Mastodawn

From my days of travelling to the Russian #Caucasus, I’ve got quite a few friends there – one of them is a highlander and he’s fine, whilst the other used to work for RIA (Russian state news agency).

I messaged the first one on Telegram, but the message isn’t getting through and I don’t know if he’s up in the mountains or if the Roskomnadzor is already blocking it. So I ask the other one, who spends most of his time in the lowlands, whether Telegram works there without a VPN. And here I get this reply that sounded like read from an official government statement 😂

It depends – sometimes it’s needed, and sometimes it isn’t. On the other hand, the number of cybercrimes and scams on social media has plummeted since communication restrictions were introduced. Everything has its pros and cons.

I gather he’s probably still working at RIA 😂 Let me emphasise – it was the sort of question that calls for a yes or no answer.

If they cut off the internet for them altogether, he’ll probably send me a letter by post giving a detailed explanation of why life without the Internet has “certain disadvantages, but also advantages”.

kravietz 🦇4d ago

Today, only such collectibles souvenirs from auctions serve as a reminder that in 2012, #Donetsk was one of the host cities for EURO 2012 and people could fly there from all over the world.

And it turned out that, all things considered, for the people of Donetsk, the world doesn’t end at Rostov, Moscow and industrial plants 100% controlled by the local mafia.

Back then, I was still driving from #Poland through the #Ukraine including #Donbas to the #Caucasus, and seeing the non-stop renovations of roads, hotels and stadiums that had been going on since 2011, I thought that even there, things were changing for the better.

And I suppose that was precisely the moment when #Putin realised that Ukraine and the Donbas might slip away from him towards economic independence, so he decided to restore everything to the default state of the classic ‘Russkiy Mir’ – that is, squalor, poverty and unemployment, in which the Soviet man is 100% dependent on the state. If not that, no sane person with stable job and pension would voluntarily sign a contract with Russian army to participate in “meat wave” attacks on another country - poverty was the primary requirement here.

Reading what Girking’s thugs are doing on the “border” of “Donetsk People’s Republic” I’ve never attempted crossing that route after 2013…

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#Prunellidae #Asia #Caucasus #Lebanon #Europe #Wikipedia
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Atlas des flux RSS Mar 14

Caucase ajouté à l'annuaire RSS 🇫🇷
Caucasus added to the RSS directory 🇬🇧

The Georgia tag has a characteristic: an ambiguous word, relating to a geographical close topic, and few websites display it as a mashup of Caucasus country, U.S. state and person.

68 RSS feeds
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To import into a reader XML/OPML/CSV/TXT
https://atlasflux.saynete.net/atlas_des_flux_rss_ang_territory_caucasus.xml

#RSS #OPML #Caucasus #Azerbaijan #Armenia #Georgia #Chechnya #Ossetia #Nakhchivan #Dagestan #Ingushetia #Abkhazia #Adjara

דער קערפער פֿון השם Mar 8

"#Azerbaijan’s State Security Service has announced it has thwarted multiple planned #terrorist attacks and #sabotage operations allegedly directed by #Iran’s #IslamicRevolutionaryGuardCorps (#IRGC).

Among the primary targets were prominent #Jewish sites: the #Ashkenazi #synagogue in #Baku, a modern synagogue in #DilaraAliyevaStreet serving the Ashkenazi and #European Jewish communities. The #Israeli embassy in the capital was also a reported target. Also allegedly targeted was a leader of the ancient Mountain #Jews community, a historic Jewish group with centuries-old roots in the #Caucasus region.

About 6,000 to 7,000 Jews live in Azerbaijan today, according to international Jewish organisations."

https://www.jwire.com.au/azerbaijan-foils-alleged-iranian-plots-targeting-jewish-sites-and-oil-pipeline/

Azerbaijan foils alleged Iranian plots targeting Jewish sites and oil pipeline

Azerbaijan foils alleged plots against Jewish sites and the oil pipeline planned by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

J-Wire

Italian News by RSS Mar 6

Corriere.it - Homepage: Il ministro iraniano Araghchi: «Se gli Usa ci invadono per loro sarà un disastro». L'ambasciata italiana a Teheran trasferita a Baku |Bombe anche sul Caucaso, l'Europa si muove in difesa di Cipro

Le notizie di venerdì 6 marzo sull'attacco di Stati Uniti e Israele all'Iran, in diretta. Un nuovo attacco israeliano ha preso di mira Bourj el-Brajné, nella periferia meridionale di Beirut, in Libano

Iranian Minister Araghchi: "If the US invade us, it will be a disaster for them." Italian embassy in Tehran relocated to Baku |Bombs also on the Caucasus, Europe moves in defense of Cyprus

The news of Friday, March 6th regarding the attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, live. A new Israeli attack targeted Bourj el-Brajné, in the southern outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon.

#Iranian #Araghchi #Italian #Tehran #Caucasus #Europe #theUnitedStates #Israel #Israeli #Bourjel-Brajné #Beirut #Lebanon

https://www.corriere.it/esteri/diretta-live/26_marzo_06/guerra-in-iran-le-ultime-notizie-in-diretta.shtml

Guerra in Iran, le ultime notizie in diretta | Trump: «Devo essere coinvolto nella scelta del nuovo leader iraniano, Khamenei jr. inaccettabile». Iran: «Pronti a invasione Usa, un disastro per loro». Trasferita l'ambasciata italiana a Teheran

Corriere della Sera

Italian News by RSS Mar 5

Corriere.it - Homepage: Teheran colpisce anche in Caucaso. Trump: voglio decidere il leader iraniano. E gli europei (Italia compresa) inviano navi in difesa di Cipro

Israele continua ad attaccare in Libano e ordina l’evacuazione dei quartieri sud di Beirut, roccaforte di Hezbollah

Tehran also hits the Caucasus. Trump: I want to decide the Iranian leader. And the Europeans (including Italy) send ships in defense of Cyprus.

Israel continues to attack Lebanon and orders the evacuation of the southern districts of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah.

#Tehran #Caucasus #Iranian #Europeans #Italy #Israel #Lebanon #Beirut #Hezbollah

https://www.corriere.it/esteri/26_marzo_05/teheran-colpisce-caucaso-trump-decidere-leader-iran-europa-navi-0c101c53-cdae-4f69-aeba-e3592af3dxlk.shtml

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Feb 22

The #TreatyOfTurkmenchay, signed #ThisDayInHistory in 1828, ended the last #RussoPersianWar (1826), fought over control of the #Caucasus region. Russia had previously taken parts of #Georgia & #Dagestan etc., from Iran, and now had the rest of what are now #Azerbaijan & #Armenia.