For the first time in the history of new Russia, the elections will be held in such a toxic geopolitical atmosphere...and rusophobia - Ella Pamfilova, chair of Russian central election commission. It’s like she doesn’t have a clue why that is happening.

A resident of a Russian town threatens Putin that if he doesn’t fix their problems with water, town residents won’t vote for him this time. So after nothing changed for the better all the previous times, they still trust in the helping tsar?

Attention, Portugal If we need to take Lisbon to ensure security, we’ll do it - Russian propagandist Solovyev. Taking Lisbon has become one of his favorite topics recently.

Ilgvars Klava, Ambassador of Latvia to Ukraine, Edvards Ratnieks, deputy Chairman of Riga City Council, and other members of a delegation from Latvia have visited the memorial devoted to Ukrainian Defender Heroes in Nizhyn. They put flowers by the monument of Oleksandr Matsyievskyi, Ukrainian Hero who was killed by Russians after saying Slava Ukraini

Russian media report that Elektrozavod factory is on fire in Moscow. It is Russia’s largest manufacturer of various transformer and reactor equipment.

President of Iran to Putin: international organizations that are supposed to protect human rights, lost their effectiveness. Iran and Russia. Two countries where human rights mean next to nothing.

Russian authorities are recruiting migrants who are trying to get from Russia to Finland, for the war against Ukraine, the BBC writes. Russian authorities have started detaining and recruiting foreigners with expired Russian visas for the war against Ukraine who are trying to get from Russia to Finland. Journalists noticed that in mid-November, the police began to massively detain those who had violated migration laws. These detentions took place during the same period as the first two waves of border crossing closures in southeastern Finland. Thus, according to the statistics of the district courts of Karelia, 236 decisions on violation of migration laws were made in the region in November. Almost all of them fell within the period from November 16 to the beginning of December. In the first two weeks of November, according to court statistics, there were no such cases. A similar situation is observed in Leningrad and Murmansk regions, which also border Finland. Human rights activists told the BBC about several cases of refugees from Iraq and Somalia being recruited for the war. According to them, the Russian authorities managed to recruit dozens of foreigners. Source: https: www.bbc.com russian articles cy72zdy47qlo

President Zelenskyy has awarded Kyrylo Veres, commander of the K-2 battalion of the 54th Mechanized Brigade, Hero of Ukraine, with the Cross of Military Merit. Major Veres devoted a third of his life to the war. Not being a career military man, he started to defend his homeland in 2014, beginning his combat journey with the encirclement of Sloviansk by Ukrainian troops. Kyrylo met the full-scale Russian invasion at his combat positions in Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region. Now, he is the commander of the K-2 unit of the 54th Mechanized Brigade. When the name was mulled over, the unit was small - only nine men. It was decided to call it K2 in honor of Veres’ name and patronymic - Kyrylo Kyrylovych. The fighters are always on the hottest areas of the battle line. In March 2022, Major Veres organized the defense of Mariinka and then they fought in the Bakhmut direction. And for more than a year the battalion has been holding back the Russians near Siversk. Veres is credited with dozens of successful operations in Donbas, and the unit he leads has become a nightmare for the occupants. At the age of 33, Major Kyrylo Veres has all possible state awards, including the title of Hero of Ukraine. He is the first full cavalier of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi. A few quotes from the interview with the legendary Major Veres: ï War is subtlety and science. It is necessary to win beautifully, it is necessary to make efforts . ï A human is such an animal that really wants to live. An animal can be hard to kill, and human can also think. They do everything to survive, about an enemy who surrendered. ï They’re strong. Not smart, but strong. And there are a lot of them. What to do with their huge mobilization resource? We should be wiser and destroy more - about the Russians. ï Of course, war is very bad. But there is one big plus in it - the birth of a new patriotic society. Our children will definitely be better than us because they know the price of freedom from childhood. ï One should not die for Ukraine. One should kill for Ukraine.

A story about Russian patriotism: A Russian pop-singer gave birth to a baby in Miami. But now, since she’s a patriot, she could not do that anymore. So she went to give birth to...Dubai. Nuff said.

