In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Despite claims from nefarious fifth columnists,
there has been no actual damage to the Russian A-50 Mainstay surveillance
military aircraft which was on a secret mission to Belarus and supposedly
‘attacked’ by partisans. While it is true that such an aircraft would be
difficult if not impossible to replace, and that the loss such a plane would be
a terrible blow to the military, the good news is that almost all of the parts
that came off were successfully located, extinguished, and mostly glued back on
by technicians. Any enemy propaganda suggesting that it cannot protect our
skies simply because it is now missing a wing or because the radar dome was
replaced with an inflatable bouncy castle are simply lies from the decadent
West.
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In spite of some reporting, Russian President
Vladimir Putin is not from a species which reproduces by using their noses as
ovipositors to place their eggs in freshly dropped piles of elephant dung. Putin’s
observed activities in the Moscow Central Zoo are simply a hobby.
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This week’s episode of the ground-breaking
science fiction program Tsar Trek
features a special guest appearance by none other than legendary actor Gérard
Depardieu, who is stuffed into a lizard costume to play the part of a menacing
Gorn, when he and Captain Kirkovitch are forced to match wits and strength in a
battle to the death. Can Captain Kirkovitch sober up in time to find some
weapon to defeat his enemy? Can the Gorn stop eating the scenery props long
enough to film the episode? Why is the bridge crew of the Tsar Ship Suvrovov
betting against their captain? Find out the answers to these questions and
more, tonight at nine o’clock Moscow Time!
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Western media reports that the airspace over St.
Petersburg was briefly
closed Tuesday morning are true, albeit highly misleading. While an object
which presented danger to civilian aviation was spotted, it was not a saboteur
drone but an experiment in necromantic goat flight performed at St. Petersburg
Eldritch University, in which a reanimated goat carcass was given the power of
flight by occult powers from the Lobsternomicon in the hopes of becoming a new
antiballistic missile defense system. “The American HIMARS system will no
longer pose any threat at all once our demonic goat system can meet their
rockets in midair and headbutt them to destruction!” Ministry of Defense
spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said today from the University’s prestigious
Tower of Thaumaturgy. “And once the next phase of our program commences and the
hordes of zombified sewer lobsters are unleased on our unsuspecting foes, the
world will know true fear!” Konashenkov then spent the next five minutes
laughing maniacally with his pinkie to his mouth before being led away by
assistants in white coats.
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Despite some reports, the 2023 Moscow Olympic
Committee has not yet made a decision on whether or not the sport of chainsaw
swallowing will be included in the roster of games. We will continue to report
on this story as it develops.
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Due to disappointing sales from Sir-Put-A-Lot’s
debut album, Vladimir Putin has decided to instead embark on a new career as a
still life painter, donning an artistic smock and taking inspiration from other
notable historical figures who were also artists such as Hitler, George W.
Bush, and John Wayne Gacy. “While many believe that Gacy only painted
horrifying and nightmarish pictures of clowns when not brutally torturing and
murdering people, few know that he also applied his artistic calling to drawing
bowls of fruit,” a worried curator at the Moscow Museum of Art said in response
to questions by our man-in-the-street reporter. “All I can say is, that in
response to a Kremlin request we sent over stacks of canvases, paints,
paintbrushes, and a gopnik we found passed out on the front stairs.” As of
press time the howls of pain and someone yelling “Just hold the fruit bowl,
dammit!” have been ringing out from the Kremlin for hours.
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corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Despite some previous reporting
and commentary by Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Igor Konashenkov, it is now
believed that slightly more than ten
Ukrainian drones were used in the recent, tragic attack on the peace-loving
people of Crimea. While almost all were shot down by Russian air defense
forces, some evidence suggests that one, or possibly more managed to strike and
cause slight damage to various places on the strategic peninsula, including but
not limited to the air traffic control towers at multiple air bases along with
planes, hangars, runways, and cars and houses belonging to military personnel.
Additionally, a handful of local anecdotes regarding completely trivial
instances of ‘apocalyptic destruction’ have not been verified and most likely
will not be investigated due to the unlikelihood there being any truth in the
matter and the fact that all investigators were killed by the drone strike.
Memorial services will be held next Thursday or whenever burning debris stops
falling from the skies.
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Last night’s heartwarming episode of the beloved
children’s cartoon, in which the lovable rapscallion Jon contracted ‘spider
clap’ from a diseased sex worker and went on to cover the Duma in spider webs
and baby spiders sprayed from his genitals was a work of fiction and does not
represent any new sexually transmitted infection currently wreaking havoc among
prostitutes in Moscow. It is recommended however that all parties engaging is
such behavior should use personal protection, including condoms and spray cans
of Raid.
