Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #Siberia

Tim White

@TWMCLtd

Hello and welcome to Daily thread number 356 covering #Russia's war on #Ukraine.

Monday was a long day for me, but I was very encouraged by the response and interest from people I met in Brussels at my film launch.

Catch up on the conflict news here:

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1624995346135785474

A year ago I was about to leave #Ukraine, scrambling to fly after airlines cancelled routes out.

It was a little quieter than normal but no-one believed bombs would be raining down in just 10 days' time.

Millions of peaceful lives ruined.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

A spectacular edition of #RussiaOnFire to bring you this morning.

In north-east #Moscow flames quickly engulfed a repair warehouse. It's believed only cars were repaired..

Tyres burning and oil barrels exploding hampered emergency services but 3 people were rescued.

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Tim White

@TWMCLtd

Day 355 of the brutal war started by #Russia on its peaceful neighbour. Very nearly 10 years since the first invasion of #Ukraine and the world did nothing, hoping the aggression would stop. The world did the same after Georgia. Nothing stopped. Dictators don't stop voluntarily

I'm tweeting from Manchester airport ahead of the Premiere of my new film "Ukraine: A War On Two Fronts" in Brussels this lunchtime.

I should be able to post a link to the live stream here a little nearer the time.

Meanwhile catch up on Sunday's 🧵here:

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1624697712225419266

Before I go any further, immense thanks to Scott Vierling for the very generous donation via Ko-Fi which I saw when the alarm clock went off far too early!

Thanks to everyone for all support, be it cash, encouragement or tip-offs.💙💛

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Tim White

@TWMCLtd

Here is my daily thread number 351 on the #Russia-#Ukraine war. One for each day of the war.
News and analysis of all events covering #Putin's illegal war.

Yesterday's thread was limited by Twitter.
I (and most others) were unable to post after 9.30pm UK time.
#StandWithUkraine

In case you were wondering about that tweet which couldn't be loaded, I found it quite amusing as Chancellor Scholz went straight past his flag and to the #Ukraine lectern before being corrected by Zelenskyy!

President @ZelenskyyUa is now arriving in #Brussels to meet EU officials as he continues his mission to get fighter aircraft for #Ukraine.

We've had almost a year now and it really angers me that no-one foresaw this. We never truly protected Ukraine as Russia controls the skies.

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Tim White

@TWMCLtd

Day 328 and the war continues.
So do the war crimes.

This is my 328th daily thread with the news from #Ukraine as #Russia seeks to destroy a nation, a culture.

Quite a bit of late news yesterday - catch up here:

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1614777025239158784

No rest for the wicked they say.
That was true in #Oslo overnight where it was loud outside #Russia's consulate.

#RussiaIsATerroristState

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Also loud in #Russia, at least in #Belgorod region.

Air Defence spent a long time trying to catch something in the sky.

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Domenico Vitarelli

@Dom90Vit

SUL CASO ENRICO MONTESANO E SULLA RIVALUTAZIONE O RIPROPOSIZIONE DEI SIMBOLI E MOTTI NAZIFASCISTI

#Montesano #nazismo #Fascismo #Xmas #BallandoConLeStelle #Rai #raiuno

1)

Il caso di Enrico #Montesano, squalificato dal programma televisivo di #Rai 1 Ballando con le Stelle per aver indossato durante le prove di ballo una maglietta nera della "Xª MAS" con su scritto il motto "Memento Audere Semper",

#decimamas

2)

richiama a frotte i soliti liberali anti-comunisti che non perdono occasione per delineare il loro patetico "non-pensiero" (vale a dire il pensiero non elaborato in maniera logico-razionale) per il quale i vari simboli usati dai #nazionalismi dittatoriali del #Novecento

3)

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Tim White

@TWMCLtd

Here is the start of Saturday's news thread as #Ukraine battles for freedom.

#Russia's attack on the people (quite literally) continues with power cuts becoming more frequent as the temperatures tumble outside.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1583232903265193984

So today's the biggest attack by #Russia for weeks.

More missiles are flying around #Ukraine right now - but it's becoming noticeable that air defence is getting better.

17 cruise missiles were fired from aircraft and 16 Kalibr missiles were launched from the Black Sea fleet.

Mayor of #Kyiv, Vitaliy Klichko says "several" missiles fired on energy structure in the capital were shot down.

Other cities to come under attack include:
#Chernihiv #Lutsk #Lviv #Khmelnytskyi #Kovel #Kropyvnytskyi/#Kirovohrad #Odesa #Rivne #Zhytomyr

#RussiaIsATerroristState

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Tim White

@TWMCLtd

It's Day 239 since #Russia's full invasion and all out war on its peaceful neighbour.

#Ukraine is having to restrict power for everyone in the current crisis.

This is the daily news thread. For yesterday's stories, click this link:

#StopRussia

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1582597056530886656

Most people in #Ukraine will find their electricity switched off for at least 4 hours, some face longer black outs.