Kadyrov published an epic video showing Akhmat forces bravely hitting a communications tower in... Belgorod region, Russia. He said it was all to fight Ukrainians. Watch the video, Kadyrov’s TikTok warriors worked hard.

President of Iran has arrived in Moscow.

Russian State Duma speaker urged to teach schoolgirls to cook borshch (a Ukrainian dish, by the way) and boys to hold a hammer . Today, Russian State Duma adopted a bill on compulsory labor lessons in the second and third readings. According to Volodin, boys can master some new technologies so that in the future they can be a support for women. Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that society has come to believe that a woman should first get an education, make a career, provide herself with a material base, and then only worry about childbearing. Russia is facing the most difficult demographic challenges, and to overcome them, it is necessary to revive the tradition of large families, Putin said. According to him, earlier families had seven or eight children or even more.

Aaaand an eighth malfunctioning of a Russian plane in a week didn’t take long to happen. A Boeing 777 was about to fly out from Moscow when white smoke started coming out from under one of the seats. The plane was suspended from flights. How many more will we see this week?

RT by Gerashchenko en: Ukrainian sniper Viacheslav Kovalskyi broke the world record by hitting the Russian occupier at a distance of 3800 meters (almost 2 miles) - Wall Street Journal. Viacheslav Kovalskyi, a 58-year-old former businessman and now a sniper with the counterintelligence unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), made his shot shortly before dawn on November 18. Together with his partner, who calculated the distance, wind speed, and other parameters, he set up a position on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region from the Russian military. After deciding to shoot, Viacheslav’s partner started measuring the distance to the soldiers. He calculated the parameters of the shot, air humidity and temperature, which affected the speed of the bullet. The bullet took around nine seconds to reach its target. Kovalskyi and Ukraine say the shot set a new sniping distance record, breaking the previously acknowledged mark by more than 260 meters (850 feet). The full artice is here: https: www.wsj.com world europe ukrainian-sniper-breaks-cover-to-claim-world-record-hit-of-more-than-2-miles-2b1c820e

RT by Gerashchenko en: We definitely need Mykolaiv and Odesa regions. This is mandatory in order to discourage NATO and the West from accepting it [Ukraine] into NATO. - Russian army general, ex-interior minister of Russia. These are Russia’s real goals. Not Putin blabbing about protecting the people - genocide and destruction.

Japan will provide an additional US 1 billion in humanitarian aid to Ukraine in line with the G7 countries’ pledge to support Kyiv - Japanese Foreign Ministry. Thankful to the Japanese government and the people of Japan for standing with Ukraine

Putin was given a grand welcome in the United Arab Emirates, although, unlike 4 years ago, this time, the Emirates leader didn’t meet him personally at the steps of the plane. There were already traditional fighter jets, Russian flags on the streets and in the sky. Putin was glowing with satisfaction. Propaganda channels have been playing these videos on a loop. Putin was well received in the UAE, so: ï He’s intensifying his activity on foreign policy grounds. He wants to become a mediator and coordinator in the region. ï Putin wants to take an active part in the Middle Eastern conflict and emphasize his proximity to the countries of the global south . ï He’s aiming to discuss his relations with Iran - on December, 7 Putin’s hosting the President of Iran Ibrahim Raisi in Moscow, right after this trip to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. ï Putin is demonstrating to the West that he is ignoring the sanctions and instead increasing his activity. ï He might want to deal personally with the accusations for Russia by the OPEC Currently, the UAE is a financial paradise for Russians - oligarchs, businesses and even average well-off Russian citizens. Loyalty to everyone with money brings fantastic political dividends to the Emirates, making it one of the most important and influential countries in the world.

Today, the Russian Federation is one of the main architects of a fair global future. Our people will confidently make the only right choice by voting for Russia, for victory, for the future of a strong and sovereign country, Valentina Matviyenko, Chairwoman of the Federation Council. Russian presidential elections will be held on March 17, 2024. How many Putin’s doubles will run for president?