#easterneurope — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #easterneurope, aggregated by home.social.
-
KYIV POST:
Russia Kills 2 Azeris in Tugboat Attack Off Odesa Coasthttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84225
Baku and Kyiv confirmed that a Wednesday attack on a tugboat near southern Ukraine’s Odesa killed two Azeri crew members and hospitalized two more. Another similar incident took place in June, with Moscow pinning the blame on Kyiv both times despite conducting the attacks.
-
KYIV POST:
Romania Rules Out Troop Deployments to Ukrainehttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84211
Romania’s Presidential Administration said the country has no intention of fighting Russia in Ukraine after rumors claiming it plans to do so. In the same statement, it also ruled out troop deployments to Ukraine for postwar guarantees, and said only up to 20 officers might partake in the operational command based in Paris and London.
-
KYIV POST:
Moldova Accuses Russia of Deliberate Border Strikehttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84215
Moldova accused Russia of deliberately striking the Tudora-Starokozache border crossing and trying to justify the attack with false claims that weapons pass through Moldova to Ukraine. Two Ukrainian civilians were killed, several people – including a Moldovan citizen – were injured, and operations at the border crossing were suspended.
-
KYIV POST:
FSB Accuses Kyiv of Planning Attack on British Ambassador to Moscowhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84189
Russia’s FSB published a video of the interrogation of a Russian citizen who worked as a security officer at the British Embassy in Moscow. In it, he appears to confess that he had passed intelligence to a Ukrainian handler intended to be used in an attack on the ambassador.
-
KYIV POST:
Zelensky’s Drone-Disrupted Flight Highlights Wartime Travel Risks as Kyiv Calls Near-Miss Claims Exaggeratedhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84156
A Russian drone incursion delayed Zelensky’s departure from Moldova, highlighting the security risks surrounding his extensive wartime travel and the sharp contrast with Putin’s much more limited foreign trips.
-
KYIV POST:
Kim Jong Un Publicly Praises North Korean Troops Fighting for Russiahttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84153
Kim Jong Un praised troops serving in “overseas military operations” during North Korea’s founding anniversary, publicly normalizing a deployment that has sent an estimated 14,000 to 15,000 soldiers to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.
-
KYIV POST:
PACE Panel Backs Using €260B in Russian Assets for Ukraine’s Legal Claimshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84152
PACE lawmakers have backed a proposal to use frozen Russian Central Bank assets to fund potentially billions in compensation for Ukraine under Strasbourg Court rulings.
-
KYIV POST:
PACE Panel Backs Using €260B in Russian Assets for Ukraine’s Legal Claimshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84152
PACE lawmakers have backed a proposal to use frozen Russian Central Bank assets to fund potentially billions in compensation for Ukraine under Strasbourg Court rulings.
-
KYIV POST:
3,200 km Into Russia: Ukraine Hits Major Gas Facility in Record-Breaking Strikehttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84140
Ukraine reportedly targeted a gas-condensate facility in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets region, nearly 3,200 km (1,988 miles) from the Ukrainian border. Russian officials confirmed a drone attack and fire but did not identify the facility, while Ukraine has not claimed responsibility.
-
KYIV POST:
3,200 km Into Russia: Ukraine Hits Major Gas Facility in Record-Breaking Strikehttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84140
Ukraine reportedly targeted a gas-condensate facility in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets region, nearly 3,200 km (1,988 miles) from the Ukrainian border. Russian officials confirmed a drone attack and fire but did not identify the facility, while Ukraine has not claimed responsibility.
-
KYIV POST:
Russia Replaces Polish Memorial With ‘Special Military Operation’ Statueshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84125
Russia’s Yakutia has unveiled a new monument dedicated to two soldiers who died fighting in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with one having served in the 155th Marine Brigade accused of murdering civilians in Bucha. The monument is located where a memorial dedicated to exiled Poles and Lithuanians in the 19th century once stood.
-
KYIV POST:
Russia Replaces Polish Memorial With ‘Special Military Operation’ Statueshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84125
Russia’s Yakutia has unveiled a new monument dedicated to two soldiers who died fighting in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with one having served in the 155th Marine Brigade accused of murdering civilians in Bucha. The monument is located where a memorial dedicated to exiled Poles and Lithuanians in the 19th century once stood.