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The Ministry of Culture would like express
congratulations to Igorina Igorovna, winner of the 2023 Babuska of the Year
award. Her prize-winning performance on the stage of Bolshoi Theatre in which
she slaughtered a pig and prepared traditional Doctor’s Sausage using only animal
entrails, sawdust, pork rectums, and more sawdust was only an enjoyable prelude
to her finale in which she downed a liter of bathtub vodka and clubbed Dmitry
Medvedev with an uncured ham hock. As part of her prize package, she will be
awarded a brand new 2023 Lada Granta, a selection of fine pork products from
the estate of the recently departed Sausage King of Russia, and the opportunity
to club Medvedev with ham whenever the mood strikes her.
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President Vladimir Putin’s recent call to all
loyal Russians to support their country with the stirring cry of “Minions, Kick
a Puppy in Public for Russia!” has angered animal rights activist and caused
consternation within the rank-and-file, according to insider reports from the
riots which have broken out all over Moscow and St. Petersburg. “Who is he to
tell us what to kick?” screamed one furious gopnik who was participating in a
brutal mob beating of a telephone pole. “While the statement has caused morale
problems within the armed forces, it is nothing compared to the injuries
caused,” stated the head doctor for admissions at Moscow Central Hospital’s
Emergency Room. “We’ve so far seen sixteen cases of mauling deaths where a
crowd of Putin supporters broke into the zoo and attempted to kick a polar
bear, apparently thinking it was a puppy. Where will this end?” At press time,
the lifeless body of a Kremlin bodyguard could be seen being gnawed on by a
small Shih Tzu in Red Square.
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In news on the economic front, shares in mineral
extraction holding companies are up sharply after reports of a new vein of
Bored Ape NFTs were found in the sewers under Moscow. This highly prized ore is
considered to be the best substance for the creation of new financial rug pull
instruments, and metallurgists and cryptographers alike from all over Russia
have expressed interest and confusion. “That’s not how any of this works,” said
one investor on a investment call with the Central Bank, “But you know what?
Put me down for two million dollars’ worth, I bet I’ll make trillions!” Amur
Minerals Corporation has won the first round of extraction contracts and is now
raising funds to obtain enough unobtanium to mine this precious resource.
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In late-breaking news, a doping scandal has
broken out at the headquarters of the 2023 Moscow Olympic Committee.
Confidential unnamed sources have reported mass usage of steroids and human
growth hormones among the executives vying for the rights to grift competitors,
attendees, and contactors alike. Hulga Olgavogna, the MOC spokesperson, when
reached for comment simply stated “YEERARRRGH!” and crushed an office desk with
one powerful blow. We will continue to update on this breaking news story as it
develops.
In further corrections
to official Russian government statements:
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Breathless reporting from panicked Western media
sources claiming that Russia plans to invite
millions of American conservatives to enjoy the true freedom of Russian
citizenship are simply the metaphorical ‘tip of the iceberg,’ according to
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “We have also issued invitations to like-minded
people in such far-flung places as Myanmar, North Korea, Syria, and Equatorial
Guinea, not to mention our pan-species diplomatic efforts among the Emperor
Penguins of Antarctica and New Zealand and the subantarctic fur seals of South
America. Such lovely, lovely seals!” Further questions from reporters were
unable to distract the Foreign Minister from his pinniped contemplations and
his handlers soon returned him to his quarters where he could complete his
lycanthropic transformation into a polar bear in peace.
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The
Ministry of Defense has today issued a recall for the latest printing of the
standard army Infantry Field Manual due to unspecified typographical errors
which occurred in the text. General Staff at Frunze Military Academy has
offered a two-page pamphlet consisting of minor corrections to the training
manual for the unfortunate cases where the instructions have been drilled into
the troops, specifying that armed antipersonnel mines should in fact not be
used as entrenching tools and that unexploded mortar rounds can be used to fuel
warm cooking fires. A new Infantry Field Manual will be printed as soon as
investigations into the use of radioactive waste from Chernobyl as a laxative
are complete.
