Francis Scarr
@fscarr.bsky.social
Watching Russia and its media for BBC Monitoring
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As Russia celebrates the New Year I gauge the mood in Moscow. “Russian people are patient,” one man tells me, “they stay silent.” Thanks to @lizashuvalova.bsky.social
Voices from the street - the mood in Moscow
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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December 31, 2024 at 11:51 AM
As Russia celebrates the New Year I gauge the mood in Moscow. “Russian people are patient,” one man tells me, “they stay silent.” Thanks to @lizashuvalova.bsky.social
The Kremlin says Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev for the "tragic incident" which led to the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crashing in Kazakhstan on 25 December kremlin.ru/events/presi...
December 28, 2024 at 1:16 PM
The Kremlin says Putin has apologised to Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev for the "tragic incident" which led to the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crashing in Kazakhstan on 25 December kremlin.ru/events/presi...
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Russian large channels have stayed almost silent for the past two days about the downing of the airliner over Chechnya. This time it seems a directive was issued to stay quiet.
The only exception was one channel today, which called it "just another statistic of war."
The only exception was one channel today, which called it "just another statistic of war."
December 26, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Russian large channels have stayed almost silent for the past two days about the downing of the airliner over Chechnya. This time it seems a directive was issued to stay quiet.
The only exception was one channel today, which called it "just another statistic of war."
The only exception was one channel today, which called it "just another statistic of war."
Even pro-government media in Azerbaijan are now saying that yesterday's plane crash was caused by a Russian air defence missile
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Первичные итоги расследования: самолет AZAL был сбит российской ПВО - Эксклюзивные данные Caliber.Az
Как стало известно редакции Caliber.Az из достоверных правительственных источников, по предварительным итогам расследования было установлено, что самолет AZAL, направлявшийся...
caliber.az
December 26, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Even pro-government media in Azerbaijan are now saying that yesterday's plane crash was caused by a Russian air defence missile
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caliber.az/post/pervich...
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caliber.az/post/pervich...
"Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday."
www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/e...
www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/e...
Exclusive: Russian missile caused Aktau crash, investigation confirms
38 passengers were killed on Wednesday after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.
www.euronews.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:02 PM
"Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday."
www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/e...
www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/e...
Deputy Moscow mayor Vladimir Yefimov has said that the Russian capital's construction sector is short of up to 70,000 workers
www.rbc.ru/business/26/...
www.rbc.ru/business/26/...
Вице-мэр Москвы — РБК: «Коррекция произошла, но драмы нет»
Владимир Ефимов, в апреле 2024-го возглавивший столичный стройкомплекс, в интервью РБК рассказал о перспективах рынка недвижимости в 2025 году, сколько строителей не хватает городу и почему Москве не ...
www.rbc.ru
December 26, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Deputy Moscow mayor Vladimir Yefimov has said that the Russian capital's construction sector is short of up to 70,000 workers
www.rbc.ru/business/26/...
www.rbc.ru/business/26/...
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All the videos of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight showing the damage show holes in the wreckage have entry holes on the port side and exit holes on the starboard side, likely with a slight angle from below.
December 25, 2024 at 3:50 PM
All the videos of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight showing the damage show holes in the wreckage have entry holes on the port side and exit holes on the starboard side, likely with a slight angle from below.
Russia has placed opposition politician Ilya Yashin on its wanted list despite him being handed over to Germany in a prisoner exchange in August
It seems that he's facing new criminal charges although they haven't been announced officially
meduza.io/news/2024/12...
It seems that he's facing new criminal charges although they haven't been announced officially
meduza.io/news/2024/12...
МВД РФ объявило в розыск Илью Яшина. В августе он вышел на свободу в результате обмена заключенными — Meduza
МВД России объявило в розыск политика Илью Яшина. На карточку в базе розыск обратила внимание «Медиазона».
meduza.io
December 25, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Russia has placed opposition politician Ilya Yashin on its wanted list despite him being handed over to Germany in a prisoner exchange in August
It seems that he's facing new criminal charges although they haven't been announced officially
meduza.io/news/2024/12...
It seems that he's facing new criminal charges although they haven't been announced officially
meduza.io/news/2024/12...
Jackson Hinkle popped up on Russian state TV last night
Described as a "member of the US Communist Party", he’s been busy helping the Russian Communists send a shipment of "humanitarian aid" to Donbas
The correspondent suggested that most of it is going to soldiers on the frontline
Described as a "member of the US Communist Party", he’s been busy helping the Russian Communists send a shipment of "humanitarian aid" to Donbas
The correspondent suggested that most of it is going to soldiers on the frontline
December 24, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Jackson Hinkle popped up on Russian state TV last night
Described as a "member of the US Communist Party", he’s been busy helping the Russian Communists send a shipment of "humanitarian aid" to Donbas
The correspondent suggested that most of it is going to soldiers on the frontline
Described as a "member of the US Communist Party", he’s been busy helping the Russian Communists send a shipment of "humanitarian aid" to Donbas
The correspondent suggested that most of it is going to soldiers on the frontline
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YouTube traffic in Russia has fallen to just 20 percent of the levels seen before the authorities began throttling the service, according to IT expert Mikhail Klimarev, who described the platform as "de facto blocked in Russia."
