How to access Telegram?
All these links work on a desktop computer with any web browser. The public channels even work in incognito mode without logging in. For private channels you need to log in on your smart phone and sync with your desktop browser with a QR code.
This link will run a Telegram application on a web browser, but you will need to be registered and logged in to view anything useful.
https://web.telegram.org/k/
The web application is useful, as you can use Google Chrome to translate everything.
People are asking for links to the English language Telegram channel of the Russian MoD. Unfortunately the channel is private, so you need to be logged in to Telegram to view it.
This is the latest message from the Russian MoD:
https://t.me/mod_russia_en/803
It will open a single message and suggest launching the Telegram application.
This link will not show anything on the web, but will launch the channel on the Telegram app.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en
Public channels can also be viewed on a web browser by adding a “s” to the URL. For example this link works:
https://t.me/s/intelslava
A similar link for the Russian MoD does not work, as the channel is not public.
Other channels to follow:
https://t.me/s/intelslava
https://t.me/s/donbassinsider
https://t.me/s/patricklancasternewstoday
https://t.me/s/vicktop55
https://t.me/s/ScottRitter
https://t.me/s/sputnik
https://t.me/s/asbmil
https://t.me/s/inessas100
https://t.me/s/realCRP
In Russian:
https://t.me/s/boris_rozhin
https://t.me/s/rybar
https://t.me/s/swodki
https://t.me/s/voenkorKotenok
https://t.me/s/sashakots
https://t.me/s/Murad_Gazdiev
https://t.me/s/anna_news
https://t.me/s/olegtsarov
https://t.me/s/herson_respublika

Posted by: Petri Krohn | Apr 11 2022 4:47 utc | 204

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Apr 11 2022 4:43 utc | 204

It seems bizarre – one would think if the goal is regime change in Russia then the goal also would be to drive a wedge between the Russian people and Putin. Instead the Western machine is determined to push them together as tightly as possible and is seeking this goal in the most systematic way.

What is really bizarre is that the Anglo-American Empire seems to be *all stick* and *no carrot* in their approach to everything.
No subtlety.
All Force.
No requests.
All Commands.
My theory is this: In the West, our leaders are essentially aristocrats, either neo-aristocrats or the descendants of the last century’s. They’re born into a world of peons bred to serve unquestioningly and they’re born to demand and never to say “please”.
Subtlety has been bred out of their nature over generations of privilege.
Perhaps we should be thankful, human nature is to resist frontal aggression, if the Empire were to adopt subtlety as it’s primary approach to influence it would have won decades ago.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 4:57 utc | 206

@ Sushi # 163 who wrote
”
Fourth, the firing of the French intelligence chief makes little sense unless it is understood as Macron making the belated discovery of what the US, UK and Canada had been up to and his anger that his chief intelligence officer had failed to uncover the plan and / or warn Macron of the NATO partners intent to initiate a conflict.
”
Is this the same Macron who is the Rothschild banker conduit to Hand, the Invisible?
I call BS on your claim that Macron is not a active puppet of the God of Mammon cult…….”belated discovery….”LOL!

Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 11 2022 5:10 utc | 208

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Apr 10 2022 16:54 utc | 44
Seriously bro, I live by the Russian River and two towns named Sevastopol in Northern California. Norcal was owned by the Russians for so long. I don’t know why they sold it for pennies to the US but I wish they would pull a Blinken and say we were just kidding.

Posted by: Berndt Braincell | Apr 11 2022 5:21 utc | 210

Posted by: Petri Krohn | Apr 11 2022 4:58 utc | 207
“The Russian MoD Telegram channel is private, so web links only work if you are logged in to Telegram.”
Heh, did not even know that. Makes sense, though. Telegram is for Telegram users. Only reason I have it at all is to look at this stuff.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 11 2022 5:37 utc | 212

Is this the same Macron who is the Rothschild banker conduit to Hand, the Invisible?
I call BS on your claim that Macron is not a active puppet of the God of Mammon cult…….”belated discovery….”LOL!
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 11 2022 5:10 utc | 208
Although Macron was left out of the submarine deal with Australia and it appears to have taken him completely by surprise, is it possible the golden boy is in the Banksters’ naughty corner for some reason?