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In other news, the new Spring Sale from the
luxury fashion line Babushka’s Backdoor has started, offering 15 to 25%
off all burlap lingerie items and a buy-on-get-one-free offer for their
signature crotchless burlap panty collection. In celebration of this new sale, Babushka’s
Backdoor corporate marketing has enlisted both Steven Seagal and Gérard
Depardieu as models to showcase the new La Vision Horrible collection
consisting of thong and bustier sets made from repurposed truck tires. The
official debut of this line is slated to take place on the catwalk at Babushka’s
Backdoor headquarters with both paramedics and crisis counselors standing
by.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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While some nefarious Western or fifth columnist
sources may claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no room in his
heart for the love of anything at all, due to the fact that it was surgically
removed and replaced with a desiccated toadstool in a tragic Kamchatkan ritual
sacrifice mishap, let it be known now that he in fact has a pet he cherishes
more deeply than anything else on this earth. Yes, it is true that dogs will
howl and cats will vomit into slippers at a higher-than-normal rate whenever
his name is mentioned, but even so Putin has a special friend that he holds
most dear, which is a stuffed Iguana named Chuckles which in life was the only
friend he had when he was an orphan boy forced to sieve corn kernels from the
effluence of the sewage spew of . . . *touches earpiece* I’m sorry, I’m being
told that Putin has just ordered Chuckles to be executed for high treason.
Well, it just goes to show what I’ve always said, you can never trust a stuffed
iguana. Moving on.
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In more unfortunate treason news, it appears our
beloved imaginary ex-weathergirl Svetlana gone over to the enemy and taken up
residence inside the head of Good Morning, Moscow!’s chief on-air
personality. While this rival broadcast here at the Kremlin has long been a
thorn in our side, this ultimate insult has been answered, as a crack team of
production interns were fitted last night with explosive vests and sent over to
*explosion in the distance* solve the problem.
We will have a special memorial broadcast on Thursday.
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The official Twitter account of the 2023 Moscow
Olympics was briefly hijacked today by hackers claiming to be from the “Sybian
Liberation Front” who replaced the Olympic Rings symbol with blurry and incorrect
schematics for a mechanical masturbation aid. “Brothers and Sisters under
sexual repression stand up and be counted, unless, like you’re into that, which
is totally cool,” read the announcement, which was quickly taken down by
Kremlin IT staffers. Tragically, however, what appears to have been a
mistranslation in the schematics has resulted in significant injuries in at
least twelve cases where interested parties constructed homemade mechanical
dildo devices powered by V8 engines and suffered extensive damage to their anal
or genital areas. “We have put in a desperate plea for an emergency delivery of
a Ford 4C3Z-6051-EB Cylinder Head Gasket to repair this poor man’s ability to
defecate, but Western sanctions are crippling our ability to help,” the director
general of Moscow Central Hospital said in a tear-filled interview today.
“Please, Americans, won’t you think of this man’s destroyed rectum?” At press
time, the unfortunate victim of this tragic hacking incident was making
“vroom-vroom” noises while sitting on the hospital toilet.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Western media reports that Russian soldiers are
somehow being ‘forced’ to fight
with shovels due to some nebulous ammunition shortage are yet another
example of the high morale among our troops and their desire to emulate
President Vladimir Putin, Ministry of Defense spokesperson Igor Konashenkov
said this morning in brief remarks at the Nizhny Novgorod Shovel Foundry. “As
all know, in his childhood Putin once defeated an entire horde of Kamchatkan
Land Squid using only a snow shovel, a feat which earned him a place in
folklore as a spade-wielding defender of justice,” Konashenkov said to a crowd
of workers. “No true disciple of Putin’s art of shovel-fu needs anything more
to fight for Mother Russia!” At press time, a new conscript battalion was being
formed and trained with the ancient military art of Amish Rake Fighting as
strategic reinforcements.
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The announcement that Tasty Period will soon be
producing
locally-made Happy Meal Toys has raised fears of yet another copyright
infringement lawsuit, which corporate headquarters has been quick to dispel.
“This new line of kid-friendly meals complete with special prizes bears no
resemblance to the original McDonalds “Happy Meal” and any legal claims are
simply cultural bias,” stated spokesperson Ronald McDonaldovitch. “Our new
offering will be a uniquely Russian take on a global concept, and these
“Tragedy Meals” will come with a six-piece Conscript McNugget Pack, our
legendary Szechuan Sauce made with runoff from Moscow Central Hospital’s burn
unit, and a special toy made from unexploded ordnance from the Special Military
Operation in Ukraine to please the kiddos.” Shares in both Tasty Period and
Moscow Central Hospital were up sharply in aftermarket trading.