-
KYIV POST:
Russia Suspends Flights 1,800km From Ukraine as Drones Threaten Siberian Oil-Producing Heartlandhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84110
Russia has imposed flight restrictions in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, over 1,800 km (1,118 miles) from Ukraine, due to drone threats. The region is also home to 40% of Russia’s crude production, and the threats suggest a shift in how Kyiv is hitting Moscow where it hurts.
-
KYIV POST:
Russia Suspends Flights 1,800km From Ukraine as Drones Threaten Siberian Oil-Producing Heartlandhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84110
Russia has imposed flight restrictions in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, over 1,800 km (1,118 miles) from Ukraine, due to drone threats. The region is also home to 40% of Russia’s crude production, and the threats suggest a shift in how Kyiv is hitting Moscow where it hurts.
-
KYIV POST:
What Ramstein Revealed: 300 Patriots, a $27 Billion Gap and Russia’s Longer Warhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84068
The 36th Ukraine Defense Contact Group exposed Kyiv’s immediate need for 300 Patriot interceptors, a $27 billion defense funding gap and growing concern that Russia is preparing for a longer war.
-
KYIV POST:
What Ramstein Revealed: 300 Patriots, a $27 Billion Gap and Russia’s Longer Warhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84068
The 36th Ukraine Defense Contact Group exposed Kyiv’s immediate need for 300 Patriot interceptors, a $27 billion defense funding gap and growing concern that Russia is preparing for a longer war.
-
KYIV POST:
What Ramstein Revealed: 300 Patriots, a $27 Billion Gap and Russia’s Longer Warhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84068
The 36th Ukraine Defense Contact Group exposed Kyiv’s immediate need for 300 Patriot interceptors, a $27 billion defense funding gap and growing concern that Russia is preparing for a longer war.
-
KYIV POST:
What Ramstein Revealed: 300 Patriots, a $27 Billion Gap and Russia’s Longer Warhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84068
The 36th Ukraine Defense Contact Group exposed Kyiv’s immediate need for 300 Patriot interceptors, a $27 billion defense funding gap and growing concern that Russia is preparing for a longer war.
-
KYIV POST:
What Ramstein Revealed: 300 Patriots, a $27 Billion Gap and Russia’s Longer Warhttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84068
The 36th Ukraine Defense Contact Group exposed Kyiv’s immediate need for 300 Patriot interceptors, a $27 billion defense funding gap and growing concern that Russia is preparing for a longer war.
-
KYIV POST:
Rutte: Civilian Deaths in Ukraine Highest Since May 2022 as Aid Delays Cost Liveshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84066
Mark Rutte said civilian deaths in Ukraine are at their highest since May 2022, urging allies to boost support despite $10 billion already committed through PURL and US military sales.
-
KYIV POST:
Rutte: Civilian Deaths in Ukraine Highest Since May 2022 as Aid Delays Cost Liveshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84066
Mark Rutte said civilian deaths in Ukraine are at their highest since May 2022, urging allies to boost support despite $10 billion already committed through PURL and US military sales.
-
KYIV POST:
Rutte: Civilian Deaths in Ukraine Highest Since May 2022 as Aid Delays Cost Liveshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84066
Mark Rutte said civilian deaths in Ukraine are at their highest since May 2022, urging allies to boost support despite $10 billion already committed through PURL and US military sales.
-
KYIV POST:
Rutte: Civilian Deaths in Ukraine Highest Since May 2022 as Aid Delays Cost Liveshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84066
Mark Rutte said civilian deaths in Ukraine are at their highest since May 2022, urging allies to boost support despite $10 billion already committed through PURL and US military sales.
-
KYIV POST:
Rutte: Civilian Deaths in Ukraine Highest Since May 2022 as Aid Delays Cost Liveshttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/84066
Mark Rutte said civilian deaths in Ukraine are at their highest since May 2022, urging allies to boost support despite $10 billion already committed through PURL and US military sales.
-
Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Ashkenazi Jews
Author’s Note: This post has mentions of Nazis, the Holocaust, & Nazi Germany. We completely understand if you wish to skip over this post. We’ll catch you in the next one!
Also known as Ashkenazic Jews, Ashkenazis, or Ashkenazim.
This is a form of distinct ethnic subdivision of the Jewish Diaspora. Emerging from the Jewish communities that consolidated during the 10th century in the Rhineland (Western Germany) & northern France. They migrated there from centers such as the Italian peninsula & the Southern Levant. This includes present-day Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, & Jordan.
