#State Duma

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

But it is important for us that there are deputies in Russia and that their voice is heard, so that they do not think that everyone in Russia supports a special military operation. There are government officials at the municipal level who do not support a special military operation.

Dmitry Palyuga, deputy of the Moscow Region Smolninskoye, who, along with a group of Russian officials, has proposed overthrowing Putin and charging him with high treason because of his illegal and disastrous war in Ukraine. Palyuga understandably says that the bill is unlikely to pass in the State Duma, but it will shatter the illusion that Putin wants the West to believe; that he is widely supported at home in his illegal and disgraceful war against Ukraine. 

#russia #russian #state duma #putin is a war criminal #treason #moscow #russia news #russia blog

[humanspaceflightday]

Festival entitled "Yuri Gagarin - the Hero of Our Time:", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Today, on April 19, 2024, the Reserve Center of the Presidential Library in Moscow hosted an International Scientific and Educational festival on the topic: "Yuri Gagarin - the Hero of Our Time", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hero of the Soviet Union, test pilot Yuri A. Gagarin. The festival is organized by the autonomous non-profit organization "Unikalny mir" with the support of the administration of Vologda region.

The event was attended by representatives of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Moscow City Duma, representatives of the CIS Executive Committee, Russian cosmonauts, as well as regional public and political figures.

The main purpose of the festival is to present Yuri A. Gagarin as a hero of our time, as well as to tell about outstanding Soviet scientists who made a significant contribution to space exploration and the development of related sciences and industries in the USSR.

During the event, the modern achievements of the Russian Federation in the field of cosmonautics (including manned one) development, as well as the use of virtual reality in the process of cosmonaut training were disscussed. Also, topics of promising Russian developments and techniques in the field of engineering and technological education were considered.

At the same time, the festival included in-person visits to Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan by test cosmonauts of the Roscosmos detachment, who took part in the festival in an online format from these countries.

In Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, Hero of the Russian Federation, test cosmonaut Peter Dubrov visited the Gagarin Russian-Tajik School, where he held a Gagarin lesson and told students and teachers about his experience of training and space flight. In Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Hero of the Russian Federation, test cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov held a meeting with students of the Kyrgyz Aviation Institute. In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, test cosmonaut Harutyun Kiviryan held a lesson at the Armenian University for students from Armenia, Iran and Georgia.

The festival is aimed at developing and strengthening cooperation between the CIS countries in the field of engineering and technological education, as well as increasing the interest of young people in research, engineering developments in the field of astronautics and Earth exploration.

#engineering education #technological education #young people in research #engineering developments #astronautics #yuri's night #human spaceflight #outer space #first human mission to leave earth’s atmosphere #first human in space #firstinspace #unoosa #roscosmos #Unikalny mir #state duma #russia

[russianreader]

It Takes a Village

A portrait of the ideal Russian family, per Global Orthodox State Duma drafting law that would prohibit the promotion of childlessness The State Duma is drafting a law that would prohibit the “promotion of childlessness,” according to an RIA Novosti interview with Irina Filatova, a member of the Duma’s cross-party working group on the defense of traditional values. The MP emphasized that the…

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#anti-cosmopolitanism #anti-westernism #childlessness #Federation Council #Russian children #Russian families #State Duma

[politicoscope]

No Oil to EU Even If Price Cap Is $200 Per Barrel (Russia)

No Oil to EU Even If Price Cap Is $200 Per Barrel (Russia)

Russia will not supply oil to European Union countries even if a price cap reaches $200 per barrel, a member of the State Duma’s (the lower house of parliament) Energy Committee told Izvestia. On December 2, EU members agreed to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 per barrel. The EU deliberately opted for a price cap that would benefit Russia, Deputy Director General of the National Energy…

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#Price Cap #Russian Oil #Russian Oil Price Cap #State Duma

[mima-sama]

BOKTOBER 29th - "Vampire"

Duke Dumas from Lunar Knights/Boktai DS. There were a lot of vampires to choose from in this series, but I went with him because his design is pretty cool. Gotta wonder why he has horns though.

#mima draws things #boktober #boktober2023 #lunar knights #boktai ds #duke dumas #why does he kinda look like the halfway state between regular django and vampire django #explain this to me mr. kojima #was there some grand twist you were going to reveal in the sequel to Boktai DS that never happened?