Posted by: K | Apr 11 2022 5:43 utc | 214

In response to
”
Although Macron was left out of the submarine deal with Australia and it appears to have taken him completely by surprise, is it possible the golden boy is in the Banksters’ naughty corner for some reason?
Posted by: K | Apr 11 2022 5:43 utc | 214
”
This is all above my pay grade but I only know of one global finance cult and if there is international infighting, is there no evidence?
What we are watching roll out seems too scripted to me. I think Macron is playing his Hollywood part, just like Boris and the others…puppets on a stage in front of the “curtain” hiding Hand, the Invisible.
As we all watch the Europe and US versions of the Shock Doctrine strategies unfold.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 11 2022 5:59 utc | 216

ExCommie | Apr 11 2022 5:46 utc | 215

Puts Russia into a tight spot, where they would need to target it on delivery like they did the S-300 from Serbia right after it was delivered

Slovakia.
I imagine Serbia would prefer to hold on to its anti-air systems for the next time NATO gets a little frisky and feels the need to justify it’s existence.

Posted by: Kukulkan | Apr 11 2022 6:00 utc | 218

Richard Steven Hack | Apr 11 2022 5:59 utc | 217

And of course, Russia claims they knew when the Ukraine offensive would kick off. I don’t doubt that, but they haven’t proven it yet.

As I recall, that claim was made by Denis Pushilin based on the contents of a laptop captured when the Donetsk militia overran a Ukrainian headquarters. I don’t recall the Russians claiming that.
Of course, the concentration of Ukrainian troops near Donetsk and the increased attacks on Donetsk and Luhansk along with the increasingly belligerent noises being made by Zelenskyy certainly suggested the Ukrainians might be planning something.

Posted by: Kukulkan | Apr 11 2022 6:15 utc | 220

Eric Draitser over at Counterpunch thinks we’re all Russian stooges for thinking Butcha was UAF operation:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/08/bucha-massacre-evidence-and-russias-propaganda/
Exploring the newly emerging evidence of a Russian atrocity in the village of Bucha and debunking the fraudulent narratives of the Kremlin disinformation army on the Left. (Eric Draitser is an independent political analyst and host of CounterPunch Radio.)
Draitser’s argument for why the Butcha massacre was indeed a Russian rests on a number of ‘pillars’:
1) The recorded evidence of communication between Russian forces planning the massacre presented by the German secret service to the German Parliament.
Something something “If you think the intelligence services fakes the evidence you’re a raving lunatic – after all, German Intelligence would never LIE , would they??? Plus, they presented the evidence to the German Parliament, that means they must be telling the truth!”
Of course. German Intelligence are pure as the driven snow, and it’s *impossible* to fake intercepted communications, and nobody would ever lie to the German parliament.
2) It is more reasonable to believe that the Russians, as the invading party, would be responsible for atrocities than to believe the invaded party would be responsible.
Something something “For example, in Iraq it was the Americans who were undeniably responsible for the atrocities, nobody ever blamed the Iraqis for massacres …”
(I seem to remember massacres committed by Iraqi factions against each other for many years after the Americans came in. In fact the mass graves are still being dug up …)
3) The Wagner Group. Draitser says they contain Neo-NAZI elements. He is *certain* there were some neo-Nazis in Butcha during the time of the atrocity, and claims that these suspected neo-nazi elements are likely to have committed the massacre.
Something, something “The Wagner Group are in Mali. Mali is connected to Ukraine [somehow] – because the Mali Junta is Russia-backed. Therefore … Butcha!”
What an interesting development of narrative: Sometimes a neo-Nazi element is significant enough to have an impact (if it’s Russia affiliated) but is irrelevant if it’s Ukraine related …
4) You’re just a Russian apologist/useful idiot if you believe otherwise
Well, can’t argue with that, now can I …
I’m unable to find anything that resembles traditional logic in his schpiel, there’s nothing that represents an unambiguous if-then flow of fact from evidence as far as I can gather.
Interesting name “Draitser”.
Wonder where it comes from?
Maybe one of those ancestry sites can help …
Let’s try: https://forebears.io/surnames/draitser
Well, this is interesting:

Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in: United States
Highest density in: Ukraine

But not surprising, really …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 6:24 utc | 222

Posted by: DakotaRog | Apr 10 2022 16:38 utc | 41
About the murkey origins of DigitalGlobe/Maxar
“…founder was Dr Walter Scott (…)head of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories “Brilliant Pebbles” and “Brilliant Eyes” projects which were part of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)”.
SDI being back then top-secret “Stars Wars” project, a nuclear defense shield program.
Then again, one could counter it’s not strange like some Internet technology came from DARPA programs. Remote sensing always would have been military first kind of projects.

Posted by: John Dowser | Apr 11 2022 6:35 utc | 224

Posted by: JohninMK | Apr 10 2022 21:56 utc | 124

Without any doubt this is the best article on how we got to where we are in Ukraine that I have read.
Written by a retired Swiss Intel Colonel who also worked for NATO and the UN.
It is a long read, 30 minutes+. I would advise everyone to read it and perhaps share it as widely as possible.
“>https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/

Link to this article has been posted numerous times on MoA.
The author claims that “root cause” of the war in Ukraine is Ukraine’s attempt to establish Ukrainian language as the only official language ant that caused uprising in the East of the country and ultimately led to Russian invasion.
I did not read any further after that claim. Text is garbage.

Posted by: Vajezatha | Apr 11 2022 6:46 utc | 226

Posted by: Kukulkan | Apr 11 2022 6:15 utc | 220
“I don’t recall the Russians claiming that.”
The MoD released a document they claim was captured, which is signed by the head of the Ukrainian National Guard, which they allege is a movement order which references a planned “special operation” in the Donbass to begin in March, 2022. This is the document I refer to:
The Russian Ministry of Defenсe: original documents – planned offensive operation against Donbass in March of this year.
I provided a translation in the comments there that someone on the Net did which was badly formatted and maybe missing a page, I can’t tell. One of The Saker’s team promised a better translation, but they never did.
“Of course, the concentration of Ukrainian troops near Donetsk and the increased attacks on Donetsk and Luhansk along with the increasingly belligerent noises being made by Zelenskyy certainly suggested the Ukrainians might be planning something.”
Yes, so I don’t doubt there was one planned. The enhanced shelling began after Zelenskyy returned from the Munich Security Conference, where he kicked the Bucharest Memorandum to the curb, then visited the front line Ukrainian forces. Some LDR people alleged he gave the order for the offensive then.
Would be nice if the Russians get their hands on the actual operational order for an offensive. They’ll probably have to get that from who ever is left after the Donbass reduction operation, assuming any senior commanders remain alive.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 11 2022 6:49 utc | 228

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 6:24 utc | 222
If I can use an Australianism, ‘On ya’, Arch Bungle, well spotted.

Posted by: Paul | Apr 11 2022 6:54 utc | 230

Posted by: bjd | Apr 11 2022 0:22 utc | 153
Is it helpful to copy-paste entire MoD briefings when a simple URL would have sufficed?
I am sure most of us here have Telegram, and most of those have joined mod_russia_en on it.
Speak for yourself. I can’t seem to get one. Maybe just scroll down a bit?

Posted by: Anne B | Apr 11 2022 7:02 utc | 232

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 11 2022 0:39 utc | 156
Please keep posting. Not all have telegram, but every one are able to scroll.

Posted by: Anne B | Apr 11 2022 7:05 utc | 234

So much for S-300 supplied from Slovakia
MoD Russia
https://t.me/mod_russia_en/807
* On Sunday April 10, high-precision sea-based Kalibr missiles on the southern outskirts of Dnipropetrovsk destroyed equipment from a S-300 anti-aircraft missile division supplied to the Kiev regime by a European country, which was hidden in a hangar. 4 S-300 launchers and up to 25 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel were hit, too.

Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 11 2022 7:16 utc | 236

Yea NZ. Trying to get their arse handed to them like in Gallipoli.

Posted by: Jezabeel | Apr 11 2022 7:22 utc | 238

I’ll just add to the near consensus and thank Hack for posting the things he does from Telegram.

Posted by: pretzelattack | Apr 11 2022 7:30 utc | 240

@Sushi | Apr 11 2022 0:55 utc | 163

Biden and his minions had a plan. They were about to launch their military action against the Donbass but the “bear blew first.”

What a demonic plan, I believe you got it right! An impressive chain of logic! The western ‘leaders’ who have been in on this must all be punished to the maximum extent of the law.
Your post deserves elevation to an article for full discussion. I thank you for an exceptional contribution.

Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 11 2022 7:33 utc | 242

Posted by: Jezabeel | Apr 11 2022 7:22 utc | 238
“Yea NZ. Trying to get their arse handed to them like in Gallipoli.”
My great uncle was with the mixed Australian and NZ Brigade of the ANZAC Corps at Gallipoli and died at Lone Pine.There is no grave they were buried in a mass grave.
Both my parents served in the armed forces in WW2 my late father saw extensive combats as a country boy and a first class shot. He was a damaged man as a result although he acknowledged, ‘the war is over’ and he harboured no residual hatred to his previous enemies. We have had enough of wars in our family.

Posted by: Paul | Apr 11 2022 7:51 utc | 244

similar history paul.
grandfather at gallipoli then in France. father in ng.
neither celebrated Anzac day thinking it too pro war.

Posted by: watcher | Apr 11 2022 7:56 utc | 246

In general, I have seen very few comments or articles anywhere that’d detail the enormity of the task Russia faces in rebuilding an entirely new internet architecture, sites and securtity walls. The reason i say that is that a cursory look at the companies that cut ties with Russia is literally a who’s who list of all the dominant players in the technology field, be they software, web or even hardware (what’s the deal with Cisco routers for example). Sure, some can be replaced by Chinese tech fairly quickly but others need to be built up from scratch. To my own mind, I think it’s high time this was done anyways and frankly, I see plenty of opportunity there for enterprising young (and not so young) talent.
Posted by: Merlin 2 | Apr 11 2022 1:40 utc | 175
Does it look like Russia don’t have a grip on their cyber-security? Is that why NATO is left to speculating what Russia is doing, while being plucked of all their military assets? Get real!

Posted by: Anne B | Apr 11 2022 8:16 utc | 248

@Anne B | Apr 11 2022 7:02 utc | 232
I do not mind information being reproduced here from Telegram channels, it is helpful to highlight important information.
However, I would encourage people to install the Telegram application and join some channels. This way you get access to much more. You can use it from any device, I have it Telegram on my mobile phone and on several PCs running Windows and Linux.
Get Telegram via https://telegram.org/
If anyone is wondering, Telegram is open source so anyone can inspect the source code https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop

Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 11 2022 8:24 utc | 250

Some dots with…connection potential:
Mariopol base- biolabs-alleged high profile presence- us biologival experiments on allied soldiers in Ukraine and Georgia’ massive it e/immigration- programmable implantable techs (pit😜)- blackrock neurotech clinical trials- gates- darpa project adapter/ntrain …

Posted by: Nobody | Apr 11 2022 9:02 utc | 252

If anyone is wondering, Telegram is open source so anyone can inspect the source code https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 11 2022 8:24 utc | 251
I’ve tried, but I fail to get the registration code on my phone – is it because I don’t have a smart-phone?