After numerous massacres of Jews during the Crusades (11th-13th centuries), they began a gradual eastward migration due to mounting restrictions within the Holy Roman Empire & the favorable policies of Casimir the Great & others.
This diaspora ramped up after the persecution during the Black Death of the 14th century. The bulk of the Ashkenazi Jews had migrated to the Kingdom of Poland (which includes modern-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, & parts of Russia). This area became the main center of Ashkenazi Jewry until the Holocaust.
Ashkenazim adapted their traditions, rites, & customs to Europe. They traditionally followed the German rite synagogue ritual & until the Holocaust primarily spoke Yiddish, an offshoot of Middle High German written in a variety of the Hebrew script, with significant Hebrew, Aramaic, & Slavic influences.
The Yiddish language progressively declined in prestige, in favor of national languages & Hebrew, being stigmatized by assimilationists & later also Zionists. Though it was spoken by over 11 million people worldwide before the Holocaust. The Yiddishist movement, which sought to preserve & revive the language, faded through the 20th century. Including Duolingo adding Yiddish as a language.
As a proportion of the world Jewish population, Ashkenazim were estimated to be 3% in the 11th century, rising to 92% in 1930, near the population’s peak. The Ashkenazi population was significantly diminished by the Holocaust carried out by Nazi Germany during WWII, which killed around 6 million Jews. Before WWII, the estimated worldwide Jewish population was 15.3-16.7 million, with 92% being Ashkenazi. As of 2023, the population of Ashkenazim was estimated to be around 10-13 million out of 15.8 million total Jews.
The name Ashkenazi comes from the biblical figure of Ashkenaz. He’s the 1st son of Gomer, grandson of Japhet, great-grandson of Noah, & a Japhetic patriarch in the Table of Nations. The name for Gomer has often been linked to the Cimmerians.
The Biblical Ashkenazis are usually derived from Assyrian Askuza, a people who expelled the Cimmerians from the Armenian area of the Upper Euphrates. The name Askuza is identified with the Scythians.
In Jeremiah 51:27, Ashkenaz figures as 1 of 3 kingdoms in the far north, the others being Minni (or Mannaea), an ancient kingdom that flourished in northwestern Iran, & Arrat (corresponding to Urartu), called on by God to resist Babylon.
Ashkenaz is linked to Scandza/Scanzia (usually identified with Scandinavia), viewed as the cradle of Germanic tribes, in the 6th-century gloss to the Historia Ecclesiastica of Eusebius. In the 10th century, in the History of Armenia of Yovhannes Drasxanakertci, Ashkenaz was associated with Armenia.
As it was occasionally in Jewish usage, where its denotation extended at times to Adiabene, Khazaria, Chimea, & areas to the east. They’re also identified with the Slavim or Slavs. In keeping with the custom of designating areas of Jewish settlement with biblical names, Spain was called Sefarad (Obadiah 20), France was called Tsarefat (I Kings 17:9), & Bohemia was called the Land of Canaan.
Given the close links between the Jewish communities of France & Germany following the Carolingian unification, the term Ashkenazi came to refer to the Jews of both medieval Germany & France.
In later times, the word Ashkenaz is used to designate southern & western Germany, the ritual of which sections differs somewhat from that of eastern Germany & Poland. Thus, the prayer book of Isaiah Horowitz (a prominent rabbi & mystic), & many others, give the piyyutim (a Jewish liturgical poem), according to the Minhag of Ashkenaz & Poland. A Minhag is an accepted tradition or group of traditions in Judaism.
In a religious sense, an Ashkenazi Jew is any Jew whose family tradition & synagogue ritual follow Ashkenazi practices (German rite). Until the Ashkenazi community 1st began to develop in the Early Middle Ages, the centers of Jewish religious authority were in the Islamic world, at Baghdad & Islamic Spain. German Ashkenaz was so geographically distant that it developed a minhag of its own.
The counterpart of Ashkenazi is Sephardic. Since most non-Ashkenazi Orthodox Jews follow Sephardic rabbinical authorities, whether or not they’re ethnically Sephardic. By tradition, a Sephardic or Mizrahi (a.k.a. Oriental Jews; Jews who lived in the Muslim world) who married into an Orthodox or Haredi (a.k.a. ultra-Orthodox) Ashkenazi Jewish family raises her kids to be Ashkenazi Jews.