[forsooth-verily]

Y'all, reading the Three Musketeers for the first time is WILD

d'Artagnan Sr really said, here's a jalopy, $300 bucks, and fight anyone who gives you side eye

This whole time I thought bby d'Artagnan was just a dumbass teen - no he was a dumbass teen given *explicit* instructions

#yes I'm preparing myself for the movie #that will take an extra year to be available in the states #but I am losing it #also #mme d'Artagnan just sobbing and handing him the recipe for cure wounds #like #MA'AM #you know then that all the shit they talk about #gascogne #is 100% re: d'Artagnan sr #brianne reads things #the three musketeers #les trois mousquetaires #at some point I'll manage to find the dual language version #because I do want to read it #en français #alexandre dumas #about brianne #*cackling*

[andthebeanstalk]

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO IS BLACK.

HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE BLACK. 10 MINUTES OF RESEARCH WILL TELL YOU HE IS WRITTEN BY A BLACK MAN AND BASED ON THAT MAN'S BLACK FATHER.

SO HOW IS THERE NOT EVEN ONE SCREEN ADAPTATION WITH A BLACK COUNT?!?!?

IT IS 2023. THE MEDIUM OF FILM IS 128 YEARS OLD. I HOPE THE NEXT PERSON TO GREENLIGHT A WHITE EDMOND DANTES IS FRAMED FOR TREASON

#original #alexandre dumas #Thomas-Alexandre Dumas #The Count of Monte Cristo #edmond dantes #I just looked up every single actor I could find who's ever played this character on screen and guess what #no black men! where are they! how is there not even one?!?! #all I wanted was to watch a screen adaptation in which the character looks like how he was meant to look! #and now I don't know what to watch because I'm going to be aware the whole time that I'm watching a white man play a Black part! #also if you want to have a fascinating afternoon please research this man and his family history #his father was literally betrayed by Napoleon in real life #I get that when he is described in the book he is not explicitly stated to be black just that his hair and eyes are as dark as possible #but also this was a time of extreme racism in France and the man needed to sell his God damn book! but surely after 250 years #there could be one ONE proper fucking adaptation #he is described as having 'black eyes and hair as dark as a raven's wing' and his life experience mirrors the story of a famous irl man #who spent his life fighting for racial equality and was ultimately destroyed for it. #anyway while it isn't TECHNICALLY inaccurate for the count to be white it is wild that he is ALWAYS played by white men

[herukapadmajungiansworld]

#the state duma #russian federation #addition to the criminal law #martial law #war time #mobilisation #putin wants general mobilisation & martial law #russian roulette #russia will crack first #slava ukraini #putin war criminal #ukraine war #putin war ukraine russia #i stand with ukraine

[hopecel]

#@every single one of these 🤡 in state duma #fixed that meme to grammatically correct one

[starlightervarda]

I can't sleep so Star Trek TOS/SNW dashboard simulator

🪆 chekovsgunman Follow

to this day I can't understand why they're called the Three Musketeers if there's FOUR of them? Did Dumas just forget his own main character???

🪴 plantdad Follow

You've got to be kidding me

🪆 chekovsgunman Follow

I know right? A mistake like this would never happen in Russian literature!

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🩺 therealmccoy Follow

After months of taking care of everyone else on this giant tin can I really earned this shore leave. Now I get to drink, relax, flirt with some lovely ladies and sleep until noon 😎 Just what the the doctor ordered!

🩺 therealmccoy Follow

Update: A fucking purple tree ate five crewmen. Again.

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🖖 iamspock Follow

Despite being among humans for close to a decade, I still find their tendency to overcomplicate and avoid aspects of social situations to be confusing at best and infuriating at worst. So much time is wasted on tedious matters such as who gets to 'make the first move' or 'not come off too strong'.

For example, everyone aboard my vessel is keenly aware of Lt. Uhura and Engineer Scott's 'budding romance'. But their need to extend their oddly avoidant courtship ritual, rather than outright state their interest in one another, is pointless, as well as frustrating to witness.

Why do they do this? Why not 'get it over with', as they say?

I encourage answers from all cultures, human or otherwise.

💅 janicethemenace Follow

I'm sorry Scotty and Nyota are WHAT

💉 xtinechapel Follow

DELETE THIS

💖 ofmanytongues Follow

SPOCK NOOO HE DOESN'T THINK OF ME LIKE THAT 😭

🔧 scott-free Follow

But I do! I thought you knew and were just being nice about it!

