2/ Baranchik comments in an analysis on his Telegram channel that "the system is increasingly struggling to cope with its own weight", and says that Russians are increasingly unhappy that growing state repression is now affecting them personally.
Are there only tanks burning, as mostly, or the refinery itself?
1/ Russia is entering a full-scale debt crisis, according to newly published official figures. Non-payments have reached an all-time high equivalent to nearly 4% of GDP or a fifth of the entire federal budget. It's a fresh sign of a deepening economic crisis worsened by war. ⬇️
2/ In a six-part series of posts on his 'Voenkor Kotenok' Telegram channel, he writes:
💡Wieder mal ein interessanter Termin heute im Operativen Führungskommando Bw! SiPol-Analysten (u.a. Claudia Major, Thorsten Benner, Pia Fuhrhop, Franz-Stefan Gady, Jan Techau und ich) durften Offiziere & POLADs des OpFüKdo zur aktuellen Lage ausfragen.
Herzlichen Dank nochmal für die Einladung! 🙌
1/ Russian soldiers are being sent to their deaths by the military police for infractions as trivial as not wearing a seatbelt. Many avoid doing so in order to jump out quickly if their vehicle is attacked by a drone, but they are finding that they face death either way. ⬇️
We all have days like this
‼️ Russia: “Military correspondent Rozhin: The administrator of the Telegram channel "Voevoda Broadcasts" committed suicide.”
👉 Alexey Zemtsov
www.gazeta.ru/army/news/20...
‼️ Russia: “Putin: Calendar and weather factors are the reasons for the decline in GDP”
🇷🇺: 😅
www.gazeta.ru/business/new...
‼️ Russia: “An exhibition titled "Ten Centuries of Polish Russophobia" has opened near Smolensk at the site of the execution of Polish officers by the Cheka.”
👉 At the Katyn Memorial Complex
🇷🇺: Sure we did a massive war crime here…but…RUSSOPHOBIA!
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/15/p...
1/ Ukraine is launching a new, agile system for rapid military deployment of new technologies; Russia, not so much so. Pro-Kremlin warblogger Vladimir Romanov sarcastically highlights the differences between the Russian and Ukrainian systems. ⬇️
1/ The Russian army has been taken over by an organised crime syndicate, says a Russian journalist. The mass recruitment of criminals means that crimes and corruption of all sorts – murder, torture, extortion, prostitution, drug and alcohol smuggling – are now routine. ⬇️
1/ An "Organised Thieves' Den" that has taken over Russia's army in Ukraine is systematically exploiting the war for profit, caring nothing for Russia's ultimate success or failure, says Russian journalist Sergey Komkov. ⬇️
1/ Russian tank crews are being sent to their deaths en masse in infantry assaults, according to a Russian soldier's plea for help. With tank use now severely limited due to drone strikes, their crews appear to be surplus to requirements. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/maks...
Vance saying the Pope should be careful about anything sounds like a veiled threat
Especially after what happened to the last Pope
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...
NEW: Ukraine’s Fortress Belt is the cornerstone of a militarily defensible frontline in eastern Ukraine. The Fortress Belt is optimized for defense across nearly every possible topographical and geographical characteristic relevant for military terrain analysis. 🧵(1/7) isw.pub/FortressBelt...
JUST IN: 🇨🇳🇺🇸 Chinese tanker attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz blocked by the US Navy.
War is terrible, but this photo shows the contemporary point of Western Europe's revival and benign expansion that has been a little regarded miracle. Take this photo to 1945, and try to explain. It will seem impossible.
Good things can be built.
‼️ Russia: “The Ulan-Ude administration has granted permission to the Buryatia regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation to hold a rally "For a Free Internet" on April 20.”
They wanted to hold it on a Saturday but agreed to do it on a Monday
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8588309
‼️ Russia: “The ferry operating between Russia and South Korea has suspended operations.”
👉 due to rising fuel prices
www.gazeta.press/social/news/...
Ob schnelles Aktenschreddern die kleine Ratte Szijjarto vor dem Knast bewahrt?
Er scheint es zu glauben, sonst wäre er wohl schon in Moskau
1/ Russia's regional governments and state-owned institutions are planning to spend billions of rubles to circumvent the Internet restrictions imposed by Russia's federal government, a situation which Russian commentators have criticised as ridiculous and wasteful. ⬇️
Trump posted an image depicting himself as Jesus healing the sick and sharply criticized Pope Leo XIV, accusing him of weakness on crime and backing Iran’s nuclear ambitions. #US
‼️ Russia: “The An-2 developer proposed restoring the airworthiness of approximately 700 aircraft currently in private storage.”
🚨 DO NOT FLY ON A RUSSIAN AIRLINE
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8587387
1/ A Russian politician's advice to fellow citizens to carry paper maps because they can no longer rely on online navigation due to Internet blocking has gone down badly in Russia. A Moscow science institute has advised Russians to navigate by the sun and stars instead. ⬇️
Tucker Carlson: "It's vile. It begins w/ a promise to use the US military to commit a war crime. Those people who are in direct contact w/ the president need to say 'No. I'll resign. I'll do whatever I can do legally to stop this, bc this is insane. And if given the order, I'm not carrying it out'"
1/ The Russian army has switched to indigenously-produced Spirit-030 terminals to replace its blocked Starlink terminals. However, a Russian soldier and warblogger says it is far inferior, with poor latency and significant vulnerability to jamming. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/mili...
‼️ Russia: “as of April 2026, there are 14,273 companies with foreign capital in Russia, a 35.5% decrease compared to April 2022.“
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8570501
‼️ Russia: “Police officers have been banned from sharing information about their work on social media due to the threat of being "recruited" by foreign intelligence agencies.”
Note: The police keep quitting because their salaries are too low
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/07/r...
