GenZedong Shrike502 • 7mo ago • 100%

Drones attack special Industrial zone Alabuga and an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk (both in Tatarstan)

Six people reported wounded in Alabuga. Haven't found reports on wounded in Nizhnekamsk, fire had started but was reportedly quickly extinguished. Source for the record: https://t.me/RVvoenkor/65216?single

GenZedong Shrike502 • 7mo ago • 100%

Russian Airspace Force allegedly carried out a missile strike on Dnieper Hydroelectric Plant

[Dnieper Hydroelectric Plant](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieper_Hydroelectric_Station) was created in USSR as one of the [Great Construction of Communism](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Construction_Projects_of_Communism) objects, same as the recently destroyed Kakhovka Dam. Yet another strike against the soviet legacy, however little is still left. 

GenZedong Shrike502 • 7mo ago • 100%

Kstovo oil refinery struck by a drone

m.gazeta.ru

Apologies for the subpar source. But the gist of it stands: [Kstovo](https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.15167,44.19556&q=56.15167,44.19556&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&hl=ru ) oil refinery was struck by an explosive carrying drone last night, Moscow time. I've included a link to Google maps, to give an idea how far the place is from the SMO frontlines.

GenZedong Shrike502 • 8mo ago • 100%

Russia needs total militarization - Dugin

ria.ru

Title says it all, really. You can read it using the browser translation. While normally I would dismiss this as yet another rambling of an irrelevant old quack, the fact it got published by RIA is what raises eyebrows. My guess would be it is a test of public opinion, kinda like what USian press does.

GenZedong Shrike502 • 9mo ago • 100%

China became the main importer of meat and chicken from Russia in 2023

According to Rosselkhoznadzor data, China bought 132,9 thousand tons of bird meat and 21,5 thousand tons of beef. At the same time, Iran imported 10,3 thousand tons of mutton, Vietnam - 85,1 thousand tons of pork, Belarus - 78,8 thousand tons of pork, Kazakhstan imported 48,9 pre-made of meat produce. Incidentally, meat prices *in* Russia have been steadily growing throughout 2023, to the point of people complaining about it to the president. In response to this criticism, agricultural holdings said the price hike is due to a rise in demand. Looks like they weren't lying - they just didn't say demand from where.

GenZedong Shrike502 • 9mo ago • 97%

Take a break from reactionary stupidity and let's celebrate a communist hero instead. Today is 120th birthday of Valeriy Pavlovich Chkalov, famous soviet test pilot and aviator.

Valeriy Pavlovich was born in 1904 in Vasilyovo, Nizhny Novgorod province. The town was later renamed Chkalovsk in his honour and holds that name still. During his service as a test pilot, Chkalov has tested I-15 and I-16 interceptors, TB-1and TB-3 heavy bombers, as well as numerous experimental designs from Polikarpov. He had invented new aerial maneuvers - ascending corkscrew and slowed down barrel roll. In 1936, Chkalov headed a team that commenced a record flight - from Moscow to island Udd in the Far East, with no intermediate landings. In 1937, Chkalov headed the crew that commenced an even longer record flight - from Moscow to Vancouver, USA (Washington state), across the north pole and with no intermediate landings. The flight took two days and utilised [ANT-125 airplane](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_ANT-25). The original plane has been restored and can be found in Chkalov museum, in Chkalovsk, Russia. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/ANT-25_in_Chkalov_museum.jpg Valeriy Chkalov has tragically perished on December 15th,1938, during the test flight of the new I-180 fighter plane. During the landing descent, the engine suddenly stalled, sending the plane into uncontrolled twist. Chkalov was thrown out of the cabin and hit his head on debris. He was rushed to the hospital, but unfortunately it was too late. He has passed away without returning to consciousness. In conclusion, I would like to offer this little tidbit. Years later, Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space and test pilot of renown himself, placed Chkalov as an inspiration, and perhaps even the reason he went into aviation. Thus a true people's hero blazes a trail, even if he cannot follow it himself.

GenZedong Shrike502 • 9mo ago • 100%

This is Andrey Shirokov. Chief of committee for entrepreneurship in urban engineering with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia. He has some thoughts to share on property ownership

Recently Mr. Shirokov proclaimed that under the current state of economic development in Russia, 60% of Russian citizens ought to live in rental property, instead of owning it. He suggested raising fees for apartment maintenance to 30-35k Rubles (monthly), and if the owner can't pay - move the apartment to a specially created "municipal fund". Since obviously if a person can't pay, they can't take care of it, right? It also means the person can be ousted from aforementioned apartment. Paging whoever claimed Russian capitalism is different, that it's subservient to the state and all that.

World News Shrike502 • 12mo ago • 98%

Enraged crowd in Makhachkala stormed the airport in search of arriving Israelis

A plane arrived at Makhachkala airport from Tel-Aviv today. A large crowd gathered at the airport and ended up storming the fences and breaking first into the building, and then out onto the landing ground. As can be seen in the video (see URL in the title), the crowd is waving Palestinian flags. Eyewitnesses report cars are being stopped and the passports of passengers are being checked. Reportedly, the crowd is "looking for the Jews".