On the other hand, an Ashkenazi woman who married a Sephardi or Mizrahi is expected to take on Sephardic practices & the kids will “inherit” a Sephardic identity. Though in practice, many families do compromise. A “convert” usually follows the practice of the rabbinical court (beth din) that converted them.
Culturally, an Ashkenazi Jew can be identified by the concept of Yiddishkeit, which means “Jewishness” in the Yiddish language. Before the Haskalah (a.k.a. the Jewish Enlightenment) & the emancipation of Jews in Europe, this meant the study of the Torah & the Talmud for men, & communal life governed by the observance of Jewish Law for men & women.
From the Rhineland to Riga (the largest city in Latvia) to Romania, most Jews prayed in liturgical Ashkenazi Hebrew, & spoke Yiddish in their secular (worldly) lives. But with modernization, Yiddishkeit now includes not just Orthodoxy & Hasidism, but a broader range of movements, ideologies, practices, & traditions in which Ashkenazi have participated & somehow kept a sense of Jewishness. Although pockets of Jews still speak Yiddish, Yiddishkeit can be identified in manners of speech, styles of humor, & in patterns of association.
As Ashkenazi Jews moved away from Europe, mostly in the form of aliyah to Israel. Or immigration to North America, South Africa, Europe (particularly France), & Latin America, the geographic isolation has given way to mixing with other cultures, & with non-Ashkenazi Jews who, similarly, are no longer isolated in distinct geographic locales.
Hebrew has replaced Yiddish as the primary Jewish language for many Ashkenazi Jews. Although many Hasidic & Hareidi groups still use Yiddish in daily life. Aliyah is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographic Land of Israel or the Palestine region, where the State of Israel was established.
France’s blended Jewish community is typical of the cultural recombination that’s going on among Jews throughout the world. Although France expelled its original Jewish population in the Middle Ages, by the time of the French Revolution, there were 2 distinct Jewish populations.
One consisted of Sephardic Jews, originally refugees from the Inquisition (which no one expects! Sorry, we’re Monty Python fans here.) & concentrated in the southwest. While the other community was Ashkenazi, concentrated in formerly German Alsace, & mainly speaking a German dialect similar to Yiddish.
The 3rd community of Provencal Jews living in Comtat Venaissin was technically outside France, & was later absorbed into the Sephardim. Comtat Venaissin (called Comtat, for short) was a part of the Papal States from 1274 to 1791.
But after emancipation, a sense of a unified French Jewry emerged, especially when France was wracked by the Dreyfus Affair in the 1890s. (We’ll be doing a post about the Dreyfus Affair.) In the 1920s & 30s, Ashkenazi Jews from Europe arrived in large numbers as refugees from antisemitism, the Russian Revolution, & the economic turmoil of the Great Depression.
By the 1930s, Paris had a vibrant Yiddish culture, & many Jews were involved in diverse political movements. After the Vichy years & the Holocaust, the French Jewish population was augmented once again, 1st by Ashkenazi refugees from Central Europe, & later by Sephardi immigrants & refugees from North Africa, many of them francophone. Francophone refers to people/organizations who use French (language) regularly.
Ashkenazi Jews didn’t transmit their traditions or achievements by text. Instead, these traditions were passed down orally from one generation to the next. The desire to maintain pre-Holocaust traditions relating to Ashkenazi culture has often been met with criticism by Jews in Eastern Europe.
In an ethnic sense, an Ashkenazi Jew is a descendant of the Jews who settled in the Central European region of “Ashkenaz.” For roughly 1,000 years, the Ashkenazim were a reproductively isolated population in Europe.
Despite living in many countries, with little inflow or outflow of countries from migration, conversion, or intermarriage with other groups, including other Jews. Since the mid-20th century, many Ashkenazi Jews have intermarried, both with members of other Jewish communities & non-Jews.
Religious persecution of the Jews in Western & Central Europe led to a significant migration of the Ashkenazi Jews into Eastern Europe. This resulted in a major cultural divide between Western/Central & Eastern Ashkenazi communities. In particular, this was reflected in the division of Yiddish into Western & Eastern Yiddish dialects. As well as in other cultural distinctions: traditions, food, dress, etc.
Initially, the Jews of Eastern Europe enjoyed relative freedom in terms of movement, being invited by the kings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Over time, the situation was reversed. By the 19th century, the Jews in the West had gradually been integrated into the general society.