This is due to the targeting of power plants by #Russia. The Terrorists cheerily advocate freezing and starving ordinary civilians:

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1582926857749467137

Two for the price of one today from the #UK Defence Ministry.

They concur with my view that #Russia is "seriously considering" a withdrawal from #Kherson region north/west of the river. But it won't be easy with escape routes few and far between.

#SlavaUkraini

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Ramona

@desderamona

“#Siberia, a region bigger and richer than any place on Earth, with resources that underpin Putin’s economy. It is Asian, not European, and one day will mostly fall into China’s hands. Xi knows this and needn’t lift a finger to speed along this outcome.”

thehill.com/opinion/intern…

“… Today, about 34 million out of 144 million Russians live in #Siberia, but Russia’s economy is disproportionately dependent on Siberian resources. About 80 percent of its oil resources, 85 percent of its natural gas, 80 percent of its coal and…”

thehill.com/opinion/intern…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1520009713815113728

“… coal and similar amounts of precious metals and diamonds, and about 40 percent of the nation’s timber resources are scattered across this vast territory.”

#ChinaSiberia
#Siberia
thehill.com/opinion/intern…

https://twitter.com/desderamona/status/1520016997500829696

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Tim White

@TWMCLtd

The daily🧵for the last day of September, Day 219 of #Russia's war. Today #Putin completes the land grab of 4 regions of #Ukraine

If we do nothing it will happen again. Appeasement is not an option.

Have spare £/$/€? Please donate, just 2 weeks left:

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1570742886542766081

The big news of the day in #Ukraine is the murder of over 20 people in #Zaporizhzhia when a civilian convoy was hit by #Russia's missiles.

More on that in a moment, but if you missed anything yesterday, here's the link for Thursday's thread:

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1575348065317289985

23 people are known to have died, another 28 injured when bombs hit a convoy of vehicles in #Zaporizhzhia

The cars were mainly families heading towards the checkpoint & Occupied part of the region. Of course Putin loves to make a statement on the day he tries to annex all of ZP

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Tim White

@TWMCLtd

Thursday 29 September
Day 218 of #Russia's war on #Ukraine and the start of another daily thread.

Quite a lot of late news yesterday. To catch up on what you missed, click and scroll through yesterday's 🧵

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1575043613003685888?t=nIcIxJMsjkf6vhTvw6XVcA&s=19

Some breaking news to start with and #Sweden says it has found a 4th leak on the Nord Stream pipeline.

Previously 3 leaks were found on the gas link from #Russia to #Germany, caused by sabotage.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine

More threats on neighbours by #Russia

This time the leader of the "A Just Russia.." party targets #Kazakhstan.

Sergey Mironov threatens (military) intervention after "seeing manifestations of #Russophobia..
The persecution of Russian-speaking citizens will inevitably begin"🤡

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Laurie Garrett

@Laurie_Garrett

THREAD - Startling example of feedback loops in Nature that are disrupted by #GlobalWarming:
- normally large colonies of algae can't grow in the #Arctic seas because they are bereft of nitrogen
- but enormous algal blooms have increasingly appeared appeared in this century

MORE

2/
- turns out #climate induced wildfires in No America & #Siberia produce large amounts of nitrogen in the atmosphere
- that nitrogen falls on #Arctic seas, fueling algal growth
- and huge algal blooms block oxygen entry to the seas
MORE
news.ncsu.edu/2022/09/wildfi…

3/
- fish & other marine life forms suffocate, as the massive algal blooms block oxygen infusion into oceans
- the blooms also block sea ice formation, so
- the white ice albedo effect, reflecting hot sunlight away from the North Pole decreases
MORE
climate.gov/news-features/…

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Thomas van Linge

@ThomasVLinge

#Russia 🇷🇺: mobilization has started in #Yakutia in #Siberia.

Unsurprisingly ethnic minority regions of Russia are the first to be called up.

#Russia 🇷🇺: conscripts reporting for mobilization in #Chechnya.

#Russia 🇷🇺: conscripts in #Dagestan argue with an employee of the enlistment office about not wanting to be mobilized.

"We fight for the future" she argues, "future? We don't even have a present" they say in return.

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Thomas van Linge

@ThomasVLinge

"No to mobilization"

Small scale anti-mobilization protests are taking place in several cities of #Siberia following #Putin's announcement.

Protests are called all over #Russia 🇷🇺 at 19:00 local time.

#Russia 🇷🇺: several dozen people showed up for the anti-mobilization protest in #Tomsk. Police arrived at the scene very quickly to take people away.

#Russia 🇷🇺: several dozen anti-mobilization protesters rallied in the eastern city of #Novosibirsk.

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Currywurst Republik

@CurrywurstRep

War, Haunted Pasts, Historical Debts, and Arrogance

A good argument is irresistible. Especially a bitterly-fought one replete with personal attacks, which, although it might be a little uncomfortable to watch at times, . . . a 🧵 1/
#AnneWill #Germany #Ukraine #MelnykAndrij

is much like the proverbial train wreck, impossible not to watch.

