British lawyers notified Prigozhin about the initiation of a lawsuit against the Wagner group

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A message appeared on the website of the British law firm McCue Jury & Partners that it had sent a notice to Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who had previously admitted that he had organized the Wagner group, about initiating a claim for damages.

The statement notes that the lawsuit was filed in connection with the role of the Wagner group in the Ukrainian conflict.

The law firm also announced crowdfunding of the trial – raising funds to finance litigation and other actions.

The claim will be filed in the High Court of London.

The British media reported that the firm may start a similar business in the United States.

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Kiev recognized that there is no protection against Iranian ballistic missiles

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The speaker of the Ukrainian Air Forces, Yuriy Ignat, admitted that Kiev has no protection against Iranian missiles, which Russia may receive in the near future and place on the northern border of the republic.

According to Ignat, one ballistic missile has a range of 300 km, the other – 700 km.

“It is theoretically possible to shoot them down, but in fact it is very difficult to do it with the means that we have in service. We have air defense, not missile defense,” Ignat said.

The head of the Center for Military and Legal Studies, Alexander Musienko, expressed concern about the possible receipt by Russia of Iranian Arash-2 drones. Their range of application is two thousand kilometers, cruising speed is up to 100 km/h. Drones are capable of suppressing air defense systems.

According to CNN, Iran may supply Russia with about one thousand weapons by the end of the year. Including attack drones and surface-to-surface missiles.

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The White House has stated its desire for a negotiated solution on Ukraine

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The coordinator for strategic Communications at the US National Security Council, John Kirby, told reporters at a briefing that the White House does not want a conflict with Russia.

“The president’s goals were clear from the very beginning,” he noted.

Kirby explained that the United States is strengthening the eastern flank of NATO and is providing assistance to Ukraine so that it approaches the negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in the most advantageous position.

He added that Joe Biden wants the case to come to a time when Ukraine will be more successful and this will lead to a negotiated solution.

Kirby also stressed that the United States does not seek a change of power in Russia, since the right of the Russian people to determine who leads them.

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“It wasn’t easy”: hacker “Joker” told hacking of the AFU control system

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The Ukrainian hacker Joker, who moved to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) from Ukraine and was able to hack the American DELTA command and control program, which is also used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

“It was really not easy (to hack), but there are no absolutely secure systems. Every system can be hacked if there are skills, time and creativity in the approach,” the hacker said.

At the same time, he noted that the most important thing during hacking is “the belief that it is possible.” In this case, according to him, the time and complexity of the work will not be so tedious.

It is worth noting that the DELTA program can include data on the enemy’s troops and army, as well as the coordinates of equipment and the number of personnel.

Read the article “Hacking the command and control system in Ukraine revealed the weaknesses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”

 

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Peskov commented on the withdrawal of Tinkov and Stronsky from Russian citizenship

Dmitry Peskov commented on the information that two more businessmen from the Forbes list – Oleg Tinkov and the founder of Revolut startup Nikolai Stronsky – have renounced their Russian citizenship.

“This is their right,” the presidential press secretary said.

Peskov recalled that “they have practically no business left here, they are not participants in entrepreneurial life in our country. That’s all there is to say about it.”

Oleg Tinkov explained his decision by his rejection of Russian politics and expressed hope that other entrepreneurs would follow his example. Nikolai Stronsky, the 38-year-old son of Gazprom’s top manager, the founder of the financial technology company Revolut, did not publicly voice the motivation for renouncing Russian citizenship.

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Putin changes the angle of attack in Ukraine: why Zelensky is holding on so far

The Kiev elite is “brought up” by the method of Pavlov’s dog, but it has its own hidden reserves

“Action equals reaction,” says Newton’s third law. However, politics — as well as Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine — is subject to completely different “laws of mechanics”. Counteraction is many times stronger than action — such a “conditioned reflex” has been purposefully developed by the Russian authorities in official Kiev in recent weeks.

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As soon as Ukrainian officials had time to congratulate each other on the success of the sabotage act on the Crimean Bridge, waves of attacks on critical infrastructure began to fall on the territories under their control. It’s the same story with the drone attack on the Black Sea Fleet.

In response, Russia suspended its participation in the food deal, prompting a flurry of exclamations: “Well, how so! Come back, please!” (this is exactly how — with “please” — not only in Kiev, but also in the capitals of those Western states that are the main sponsors of Zelensky).

All this is very similar to the methods by which the famous Russian physiologist academician Ivan Pavlov used to “educate” his four-legged wards. But here’s the impression I can’t get rid of: the president of Ukraine is not “brought up”. And I even know why.

Describing recently in his telegram channel the catastrophic state of affairs in a neighboring country, the chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin, among other things, noted: “The collapse of the economy. The Kiev regime cannot independently fulfill social obligations to its citizens, pay salaries and pensions. The country’s financial system is destroyed. More than $100 billion of debts need to be repaid. Ukraine has lost the ability to exist as a state.”