💖 ofmanytongues Follow

DMing you rn 😳

🖖 iamspock Follow

You're welcome.

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PSA: If you visit Antares VII, stay clear of any yellow plants, their pollen can have some...inconvenient effects on the biology of humanoid peoples.

My XO and I suffered through troubling symptoms until it was almost too late. Thankfully, we figured out a cure in time.

🪴 plantdad Follow

I can only find info on the symptoms. What was the cure? 👀

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Do I really have to say it?

6,322 notes

💊 mmmbenga Follow

The galaxy if Klingons didn't exist

⚔️ glorytotheempire Follow

Wow. Humans are openly advocating for our disappearance yet Klingons are the bad guys? I thought your federation stood for peace.

💊 mmmbenga Follow

Cry harder you genocidal wrinkly-faced bitch I hope your planet gets sucked into a black hole

#If you think a joke is on par with what they do then book an MRI because you might have brain damage #fuck Klingons and anyone that sympathizes with them

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😎 ortegaaaas Follow

So I can either skim through this asteroid belt on Warp 2 for 3 hrs or on Warp 5 for 15 mins

🚀 mitchiemitch Follow

Erica no! That's not how navigation works!

😎 ortegaaaas Follow

FLOOR IT???

🚀 mitchiemitch Follow

ERICA NO

😎 ortegaaaas Follow

HOW ABOUT WARP 7 FOR 15 SECONDS?

💖 ofmanytongues Follow

ERICA YOU'RE GOING TO CRASH THE SHIP

😎 ortegaaaas Follow

I AM GOING TO HARNESS LIGHT-SPEED TO ZIGZAG THROUGH THE VOID

🚀 mitchiemitch

ERICA P L E A S E

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🐴 sirsilverfox Follow

I know some species are very private, but you'd think they'd share the important stuff, esp when we should trust each other by now.

How are we supposed to enjoy my weekly dinners if you all don't tell me what to watch out for :/ This is the third time this happens to the same person and I had to get the answer why from our CMO

💫 numerouna Follow

Wait what did I miss while I was gone

🐴 sirsilverfox Follow

Spock got wasted on my chocolate fudge cake and hit his head on the counter ://///

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#star trek #Star Trek tos #Star Trek snw #James kirk #Jim kirk #spock #Leonard mccoy #nyota uhura #spirk #una chin riley #montgomery scott #uhotty #Chris pike #joseph m'benga #Star Trek aos #pavel chekov #Hikaru sulu #erica ortegas #christine chapel #bones mccoy #Tumblr dashboard simulator #Star Trek meme #Star Trek strange new worlds #Star Trek the original series

[russianreader]

GOOP

Veterans of the special military operation and combat veterans will be able to teach the new subject “Fundamentals of the Security and Defense of the Motherland” in schools after undergoing retraining at the State University of Education (GOOP), according to Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov, who was speaking at a plenary session during the Russian national pedagogical forum “Memory Is…

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#militarism #PTSD #Russian Education Ministry #Russian invasion of Ukraine #Russian schoolchildren #Special Military Operation #State Duma #State University of Education (GOOP) #torture #Vedomosti (newspaper) #war veterans

[politicoscope]

Zelensky Uses Osama bin Laden Nuclear Terror Tactics, West Becomes Accomplice

Zelensky Uses Osama bin Laden Nuclear Terror Tactics, West Becomes Accomplice

The Kiev regime is using the same methods of nuclear terrorism that were once used by al-Qaeda terrorists led by Osama bin Laden, which makes Western countries providing financial and military aid to it sponsors and accomplices of nuclear terrorism, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on his Telegram channel on Monday. “The methods of nuclear terror have not changed: the ones Osama…

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#Maria Zakharova #Osama bin Laden #Russian Defense Minister #Russian Foreign Ministry #Russian State Duma Speaker #Sergey Shoigu #Vyacheslav Volodin

[1900scartoons]

Similar Symptoms - Opposite Complaint 

June 18, 1906 (mislabeled as June 16)

The Russian Douma is frantic jumping up and down, clutching Bills he can’t pass. Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress stands idly with pockets full of Bill he won’t pass.

