Old Soviet joke. It's 1961. Elderly Ukrainian babushka is told the amazing news: 'The Russians have gone up into space!' She smiles hopefully. 'What - all of them?'
owen matthews
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owen matthews
@owenmatth
Writer and historian, Associate Editor Spectator Magazine, Daily Telegraph columnist, ex-Newsweek Moscow Istanbul bureau chief. [email protected]
Joined February 2012
- Replying to @MarkGaleottiKharkov is what the locals call it. It's a Russian speaking city. If you believe that Russian speakers are Russian - or 'vatniks' as you insultingly describe them - is to support Putin's world view. 40% of Ukrainians - including Zelensky - speak Russian as their first language.
- Replying to @McFaulThat is racist and appalling. We are not fighting for the right to be like Russia. You should know better - not all Russians support Putin. On the contrary, we should allow visa free travel for all young Russians to the free world.
- Unfortunate problem for this narrative on Georgia protests is that parliament was democratically elected - if it is ousted by a minority that does not agree that makes Georgia an undemocratic failed state and the protests a coup.People of Georgia might finally have the courage to do what Ukraine did in 2013 by ousting the Russian barbarians from their government.
- Replying to @TendarDoubtless Kyiv air defence is doing a great job. But this video is not perhaps the best illustration of that as it ends with ... a major missile hit on Kyiv.
- Suspected Russian spies charged after major UK national security investigation - spent a decade living in Great Yarmouth. These guys really drew the short straw
- Quick note to conspiracy theorists going on about Moscow being full of cops and cameras. Crocus is, crucially, not in Moscow. Its just outside the ring road with easy access to every motorway. Checkpoints are inside the ring road not outside. That's why the attackers chose Crocus
- The stage is (literally) being set for the new show trials of Azov fighters in Mariupol. Is this the tragedy or the farce part of history's repetition?Russia is reconstructing the Mariupol Chamber Philharmonic Hall and plans to use it for the trials of Azov Regiment fighters who surrendered after defending the Ukrainian city, reports said. themoscowtimes.com/2022/08/10/ukr…
00:00 - Replying to @rynkrynk and @nytcookingWrong. Elena Molokhovets’ famous cookbook “A Gift to Young Housewives” (original Russian title: Подарок молодым хозяйкам, first published in 1861) has a recipe for “Honey Sponge Cake” (Бисквит медовый), a variation of her standard sponge recipes.
- Funeral in Kyiv of 25 year old Canadian volunteer Austin Bercier in the Mikhailovsky cathedral. Many of the mourners wounded, on crutches. Dignified and moving.
00:00 - Replying to @tassagency_enWow, yes! That would make total sense. Ukraine would violate the Chemical Weapons Convention in a totally verifiable way because they want to lose Western public support and NATO weaponry.
- Alas Kara Murza is painfully naive if he thinks that there is popular support for liberal democracy in Russia, sadly.Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza: a peaceful Europe is only possible if post-Putin Russia is integrated into the EU But I don’t think the EU has any appetite for it. Russian culture, as the war has shown, is very distinct from that of Europe 1/
- The Russians being shot in this video are all empty handed and not carrying weapons …Age-restricted adult content. This content might not be appropriate for people under 18 years old. To view this media, you’ll need to log in to X. Learn more
