An aspect of the Imane Khelif brouhaha that deserves careful attention is the role that the Russian International Boxing Association played in setting up the conditions for the transphobic outrage that we've witnessed.

it's well-documented that Khelif was raised female, considered female in the very conservative, anti-LGBTQ culture of Algeria, and has always competed as a female boxer.

#ImaneKhelif #trans #transphobia #gender #Russia
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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/olympics-boxer-imane-khelif-anti-trans-rcna164721

Why the anti-trans right is attacking two female Olympic boxers

Conservative politicians, including former President Donald Trump, and other anti-trans voices such as author JK Rowling accused Imanf Khelif of being a man.

^{Katelyn Burns (MSNBC)}

First person footage from the 1st battalion of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade 🦅 working in the Donetsk region

At 0:13 you can see the machine gunner put his gun down on a PFM-1 anti personnel mine

Fortunately the mine isn’t that powerful and all of the fragments where captured by the gun itself leaving the machine gunner with only a small concussion
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia

BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨

Ukraine has sunk the Russian attack submarine B-237 Rostov-na-Donu in an attack against the port of Sevastopol in Crimea.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #BreakingNews #Breaking

#Britain’s nuclear #submarine #software built by Belarusian engineers

Source: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-economist-eu/20240803/284253830558970

#military #uk #news #security #fail #wtf #omg #defence #belarus #russia

#ColdWar movies:

manchurian candidates!

sleeper agents!

2024: Donald #Trump

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'#Russian sleeper agents flown to #Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under cover that their children found out they were Russians only after the flight took off, the #Kremlin said on Friday. "Before that, they didn't know that they were Russian and that they had anything to do with our country" - #Peskov'

look at the kid's face!😬

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-says-an-fsb-agent-deep-cover-russian-sleeper-agents-among-those-returned-2024-08-02/

#Russia #Putin

“#Russia was preparing to deliver missiles and other military equipment to the Houthi rebels in Yemen late last month but pulled back at the last minute amid a flurry of behind-the-scenes efforts by the United States and Saudi Arabia to stop it…”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/02/politics/russia-weapons-houthis-saudi-arabia/index.html?cid=ios_app

#JDVance Desperately Tries to Give #Trump Credit for Prisoner Swap

Trump’s team is pathetically trying to make the #Russia #PrisonerExchange all about him.

After #POTUS Joe #Biden on Thurs announced a deal to free American #hostages in Russia, #Vance somehow tried to give Trump the credit.

#Desperate #pathetic #deranged #weird #criminal #losers #USpol
#Harris2024
https://newrepublic.com/post/184486/jd-vance-trump-credit-russia-prisoner-swap

J.D. Vance Desperately Tries to Give Trump Credit for Prisoner Swap

Donald Trump’s team is pathetically trying to make the Russia prisoner exchange all about him.

^{The New Republic}

He appears to be echoing #Trump’s comments from May that only he could free WSJ reporter #EvanGershkovich, claiming that “Vladimir #Putin, President of #Russia, will do that for me, but not for anyone else, & WE WILL BE PAYING NOTHING!”

But this was easily disproved Thurs after the release of the hostages…. #Nationalsecurity adviser #JakeSullivan was asked about #Vance’s claim…,& he dismissed the idea.

“I don’t follow,” Sullivan replied. [best reply to a Trump &/or #JDVance quote ever]

#weird

#Russia #Rural #Benefactor

I began following Vasha more than two years ago. For the feel-good content but also to get to know the life in Russia outside the two big cities, and saw the huge difference.
Gradually i began to follow the more heartbreaking stories of intense poverty of rural Russia.
Ill people totally abandoned that Vasha could help with almost simple means.
I chose this video because it is a rounded off story of simple help and presents. While most of the time his stories are told in more than one video, not easy to share.
I highly recommend his channel to those who want a real intro in Russian rural life.

"A Russian woman began to cry when she saw a truckload of firewood as a gift." [12:21 min]
by Vasha in the Hay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFnShaF1hWE

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A Russian woman began to cry when she saw a truckload of firewood as a gift.

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^YouTube

This week saw the largest ever U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, including reporters, dissidents, and assassins.

What rules help guide these sorts of delicate negotiations and agreements? We spoke with a specialist in Russian and international law:
https://theconversation.com/7-nation-prisoner-swap-shows-how-diplomacy-not-law-governs-exchanges-236009
#USPolitics #Politics #Law #Russia

7-nation prisoner swap shows how diplomacy, not law, governs exchanges

The law doesn’t govern political prisoner exchanges. These are political processes done in secret, as governments can agree to whatever deals they want to make − and reject those they don’t.

^{The Conversation}

Russia is relying on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, U.S. officials say.

AP quotes an intelligence official: "The American public should know that content that they read online — especially on social media — could be foreign propaganda, even if it appears to be coming from fellow Americans or originating in the United States,”

https://flip.it/8NPSyS

#Disinformation #Russia #USPolitics #Politics #SocialMedia #Misinformation #Propoganda #News #Election

Russia is relying on Americans to spread election disinformation, officials say

Top U.S. intelligence officials say Russia, China and Iran are continuing to target voters in the U.S. with disinformation and propaganda related to the upcoming presidential election.

^{DAVID KLEPPER (AP News)}

The convicted #assassin who was the linchpin of the biggest prisoner swap in decades is a member of the most powerful #security agency in #Russia, the #Kremlin acknowledged Fri, & had served in a special unit w/some agents who now guard #Putin.

The ties help explain Putin’s determination to free the assassin, Vadim #Krasikov, from the #Germany prison where he was serving time for #murder.

#MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Security

#Kremlin Acknowledges Convicted #Assassin Is a Russian #FSB Agent

Vadim #Krasikov, who was returned to #Russia in the big prisoner swap, received a hero’s welcome from President #Putin, along w/others who were freed.

#Russia #MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Security
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/world/europe/vadim-krasikov-assassin-russia-fsb.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Who are the two major hackers Russia just received in a prisoner swap?

source: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/who-are-the-two-major-hackers-russia-just-received-in-a-prisoner-swap/

#news #russia #diplomacy #politics #cybersecurity #hacker #software

Who are the two major hackers Russia just received in a prisoner swap?

Both men committed major financial crimes—and had powerful friends.

^{Ars Technica}

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris welcome home Russian hostages at Andrews Air Force Base at 11:58pm.

#USPol #JoeBiden #KamalaHarris #Russia #Hostages #DemocratsDeliver