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

Dnieper Hydroelectric Plant was created in USSR as one of the Great Construction of Communism objects, same as the recently destroyed Kakhovka Dam.

Yet another strike against the soviet legacy, however little is still left.

Apologies for the subpar source. But the gist of it stands: Kstovo 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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

I think we should celebrate. Lenin appreciation thread