggere il massimo danno
Scopri il nuovo ransomware Kraken che colpisce Windows, Linux e VMware ESXi con tecniche di doppia estorsione e avanzate strategie di occultamento.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
E adesso come faccio a fare il solito sonnellino pomeridiano? 🤨
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #BlackCat #GattoNero
ma scusa, quelli importanti il sonnellino lo stanno già facendo.
Voi sudditi potete mettervi a terra, no?
PS: e piantatela di disturbare i due signori co 'ste foto! 😂
Il ritorno mascherato del piano di scansione dei messaggi privati dell'UE
Dopo essere stato messo a tacere una volta dall'indignazione pubblica, il piano di sorveglianza di massa dell'UE #chatcontrol è tornato, rilanciato, riconfezionato e più invasivo di prima
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EU’s "Chat Control 2.0" Sparks Fierce Privacy Backlash
After public outrage buried it once, the EU’s mass surveillance plan is back; rebranded, repackaged, and more invasive than before.Ken Macon (Reclaim the Net)
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Zum Brüllen witzig 😂
Alle Kollegen hauen die frischen Anekdoten raus. Das müsstet ihr mal hören 🫣🤣
Muss beim Schreiben meines wöchentlichen Newsletters bitter lachen.
Ich stelle meinen Flauschis diese Woche das Interview von @laschyk vom @Volksverpetzer
zur Verfügung.
Daran eine treffende Analyse, was "links" immer wieder von innen schwächt.
Feel it way too much these days.
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DO NOT respond to them or click their link.
DO report them by clicking ⋯ on the scam post and then "Report" and if possible select the option to forward the report to its origin server.
The scammers may have 
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