Posted by: Anne B | Apr 11 2022 9:14 utc | 254

Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 11 2022 8:24 utc | 251

If anyone is wondering, Telegram is open source so anyone can inspect the source code https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop

This is a sop to the comatose masses. If they were really serious they’d open source the back-end code.
Devious bastards.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 9:38 utc | 256

Circe 201
Gli ebrei sono una vera iattura, prima se ne vanno meglio sarà per la Russia
Anzi, sarebbe auspicabile che si trasferissero tutti in Israele

Posted by: Alessandro Cagliostr | Apr 11 2022 9:42 utc | 258

Dear Mr Putin,
Australia, being pathetic lapdogs to the US, have sent Bushmaster armored vehicles to The Ukraine.
Please ensure that they last only as long as that S-300 system did.
My gratitude and I’d love the video too please.
Thank you.

Posted by: Bearish Panda | Apr 11 2022 9:50 utc | 260

Turkish “conspiracy theory:
”
https://t.me/rybar/31002
[Forwarded from Turkey’s Agenda]
[ Photo ]
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said yesterday that the mines in the Black Sea could have been placed intentionally, including in order to put pressure on Ankara to let NATO warships through the straits.
A very interesting statement by Akar. Which he made yesterday in an interview with the leaders of the ruling party. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D4HpfHkJ5s)

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 9:55 utc | 262

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 9:38 utc | 258
AFAIK, the metadata in telegram goes through a NATO country (Czech rep.?) since it’s backend is server based; individidual connections are encoded with strong security (assuming Quantum NP == NP ;)).
Signal app, on the other hand is peer-to-peer and is the only messaging app that has its full code on github, again AFAIK. The downside is it’s sponsored by US DoD, but I personally don’t mind using US taxpayers money for personal benefit 😛

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 10:07 utc | 264

Latest conjectures, not very cheerful 🙁
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/41511

[Forwarded from A spy to whom no one writes]
Barrel’s statement that “This (Ukrainian) war must be won on the battlefield” means the following:
1. Public opinion is preparing for a complete rupture of relations with Russia and the introduction of a trade blockade.
The European countries have finally adopted a course of confrontation. This is emphasized by the “ritual” statements of members of the governments of Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
2. The imitation of peace talks will be curtailed, impossible conditions will be set for Russia, including the surrender of Donbass and Crimea.
3. Confrontation management will be concentrated in Washington, Turkey and other countries will be pushed away from this.
4. Europe and the United States are preparing to transfer heavy weapons systems to Ukraine – primarily air defense, missile systems.
Part of this has already happened, the UK has already handed over a batch of NSM PKR, which pose a serious threat to the ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
I think the MGM-140 ballistic missile systems (USA) will be transferred in the near future.
This was announced separately via CNBS, where it was stated that the imminent transfer of “weapons that will allow Ukraine to strike at Russian military airfields” was announced.
5. The next stage of the escalation of the conflict is being prepared, including strikes on Russian critical infrastructure and large-scale terrorist attacks in Russian cities.
In relation to Russia, the Ukrainian leadership will announce a total war regime, which includes a level of “zero tolerance” to Russian prisoners of war. Simply put, Nazi ideology will become the official course of Kiev.
It is no coincidence that Arestovich recently spoke with such warmth about the methods of ISIS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0urhc8onRQw ).
I think the consequences are clear to everyone.
Now the implementation of this scenario is being stopped by European and world public opinion.
Media operations on Russia’s “war crimes” in the Butch, etc. should change the attitude of European and world society to the Russian Federation, dehumanize and separate Russia from the rest of the “civilized” world.
This will make it possible to justify terrorist attacks and other irreversible strikes by Ukraine against Russia.
Everything is being done to tightly bind both countries – Russia and Ukraine in a mutually destructive conflict for decades to come. @genshab

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 10:14 utc | 266

There was correspondence here a while ago showing that Johnson could not possibly have gone to Kiev in the time slot set out. Today the WSWS has a photograph of Johnson supposed to be in Kiev with the piano player.
“UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine. 09/04/2022. Picture supplied by the Ukrainian government.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/11/john-a11.html?pk_campaign=newsletter&pk_kwd=wsws
Look closely at the photo. There is something not quite right about the perspective, isn’t there? He seems to be hovering in mid air. Is he a giant or are the Ukrainians dwarves?
Photoshopped?