What about an argument about life and death, or guilt and obligations, or the fundamental value of human life? An attention-getting event, certainly. More on that in a moment. 2/

The Ukraine war has thrown harsh light on many faulty and dysfunctional notions about how to deal with international conflicts. Nowhere is this more true than Germany, where the “peace through trade with Russia” policy of and yes, Merkel, turned out to be an utter disaster. 3/

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Bufale.net

@Bufalenet

Si dice che solo un folle ripeta più volte la medesima operazione aspettandosi che essa abbia risultati diversi. Il problema è invitare giornalisti e politici Russi nelle TV Italiane. Non è #maccartismo, non è #censura evitarlo. È evitare uno spreco di spazio. E vi spiego perché:

sappiamo che, per legge, da marzo ogni cittadino russo si può fare 15 anni di galera se devia dalla propaganda del #Cremlino. Vale a dire che in ogni singolo momento da qui alla fine della #guerra, se intervisti ogni singolo russo quello ti dirà che

bufale.net/cala-la-censur…

non siamo in guerra, ma siamo in una improbabile "#Operazionespeciale di #denazificazione" contro un esercito di nazisti gay ebrei terroristi che vogliono omosessualizzare i virili maschioni sovietici e privarli dei loro valori perché #Soros li vuole tutti col boa di struzzo

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Marcus M. Keupp

@MMKeupp

1/ Dear all, many among you have asked me about my opinion on #oil, #logistics, #pipelines, price movements and a reality check on the #german #embargo plans. So I decided to make another explanatory thread. Grab a beer, this may take a while to read.

2/ It has often been said that oil is a global #commodity that travels on the seas. That view is not wrong, but incomplete. In fact, much oil is shipped by pipelines, on all continents. For an imcomplete but illustrative overview, see
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_o…

3/ Most pipelines either distribute incoming seaborne supplies to inland consumers (e.g., refineries), or they route domestically produced oil to seaports where it is loaded on #tankers.

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The Oculus Files - Oligarch Hunter

@oculusfiles

Corruption and organized crime has actually been around since the Tsar era, throughout the Soviet era and into present day Russia. My first encounter with corruption and organized crime was back in late 1970s in USSR. I continued to witness this as it grew and became more and

more apparent after the fall of the USSR.
From the early 1990s onwards corruption and organized crime were to reach the level where they had reached the top of the political stage and you got nowhere without bribes and help of organized crime groups.

Even the mayor of Moscow had his dirty fingers in as many dirty pies and at least one of his sons ran one of the largest markets in Moscow which back then were run by organized crime gangs like the Chechens or azeris.

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Ronald Liive

@ronaldliive

Today 73 years ago the #Soviet occupation forcibly deported more than 20 000 people from #Estonia to #Siberia. In total they deported more than 90 000 people from the three Baltic states, including many children and the elderly. Prime example of a crime against humanity🧵1/12

Mass deportations were used by Soviets many times over the years. The biggest waves took place in June of 1941 and March 1949. So who were targeted? Mainly women, children and elderly. Why? According to the occupiers they were “anti-Soviet elements” 2/12

There were no trials that had legally found out that someone was an “anti-Soviet element”. They just went to peoples homes and forcibly shoved them onto trucks and later threw them into railroad cattle cars! 1949 deportation included roughly only 10% of working age men! 3/12

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/10/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/12/10/dai…

Tropical cyclones will become longer and more devastating, new research shows

usatoday.com/story/news/wor…

#TropicalCyclones #intensity #duration #ClimateChange #consequences

Reshaping the plastic lifecycle into a circle

phys.org/news/2021-11-r…

#PlasticWaste #recycling #degradation #pervasiveness #consequences

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Jens Notroff

@jens2go

#HumanAnimalEntanglement. - Today: "The Curious Case of the #Dancing #Cranes".

1/ Among the many naturalistic animal depictions at early #Neolithic #GöbekliTepe in southeastern Turkey there are some bird depictions with suspiciously odd legs ...

2/ Generally, birds seem to take up a noteworthy role in the iconography at #GöbekliTepe (and other related #Neolithic sites).

The #cranes mentioned above in particular stand out due rather muscular legs and what seems a more human-like #anatomy, including 'knees' and 'toes'.

3/ Do these #crane representations evoke the impression of #masked people?

Yet it was suggested that this even could be more than simple #masquerade: The visualisation of a transformation into the animal itself in the course of #shamanistic rituals?

dainst.blog/the-tepe-teleg…

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Smoke Signal

@SmokeSignalBR

🌎🔥
It is fire season in Canada, Russia, Spain, Cyprus, various parts of the US, various parts of Brazil... From Siberia to the Amazon, this is the fire thread:

See where fires are raging in July 2021 🧵#ClimateCrisis #extremeweather ⬇️