Yes, I lost it. But here’s what Moscow doesn’t seem to fully understand yet: Zelensky (and the president of Ukraine as a person, and the “collective Zelensky” as the embodiment of the entire Kiev political elite) is not just not particularly concerned about this state of affairs. This state of affairs suits them completely. With regard to the situation in their own country, the Kiev elite lives by the principle of “the worse, the better”, and this greatly weakens (or even nullifies) the effect of the Kremlin’s actions aimed at pacifying it.

And no, this is not an attempt to demonize someone. This is just a statement of reality — the one that already exists, and the one that will definitely be.

Among the thoughts that Vladimir Putin expressed at the Valdai Forum was this: “Today’s “hurrah-patriots” in Ukraine are not driven by this — not even by interests, not by ideas of nationalism, everything is very primitive: they are driven by economic interests, the desire to keep billions of dollars in Western banks that they stole from the Ukrainian people.

They stole it, hid it in Western banks and, in order to ensure the safety of their capital, they do everything they are ordered from the West, wrapping it in a nationalist wrapper, presenting it to their own people as a struggle for the interests of the Ukrainian people. That’s what is really happening — they do not regret and fight with Russia to the last Ukrainian.”

Unlike GDP, I do not have access to information from the special services and do not know anything about the billions of dollars that the Kiev elite already holds in Western banks. But on the other hand, I understand very clearly how the Ukrainian elite represents their well-fed future. What does the leadership of a country whose critical infrastructure is being destroyed in front of everyone during an armed conflict usually think about? About this: my God, how and with what money we will restore all this!

But if you look at the situation through the eyes of the current Kiev authorities, then in relation to today’s Ukrainian conflict, such fears, fears and problems are not relevant. Zelensky and Co. know perfectly well that “The West will help them” — not because he wants it, but because he simply will have no other way out.

Let’s assume that the armed conflict in Ukraine has ended or at least stopped. Sooner or later it will definitely happen. Let’s also assume that something will remain of Ukraine: referendums on reunification with Russia will not be held on all its territories.

Question: Will the West be able to tell the Kiev elite: “Now you are somehow on your own, and we will go about our business”? No, he can’t. For the US and the EU, such a statement of the issue would mean a monstrous political defeat and voluntary moral surrender to the Kremlin. Those territories that will remain under Kiev’s control following the results of the current conflict, the West will definitely try to turn into a kind of “showcase and advertising”: they say, look how quickly we will restore everything and make it more beautiful, better and richer than before!

Billions or even trillions of dollars and euros of rain will surely fall on Ukraine. And part (and a significant part) of these “raindrops” will definitely settle in the pockets of the local elite. They have always been able to take kickbacks and “commissions” in Kiev, they can and will be able to.

Too cynical? Quite realistic, I’m afraid. The Ukrainian elite is protected from the hardships of the armed conflict. While ordinary citizens of the country are suffering, the presidential couple is being filmed in Vogue magazine. Why is this not a comfortable existence?

And a prerequisite for the continuation of such a comfortable existence is the preservation of political power within the country and Western support outside. Boris Berezovsky once bought up the management of Russian enterprises. The West today “bought” (I don’t know, literally or figuratively) the managerial class of Ukraine. Therefore, this management classreflects today in approximately the following categories: Have Russian “retaliation missiles” hit another object of our critical infrastructure? Great, so in the future we will also be able to make money on it!

What can be done with this problem, Moscow has clearly not yet come up with. The Kremlin will have to adjust and change its tactics and strategy in Ukraine more than once.

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The actions of the Black Sea Fleet in the event of a disruption of the grain deal are predicted: “It has the right to open fire”

“We will stop the bulk carriers that will go to Ukrainian ports and turn them back”

Russia’s withdrawal from the “grain deal” after the attack of Ukrainian drones on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol Bay created a new situation in the Black Sea. Ukraine, Turkey and the UN “figured it out for three” and said they would do without Russia. How this situation will affect the actions of the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, “MK” explained military expert captain 1st rank in reserve Vladimir Gundarov.

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Earlier, Russian warships provided grain carriers with safe passage along the maritime humanitarian corridor to Ukrainian ports on their way back. Now, it must be understood that Russian navy sailors are no longer involved in this.

It turns out that now they have to turn a blind eye to how weapons, ammunition, as well as surface and underwater drones will be transported on ships following grain to Ukrainian ports, which can be easily sent directly from these barges to attack Russian warships?

It is known that Turkey, Ukraine and the UN have agreed on October 31 the departure of 16 grain ships from Ukrainian ports. At the same time, Russian representatives in the Joint Coordination Center were told that these decisions taken without Russia’s participation did not oblige it to anything. And what if, for example, one of the ships, following the fairway of the humanitarian corridor, blows up on a Ukrainian mine? Who will be blamed for this? Russia again?

