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On the occasion of Putin’s rewriting of the nuclear doctrine, propagandists were given festive manuals. So this week they, in unison (and with the participation of psychics), dreamed of a nuclear war. They were also preparing to take the left bank of the Don, telling stories and arguing over Karl Marx. Ilya Shepelin talks about all this in the new issue of Zomboyashchik.

Nikolay Sobolev gave an interview to Karen Adamyan. There he stated that Putin is the most valuable person on the planet, explained why YouTube was blocked in Russia, and also announced a new show together with Stas Ai How Simple. The interview itself lasts 2.5 hours, but Alexander Makashenets watched it for you.

Russian oligarch Mikhail Gutseriev offered the FBI information about the plans of Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. Today the Czech media wrote about this. We discussed the details of this news with the General Director of Transparency International - Russia in Exile, Ilya Shumanov.

The oligarchs Rotenberg seized land in Crimea. The Ministry of Defense wants to recruit another 255 thousand people for contract service.

Mizulina was offended by the journalist’s question about children and complained to law enforcement about her. The Taliban arrived in Moscow.

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Kadyrov told Putin’s minister a secret: it turned out that Elena Milskaya is the wife of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov. The Russian budget for 2025 included record war expenses—13.5 trillion rubles. Thus, military spending will amount to 6.31% of Russia's GDP.