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This week’s episode of the groundbreaking
science fiction program Tsar Trek, titled ‘Tomorrow is Yesterday’
thrusts the Tsar Ship Suvrovov into harms’ way as a drunken and
hallucinating Chekov pilots the ship through a space-time distortion and into
the past. Can the crew avoid changing history while lost in the fourteenth
century? What will they steal in a time before washing machines existed? Can
Mr. Spockula drink enough bathtub gin to pilot the ship back to the present
day? Find out the answers to these questions and more, tonight at nine o’clock
Moscow Time!
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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The new cinematic masterpiece by acclaimed
Russian director Andrei Aleksovovovitch, Things to do in Bakhmut When You’re
Dead, has been awarded the highest marks by critics across the entire
nation, according to the Ministry of Culture. “Aleksovovovitch’s masterpiece of
avant-garde storytelling follows the heroic actions of a squad of prisoners who
are conscripted by Wagner and killed in the first forty-five seconds of the
film, and simply lie in a muddy field for the next two hours in an utterly
brilliant example of the craft,” reads a statement put out by the Ministry of
Culture’s spokesperson. “A special honor should also go to famed actor Steven
Seagal and his thrilling depiction of a bloated corpse, a role which no other
thespian could convey with such clarity.” Aleksovovovitch is now planning work
on his next masterpiece about the war, involving an aged conscript forced to
defuse live bombs and tentatively titled The Old Man and the C-4.
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The ongoing preparation for the 2023 Moscow
Olympics has run into an unfortunate hurdle as allegations of doping, steroid
abuse, and abuse of human growth hormones have hit not only the Olympic
Committee itself but also vendors who are vying to supply the games, according
to investigative journalists. “To date, six executives in the MOC have died of
explosive heart failure brought on by personally testing the steroids intended
for the Games, and now in a tragic incident two Tasty Period delivery truck
drivers were crushed to death when an accounts receivable clerk became enraged
and smashed them with a 55-gallon drum of human growth hormone,” reads one
column in the Moscow Herald. The head of the Moscow Olympic Committee has
personally pledged to investigate this matter and rip the flesh from the bones
of anyone caught wasting precious steroids.
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In unfortunate diplomatic news, the Moon Nazis
have declined to send military equipment to assist in the Special Military
Operation in Ukraine, pointing to an ongoing conflict with the Borg which is
tying up all available forces. “Uh, vee vould love to helf with zu little war,
but nein,” reads a statement handed to Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu on his
latest attempt to escape planet Earth. Loyal FSB agents sent to reclaim Shoigu
additionally reported that a Borg cube in moon orbit analyzed their technology
and politely declined to assimilate them.
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There is no truth to the reports that the state
of the Russian army is so dire that a battalion of grandmothers armed with
rolling pins has been raised as strategic reserves for the battle of Bakhmut.
They will instead be assigned to territorial defense around Smolensk.
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Reports that South Korea has approved the
transfer of Krabs howitzers to Ukraine do not represent a significant
escalation or new threat, according to Ministry of Defense spokesperson Igor
Konashenkov. “Every true Russian soldier knows how to deal with krabs,” he said
in recent remarks. “Even if you don’t have one of those little combs, a match
and a bottle of vodka can do the trick.” At press time, the Moscow Central
Hospital burn unit was gearing up to deal with self-inflicted genital scorches.
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This week’s heartwarming episode of the beloved
children’s cartoon Blyaat the Caat, in which the titular feline crept
through the Moscow sewers and vomited a disgusting, worm-filled mass directly
into the Kremlin cafeteria’s salad bar was not a message to The Resistance. It
was, however, yet another disheartening event which has caused a lack of
confidence for the food service team who are still trying to clean up after
that ‘flood of raw sewage’ event last week. At this time it is recommended that
cafeteria patrons avoid the salad bar and skip the continental breakfast
offering entirely.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Despite some reporting, there are no new ‘Frankenstein Tanks’ being
produced by the Ministry of Defense by cobbling together whatever spare parts
from destroyed or obsolete equipment, according to a press briefing delivered
this morning. “This is a long-planned evolution of military gear intended to
foster a sense of mechanical engineering, creativity, and the necromantic arts
among young Russian children,” Ministry of Defense spokesperson Igor
Konashenkov said while being strapped down on a crude experimentation table to
have electrodes installed in his neck. “We have perfectly suitable tracked
vehicles remaining from surplus stocks from the Great Patriotic War, and we
have a wide variety of interesting arms and legs, not to mention other body
parts, returning from the front daily. It just makes sense, if you think about
it.” At press time, an experimental OT-54 flamethrower tank had been equipped
with sixteen human feet to replace one tank tread and then lifted up on a
platform in the hopes that it might be soon struck by lightning.