Answering the question of how this new situation may turn out for Russia and whether any new military provocations from Ukraine should be expected, military expert Vladimir Gundarov said:

– Now we allow those ships that have already left the Ukrainian ports or were still under loading to be withdrawn through the humanitarian passage. They are coming out freely, and this is where the transportation should stop, since we are temporarily withdrawing from this grain deal. And this means that in the future we will simply stop those bulk carriers that will go to Ukrainian ports and turn them back.

– This can be done either by the coast guard of the FSB border service, or the Black Sea Fleet.

– Ukraine said yesterday that it did not participate in this deal. They say that Kiev has not signed any documents and has nothing to do with it at all. The deal was signed by Russia, Turkey and the UN, but there are no signatures on the documents on the grain deal.

So Turkey and Ukraine can agree on anything as much as they want, but our ships will simply block shipping in the Black Sea.

– But we have announced the temporary suspension of the grain deal? This can only mean that we no longer ensure the safety of bulk carriers that will go for grain. But if we do not provide security, then this implies that the ships are in potential danger. Therefore, our coast guard ships or warships will have to approach them and say: guys, sorry, the road is dangerous further, come back.

– In accordance with the new Ship’s Charter, if the requirements of the commander of the ship are not met, he has the right to use weapons. This charter was signed by Vladimir Putin on July 31 of this year.

This is called a warning shooting. Coast Guard border ships have the right to do this. This is how they detain all fishermen who violate the rules of fishing in our waters. And a cargo ship is not an island, if you fire an AK–100 automatic ship cannon along its path or in front of its nose, then its captain will understand: it’s better not to go further. And if he doesn’t understand, then our military has the right to open fire to defeat.

– What does Turkey have to do with it? These actions are not the subject of her competence. We don’t go anywhere through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. The ship that we stopped will not be in the territorial waters of Turkey.

– In neutral waters, on the approaches to the maritime border of Ukraine. In the same way, he will have to return, for example, from the port of Odessa, since possible fairways for bulk carriers do not pass everywhere – the depth does not allow. So the captain of such a cargo ship will think a hundred times whether it makes sense to conflict here.

That’s why we used to keep Snake Island at the time? Yes, because he controlled the exit of sea vessels from Odessa, Nikolaev and Ochakov. Now we can also locate ships of the Black Sea Fleet near the island of Zmeiny.

– Yes, they will shoot at us. We will also shoot. There is nothing to be done – fighting is underway. The area has been declared closed due to the conduct of hostilities – that’s it! Moreover, we have no right to let civilian vessels into this area. We simply have to return them back. This is about the same situation as in the case when some area of the Black Sea is blocked during training or combat missile firing.

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Hacker “Joker DNR” hacked the program of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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The head of the DPR press service, Daniil Bezsonov, announced the hacking of the “vaunted” American Delta command and control program. It is actively used by the APU.

He explained that all data about his troops and enemy forces are entered into the program. The information is constantly updated, and it is very convenient.

“The fact that our special services have gained access to it suggests that we now know everything about the enemy and know everything that the enemy knows about our forces and means and their deployment,” Bezsonov summed up.

The hacker himself, who operates under the nickname “The Joker of the DNR”, stressed that after the hacking, it became possible to use the programs of the American hosts of the APU online.

“I want to draw attention to the fact that all their programs. Now you know why you haven’t been able to do a lot of things lately,” the hacker addressed the APU.

Read also: “Daily Mail: Russian hackers suspected of hacking Liz Truss’s phone”

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Russia has decided to donate 25 tons of wheat to Lebanon

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Lebanon will receive 25 thousand tons of wheat and 10 thousand tons of fuel from Russia free of charge. This was announced by the Acting Minister of Public Works and Transport of the country Ali Khamiya.

“Russia will provide Lebanon with 25 thousand tons of wheat and 10 thousand tons of fuel for the country’s power plants,” he said.

He also wrote on social networks that the Russian ambassador to Lebanon informed him that Russian President Vladimir Putin had given the appropriate instructions to send aid.

Khamiya added that the delivery dates will be determined later.

Earlier, Russia suspended its participation in the grain deal.

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Leonkov revealed the true purpose of NASAMS supplies to Ukraine

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NASAMS and IRIS-T complexes are being sent to Ukraine to test Western air defense and missile defense, military expert Alexei Leonkov said.

According to him, two NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) with proper use will be enough to protect a maximum of two important infrastructure facilities or one large one — for example, Kiev.

Each NASAMS can function in an automated command line, receiving information about the air situation from US intelligence assets, the specialist shared details. “Piece deliveries allow the West to test this technique in real combat conditions,” Leonkov summed up.

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