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  Aircraft commander accused of treason Officers of the FSB Directorate for the Krasnodar Region are investigating a criminal case of high treason, in which a 56-year-old pilot working at one of the civil aviation enterprises of the Southern Federal District is suspected. According to the security agencies, the aircraft commander independently found channels on the Internet to collect financial assistance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and transferred the amount in cryptocurrency to Ukraine. In Krasnodar, a court has chosen a preventive measure in the form of detention for a 56-year-old resident of one of the cities in the Southern Federal District, who is suspected of committing treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the FSB Directorate for Krasnodar Krai reported. The arrested man works as an aircraft commander at one of the civil aviation facilities in the south of Russia. The man was detained at the station square of the Krasnodar-1 railway stati...

  Russians are fuming with Putin's lack of leadership   Sergey Aksyonov Vladimir Putin  will hold an important international telephone conversation today,  Dmitry Peskov  announced on the afternoon of January 23. “It’s not that conversation, but it’s no less important for us,”  he explained  in connection with the excitement surrounding the expected telephone conversation with  Donald Trump  . Meanwhile, the world continues to discuss the proposal that Trump made to the Kremlin the day before, publishing a post on his social network Truth Social. The outcome of the NSC may depend on how Moscow perceives this message and how it reacts to it. Some words in the address are highlighted in caps lock, allowing one to understand the main points from the point of view of the US President. In addition, the text is abundantly strewn with exclamation marks, which usually expresses the extreme degree of exaltation of the author. "I am going to do Russia,...

  The Kremlin on Thursday disputed US President Donald Trump's remarks a day earlier on the Soviet Union playing a supportive role during World War II. On Wednesday, Trump said on the social media platform Truth Social that they must not forget that Russia “helped us” win World War II, claiming that the Soviet Union lost almost 60 million people during this period. Trump's remarks came a day after he indicated that additional sanctions on Russia are "likely” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not come to the negotiation table to end the Moscow-Kyiv war. “In this case, you noted a topic on which, perhaps, one can disagree with Mr. President (Trump), with all due respect,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists in the capital Moscow. “Let's not forget that President Trump has already noted that there is an ocean between America and Europe. And there was an ocean then too. And the war, and the theater of military operations, and the deaths of tens of milli...

  Visitors and employees of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg were evacuated due to an anonymous message "threatening security," Fontanka reports, citing the museum's press service. Museum Security Service employees, together with the Russian National Guard, are checking the exhibition halls and service areas. A visitor to the Hermitage told the publication that several Rosgvardia vehicles arrived at the museum at around 1:30 p.m. She clarified that everyone had been evacuated from the building and that the situation was calm. On New Year's Eve, security forces cordoned off the territory  of Palace Square  in St. Petersburg because of an unattended package. A dog handler with a dog was called to the scene. In early January, employees of the Vnukovo-2 postal logistics center were evacuated due to a suspicious  object in a parcel  that looked like an IED. The dangerous parcel came from Novosibirsk. After an X-ray, it turned out that it contained nails and wires. Law...

  Russia media -  Suspects in the kidnapping of Russian servicemen have been detained. This was reported by the UFSB for the Rostov Region, TASS reports. It is specified that the suspects were members of an organized crime group. "FSB officers detained members of an organized crime group suspected of kidnapping military personnel and extortion," TASS writes, citing security agencies. According to preliminary data, the detention took place in the Rostov region. Hard to believe that during wartime a group of criminals would decide to kidnap military officers for extortion. 😅😅😅