The caption reads "U.S Congress - 'What are you hot about?' Russian Douma - 'The czar is going to force a recess. What makes you warm under the collar?' U.S. Congress - 'Oh, the president won't let us adjourn.'"

President Roosevelt had called Congress to an extra session to complete several bills that were still being debated. Meanwhile, The Czar had forced a recess on the Duma, which was stridently opposed to him.

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/7037/rec/171

#Charles Bartholomew #political cartoon #russian history #Duma #american history #United States Congress

[zvaigzdelasas]

[DW is German State Media]

Pro-Russian officials in the Moldovan region of Transnistria on Thursday called for help from Moscow "in the face of increased pressure."[...]

A special congress of the region is understood to have passed a resolution on the issue on Wednesday.

Officials are set to ask Russia's Federation Council and the State Duma "to implement measures to protect Transnistria in the face of increased pressure from Moldova," local media reported the resolution as saying.

Transnistria had been secretive about the reason for holding a special congress, only the seventh in its history and the first since 2006. That congress saw deputies announce a referendum on integrating with Russia, a vote that resulted in an overwhelming majority in favor.

However, it did say that officials would address the deepening row over customs duties with the government in Moldova's capital, Chisinau.[...]

The congress said the Moldovan government had unleashed an "economic war" on the region, blocking crucial imports and seeking to turn it into a "ghetto." Moldova introduced customs regulations this year that require companies in Transnistria to pay import duties into the Moldovan budget.

Anastasia Pociumban of the German Council on Foreign Relations told DW that Transnistria's demands were "moderate" and most likely related to the difficult economic situation in the region.[...]

Russia said that it viewed Transnistria and the protection of its residents as important.

"Protecting the interests of the residents of Transnistria, our compatriots, is one of our priorities," Russian state news agencies cited the Foreign Ministry as saying.

Meanwhile, Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebrian posted that Moldova rejected "the propaganda statements coming from Tiraspol [Transnistria's nominal capital]."

Earlier, a Moldovan government spokesman said there was "no danger of escalation and destabilization of the situation in the Transnistrian region. This is another campaign to create hysteria."

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry warned against any Russian interference in Transnistria. It called "for a peaceful resolution of economic, social and humanitarian issues between Chisinau and Tiraspol without any destructive external interference."

For its part, the United States said it "firmly supports Moldova's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders."

Deputies of all levels from Moldova’s separatist Transnistria region during a congress on Thursday asked Russia for more support in its negotiations with Moldova, noting that 220,000 citizens in the region have Russian passports.

Despite rumours, the congress made no mention of the region’s possible recognition by Russia, or annexation. Moscow supports the breakaway region, but does not recognise it as a state.

A resolution by the congress leaked to the Moldovan media seeks “implementation of measures to intensify the negotiation process with Transnistria, taking into account [its 220,000 Russian citizens and] … the unique experience of Russia in the field of peacekeeping”.[...]

The congress made no mention of possible annexation of Transnistria by Russia, foillowing speculatioh raised by a politician from Transnistria, Ghenadie Ciorba. On February 20, he wrote a post on Facebook in which he said the issue would arise at the congress and also that Russian President Vladimir Putin would recognise Transnistria in his speech to the Russian nation on February 29.

Ukrainian intelligence services, senior NATO officials and Moldovan authorities have dismissed that scenario. Despite this, some Romanian TV channels made the possible annexation of Transnistria by Russia headline news.

28 Feb 24

[duckprintspress]

“Aim For The Heart” Cover Reveal!

We are only SIX DAYS out from our next Kickstarter, launching on June 15th, 2023, so what better time than now for a cover reveal!!

AIM FOR THE HEART: QUEER FANWORKS INSPIRED BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS’S THE THREE MUSKETEERS is an all-new anthology of queer works of fiction and art, including 20 stories, 19 full-page grayscale art works, and a 12 page comic! This gorgeous collection is printed A4 size – 8.25 in. by 11.75 in, or 21 cm x 30 cm. It is absolutely full of all the melodrama, laughs, and feels of the source material – just much, much queerer!

We are SO EXCITED to finally share our spectacular cover with you, featuring the gorgeous work of the incomparable Pallas Perilous (Tumblr | Twitter).

