The Russia Thread

[The Larch]

Moscow Patriarch gets his fancy watch erased from an official picture, but the reflection at the table stays in:

[HVC]

A corrupt religious figure? Why I never!?!

[grumbler]

Inept Russian photoshopping?  Unpossible!

[DGuller]

Is he really a religious figure?  It would be hard for a non-atheist to rise up through the ranks of KGB.

[Josquius]

This piece on how Russias economy is adapting and surviving seemed interesting but its paywalled.

Anyone got the key? :p

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/05/07/russias-economy-is-back-on-its-feet

[Jacob]

Here's a response to it on twitter: https://twitter.com/samagreene/status/1522751751681904640

You may be able to infer much of the content of the actual article from it.

[Jacob]

Russian media closely aligned with Putin's regime moot the idea of moving to "military socialism": https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1522993211513663489

[grumbler]

Here's a response to it on twitter: https://twitter.com/samagreene/status/1522751751681904640

You may be able to infer much of the content of the actual article from it.

Actually, you can directly link to that article from Sam's first tweet.

I agree with Sam Greene that the Economist article is the equivalent of hearing the man who fell off your skyscraper passing your tenth story window and saying "so far, so good."

[viper37]

Here's a response to it on twitter: https://twitter.com/samagreene/status/1522751751681904640

You may be able to infer much of the content of the actual article from it.

Since Kazakhstan and Belarus currencies are being hit hard, I wonder if we'll soon hear talks of monetary union.  And I wonder in such case, how it would affect the Russian ruble...

Yi?  Minsky?

[Jacob]

Still early - so possible it's misinformation - but seeing notices of general mobilization in Russia on social media: https://twitter.com/OSINT88/status/1523425112766443520

[Josquius]

Still early - so possible it's misinformation - but seeing notices of general mobilization in Russia on social media: https://twitter.com/OSINT88/status/1523425112766443520

Scrolling down the replies one caught my eye - it apparently says suggest rather than mandate. The theory is its a recruitment scam.

[Jacob]

Still early - so possible it's misinformation - but seeing notices of general mobilization in Russia on social media: https://twitter.com/OSINT88/status/1523425112766443520

Scrolling down the replies one caught my eye - it apparently says suggest rather than mandate. The theory is its a recruitment scam.

Heh. I guess that makes sense too.

[viper37]

It looks suspicious, like the "1" is written over by a "2" for 2022.  It is also partly written by hand, why not a fully computer generated letter?