Corruption is Everywhere > Not just Ukraine but in Russia too

 

Former top Russian Defense Ministry official detained in graft case

Ex-Deputy Minister Ruslan Tsalikov is facing multiple corruption and bribery charges

FILE PHOTO. Ruslan Tsalikov. ©  Sputnik / Pavel Bednyakov

A former first deputy minister at the Russian Defense Ministry, Ruslan Tsalikov, has been detained in a major graft case, the Russian Investigative Committee has announced.

Tsalikov is suspected of “creating a criminal organization whose members embezzled budget funds between 2017 and 2024, as well as of money laundering and bribery,” Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said in a statement.

The former top official faces charges on 12 counts of embezzlement and money laundering, as well as two counts of bribery, the committee said on Thursday.

Tsalikov is set to remain in custody for a week before the court determines whether the ex-official will be put into pre-trial detention or face other restrictive measures, it added.  

READ MORE: Russia mulls tougher punishment for corrupt officials

He has been repeatedly questioned in another high-profile case, which has rocked the Russian Defense Ministry since April 2024. The central figure in the affair, former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, was sentenced to 13 years behind bars and a massive fine last year after a court found him guilty of embezzling state funds. Following the shakeup at the ministry prompted by Ivanov’s arrest, several other top officials and generals ended up in custody over alleged embezzlement, fraud, and related charges.  

Tsalikov was never implicated in Ivanov’s case and was only considered a witness in it. If found guilty, the ex-official is likely to face a prison term of up to 20 years, legal experts have told Russian media. 

Last month, Russian Investigative Committee head Aleksandr Bastrykin branded graft a “strategic threat” to the country’s security and economy, advocating stricter punishments for such crimes. “I suppose the time has come to introduce as a criminal punishment for corrupt officials the total confiscation of all property accrued,” Bastrykin told a meeting of the Investigative Committee Collegium.

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The Iran war reveals the insanity of the EU sanctions on Russian gas and oil

 

Putin warning fuels calls in EU to drop sanctions

Losing Russian gas supplies amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East has raised concerns over the bloc’s energy security

Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Sputnik / Mikhail Metzel

EU politicians are stepping up calls to roll back Russia sanctions after President Vladimir Putin warned that Moscow could halt gas supplies ahead of a planned 2027 ban. It has raised concerns over the bloc’s energy security amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, and Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini have repeatedly condemned the sanctions, saying they hurt the EU’s economy.

In Germany, Sahra Wagenknecht, leader of the BSW party, has called for resuming imports of Russian oil to ease prices, while Alice Weidel, co-chair of the AfD, has urged an end to a one-sided reliance on the US and the Middle East for LNG.

Florian Philippot, the leader of France’s Patriots party shared a video of Putin’s remarks on X on Thursday. The French politician blasted the bloc’s Russia sanctions as “idiotic” and “ruinous” for Europeans and insisted they amount to collective self-harm.

European gas prices hit a three-year high this week after the US-Israeli campaign against Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the Middle East disrupted crude and LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime choke point. This caused Qatar, the world’s second-largest LNG exporter, to halt production.

The EU gets between 5% and 15% of its total gas supplies from Middle Eastern sources, primarily Qatar. The US is currently the bloc’s dominant LNG supplier with a 60% share.

Last month, the EU agreed to ban all gas imports from Russia, once the bloc’s largest supplier, by late 2027. The measure was designed to be approved by a “reinforced majority” of countries using trade and energy laws, rather than as a sanctions measure requiring unanimous approval. It came despite opposition from Hungary and Slovakia.

READ MORE: Russia could end gas supplies to EU immediately – Putin

Putin said this week that Moscow may pull out of the EU gas market and redirect supplies to “reliable” partners without waiting for Brussels’ planned phase out of Russian imports to take effect. The energy crisis in the bloc is the result of its “misguided policies” over many years, he stated.

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Islam in the USA > Muslim vandalizes SDA church in SFO; Muslim Illegal with 30 Arrests Stabs Woman to Death at Virginia bus stop

 

Muslim Man Vandalizes San Francisco Church

Mar 3, 2026 3:00 pm By Daniel Greenfield2 Comments

Imagine if a Christian man had vandalized a mosque.

When a mosque is vandalized, suddenly it’s a nationwide story and every politician is obliged to condemn it.

Not the other way around.

San Francisco police arrested a man Saturday after officers discovered swastikas and antisemitic and anti-gay words painted on a Pacific Heights church.