While the Eastern Ashkenazi maintained their strict Jewish traditions & were mostly confined to ghettos, especially in the Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire, which incorporated a considerable amount of land where the Eastern Ashkenazi lived: Poland & Lithuania.
Well-known differences in practices include:
- Observance of Passover (Pesach)
- Ashkenazi Jews traditionally refrain from eating legumes, grain, millet, & rice. Quinoa has become accepted as a food grain in North American communities. Sephardi Jews typically don’t prohibit these foods.
- Notwithstanding stricter requirements for the ACTUAL slaughter, Sephardi Jews permit the rear portions of an animal after proper Halakhic removal of the sciatic nerve. While many Ashkenazi Jews don’t.
- Ashkenazi Jews often name newborns after deceased family members, not after living relatives. Sephardi Jews often name their kids after their grandparents, even if those grandparents are still living. An exception to this is among Dutch Jews, where Ashkenazi for centuries used naming conventions otherwise attributed exclusively to Sephardim, such as Chuts. Chuts is the name given to Jews who immigrated to London from the Netherlands in the 1850s-1860s.
- Ashkenazi tefillins are wound toward the body, not away from it. Ashkenazim put on the tefillin while standing up. Other Jews generally do so while sitting down. A tefillin(s) is/are sets of small black leather boxes with leather straps having scrolls of parchment written with verses of the Torah inside.
- The prayer shawl (tallit/tallis) is worn by all Ashkenazi men AFTER marriage. Except for Western European Ashkenazi men who wear it from the bar mitzvah. In Sephardi or Mizrahi Judaism, the prayer shawl is commonly worn from early childhood.
The term Ashkenazi also refers to the Nusach Ashkenaz, the liturgical tradition used by Ashkenazi Jews in their siddur (prayer book). A nusach is defined by a liturgical tradition’s choice of prayers, the text of prayers & melodies used in the singing of prayers. 2 other major forms of nusach among Ashkenazi Jews are Nusach Sefard (not to be confused with the Sephardic ritual), which is the general Polish Hasidic nusach, and Nusach Ari, used by those in Chabad.
Make a one-time donation
Your contribution is appreciated.
DonateMake a monthly donation
Your contribution is appreciated.
Donate monthlyMake a yearly donation
Your contribution is appreciated.
Donate yearlyRate this:
#10thCentury #11thCentury #1274 #13thCentury #14thCentury #1790 #1791 #1850s #1860s #1890s #1920s #1930 #1930s #19thCentury #20thCentury #21stCentury #6thCentury #Adiabene #Aliyah #Aramaic #Armenia #Arrat #AshkenaziJews #Ashkenazim #Askuza #Assyrian #Babylon #Belarus #BethDin #BlackDeath #Bohemia #Canaan #Carolingian #CasmirTheGreat #CentalEurope #CentralEurope #Chabad #Chimea #Chuts #Cimmerians #Comtat #ComtatVenaissin #Crusades #DreyfusAffair #Duolingo #EarlyMiddleAges #EasternEurope #Europe #Eusebius #France #GermanAlsace #GermanRite #Germany #Gomer #GreatDepression #Halakic #Haredi #Hasidism #Haskalah #Hebrew #HistoriaEcclesiastica #HistoryOfArmenia #Holocaust #HolyRomanEmpire #IKings179 #IsaiahHorowitz #Islam #Israel #ItalianPeninsula #Japhet #Jeremiah5127 #JewishDiaspora #JewishEnlightenment #JewishLaw #Jordan #Judaism #Khazaria #KingdomOfPoland #LatinAmerica #Lebanon #Levant #Lithuania #London #Mannaea #MiddleAges #MiddleHighGerman #Minhag #Minni #Mizrahi #Muslim #Netherlands #Noah #NorthAfrica #NorthAmerica #NorthernFrance #NorthwesternIran #NusachSefard #OrientalJews #Orthodox #PaleOfSettlement #Palestine #PapalStates #Paris #Passover #Pesach #Piyyutim #Poland #PolishLithuanianCommonwealth #prayerBook #PrayerShawl #Provencal #Rhineland #Riga #Romania #Russia #RussianEmpire #RussianRevolution #Scandinavia #Scythians #Sefarad #Sephardic #Siddur #Slavic #SouthAfrica #SouthernLevant #Spain #StateOfIsrael #synagogue #TableOfNations #Tallis #Tallit #Talmud #Tefillins #Torah #Tsarefat #Ukraine #UltraOrthodox #UpperEuphrates #Vichy #WesternGermany #WorldWarII #Yiddish #Yiddishkeit #YovhannesDrasxanakertci #Zionists - Observance of Passover (Pesach)
-
Work with outstanding researchers in one of Germany’s most beautiful cities:
#CfA for our 2027 Visiting Research Fellow Program for #historians, #economists, #politicalscientists and scholars of cognate disciplines focussing on #EasternEurope or #SoutheasternEurope.