Posted by: Walt | Apr 11 2022 10:14 utc | 268

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 10:07 utc | 266

AFAIK, the metadata in telegram goes through a NATO country (Czech rep.?) since it’s backend is server based;
…
Signal app, on the other hand is peer-to-peer and is the only messaging app that has its full code on github, again AFAIK.

P2P with strong encryption is the only way to go IMHO – every kind of client-server model where the server is under control of a commercial or centralised entity will be subverted by the state as soon as it appears viable, without a doubt.
Once every laptop, mobile phone, raspberry pie, toaster controller (iot device) is capable of running a node in a global messaging network with zero centralised control or administration communication can truly be free.
The only way to shut such a P2P messaging network down would be by policing every single device in existence with legal terms. At least then everyone would know what game is afoot from the start.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 10:25 utc | 270

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 10:25 utc | 272
Yep, fully agreed. I switched to Signal once the 4 big info golems closed access to Trump (mainly twitter, but the rest follow). It was the last straw, and following Bruce Schneier recs I decided to use Signal for p2p with people I want to discuss sensitive topics (I live in the enemy occipued UK).

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 10:29 utc | 272

Boo | Apr 11 2022 10:14 utc | 267
Perhaps in Joe Biden’s wet dream … doubt Pentagon will cooperate, surely Putin will not.
Josep Borrell is all in …
”This war will be won on the battlefield. Additional €500 million from the #EPF are underway. Weapon deliveries will be tailored to Ukrainian needs.”
Borrell: from controversy to EU’s top diplomat | EU Observer – Sep 23, 2019 |
https://euobserver.com/eu-political/146106
EU Brussels #WeAreNato … What a jacka$$

Posted by: Oui | Apr 11 2022 10:35 utc | 274

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 10:14 utc | 268

Everything is being done to tightly bind both countries – Russia and Ukraine in a mutually destructive conflict for decades to come. @genshab

This was the plan for the very beginning and I must say no matter how much progress Russia has been making on the battlefield and no matter how much “gas in the tank” it may still have, the fact is that Uncle Sugar has been watching all this from the comfort of his easy chair waiting for the opportune moment.
I’m sure Putin is aware of this but the bottom line is that Putin has been forced to act, to expend resources, take risks while Uncle Sugar still wields the option to act “at a time and place of his choosing”, and that is a significant advantage.
As dangerous as it sounds Putin needs to push the US into some form of action which will force it into committing forces and resources and losing the option of free action vis a vis Ukraine.
This could be one or more of:
1. Stirring the pot in Iraq, e.g a massive (‘ISIS’) strike on US bases/embassies which leaves the US with no option but to either leave Iraq completely or go back in.
2. Starting a conflagration in Syria to drive US forces out
3. Kicking off a firestorm between Lebanon and israel to the extent that the US needs to get involved (Yes, I know it’s a long stretch)
4. Lending significant assistance to the Houthi to the Point that the Haus of Saud is at risk of falling (this might dent relations with the Saud of course, so unlikely … on the other hand, taking out the Saud will do wonders for their oil revenues!)
5. Throwing a match on the Serbia-Kosovo haystack, with the dice heavily waited on the Serbian side.
6. Actively supporting the TeT in Pakistan in a drive to permanently remove American influence.
7. Shutting down the gas,oil,grain flows to the EU and then escalating the conflict which arises out of that to the point that the EU either has to admit defeat or bring in the US as a very active participant in the conflict.
8. Stimulating and accelerating instability between NK and SK to the point the US has to focus it’s diplomatic, military and administrative resources there.
None of which are ethically viable options and all of which will involve great human tragedy. Either way though, the Russians have to find a way to remove the option of free action from Uncle Sam.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 10:48 utc | 276

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2022 10:48 utc | 278
Given that the Russian leaders are fans of best bang for the buck approach (Putin was apparently proudly talking of the little cost of the mil. op. in Syria on Russian telly), I’d go with supplying weapons and Wagnerites to Iraq. Iran can also help.
Shutting the gas to West, and other commodities, seems inevitable…

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 11:00 utc | 278

Walt
Yes, that was me who posted about Boris impossible visit to Kiev.
All the footage looks very Hollywood. My idea is that all these international visits by Boris or EU to Kiev are being filmed in either Poland or Lviv using the set, props, backdrops and street footage from the TV series “Servant of the People.