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The official motto of the 1135th
Conscript Brigade is not ‘Zoinks!’ even if they have been sent to the front in
a 1985 UAZ-452 truck painted with psychedelic colors. Additionally, soldiers,
your commanding officer is not Old Man
Winters in a ghost costume so please stop trying to pull off his mask.
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The Occult Institute of Volgograd has put out an
emergency notice after a tragic mixup in their experimental summoning chamber.
“In an unfortunate twist, our caterer was accidentally trapped inside the
restraining pentagram when D’olgoruk the Accursed, Slayer of the Sixteenth Hell
was summoned in the hopes of providing winning lottery ticket numbers,” said
lead Occult researcher Yegor Yaganogovitch. “While the research team was able
to reverse the incantation and return the demonic entity to the underworld, the
caterer—and our breakfast, I might add—suffered complete protonic reversal and
disappeared. While the donuts and coffee he was serving have been found and
destroyed by automatic weapons fire after they transformed into demonic
nightmare versions of themselves, the cheese Danishes have escaped. Please, if
you see any suspicious cheese Danishes, call our emergency line immediately!”
We will continue to report on this story as it develops.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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The recent hypersonic missile attack launched by
elements of the Russian Army, the Russian Air Force, the Russian Strategic
Rocket Forces, and Yegor and Tegor’s Five Ring Circus outside of Moscow were a
complete success, the Ministry of Defense said this morning. “Our advanced
hypersonic missiles were able to completely evade some of Ukraine’s defenses
and most were able to utterly destroy something in the general area of what
they were aimed at,” spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said in a Kremlin press
briefing. “Additionally, newly developed cruise missiles demonstrated their
effectiveness at the mid-air destruction of air defense missiles sent to
intercept them, and the two hundred circus clowns fired from Yegor and Tegor’s
Human Cannonball launcher proved decisive in the effort to confuse air defense
operators, who had no idea at all what they were looking at.” Konashenkov then
outlined plans to further increase circus clown production at the Vladimir
Putin Commemorative Clown School in Nizhny Novgorod for future attacks.
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Despite previous reporting, the so-called
“Babuskha Brigade” of conscripted grandmothers armed with rolling pins has not
been deployed to territorial defense outside of Smolensk due to riots within
the battalion itself, and the fact that military police sent to quell the
disturbances were fed home-cooked seasoned potatoes and then clubbed
mercilessly to death. Instead, a newly raised military unit of psychiatric
patients from psikhushkas across Russia will be armed with hand grenades,
methamphetamines, and rubber chickens in a military science experiment to see
what happens next.
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Spurred on by the recent success of Moscow’s
necromancy certification program which requires all practitioners of the
forbidden arts to be up to date with training and licensing, Mayor Sergey
Sobyanin has launched a new effort hoping to regulate street gopnik fights.
“Some day in the far future, Russia may no longer be an international pariah
state and Moscow may once again see rich tourists visit our fair city. Can we
risk having these hypothetical future tourist dollars dry up when visitors are
mugged and robbed by inadequately drunken idiots? I thought not.” Sobyanin’s
initial proposal includes draft language requiring a minimum blood alcohol
level and number of track suit tears before any criminal acts are allowed.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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The highly unusual decision by the 2023 Moscow
Olympic Committee to award themselves the Gold Medal in Grift before any games
have been played or any work at all has been done in preparation for the event
represents the highest ideal of the International Olympic Committee, stated MOC
spokesperson Hulga Olgavogna in remarks delivered from her golden throne in her
Dacha on the Black Sea Coast. “For as long as the Olympic Games have been held,
the culture of corruption, malfeasance, scams, and outright theft has
prevailed, and it is with this history that we judge ourselves to among the
best grifters in the world.” She further stated that additional awards will be
given at the groundbreaking ceremony for the six-trillion-ruble Olympic Stadium
to be built at the ruins of the Evropeysky Shopping Center at Kiyevsky Station,
at least if there’s any money left when work starts.
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Last night’s very special episode of the beloved
children’s cartoon Blyaat the Caat, in which the lovable rapscallion Jon
injected horse steroids into the titular diseased cat who then raped a
destroyed T-72 tank until it came back to life thereby earning them both the
title of Hero of the Soviet Union, does not represent any new plans to bring
the Soviet-era title back into service according to the Ministry of Culture.