Officers responded to reports of graffiti on the 2800 block of California Street at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, saw fresh paint and arrested Sadat Mousa, 51. Police estimated the damages exceed $20,000. Representatives of the San Francisco Seventh-day Adventist Church-Central did not immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday.

Sadat Mousa is a middle eastern name. And while the details of the graffiti haven’t been described, a social media account of the same name from San Francisco has quite a few hateful thoughts with what appear to be reposts titled ‘F___ the jewish God Kill them”, “Hamas protected the children’s”, “learn from your bloody jesus”, and a top message reading, “We, the Palestinian will never share heaven with the devils. Palestine from the river to the sea”. It’s not clear that the social media account belongs to the same person, but it doesn’t help.

And it does raise the question of how much more of this do we need in America?

Muslim Illegal Alien with 30 Arrests Stabs Woman to Death in Virginia

Mar 3, 2026 5:00 pm By Daniel Greenfield4 Comments

More than 30 arrests for charges of rape, malicious wounding, assault, firing a weapon

Virginia just decided that the way to go is with the ‘free all the illegal alien criminals’ party. And that leads to women being stabbed to death at bus stops. By Muslim illegal aliens with 30 priors because arresting them and handing them over to ICE interferes with what is currently the supreme cause of the movement after previous stints with ‘BLM’ and ‘Hamas’ (not to mention the drag queens).

It’s not good for America. It wasn’t good for Stephanie. But it’s working out pretty well for Abdul Jalloh.

A 32-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a woman at a bus stop shelter in Hybla Valley, Fairfax County police said.

Police said officers responded at 7:16 p.m. on Monday to Richmond Highway and Arlington Drive in Hybla Valley for a death investigation. Officers found Stephanie Minter, 41, of Fredericksburg, in the bus stop shelter with multiple stab wounds to the upper body.

Minter was pronounced dead at the scene.

If only someone could have seen this coming after Abdul’s 30 previous arrests.

His criminal history includes more than 30 arrests for charges of rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft, trespassing, larceny, firing a weapon, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and pick pocketing.

A real renaissance man. But this is what the ‘F___ ICE’ party wants. Dead people. Live undeported illegal alien criminals.

Governor Spanberger has signed an executive order that local and state law enforcement are no longer required to cooperate with ICE, repealing an order from her Republican predecessor, Governor Glenn Youngkin.

32nd time will be the charm or the corpse.

But there is something the Feds can do. If State Dems insist on setting loose illegal alien criminals, it might be time to start winnowing access to America even more.

Abdul came here from Sierra Leone. That’s a majority Muslim country. Are we benefiting more than we’re losing from migration from Sierra Leone? We could ask Stephanie, but Sierra Leone left her unable to reply.

Maybe our government can speak for her and keep the next stabber back in his own homeland.

British Politics > Katie Hopkins, Elon Musk to the rescue

 

It appears that ReformUK is falling flat when it comes to rescuing the Kingdom from the godless hordes. Just in time, Katie Hopkins enters riding a white horse provided by Elon Musk. Can she rescue GB?

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HUGE RESTORE BRITAIN BOMBSHELL DROPS! Katie Hopkins's Game-Changing Announcement SHATTERS the Status Quo – New Party Surges with MASSIVE Membership & Radical Pledges That Have Britain BUZZING! Restore Britain just UNLEASHED a revolutionary bombshell that's rocking Westminster to its core – Katie Hopkins's fledgling party (launched as a full national force in Feb 2026 after ditching Reform) is exploding with 100,000+ members, Elon Musk backing, and a no-holds-barred blueprint to "restore" Britain from the ground up! From vowing to repeal assisted dying bills, reverse abortion decriminalization up to birth, mass deportations ("Millions will have to go!"), protecting biological women & sports, scrapping woke laws, retaking "English Castle" self-defense rights, and a killer 16-point plan to save British farmers – this is the unapologetic, socially conservative, anti-establishment rocket the right's been waiting for! Critics ROAR: This could SPLIT the Reform vote wide open while pulling in disillusioned Tories, patriots, and forgotten rural voters furious at Labour's chaos! Supporters hail it as the real revolution – transparency, accountability, citizen power, and a return to proper British values amid endless migrant crises, NHS fails, and cultural erosion! The full viral clip of Katie Hopkins's epic announcement speech launching Restore Britain as the game-changing national party – the moment that's got millions joining, cheering, and demanding CHANGE – is spreading like wildfire!

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