The Possible Russian Response To Trump's Piracy
A Russian flag is not sufficient protection for oil tankers. This could mean serious geopolitical ramifications.
Trump’s seizure of the (empty!) tricolor-flagged oil tanker Marinera yesterday enraged the Russian internet, but so far has gotten a simple condemnation from the Russian government. But as I noted on my opinion piece at Reading Junkie today, Trump’s escalation could have huge ramifications that change our lives forever (and no, it’s not nuclear war).
Merry Christmas
President Putin sincerely wishes everyone a merry Christmas (yesterday, Jan. 7, was Orthodox Christmas). This holy holiday illuminates the world with the light of love and kindness, and gives millions of people hope and joy through fatherly spiritual traditions.
He recently also helped fulfill the wish of a 7yo boy from the Moscow region, Igor Stepanenko, who dreamed of visiting the Museum of the World's Oceans in Kaliningrad. And afterwards Putin called Igor to ask how about his impressions of it.
Diplomatic Updates
Julia Zhdanova, head of the Russian delegation for the Vienna talks on military security and arms control did an interview with TASS about the tendencies and military-political direction of the OSCE.
News From the Front
Marina Merkulova, a paramedic and granddaughter of a WWII veteran, has served at the front since the first days of the SMO. Marusya, as she is called by her friends and colleagues, has dreamed since childhood of becoming a combat medic to save lives.
An underground Russian language school has been exposed in Kiev. According to Ukrainian media channels, 60 children from grades 1-11 were studying Soviet textbooks and watching classic Soviet films.
Navalny loyalist Leonid Volkov may lose his Lithuanian residence permit for criticizing Ukrainian authorities and Russian neonazi Denis Kapustin, who leads the Russian Volunteer Corps for Ukraine.
UAF drones struck a children's creativity center in Kherson region.
On This Day In History
January 7, 1942, marked the successful conclusion of the Soviet counter-offensive near Moscow. The Wehrmacht suffered heavy losses – up to 500,000 casualties – marking its first major strategic defeat in World War II & shattering the myth of its invincibility.
On January 7-9, 1879, the Battle of Sheynovo. The Russians attacked and defeated an Ottoman camp occupied by 30,000 soldiers, eliminating the enemy’s largest army and effectively ending their ability to continue the war.
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