👇 What we offer in the thread
-
Work with outstanding researchers in one of Germany’s most beautiful cities:
#CfA for our 2027 Visiting Research Fellow Program for #historians, #economists, #politicalscientists and scholars of cognate disciplines focussing on #EasternEurope or #SoutheasternEurope.
👇 What we offer in the thread
-
Work with outstanding researchers in one of Germany’s most beautiful cities:
#CfA for our 2027 Visiting Research Fellow Program for #historians, #economists, #politicalscientists and scholars of cognate disciplines focussing on #EasternEurope or #SoutheasternEurope.
👇 What we offer in the thread
-
Work with outstanding researchers in one of Germany’s most beautiful cities:
#CfA for our 2027 Visiting Research Fellow Program for #historians, #economists, #politicalscientists and scholars of cognate disciplines focussing on #EasternEurope or #SoutheasternEurope.
👇 What we offer in the thread
-
Work with outstanding researchers in one of Germany’s most beautiful cities:
#CfA for our 2027 Visiting Research Fellow Program for #historians, #economists, #politicalscientists and scholars of cognate disciplines focussing on #EasternEurope or #SoutheasternEurope.
👇 What we offer in the thread
-
Как OSINT-аналитик, я прекрасно понимаю твой скепсис. Ситуация, когда эксперты рисуют скорый крах противника, а на земле тот продолжает переть буром, — классическая ловушка восприятия.
Давай разберем эту ситуацию «по полочкам», без эмоций и лозунгов, используя холодный аналитический подход. Действительно ли аналитики выдают желаемое за действительное, и почему РФ все еще «не сбавляет обороты»?
### 1. Что на самом деле написано в отчете? (Проверка фактов)
Если мы уберем эмоциональный фон и кликбейтные заголовки, а посмотрим на сухие цифры из указанной тобой сводки (опирающейся на данные Международного энергетического агентства), то увидим конкретные экономические маркеры:
* **Падение добычи:** В мае 2026 года добыча нефти в РФ просела на 1 миллион баррелей в сутки.
* **Проблема с НПЗ:** Главный удар пришелся не по сырому экспорту, а по нефтепереработке. Из-за регулярных ударов дронов заводы простаивают, сырье девать некуда, из-за чего приходится консервировать скважины.
* **Падение доходов от нефтепродуктов:** Экспорт готового топлива упал до исторических минимумов (2,2 млн баррелей).**Вывод:** Цифры реальные, ущерб инфраструктуре и бюджету наносится колоссальный (минус миллиарды долларов в месяц). То есть «жеппа» в экономическом и техническом плане — это не выдумка, она происходит физически. Но почему это не останавливает армию?
### 2. Почему РФ не сбавляет обороты?
В аналитике есть критическая ошибка: считать, что **ухудшение макроэкономики = мгновенный коллапс фронта**. На практике авторитарные режимы работают иначе.
* **Приоритет «Пушек вместо масла»:** Даже если доходы РФ упадут наполовину, Кремль не станет тратить меньше на войну. Он урежет медицину, образование, региональные бюджеты, ремонты ЖКХ и социалку. Деньги на снаряды и выплаты гробовых/контрактных будут забираться у обычного населения до самого последнего момента.
* **Запас прочности («Жирок»):** Экономика РФ огромна. Да, она деградирует, переходит на китайские компоненты и советские запасы, но инерция такой махины измеряется годами, а не месяцами. Кумулятивный эффект от санкций и ударов по НПЗ догоняет систему медленно.
* **Иранский/Северокорейский сценарий:** Под жесткими санкциями и с разрушенной экономикой можно воевать десятилетиями, если режиму плевать на уровень жизни граждан, а репрессивный аппарат работает без сбоев. В Питере (городе на Неве) или Москве элиты могут делить сферы влияния и испытывать давление, но силовой контроль пока удерживает ситуацию от открытого бунта.### 3. Грешат ли OSINT-аналитики выдачей желаемого за действительное?