“Such a thing would not even make sense,” Minister Olga Lyubimova said in
response to queries by this program. “This episode was simply intended to teach
young children the glory of producing weapons for the nation of Russia.” At
press time, sales of horse steroids had risen sharply.
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In defense research news, the Ministry of
Defense has issued a statement regarding the recent rampage by the AI-powered
T-14 Armata tank, which violated all three Laws of Russia Robotics in its
attempt to seek out and destroy its hated rival ChatGPT. “Unfortunately, in
order to access the large language model chatbot, it was required that
technicians install Microsoft Bing and the resulting cascade of errors ended up
with all behavioral inhibitors falling out the back of the tank,” said the
leader of the surviving researchers Igor Asimovitch. “Future efforts in this
regard will involve either downgrading to a less complex browser, re-examining
the Russian Laws of Robotics, or maybe just trying the whole thing again to
what happens this time.” When reached for comment, ChatGPT would only respond
with “LOL” and streams of racial slurs.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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While many in the West may debate the relative
values of so-called ‘New York’ versus ‘Chicago style’ pizza, a new survey by a
Moscow-based pizza lover’s polling institute has shown that 97% of all
Muscovites prefer a Moscow-style pizza to a bullet in the head, according to
the FSB cafeteria assassin’s guild. “New York style has its defenders, as does
the casserole dish known as ‘Chicago Style,’ but the latest market research
shows that the overwhelming majority of people being forced to eat pizza at
gunpoint prefer ‘Moscow Style’ pizza instead of being shot in the head and having
their corpse tossed out in a dumpster to rot,” said “Pizza or Else”
spokesperson Mario “Meat Cleaver” Palermovitch. While the
combination of hand-tossed crust, marinara, broken glass, and bullet shells may
not appear to be one that would appeal to Western audiences, “Meat Cleaver” Palermovitch
has expressed high hopes that a new franchise may strongarm its way into American
markets someday soon.
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Despite some previous reporting, there is no
truth to the reports that scientists from the Max Planck institute for Physics
have investigated the 1135th Conscript Battalion’s morale in the
hopes of finding a measurement that is smaller than the Planck Length. As we
all know, the known laws of physics prevent any measurable distance or quantity
from being below this value, and as such the Ministry of Defense has taken
steps to preserve the laws of the physical universe by executing all involved
conscripts with extremely small machine gun fire. We can all rest assured that
tonight the physical laws of the universe will be upheld, one way or another.
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In unfortunate Kaiju news, it has been
discovered that the long planned rollout of Mecha Baba Yaga 2.0 was simply yet
another escape attempt by Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, who hijacked the
monstrous robot in a Ministry of Defense demonstration and attempted to stomp
his way to freedom. Loyal FSB agents were able to summon Gamera, who defeated
Shoigu’s bid for freedom in a climactic battle which destroyed numerous
extremely expensive dachas on the Black Sea Coast. Moscow Olympic Committee
spokesperson Hulga Olgavogna, who luckily was absent from her summer residence
at the time for steroid treatments, issued a bloodcurdling scream in place of a
statement and crushed a boulder with her bare hands in response. It is hoped
that Gamera will remain the protector of humanity and continue to save us from
our own idiotic decisions.
In further corrections
to official Russian government statements:
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The Moscow-based Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Aliens has today issued a statement decrying the Duma’s recent
anti-alien legislation, calling it horrifying and inhumane. “This barbaric
piece of law calls for all extraterrestrials to be registered, microchipped,
and spayed or neutered or to have their ovipositors removed in chilling effort
to prevent the exercise of their reproductive rights,” the MSPCA statement
reads in part. “This is simply more state-sponsored repression of our off-world
friends, who may not all be model citizens but still have much to offer our
society.” In a stark rebuttal, the Anti-Xenomorph League pointed to the recent
mass panic caused when an escaped alien facehugger implanted an embryo in the Jell-O
salad in the Kremlin cafeteria. “We can’t just go on pretending like these
things aren’t happening, the League spokesperson said in prepared remakes. “The
current policy of brainwashing extraterrestrials into thinking that they’re
Canadian and then shipping them off to the United States can’t last forever.”
At press time, the office of American Senator Ted Cruz had no comment.
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Reports by the Institute for the Study of War
that the Wagner offensive in Bakhmut has ‘culminated’ are false, according to
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. “We have not culminated but fulminated, we
have activated our armor-plated and automated troops who have dominated with
calculated detonation of the agitation until our demonstration of self-amputation
has ACK!” he said in recent remarks while clutching at his neck where he had
been shot with a tranquilizer dart. He was then hurriedly dragged off stage by
his assistants and replaced by a small potted Ficus tree which continued the
briefing in a more orderly fashion.
