Putin: Russia has the right to supply weapons to regions from which strikes will be launched against sensitive facilities of countries supplying weapons to Kiev.

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Hell yeah, hypersonic houthis incoming!

The US should stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and the conflict will end in 2-3 months — Putin

My bad. I mistakenly thought that Khabibi is still a Russian citizen but it turns out, he's a citizen of UAE now. That explains it.

Aside from that, him asking Trump to stop the war in Gaza is darkly funny - considering that Trump and his fam are one of the biggest pro-Israel hawks on this planet. Yeah, sure, Donnie will stop the war - he will ask Jared and Ivanka to hold fire from their kibbutz machine-gun nest. What a mess.

It is a bit ridiculous that it's banned in most of EU states and in CENTRAL ASIA of all places, but it's still legal here.

But on the other hand, weren't we all supposed to "hide our identities" by wearing dirty medical masks for 2 years?

In any case, niqabs are extremely NOT trad to wear. No muslim woman that lived in Russia (or Russian empire) ever wore it. It's a modern Wahhabi trend, just as traditional as a tiktok dance.

Russian State Duma is discussing the ban on the niqab

Earlier this year, Tajikistan banned the wearing of niqabs, and thousands of Tajik women rushed to the Russian border where it's still legal to wear it.

Mikhail Matveev, a member of State Duma, has drafted a law that potentially outlaws this practice, but he insists that it has nothing to do with niqabs in particular: "The bill will not include any mention of niqabs, burqas or ritual masks worn by members of Polynesian tribes. The motivation behind the bill is not religious, but rather security and identity-related issues"

Nearly 2 million people in Russia took part in a survey on the ban on niqabs. According to the survey, 86% of the respondents support banning them.

Being Russian and maintaining your position and sanity can be difficult. Not many people can handle it. A lot shut down or go insane. However, being mentally strong and facing the challenges that life throws at us is a great test that is bestowed upon us. Russians are truly God's chosen people.

Let's have a look at the bigger picture:

May 7 - information about an assassination attempt on the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia;

May 13-14 – warnings about a military coup in Turkey;

May 15 – assassination attempt on Slovak President Fico;

May 16 – detention of a citizen who threatened Serbian President Vucic.

May 19 - Raisi helicopter crash

The Russian Military-Civil Administration for Kharkov oblast is asking Ukrainian citizens to report "all available information, including personal data" [of the perpetrators] to them in cases of "you or your loved ones encountering inhumane and illegal treatment" by Ukrainian military conscription centers. Interesting. With the new, harsh Ukrainian mobilization law coming into force yesterday, there is a lot of discontent among Ukrainian citizens, particularly the Russians living in Kiev-controlled territory in e.g. Kharkov oblast. Good idea to make use of that.

New pod dropping in 2 hours

KHARKOV

Nikolai Ushakov, 1943.

Kharkov hears the roar of familiar guns,
The roar grows louder. The sound of dry explosions.
Homes and people have turned into listeners,
and the trees have become listeners too.

"We are waiting," - Sumskaya Street says.
"We are waiting," - the nearby garden echoes.
Dropping their heads lower and lower,
Dead bodies hang on the balconies...

"We are waiting," - the living people repeat.
Through ashen night, through gray day,
Kharkov hears the roar of familiar guns,
A brave voice: "We are coming!"

Beyond the anti-tank ditches,
Beyond the crossroads in the distance,
Kharkov rises before us.
We are coming,
We are entering,
We have entered.