YouTube traffic in Russia drops to 20 percent of pre-throttling levels, platform ‘de facto blocked’ in country — Meduza
YouTube traffic in Russia has dropped to just 20 percent of its pre-“slowdown” levels, according to IT expert Mikhail Klimarev, director of the Internet Protection Society, who shared the data on his…
buff.ly
December 23, 2024 at 1:11 PM
YouTube traffic in Russia has fallen to just 20 percent of the levels seen before the authorities began throttling the service, according to IT expert Mikhail Klimarev, who described the platform as "de facto blocked in Russia."
The latest episode of the #TheGlobalJigsaw is a brilliant one
Listen to my colleague Vitaly Shevchenko explore the ways in which the Kremlin and its media machine exploit language in an effort to justify and rally support for the war against Ukraine
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Listen to my colleague Vitaly Shevchenko explore the ways in which the Kremlin and its media machine exploit language in an effort to justify and rally support for the war against Ukraine
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, The language of war: Russia
Decoding the Kremlin’s warspeak
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The latest episode of the #TheGlobalJigsaw is a brilliant one
Listen to my colleague Vitaly Shevchenko explore the ways in which the Kremlin and its media machine exploit language in an effort to justify and rally support for the war against Ukraine
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Listen to my colleague Vitaly Shevchenko explore the ways in which the Kremlin and its media machine exploit language in an effort to justify and rally support for the war against Ukraine
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Clearly irked by suggestions that the Oreshnik missile isn't all it's talked up to be, Putin flippantly proposes a "technological duel" in which the West puts its most advanced air defence systems in Kyiv and tries to repel an Oreshnik strike
December 19, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Clearly irked by suggestions that the Oreshnik missile isn't all it's talked up to be, Putin flippantly proposes a "technological duel" in which the West puts its most advanced air defence systems in Kyiv and tries to repel an Oreshnik strike
In front of a banner from the 155th naval infantry brigade which he says he was given as a gift, Putin says Russian forces are advancing "along the whole frontline every day" in Ukraine
December 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
In front of a banner from the 155th naval infantry brigade which he says he was given as a gift, Putin says Russian forces are advancing "along the whole frontline every day" in Ukraine
Despite the Kremlin's efforts to push "traditional values", Russia's divorce rate has now reached a record high
For every ten marriages in 2024, there have been eight divorces, giving Russia the third-highest divorce rate worldwide, according to state pollster VTsIOM
tass.ru/obschestvo/2...
For every ten marriages in 2024, there have been eight divorces, giving Russia the third-highest divorce rate worldwide, according to state pollster VTsIOM
tass.ru/obschestvo/2...
ВЦИОМ: восемь из десяти браков в РФ в 2024 году распадались
Россия вышла на третье место в мире по числу разводов, рассказала советник гендиректора Всероссийского центра изучения общественного мнения Елена Михайлова
tass.ru
December 18, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Despite the Kremlin's efforts to push "traditional values", Russia's divorce rate has now reached a record high
For every ten marriages in 2024, there have been eight divorces, giving Russia the third-highest divorce rate worldwide, according to state pollster VTsIOM
tass.ru/obschestvo/2...
For every ten marriages in 2024, there have been eight divorces, giving Russia the third-highest divorce rate worldwide, according to state pollster VTsIOM
tass.ru/obschestvo/2...
Chechen special forces commander Apti Alaudinov has become an honorary professor of South-West State University in Kursk
Alaudinov earlier became an unofficial spokesman for the Russian operation to repel Ukraine's incursion into Kursk, constantly claiming non-existent Russian successes there
Alaudinov earlier became an unofficial spokesman for the Russian operation to repel Ukraine's incursion into Kursk, constantly claiming non-existent Russian successes there
December 18, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Chechen special forces commander Apti Alaudinov has become an honorary professor of South-West State University in Kursk
Alaudinov earlier became an unofficial spokesman for the Russian operation to repel Ukraine's incursion into Kursk, constantly claiming non-existent Russian successes there
Alaudinov earlier became an unofficial spokesman for the Russian operation to repel Ukraine's incursion into Kursk, constantly claiming non-existent Russian successes there
Russian state energy giant Gazprom's shares are now trading at their lowest since January 2009
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Акции «Газпрома» упали до минимума с января 2009 года
В бумагах «Газпрома» продолжились распродажи. Котировки компании снизились до минимального уровня с января 2009 года. «РБК Инвестиции» спросили экспертов, какие причины у этого и что будет с бумагами ...
www.rbc.ru
December 17, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Russian state energy giant Gazprom's shares are now trading at their lowest since January 2009
www.rbc.ru/quote/news/a...
www.rbc.ru/quote/news/a...
