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2 Apr, 2023 19:02

VIDEO of blast killing Russian war reporter surfaces

The explosion in the city of St. Petersburg has left one person dead and at least 16 injured, authorities report

Footage of the blast that rocked a café in St. Petersburg andkilled prominent Russian war correspondent Vladlen Tatarskyhas been published by several news media outlets, including the ‘112’ Telegram channel and Life News.

The video taken from outside the café shows a powerful detonation wave leading to a collapse of the venue’s façade glazing. Other footage from the immediate aftermath of the blast shows shocked people walking along a street in front of the café littered with debris and glass shards.

Inside the café, a video shows a destroyed stage as well as damaged and crumpled furniture lying across the room.

According to the emergency services, the blast that killed Tatarsky also left at least 16 people injured. The power of the improvised explosive device allegedly used in the incident wasequivalent to 200 grams TNT, TASS reported, citing sources.

The incident took place inside the ‘Street Bar 1’ café located in the historic center of St. Petersburg, on the Neva riverbank just across from the iconic Admiralty building. Tatarsky, a prominent war reporter who was born in Donbass, was holding an event there on Sunday.

According to several Russian media reports, the improvised explosive device wascamouflaged as a statuette given to Tatarsky during the event.

https://www.rt.com/russia/574041-blast-kill-war-reporter-video/

>>18627865

2 Apr, 2023 16:06

Prominent Russian military blogger killed in St. Petersburg blast

At least 19 people were reported injured by a suspected IED explosion in a city center café

Leading Russian military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maksim Fomin), has been reportedly killed in an explosion in Saint Petersburg on Sunday.

RIA Novosti has claimed, citing a security source, that the blogger died in an attack on the city's ‘Street Bar’ café, which also left more than a dozen injured.

The venuebelongs to "Wagner" PMC founder Evgeny Prigozhin, according to local news outlet Fontanka. Moscow daily Kommersant says this was confirmed by his Concord catering company in 2020.

Tatarsky joined the Donbass militias back in 2014 in the wake of the Maidan coup in Kiev. He has since become known in Russia as a blogger and a correspondentreporting on the situation in the Donetsk and LuganskPeople’s Republics. Tatarsky has also authored several books.

According to Readovka news outlet, the man was hosting a live event for supporters of his work when an explosion ripped through the building, blowing the café's glass front into the street.

Emergency services have reported that an improvised explosive device was detonated near the stage in the cafe.

The incident is reminiscent of another attack on a promiment Russia media figure, who supported the military operation in Ukraine. InAugust 2022, Darya Dugina was assassinated in a car blast.

She was the daughter of philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, who Western media have described as an ideologue of Russian nationalism. According to some reports, he might have been the real target of the attack. Russian security services later claimed that Ukrainian agents were behind the killing.

https://www.rt.com/russia/574036-blast-st-petersburg/

2 Apr, 2023 18:59

New York Times ‘unreadable propaganda’ – Musk

The Twitter CEO revoked the newspaper’s ‘verified’ badge after it refused to pay for the privilege

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has branded the New York Times “unreadable propaganda” after the newspaper refused to pay for verification. Earlier, Twitter began removing its iconic blue checkmarks from accounts that had received the badge before Musk’s subscription system was introduced.

Twitter announced last month that, as of Saturday, it would begin removing “legacy verified checkmarks” from accounts that were verified before Musk announced his subscription system last year. TheNew York Times declared on Thursday that it would not pay the $1,000 per monthrequired of businesses, or reimburse its employees for signing up for Twitter’s $8 per month personal plan.

The New York Times’ @nytimes account lost its checkmark on Saturday, meaning its tweets willno longer show up in the ‘for you’ tab, the default timeline where Twitter users see content from accounts they follow.

Tweeting on Saturday, Musk suggested that the vanishing of Tweets from the Times would be no great loss for most users.

“The real tragedy of @NYTimes is that their propaganda isn’t even interesting,” the billionaire declared. “Also, their feed is the Twitter equivalent of diarrhea. It’s unreadable.”

“They would have far more real followers if they only posted their top articles,” Musk continued, adding that the “same applies to all publications.”

The New York Times is one of a number of US newspapers and news outlets boycotting the paid verification system.The White House is also refusing to payfor blue checkmarks for its staffers, according to a report by Axios on Friday.

Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion last October, promising a host of reforms that would roll back the platform’s censorship policies and make it a “digital town square” for free and open debate. While he has restored hundreds of previously banned accounts – including that of former US President Donald Trump – and relaxed Twitter’s content moderation rules, he has simultaneously struggled to boost the platform’s declining revenue.

Despite Musk rolling out paid subscriptions and firing around three quarters of Twitter’s staff,the company is currently worth halfof what Musk paid for it last year, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Musk has previously clashed with the New York Times and suspended reporter for the paper, Ryan Mac, in December for sharing information about the billionaire’s whereabouts.

"Criticizing me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not," Musk tweeted at the time.

https://www.rt.com/news/574040-elon-musk-new-york-times/

The WH refusing to pay? They buy 100s of NYTs daily! NYT refusing to pay is exactly what is wrong with the media. Musk has gotta know this is war. He’s got some balls, you gotta admit.

2 Apr, 2023 15:39

French minister in hot water over Playboy interview – media

PM Elisabeth Borne reportedly said an official being featured in the magazine was “not appropriate,” given the social unrest in the country

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has reprimanded Marlene Schiappa, the secretary of state for social economy, for giving an interview to the magazine Playboy, several French media outlets reported on Saturday, citing a source close to the PM.

Borne reportedly spoke to Schiappa over the phone and told her that the interview was “not at all appropriate, especially at this moment.” France has been gripped for weeks by protests and strikes over a controversial pension reform pushed by the government. Some demonstrations have led to clashes with police.

Schiappa, who previously served asequality minister, appeared on the cover of the magazine’s French edition, whose new issue is set to hit newsstands on Thursday. According to Schiappa’s office, the 12-page interview “focuses mainly on women’s freedom but also on feminism, politics and literature.”The office added that the minister is dressed in all of the photos.

Schiappa said on Saturday that she was “defending the right of women to do what they want with their bodies.”

“In France, women are free. No matter what retrogrades and hypocrites say,” she wrote on Twitter.

Playboy was founded in the US in 1953 as a men’s lifestyle magazine known for nude and erotic photos of women, but also for its interviews with famous people and general articles.

https://www.rt.com/news/574031-french-pm-playboy-interview/

At least she wasn’t Equity Minister, AmIright

(The picture of those two says it all)

2 Apr, 2023 17:26

Blinken and Lavrov discuss WSJ reporter’s arrest

Moscow considers it unacceptable that Washington and the US media seek to portray the case as political, Sergey Lavrov has said

Washington should respect decisions made by the Russian authorities in accordance with the nation’s own laws and international obligations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday. The two discussed the arrest of Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, who was charged with espionage in Russia earlier this week.

Gershkovich was “caught red handed” trying to obtain state secrets under the guise of journalism, Lavrov told Blinken in a phone call, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Moscow also informed the US Embassy about his arrest “through an established procedure,” the statement added.

Russia considers it unacceptable that Washington officials and the US media are trying to hype this case and portray it as political, the foreign minister said.

Blinken “conveyed the United States’ grave concern over Russia’s unacceptable detention of a U.S. citizen journalist” and called for his immediate release, the State Department said in a statement, adding that the two officials also discussed ways of creating “an environment that permits diplomatic missions to carry out their work.” Moscow only noted that issues related to bilateral ties were discussed. (Yeah like we wouldn’t arrest a Russian reporter spying in the US!)

On Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that it had detained Gershkovich as he was allegedly trying to obtain classified information about a defense plant located in the Russian Urals. The FSB also said he is now suspected of espionage, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Following the arrest, the WSJ demanded that all Russian journalists and the country’s envoy be expelled from the US, saying it is the “minimum to expect” in this case. It also accused the administration of President Joe Biden of showing weakness, and called for a tougher response. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ridiculed the WSJ’s demand as “absurd and wrong.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/574034-lavrov-blinken-wsj-reporter-arrest/

>>18627951

Absolutely right and NYTs hides the truth in the 22 paragraph, by that time readers are brainwashed

>>18627777

Woods is back!

>>18627843

So not only did Ukraine do this they lobbed a bomb into Poland in December and blamed it on Russians to start a war.notable

>>18627876

This is getting too predictable accidents in red states and spoke out about china balloon

>>18627914

Thx anon

>>18628036

Cramer is cursing Trump

>>18628016

Yes it is, very funny and low energy

>>18628058

So why is Poland supporting Ukraine, thats their real enemy