You’ll be able to get this book for as little as $15, and higher-level packages include the book in print, a bookmark, an enamel key chain, a magnet of the cover art, and our newest dux sticker! We’re also offering scads of add-ons, including an exclusive opportunity to get some of the few remaining print copies of our first Queer Fanworks Inspired By… anthology, And Seek (Not) to Alter Me: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” You can learn more about the backer levels, merch, pricing, and add-ons by reading our FAQ.

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And – people who support us on Patreon and back the crowdfunding campaign will get an EXCLUSIVE EXTRA MAGNET! So if you love what we do, this is a great time to become a monthly backer!

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#duck prints press #cover reveal #queer anthology #the three musketeers #queer fiction

[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas:

“mustache”

“Tall! Daring! Swashbuckling! A devoted husband and father! Had a personal conflict with Napoleon! Also it was said he could, while holding onto a bar above his head, LIFT A HORSE WITH HIS THIGHS. How is he not on this list ten times already! Vote for General Dumas!”

“He was so hot that he inspired The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, and many more books that his son, Alexandre Dumas, wrote. He definitely looked the part of a sexyman, as he son recounts in his memoirs: "My father, as already stated, was twenty-four, and as handsome a young fellow as could be found anywhere. His complexion was dark, his eyes of a rich chestnut colour [...]. His teeth were white, his lips mobile, his neck well set on his powerful shoulders, and, in spite of his height of five feet nine inches, he had the hands and feet of a woman. These feet were the envy of his mistresses, whose shoes he was very rarely able to put on." He could crush you between his thighs: "His free colonial life had developed his strength and prowess to an extraordinary degree; he was a veritable American horse-lad, a cowboy. His skill with gun or pistol was the envy of St. Georges and Junot. And his muscular strength became a proverb in the army. More than once he amused himself in the riding-school by passing under a beam, and lifting his horse between his legs." He was so badass he could beat 13 men with 4 and take all the enemy prisoner, and defend against hundreds of men on a bridge by himself. He performed these acts of valour numerous times in Italy. He was so formidable that the Austrians named him the "Schwartz Teufel", or the Black Devil, and his feat at the bridge earned him the moniker of "Horatius Cocles of Tyrol". He wasn't afraid to stand up to his morals and protest against unfair treatment. When unjust executions by the guillotine were happening outside his quarters, he closed the blinds of his curtains, earning him the nickname "Mr. Humanity". When in the Vendée, he complained about the wanton indiscipline in his troops. When in Italy, Berthier wrongly reported his actions as one of "observation" in St. Antonio. Dumas wrote to General Bonaparte that if Berthier was in the same position, he would have shit his pants. Dumas abhorred plunder, never exhorted the locals, and ordered the Directory agent who had come to persuade him otherwise be shot if he dared present himself to Dumas again. Integrity and a sense of moral justice is sexy, mark my words. For Dumas' final qualifier as a sexyman, look no further than this Tumblr heritage post (https://www.tumblr.com/petermorwood/133803437020/hortensevanuppity-elodieunderglass), with 300,000 notes and counting. And I quote: "- daddy general dumas was an immense fierce french warrior who was a 6 foot plus, stunningly gorgeous and charismatic Black gentleman - he invaded egypt - the native egyptians said “is this napoleon? this must be napoleon. we for one welcome our majestic new overlord” - then napoleon showed up - napoleon has all the presence of yesterday’s plain Tesco hummus - the native egyptians were like “… no… no, we’ve thought very hard and we’ll have General Dumas actually” - this did not make napoleon happy - in fact it made him jealous - napoleon felt so emasculated that he launched a campaign of revenge against General Dumas, including taking away his pension, that probably inspired a lot of Alexandre’s rather satisfying scenes in which fathers are nobly avenged and the money-grubbing villains are rubbed in the mud" I rest my case. Tl;dr: He was so hot he inspired multiple books, he was a stronk man who could crush you between his thighs or carry you like a sack of potatoes, and he was so badass that he could take on odds of 1 to 3. He had a foul mouth but a heart of gold and his actions were never self-serving. Posts relating to him on Tumblr have had 300,000 notes and counting. He is qualitatively and quantitatively qualified to be a sexyman.”

Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

“Honesty and integrity (letter to Louis XVIII against sitting for Ney's court-martial, getting imprisoned for 3 months for it). Very sexy. Defending the capital (Paris) is also very sexy.”