Posted by: maria | Apr 11 2022 11:01 utc | 280

Sorry but I just got to go back to that Boris photo. I just got the weird thing about it.
Would you not expect an official government photograph to have them standing still, shaking hands, or at least looking at each other, and not wandering and looking in different directions?
Definitely weird. He wasn’t there.

Posted by: Walt | Apr 11 2022 11:03 utc | 282

Maria, do you recognise the setting in that photo?

Posted by: Walt | Apr 11 2022 11:06 utc | 284

> I switched to Signal once the 4 big info golems closed access to Trump
Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 10:29 utc | 274
> has its full code on github, again AFAIK. The downside is it’s sponsored by US DoD, but I personally don’t mind using US taxpayers money for personal benefit 😛
Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 10:07 utc | 266
Go into F-Droid and you would see many messangers with source code open. ICQ, XMPP/Jabber, IRC, E-mail, Signal, Telegram, many others. Remember “Miranda IM”| for Windows too. Linux distros have byunch of opensource messengers.
And, again, any e-mail is messenger today with current speeds. GMail on phones, or even DeltaChat that puts this concept to extremes, deleteing all non-chat functions form e-mail.
But messengers are NOT about clients, they are about network, about server.
And popular messangers about “instant gratification” for consumers, not about long-term ideology.
Thus Signal is centered around a single “one true” server, is it not? Just like Skype.
Messages of chat can flow in p2p fashion, when they come, but the central server of authentication/discovery/routing is required.
There are sound while bitter reasons to do it, but you have to acknowledge it is how it is.
Actually, Signal is especially noted from verbally attacking all the forks that connect to main Signal servers. They are openly saying “mantaining servers and paying for their work is HARD. We give you code for free, but we do not give you service for free. If you connect to our servers – you are pirates”.
Harsh and unfriendly, but with a merit.
See this talk
Or see the top links in Readme of https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal (scroll down until Readme starts).
OTOH see “Molly connects to the Signal server, so you can chat with your Signal contacts seamlessly.”
So, as of “they banned Trump” reasoning – there is nothing technically that prevents Signal from banning Trump. As long as there is “one true directory” of all clients/users – there is an authority that can ban any user from that directory for any reason.
Trump would still be able to run Signal program – vanilla or forked from open sources – but not to connect to One True Server, which makes any messenger program moot.
Granted, this one true directory makes applciation much more comfortable for casual users, freeing them from pain of thinking and making half-informed choices. Viber and Whatsapp “shooted” because they used phone numbers as human IDs – a heresy people fought against in ICQ times, but as messangers moved from nerdy gizmos to consumer marketplace – it all got reversed.
As to why Signal sticks to “One True Server” tight control mode – there sadly are real reaosns behind it.
See https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/07/signal-app-maker-rebuts-criticism-of-dev-direction-by-calling-for-more-community-help/
See https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
Now, even “privacy until your are banned” concept is not ensured any more.
See: https://pocketnow.com/like-whatsapp-signal-just-jumped-the-shark-and-stops-caring-so-much-about-privacy
Basically, if you really wish to evade censorship at all costs – then you only can go into zero-servers full p2p model.
Even “many federated servers” is not totally immune to gov’t censorship.
IOW if preventing censorship is paramanout thenyou have to go from Internet to DarkNets. Unless they are declared out of law (and they probably will, as WW3 is slowly unrolling).
But – forget then about “bells and whistles”, about comfort, energy efficiency… …and about many consumers sharing the messenger with you. You would be mostly alone there, with a basic and slow service.
You and all kinds of scammers and other criminals, for whom immunity from censorship is more important than user comfort too.

