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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 1d

So the band is made up of ICE agents and/or it is Scott Baio and Kevin Sorbo’s Russian funded side hustle?

Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 1d

So foreign parents in 🇯🇵 gave birth to a record number of children in 2024?

Is the 🇷🇺 media so desperate to avoid covering any news in their own country? 😂

Wait until they discover the obligatory “Florida Man” stories … “Man in friendly oblast arrested with his wife and alligator in vehicle …”

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me you don’t have a cat in your home without telling me you don’t have a cat in your home

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

Russian voting, a case study:
- pretence of open election participation for 🇷🇺 public
- leader decides to rig results
- voting suspended
- election promises never delivered

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

Russian Finance Ministry

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

No point in adding to the long list of Russian industries with their hand out for government subsidies

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

(Me, googling “when did October revolution start in 1917?” … huh, October 24 on the old Julian calendar)

Who knew someone in Russia has a sense of humour?

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, even the elevator harvest is down 10% this year

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

2026 agriculture plan will need 95% less fuel

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

“You heard that there are interruptions there, and if there are interruptions, I will personally intervene and solve the problem” Gladkov said

I fully support 🇷🇺 political leaders delivering fuel to agricultural producers. Please invite camera crews & publish the delivery schedule

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

📰: “history could repeat in 2026…”

Yes, hopefully 1991

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

Wholesome timeline cleanse we all needed

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, the best way to engage Trump is by telling him he can inflict pain on someone …

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 3d

The most vicious insult you could ever inflict on Medvedev …

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 9d

Is it a posthumous award?

I could support that

🥇 💀

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 10d

It’s been a busy month for the “oh blyat yo shits on fire” crew 🔥

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 10d

I’m old enough to remember ….

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 10d

Finally some good news for Russian Railways … less agricultural output to transport this autumn 😊

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 10d

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 17d

I thought Putin might wait until 2028 to celebrate the centenary of Stalin’s first 5 Year Plan … but there may not be an economy to centrally plan by 2028 …

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 17d

Is Dagestan the Florida or New Jersey of Russia?

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 18d

It’s not a tax increase, it’s a special monetary operation (SMO) and if you dare mention taxes on tv, then off to the gulag with you

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 18d

📰 : “and in completely unrelated news, the waitlist for liver transplants in Leningrad oblast grew by 300 people this month …”

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Willow Tremaine @willowtremaine.bsky.social · 18d

The budget papers next year will include:

👉 “Goods in kind trades with allies” column in graphs miraculously balancing the budget (source: trust us)
👉 Oil Price in goats
👉 Rubles to rice, trucks and missiles exchange rates

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