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Elderly Russians are enlisting for war to secure financial compensation for their families. This strategy is criticized for endangering younger soldiers and creating burdens on combat groups. 💰⚔️

Ancianos rusos se unen a la guerra buscando indemnización de 5 millones de rublos, generando críticas por ser una carga en combate y arriesgar la vida de otros soldados. 💔💰

Des Russes âgés vont à la guerre pour se faire tuer, espérant une indemnité pour leur famille. Cela soulève l'indignation, car ils mettent en danger d'autres soldats. 💔⚔️

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1/ Elderly Russians are going to war with the explicit intention of getting killed so that their family get a 5 million ruble ($68,800) compensation payment. It's too much even for Russian warbloggers, who complain about how pointless this is. ⬇️
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Page by Pekka Kallioniemi | @vatniksoup.bsky.social In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll talk about engagement farming: a cynical social media tactic to rack up likes, shares, and comments. From rage farming to AI-powered outrage factories, engagement farming is reshaping online discourse and turning division into profit. 1/23

Engagement farming exploits provocative content to boost social media interaction and profit, often spreading misinformation and negative emotions, while AI exacerbates the issue. 📉🤖
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:x4idzneqrxdb6oc3nk7ps77j/post/3lw4nlwqjg225

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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll talk about engagement farming: a cynical social media tactic to rack up likes, shares, and comments. From rage farming to AI-powered outrage factories, engagement farming is reshaping online discourse and turning division into profit.

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1/ Another commentary on lessons that Russia failed to learn from the Russia-Georgia war in 2008 focuses on the Russian military's communication systems, which failed spectacularly at the start of the February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ⬇️

'Sarmatmobile' with the slogan 'TO WASHINGTON'

1/ Even as Putin prepares to meet Trump, it's worth bearing in mind that the war in Ukraine is only one of a host of grievances that Russia has against the US and the collective West. Conspiracy theories about Western anti-Russian plots are a major driver of Putin's agenda. ⬇️

CRAZY! Putin & Trump Now Meeting in Russia?

Brève / La Norvège retire ses investissements en Israël / Le plus grand fonds d'investissement, le Norwegian Wealth Fund, a décidé de retirer tous ses investissements en Israël.

A glimpse into the Russian mind:

A Russian says European countries and the US should just become a part of Russia because life in Russia is so much better.

Russian economy update with @prune602.bsky.social. It got worse. A lot worse.

Link to full video below.

Trump is a little bothered that Ukraine is defending itself.

Yanukovych had ostriches in Mezhyhirya.
Now it's a park and a zoo open to the public.

OTD in 2008 Poland’s President Lech Kaczyński was in Georgia, which Russia had just invaded, and said “today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine”.

But he was wrong so you can believe us about our invasion of...Ukraine.

Fake: Kyiv is Inflating Figures on Children Taken to Russia — Putin Independent monitors have verified the mass transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. Kyiv’s figures, officials say, are drawn from documented cases and closely match estimates from the United Nations and other international bodies. Russian state media have amplified Vladimir Putin’s claim that K

Independent monitors confirm large-scale abduction of Ukrainian children to Russia. Estimates suggest hundreds of thousands taken, contradicting Russian claims. 🚨👶
https://www.stopfake.org/?p=175047

War in Ukraine / Under-the-radar news Enslaved people are being sold to the Russian army for up to 100,000 rubles ($1,240) each, according to anti-slavery campaigners. Russia has by far the worst record on modern slavery of any country...

Enslaved individuals in Russia are being sold to the army for up to 100,000 rubles. With 1.9 million in servitude, Russia ranks poorly on global slavery. 🥺🪢

Guerra Ucrania / información desapercibida Según los activistas contra la esclavitud, se están vendiendo esclavos al ejército ruso por hasta 100.000 rublos (1.240 dólares) cada uno. Rusia es, con diferencia, el país europeo con peor...

Activistas denuncian la venta de esclavos al ejército ruso por hasta 100.000 rublos. Rusia tiene el peor historial europeo de esclavitud moderna, con 1,9 millones de personas en servidumbre. ⚖️🌍

Guerre Ukraine / infos sous les radars Des personnes réduites en esclavage sont vendues à l'armée russe pour un prix allant jusqu'à 100 000 roubles (1 240 dollars) chacune, selon des militants anti-esclavagistes. La Russie est de loin le...

La Russie, avec 1,9 million de personnes en esclavage moderne, est en tête en Europe. Des esclaves se vendent jusqu'à 100 000 roubles. 😞💔

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Привычка убивать. Из жизни амнистированных войной преступников и их жертв Двое жителей Ставропольского края, ранее судимые за тяжкие преступления и получившие амнистию за участие в войне против Украины, совершили новое преступление. Они запытали 22-летнего Вадима Ващенко до смерти, а после, чтобы избежать наказания, подали заявления о возвращении на фронт. Следствие...

Two men, previously convicted, tortured Vadim Vashchenko to death but face lesser charges. His mother fears justice won’t be served. 😞⚖️
https://www.sibreal.org/a/privychka-ubivat-iz-zhizni-amnistirovannyh-voynoy-prestupnikov-i-ih-zhertv/33491291.html

1/ Thousands of illegal workhouses operate in Russia, advertising openly on poles, streetlights and in underground passages. They accommodate – and exploit – many of the estimated 1.9 million people in Russia who are living as slaves. ⬇️

1/ Russia is reportedly planning to declare the war in Ukraine over after a peace treaty is signed by Trump on 15 August – but the intention appears to be to convince Trump that Ukraine is a recalcitrant warmonger that doesn't deserve any more aid if it refuses to go along. ⬇️

INSANE! Putin & Trump Meeting for "Land Swap" Deal

AI Isn’t Coming for Your Job. It’s Coming for Your Reality

1/ The Russian army is experiencing an epidemic of hepatitis and other infectious diseases, including HIV and tuberculosis, threatening a public health disaster. It has resulted from the Russian military ignoring its own recruitment rules and poor medical hygiene in the field. ⬇️

1/ More details have emerged of a recently launched database of Ukrainian children for adoption by Russian families. While it has been condemned in the context of Russian kidnapping of Ukrainian children, the background story is more complex. ⬇️
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War in Ukraine / Under-the-radar news Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Chechnya and Putin's close ally, and 29 of his close relatives have been awarded an astonishing 146 different awards and insignia since the start of the Russian invasion of...

Ramzan Kadyrov and 29 relatives received 146 awards since Russia's Ukraine invasion, including questionable honors like dental and nuclear safety medals, averaging one every 40 days. 🏅🤔