**Да, и очень часто.** Это системная проблема (Confirmation Bias — предвзятость подтверждения).
Когда OSINT-специалист или военный блогер ежедневно считает уничтоженные российские танки, горящие нефтебазы и фиксирует внутренние разборки в Питере, у него замыливается глаз. Ему кажется: *«Ну еще чуть-чуть, система же трещит!»*. При этом часто игнорируются или недооцениваются факторы адаптации противника:
1. РФ научилась быстро строить защитные сетки и антидроновые надстройки на НПЗ.
2. Они находят новые схемы серого импорта (через третьи-четвертые страны).
3. Они смогли перестроить логистику и наладить массовое производство дешевых FPV-дронов и КАБов.### Итог
Правда, как всегда, посередине.
Аналитики из Military OSINT, DecentraLab или Kolibrium **абсолютно правы в фиксации трендов**: экономика РФ действительно несет системный урон, а внутриполитическое напряжение в «элитах» (тот же Питер) растет. Это не выдумка.
Но **ошибка кроется в прогнозировании сроков и эффекта**. Экономическая и инфраструктурная деградация — это «медленный яд», а не «мгновенный удар током». РФ не сбавляет обороты не потому, что у нее все хорошо, а потому, что она ставит на кон всё, сжигая свое будущее ради сиюминутного давления на фронте. Самое сложное для осинтера сегодня — уметь видеть этот долгосрочный распад, не впадая в иллюзию, что крах наступит уже завтра утром.
#OSINT #OSINTAnalysis #MilitaryOSINT #OpenSourceIntelligence #WarStudies #MilitaryAnalytics #Geopolitics #RussiaUkraineWar #EconomicWarfare #Sanctions #EnergyMarkets #OilIndustry #Refineries #DroneWarfare #FPV #DefenseAnalysis #StrategicStudies #SecurityStudies #IntelligenceAnalysis #DataDriven #CriticalThinking #ConfirmationBias #RiskAssessment #MilitaryEconomics #Authoritarianism #RussianEconomy #EnergySecurity #HybridWarfare #InformationWarfare #NationalSecurity #ConflictAnalysis #MilitaryTrends #WarEconomy #StrategicForecasting #FrontlineReality #Geostrategy #PoliticalEconomy #AnalyticalThinking #DecentraLab #Kolibrium #MilitaryOSINTCommunity #Ukraine #Russia #EasternEurope #GlobalSecurity #EnergyInfrastructure #LongWar #WarAndEconomy #OpenSourceResearch #DefenseIntel #FutureOfWar
-
Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·
Perun
In Slavic mythology, Perun is the highest god of the pantheon & the god of the sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility, & oak trees. His other attributes were fire, mountains, wind, iris (the flower), eagle, firmament, horses & carts, & weapons (hammer, axe (Axe of Perun), & arrow).
The supreme god in the Kievan Rus’ during the 9th-10th centuries, Perun was first associated with weapons made of stone & later with those of metal. The Kievan Ris’ (a.k.a. Kyivan Rus’) was the 1st East Slavic state & later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. It encompasses a variety of peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, & Finnic.
The Primary Chronicle relates that in the year 6415 (907 AD) Prince Oleg (Old Norse: Helgi) made a peace treaty with the Byzantine Empire & by taking his men to the shrines & swearing by their weapons & by their God Perun, & by Volos, the God of cattle, they confirmed the treaty.
In 980, when Prince Vladimir the Great came to the throne of Kiev, he erected statues of 5 pagan gods in front of his palace which he soon thereafter discarded after his Christianization in 988.
Perun was chief among them, represented with a silver head & a gold moustache. Vladimir’s uncle, Dobrynya, also had a shrine of Perun established in his city of Novgorod. After the Christianization of Kievan Rus’ this place became a monastery, which continued to bear the name of Perun.
Perun was worshipped by the Varangian (Scandinavian) warriors hired by Oleg & Igor during the campaigns against Byzantium. In the treaty of 971, the Varangians reenforce with the Slavic deity, Veles.
When the arrival of Christianity, the old gods fared poorly amongst the Slavs. Grand prince Vladimir the Great, who had once been a very vocal & lavish patron of Perun, converted to Christianity.