Posted by: Arioch | Apr 11 2022 11:11 utc | 286

Lavrov is taking a well deserved Easter break:
https://t.me/mig41/16349
Russia leaves the negotiations with Ukraine – Lavrov

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 11:22 utc | 288

@boo 283
Any idea about the connection between karl nehammer’s visit and potential mandate from us/nato to negotiate details ref. pit?

Posted by: Nobody | Apr 11 2022 11:25 utc | 290

Walt
No, I don’t recognise it. It all just looks too shiny, too clean too rehearsed. The picture comes from the same video footage of Boris and Zelensky walking around what they tell us is “Kiev”.
He did go to Poland as flight ZZ336 shows but he had no time to go to Kiev by train which is a 14 hour round trip and Boris was only away for 11 hours.
I might watch the TV series to check for familiar footage (god help me, ugh).

Posted by: maria | Apr 11 2022 11:30 utc | 292

This may be related to why the French intelligence head got dumped…also as to who may holed up in Mariupol…
US and UK conducting ‘secret war’ in Ukraine – Le Figaro (RT Link not provided)
SAS and Delta Force part of “secret war”, a French intelligence source reportedly told Le Figaro

Elite special forces from the UK and the US have been present in Ukraine since the beginning of hostilities with Russia in late February, a source in the French intelligence community reportedly told a Le Figaro reporter, last week.
The claim was reported by the newspaper’s senior international correspondent Georges Malbrunot on Saturday, the day when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made his surprise visit to Kiev. The British leader was reportedly surrounded by guards from the elite SAS force, though this claim was not officially confirmed.
SAS units “have been present in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, as did [sic] the American Deltas,” Malbrunot tweeted citing a French intelligence source. He added that according to the source Russia was well aware of the “secret war” waged against its troops by foreign commandos. Le Figaro included his report in their updates on Ukraine.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 11 2022 11:33 utc | 294

From CNN…
Russian invasion will shrink Ukraine’s economy by half, World Bank estimates
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-11-22/index.html

In an economic update of the region, the World Bank said Sunday that Ukraine’s economy is expected to shrink by an estimated 45.1 percent this year, “although the magnitude of the contraction will depend on the duration and intensity of the war.”
Anna Bjerde, World Bank Vice President for the Europe and Central Asia region, said the “magnitude of the humanitarian crisis unleashed by the war is staggering. The Russian invasion is delivering a massive blow to Ukraine’s economy and it has inflicted enormous damage to infrastructure.” She added:

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Apr 11 2022 11:40 utc | 296

Germany, wth? What’s the point of this?
https://t.me/readovkanews/30614

German defense concern Rheinmetall is ready to send Ukraine up to 50 decommissioned Leopard 1 main battle tanks and up to 60 Marder infantry fighting vehicles
“The first Leopard 1 can be delivered in six weeks,” Handelsblatt quotes Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger as saying.

Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 11:42 utc | 298

I just want my text and video/audio messages to be inaccessible to spying agencies, and in my very limited understanding this is what’s highly unlikely with Signal.
Posted by: Boo | Apr 11 2022 11:19 utc | 289
Hmm, then don’t send them to anyone, keep them for yourself.
No, really, as long as your texts it out to someone – it is in that someone’s power from that point on.
You sent your text via most encrypted messenger ever – but your addressee saw your text good, and being inspired immediately forwarded it to his peers using good old SMS 🙂
So, basically either you manage to coerce your addressees to use the software of your choice and uin the ways of your choice, for the luxury to communicate with you.
…or you go with the flow, and you use the software they use for the luxury of communicating with them.
In the former case it can be any software, Signal or anything else. More so, if they are concerned about privacy as much as you do – they will not object if learning curve is high and consumer comfort is low.
In the latter… well, just pray for good.
And in any way, Signal was never an escape from “they banned Trump” kind of risks, and now it is even questionable if it still would keep your privacy for long.
I think Mark Twain said, “if elections could change a thing – they would be long prohibited”. Same here, i sadly guess.

Posted by: Arioch | Apr 11 2022 11:44 utc | 300