Comradeship // Freechat Shrike502 • 12mo ago • 100%

Consider the following

With US funds, weapons and ammunition supposedly being redirected from Ukraine to Israel, the Neonazis and their orbiters will have their own, updated "Stab in the back" myth.

Physical Education Shrike502 • 1y ago • 100%

Newbie tips

Greetings, comrades. So to cut the story short, my physical state is absolute junk and it's about time to do something about it. I am overweight and lose breath after going up s flight or two of stairs, my back hurts almost daily and lifting things heavier than a backpack is stating to feel hard. All the doctors say I require exercise to resolve most issues. However, due to long commute and a few other issues, I can't really visit gym on a regular basis (plus it's not cheap). So what can I do from home to stop being a useless blob of blubber? For reference, I have a set of dumbbells, but using them hurts tendons in my arms more than it seems to affect the muscles. I am seeking advice from the comrades

GenZedong Shrike502 • 2y ago • 60%

On this day, in 1870, the great revolutionary was born

I think we should celebrate. Lenin appreciation thread

Paleofauna Shrike502 • 2y ago • 100%

Josephoartigasia monesi

Josephoartigasia monesi, the largest rodent known to science. Weighing more than a ton, it reached up to 1.5 *meters* in height. It dwelled in South America during Pliocene and Pleistocene. Art by James Gurney.

Paleofauna Shrike502 • 2y ago • 100%

It is Wednesday, my comrades

Today I bring you something peculiar. Meet *Tupilakosaurus*. It is an amphibian that dominated western Laurasia in early Triassic, as the biosphere struggled to recover after the Permian extinction. Tupilakosaurus was a small - just under a meter long - creature, with a long, powerful tail, short limbs and (apparently) external gills, like those of an axolotl. These fine animals lived in rivers without going ashore and hunted small fish or other amphibians. Tupilakosaurus is a curiosity due to its particular circular vertebrae (pictured below), which is uncommon for their kind of amphibians. Indeed, when first discovered they were originally believed to be fish, and later to be ancestors to Ichthyosaurs.  Despite their short existence, Tupilakosaurus had quite a sizeable habitat, ranging from modern day Greenland to western Russia, such as Vladimir oblast, Nizhny Novgorod region, and all the way to Arkhangelsk and Vyatka. It would take later amphibians millions of years to carve the same range.

GenZedong Shrike502 • 2y ago • 0%

Reportedly, the collective GDP of BRICS has surpassed the collective GDP of G7

I am not entirely sure what to make of it, given how shit GDP is as a meaningful statistic.

Comradeship // Freechat Shrike502 • 2y ago • 0%

Freeze peach and silly "protests"

Not sure where else to post this, given the frivolous nature of the topic. So a few days ago I accidentally got into a political conversation with a liberal colleague. The topic was the much beloved by liberals in post-soviet states matter of "singular protests with an empty paper". For those not familiar with this brand of silliness, it's a type of performative "protesting" whereupon a person would go alone (or together with a cameraman) somewhere public and stand there with an empty piece of paper - sometimes large, sometimes just an A4. The idea (supposedly) is to demonstrate the stupidity of the Anti-Protest laws, since in some countries (Russia, Kazakhstan) such a performance usually ends quickly with police arriving and detaining the "protestors". The main issue in the conversation, however, was my colleague's assertion that such acts are perfectly harmless, don't disturb anyone and thus should not be interrupted. And that police detention is an absurd overreaction due to the undemocratic nature of our government. _And_ that in democratic countries - such as France or South Korea (his examples) one could do that with no problems whatsoever. And now I would like to hear your thoughts on the matter.

Paleofauna Shrike502 • 2y ago • 100%

It is Wednesday, my comrades

Today I bring you *Benthosuchus* - a relative of the Wetlugasaurus from the other week. Another Temnospondyli amphibian, its name translates to "crocodile of the deep". It's skull was ~70 cm long with overall body length reaching 2.5 meters. As with many other amphibians of this order, its eyes were closer to the top of the skull, aiming them upwards. This indicates that the animal was an ambush predator, waiting patiently just underwater until it was ready to strike. The typical species, *Benthosaurus sushkini*, was logged by Ivan Efremov in 1929, with overall genus classified in 1936.

Paleofauna Shrike502 • 2y ago • 100%

It is Wednesday, my comrades

Thus I bring you **Vetlugasaurus**. Despite the *-saurus* in the name, it is in fact an Amphibian of the Temnospondyli order, which lived in what is now Russia and Greenland during the early Triassic period. Originally discovered and categorized in 1920-s, it is named after river Vetluga - on the shores of which the first fossil was found. The skull measures ~22 cm, with overall body length ranging from 75 cm to 3 meters. In 2018, a full skull was found. 

Paleofauna Shrike502 • 2y ago • 100%

Thalassodromeus sethi, a small Azhdarchidae pterasaur, discovered in 2002 in Brazil

Bonus: artistic rendition of its looks 

Paleofauna Shrike502 • 2y ago • 100%

Vyatkogorgon. A cat-sized gorgonopsid from the Kirov region.

The gorgonopsid was named after the river Vyatka in the Kirov oblast, near which it's been found. Kirov, of course, has been named after Sergey Kirov.