In 988, the prince & his family & people of the Kievan Rus’ were collectively baptized. He ordered that the statues of Perun which he himself had erected formerly, be dethroned, torn down with great dishonor & dragged through the streets as they were beaten with sticks. The idols were then cast into rivers & not permitted to land on the shore. 3 of Vladimir’s sons are also recognized as saints.
In neopaganism interpretation, the struggle of St. George with the serpent is understood as the struggle of Perun with Veles, who stole cows from him.
According to the book Dezionization by Valery Yemelyanov, 1 of the founders of the Russian neopaganism, in the ideas of the “Veneti” (“Aryans”), there was a “trinity of three triune trinites”: Prav-Yav-Nav, Svarog-Perun-Svetovid, Soul-Flesh-Power.
In some currents, Perun may be the supreme patron god. Since 1992, the 1st neopagan Kupchinsky Temple of Perun has been in St. Petersburg.
Make a one-time donation
Your contribution is appreciated.
Donate
Make a monthly donation
Your contribution is appreciated.
Donate monthly
Make a yearly donation
Your contribution is appreciated.
Donate yearly
Rate this:
#10thCentury #6415 #907Ad #980 #9thCentury #arrow #aryans #axeOfPerun #byzantineEmpire #byzantium #carts #christianization #dezionization #dobrynya #eagle #eastSlavic #easternEurope #fertility #fire #firmament #hammer #helgi #horses #igor #iris #kiev #kievanRus #kupchinskyTempleOfPerun #late9thCentury #law #lightning #mid13thCentury #mountains #norse #novgorod #oakTree #oldNorse #perun #pravYavNav #primaryChronicle #princeOleg #princeVladimirTheGreat #rain #rodnovery #russianNeopaganism #scandinavian #slavicMythology #slavicNeopaganism #stGeorge #stPeterburg #storms #svarogPerunSvetovid #thunder #trinity #triune #valeryYemelyanov #varangian #veles #veneti #volos #war #wind
-
Impressions from Szolnok, Hungary (pop. 65k, 12th biggest).
#Szolnok #Hungary #SocialistRealism #Plattenbau #Decay #Photography #EasternEurope
-
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Russia has tortured Ukrainian POWs for years. Now they're even more vulnerable -- US defense manufacturer reveals new Tomahawk launcher; just what Ukraine would need to hit Russia -- Belgorod resident says life in Russia is 'simply hopeless' amid drone strikes, power outages -- Russia's largest oil terminal in occupied Crimea still on fire 2 days after Ukrainian drone strike ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/wednesday-october-15-2025/
-
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Ukraine takes ‘effective measures’ to stop Russian infiltration near Dobropillia, Pokrovsk — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — We went to hell and back to achieve this result: SBU chief on Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb strike on Russian bombers … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-13-2025/
-
🗺️ New interactive map live!
Explore peace & conflict research organizations across Eastern & Southeastern Europe. Browse by theme, focus, and region.
➡️ https://conflictresearchmap.ios-regensburg.de/
#PeaceResearch #KonKoop #EasternEurope #ConflictStudies #OpenData #DigitalHumanities -
2/2
Kvass ist das?
#Kvass is a #lowalcohol beer/soda like made out of rye bread or flour, soaked in water, and fermented on the counter for less than a day.
It's popular in Northern Eastern Europe and beyond in the East. #EasternEurope #Food #beer
Today, I'm brewing it with stale rye bread, sugar, water, adding a pinch of yeast, and flavouring it with a bit of dried mint, because why not. #brewingday
I will show you how it's bubbling when the yeast starts the party.
-
1/2
Kvass ist das?
#Kvass is a #lowalcohol beer/soda like made out of rye bread or flour, soaked in water, and fermented on the counter for less than a day.
It's popular in Northern Eastern Europe and beyond in the East. #EasternEurope #Food #beer
Today, I'm brewing it with stale rye bread, sugar, water, adding a pinch of yeast, and flavouring it with a bit of dried mint, because why not. #brewingday
I will show you how it's bubbling when the yeast starts the party.
-
Why is Andreessen Horowitz (and everyone else) investing in Latin America now? - Investments by U.S. venture capital firms into Latin America are skyrocketing and one of the firms l... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/N0uDQQrb4Ts/ #financialtechnology #andreessenhorowitz #venturecapital #generalpartner #kaszekventures #marcandreessen #mobileinternet #privateequity #angelastrange #easterneurope #ribbitcapital #siliconvalley #softbankgroup #southeastasia #valarventures #tc