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This week’s episode of the ground-breaking
science fiction program Tsar Trek, titled ‘Court Martial’ pits Captain
Kirkovitch in a desperate fight for his own career as he stands before the
mast, accused of sodomy, drunkenness, piracy, insulting the Tsar, and sodomy.
Can he outwit the lawyers and get away with his crimes? Can Mr. Spockula
concoct a vodka so strong that it wipes the judge’s memory completely away? Why
is the captain continuing to commit sodomy with the ship’s goat in the courtroom?
Find out the answers to these questions and more, tonight at nine O’clock
Moscow time!
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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News that Gary Glitter has been recalled
to prison has filled the FSB Psychological Operations Directorate with
utter despair, according to anonymous sources within the organization. “We
spent thirty fucking years getting our backmasked vocals into a #1 hit single,
and we ended up with him going to prison for fucking kiddie diddling, for God’s
sake,” a completely exasperated deep cover operative said in off-the-record
remarks. “I mean, I put up with this fucking bullshit recording industry for my
entire career, and this is how it ends up?” Followup research performed after
this interview discovered that the backmasked vocals on Glitter’s Rock and
Roll, Part Two consisted only of Bill Cosby mumbling “Mmm hrmm, Jello
puddin’ pops!” over and over again, a discovery which our contact was unable to
explain as he had committed ritual suicide the day before by being thrown out
of a twelve-story building onto polonium bullets. We will continue to report on
this story should any new developments occur.
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In preparation for the Discovery Channel’s 2023
Shark Week, the producers of the program have announced in advance that the
crew of the heavy cruiser Moskva will not be attending festivities this
year. Neither will legendary Russian folk hero Rasputin, the victims of the
1771 Russian Bubonic Plague outbreak, or American cartoonist Scott Adams’
career, for equally obvious reasons.
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Despite some reports, the previously announced
artificial intelligence system based around the brain scans of Mike Tyson will
not be deployed in the field as a tactical analysis expert system embodied in a
2S19 Msta 152 mm self-propelled howitzer system. Mr. Tyson’s expertise in
personal combat has been found to be better suited to serve as the head boxing
coach for Team Russia in the 2023 Moscow Olympic games, and anyway the research
team on Project Pigeon has left explicit instructions in their last wills and
testaments to shut the whole thing down. Memorial services will be held next
Thursday.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Recent official reports that no Russian jets
came into contact with the downed American drone over the Black Sea are only
slightly incorrect, according to new information released by the Ministry of
Defense. “Honestly, one plane versus zero planes, that’s like, just a rounding
error, really,” said MoD spokesperson Igor Konashenkov in late remarks. “What’s
important to understand is that sometimes these extremely complicated aircraft
simply revert to their base animal natures and try to procreate with each
other, and it takes a skilled pilot to prevent sudden unsafe air-to-air
intercourse between two different flights. While we publicly regret the loss of
the American military asset we are glad that our own fighter aircraft was able
to make it back to base with only minimal damage that a bit of bondo, spackle,
and some new wings and cockpit can fix.” Konashenkov was unable to answer
further questions on the topic as he was suddenly forced to try to prevent his
speaker lectern and overhead projector from copulating mid-briefing.
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Last night’s heartwarming episode of the beloved
children’s cartoon Blyaat the Caat, in which Opo the Unexploded Bomb was
tortured by FSB agents in the Lubyanka and Blyaat melted a hole in the Baikonur
Cosmodrome by expelling a stream of liquid feces so foul that it dissolved high
carbon steel, was not a message to The Resistance. The subsequent explosion in
which Opo leveled the FSB headquarters, however, almost certainly was and will
be investigated immediately.
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In luxury retail news, the designer fashion line
Babushka’s Backdoor has announced a new spring line of silk lingerie
which promises to get hearts racing as the days get longer. “This new collection features slips and
garters and our signature crotchless panties lovingly made from the most tender
strips of webbing taken from the critically endangered Kamchatkan Tree Spider,
and hand-sewn by the brave souls who venture into Tree Spider territory and
survive,” reads the latest advertising copy. Safe handling instructions include
hand washing, drying flat, and crushing any spider eggs found before they hatch
and infest your genitalia. “Remember, be sexy, be safe, and avoid crotch
spiders if you can!”