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Lt Gen Kirillov, the commander of Russia’s chemical, biological and radiation defense forces, was assassinated this morning in a scooter bombing outside his home in Moscow. t.me/rian_ru/273237
РИА Новости
❗️Начальник войск радиационной, химической и биологической защиты ВС РФ Игорь Кириллов и его помощник погибли в результате взрыва на Рязанском проспекте в Москве, сообщили в СК
t.me
December 17, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Lt Gen Kirillov, the commander of Russia’s chemical, biological and radiation defense forces, was assassinated this morning in a scooter bombing outside his home in Moscow. t.me/rian_ru/273237
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Some yarn from Reuters: Bashar al-Assad secretly fled to Moscow, leaving relatives and officials to fend for themselves
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Assad's final hours in Syria: Deception, despair and flight
Bashar al-Assad confided in almost no one about his plans to flee Syria as his reign collapsed. Instead, aides, officials and even relatives were deceived or kept in the dark, more than a dozen people with knowledge of the events told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Some yarn from Reuters: Bashar al-Assad secretly fled to Moscow, leaving relatives and officials to fend for themselves
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Brief updated thoughts on RF in Syria. Russian navy seems to be parked 8-13km off Tartus concerned about ship vulnerability. Russian forces are assembling in Khmeimim airbase for what looks like a drawdown with several An-124 having made pick ups there in recent days. 1/
December 12, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Brief updated thoughts on RF in Syria. Russian navy seems to be parked 8-13km off Tartus concerned about ship vulnerability. Russian forces are assembling in Khmeimim airbase for what looks like a drawdown with several An-124 having made pick ups there in recent days. 1/
Putin has decorated Yevgeny Poddubny, the state TV "war correspondent" who survived a drone attack in Kursk Region in August
December 12, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Putin has decorated Yevgeny Poddubny, the state TV "war correspondent" who survived a drone attack in Kursk Region in August
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One Russian paper today: “We need to say it straight: Russia & Iran suffered a major defeat in Syria.” Plus, problems with the Superjet (“the wretched child of the Russian aviation industry”) & an attempt to declare Santa Claus a ‘foreign agent’.
Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (11 December 2024)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 7:49 AM
One Russian paper today: “We need to say it straight: Russia & Iran suffered a major defeat in Syria.” Plus, problems with the Superjet (“the wretched child of the Russian aviation industry”) & an attempt to declare Santa Claus a ‘foreign agent’.
The Rus Defence Ministry says Kyiv used Atacms in this morning's attack on a military airfield in Taganrog
It claims 2 of the 6 missiles were shot down with the other 4 jammed
However, it acknowledges personnel casualties (supposedly due to falling debris) and vows a response
t.me/mod_russia/4...
It claims 2 of the 6 missiles were shot down with the other 4 jammed
However, it acknowledges personnel casualties (supposedly due to falling debris) and vows a response
t.me/mod_russia/4...
Минобороны России
⚡️ Утром 11 декабря 2024 года киевский режим нанес ракетный удар западным высокоточным оружием по военному аэродрому Таганрог на территории Ростовской области.
В ходе проведенного разбирательства дос...
t.me
December 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
The Rus Defence Ministry says Kyiv used Atacms in this morning's attack on a military airfield in Taganrog
It claims 2 of the 6 missiles were shot down with the other 4 jammed
However, it acknowledges personnel casualties (supposedly due to falling debris) and vows a response
t.me/mod_russia/4...
It claims 2 of the 6 missiles were shot down with the other 4 jammed
However, it acknowledges personnel casualties (supposedly due to falling debris) and vows a response
t.me/mod_russia/4...
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Syria:
"Back then Russia accomplished its mission, and then Assad's leadership worked in its country, was engaged in developing its country"
"Now we need to proceed from the realities that exist on the ground"
www.interfax.ru/russia/997094
"Back then Russia accomplished its mission, and then Assad's leadership worked in its country, was engaged in developing its country"
"Now we need to proceed from the realities that exist on the ground"
www.interfax.ru/russia/997094
Москва поддерживает контакты с силами, контролирующими Сирию
Москва поддерживает контакты с теми, кто контролирует ситуацию в Сирии, это необходимо для решения вопросов безопасности российских баз и диппредставительства, находящихся в этой стране, заявил пресс-...
www.interfax.ru
December 11, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Syria:
"Back then Russia accomplished its mission, and then Assad's leadership worked in its country, was engaged in developing its country"
"Now we need to proceed from the realities that exist on the ground"
www.interfax.ru/russia/997094
"Back then Russia accomplished its mission, and then Assad's leadership worked in its country, was engaged in developing its country"
"Now we need to proceed from the realities that exist on the ground"
www.interfax.ru/russia/997094