Hyundai, once Russia's biggest foreign carmaker, "is not in a position to repurchase its former manufacturing plant in Russia due to the continuing war in Ukraine [...] as a buyback option appears set to expire next month." The company took a $200M hit when it symbolically sold its Russian assets in 2024. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hyundai-not-position-buy-back-russian-auto-factory-source-says-2025-12-29/

I think it's great that Beyoncé and Jay Z can finally look each other in the eye as co-billionaires, as the family robots feed and clothe them, and nanobots buzz around extending their lives or whatever happens when you're wealthy enough to earn seats on Starship Earth 2.

Latvia says it's finished its 174-mile fence along the border with Russia — a "continuous barrier in areas where technical conditions allowed." We've certainly come a long way from "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

VNĪ: pilnībā pabeigta Latvijas–Krievijas robežas žoga izbūve; ekspluatācijā daļēji nodoti arī “Igate” izbūvētie posmi

Trading in my OnePlus Open for a OnePlus 15. May I never run out of battery ever again.

we did it, guys!

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, is rumored to be stepping down next month as ambassador to the UK. He reportedly turned down Zelensky's offers of PM & chief of staff. Perhaps he hopes to challenge for the presidency in the event of elections?

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Посол Украины в Великобритании и бывший главнокомандующий ВСУ Валерий Залужный...

here we go again

Wild story about a former Russian deputy defense minister dying last week after a heart transplant. Yuri Sadovenko allegedly ratted out Shoigu & his top lieutenants after his wife left him for one. His illness coincided with an alleged attempt on Shoigu. So much intrigue.

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Neo-Nazi Denis Kapustin, nom-de-guerre White Rex — leader of the pro-Ukraine Russian Volunteer Corps — is no more. Reportedly droned somewhere in Zaporizhia.

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Сегодня ночью на Запорожском направлении фронта, во время выполнения боевой зад...

At his Dec. 24 meeting with Russian big business leaders, Putin reportedly refrained from talking about the timing of the war's end, striking a less optimistic tone than we've been getting from Washington & Kyiv. Sure feels like we're in for a hefty helping of More of the Same.

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Путин не стал прогнозировать сроки завершения войны с Украиной на встрече с кру�...