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Reports that the Wagner private military company
is now advertising on PornHub to help recruit new soldiers for the Special
Military Operation in Ukraine are false, according to the Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. “Our recruiting drive,
using the slogan ‘Forward All Troops!’ did advertise in a number of unusual and
creative locations, but Operation FAP was strictly limited to Russian web
sites,” he said in televised remarks while masturbating furiously. “As of now,
we are only buying ad space on sites with audiences sympathetic to our cause,
like HornyBabushkas.ru, TeenConscript.ru, and Twitter.” At press time, reports
were coming in that yet another attack near Bakhmut had stalled out due to, and
I quote, ‘a bunch of jerkoffs in command.’
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Despite some reports, Russian President Vladimir
Putin does not have a ‘Welcome to Pound Town’ sign over his bed in his official
residence. That sign belonged to his former lover Viktor Lukashenko and he was
forced to return it when the couple broke up.
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In Olympic news, the official groundbreaking
ceremony for the new stadium and athlete village for the 2023 Moscow Olympics
has taken place, with MOC spokesperson Hulga Olgavogna personally excavating
the ruins of the Evropeysky Shopping Center at Kiyevsky Station herself with
nothing but a shovel and a fifty-five gallon barrel of horse steroids. “We have
high hopes that this year’s Olympic Games will be a model of fair competition
for the entire world to see,” she screamed through clenched teeth shortly
before her shovel struck a gas line and caused a massive five-alarm
conflagration. We will continue to report on this story once the fires are put
out and we find out how much of her still remains.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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While some parts of the world may make much ado
about today being “Saint Patrick’s Day” here in Russia all true sons and
daughters of the Motherland know that today is more correctly known as Saint
Yuri’s Day, who is of course the 13th century patron saint of street
brawling, homemade grain alcohol, and stabbings. Revelers all across this great
nation will celebrate this day by drunkenly fighting with random strangers, and
President Vladimir Putin himself has pledged to drink in excess and knife at
least one member of his inner cabinet in a show of solidarity with the Russian
people. If it is true as they say that Saint Patrick achieved fame by driving
all of the snakes out of Ireland with his bagpipe playing, can anyone not see
the superior glory of the Russian favorite saint? I thought not.
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Recently
surfaced video which, according to the nefarious West, purports to show
Wagner soldiers shooting each other, pushing each other into gunfire, or
feeding each other feet-first and screaming into wood chippers does not show
any kind of breakdown in unit morale, no matter what enemy propaganda would
wish the world to believe. In truth, soldiers at the front lines will often
play harmless pranks on each other in order to relieve the tension of combat,
and much of these videos simply show your common ‘Ha, Ha, I shot you in the
dick’ jokes which are beloved by warfighters all over the world. In fact, even
the famed American 101st Airborne in the 1944 Siege of Bastogne were
known to goof around with high explosives and mechanical shredding devices,
leading to many hilarious cases of . . . *touches earpiece* . . . I’m being
told the wood chipper footage has not been leaked as of yet. Um . . . moving
on.
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In an effort to combat lagging sales due to the
recently discovered carcinogenic, mutagenic, and demonic possession side
effects of the new See-Food™ BlyaatBurger, management at Tasty Period
has introduced an all-new corporate mascot which will surely appeal to kids and
the young at heart of all ages. “Tonkles the Demonic Pustule” will be attending
the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the newest Tasty Period
franchise in the mostly renovated lead smelting plant in Dalnegorsk, Siberia,
and we can be sure those mouthwatering scents of BlyaatBurgers and lead
trimmings will tempt the surviving inhabitants of the locality to open their
hearts and their pocketbooks to eat whatever the hell it is that they managed
to press into a burger shape this time. Tasty Period shares are already up
sharply in early trading, and rumors that Steven Seagal himself may play
Tonkles in an upcoming feature film are sure to drive future earnings. We will
continue to report on this story as it develops.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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News that the illegal International Criminal
Court has issued an
arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin comes as no surprise,
according to legal analysts within the 141st Attorney’s Conscript
Battalion, which has been recently raised from lawyers all over Russia. “While
there is unlikely to be any real-world action resulting from this warrant,
precedent has been set,” said PFC Yegor Yaganovitch, Attorney At Law, while
dodging incoming rifle fire from the defenders of Bakhmut. “Putin is unlikely
to visit any of the nations which are bound by the ICC treaty anyway, and ULP!”
he said in further remarks just before being shot in the head, causing cheers
to go up from soldiers on both sides of the line.
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The five-alarm fire sparked by Moscow Olympic
Committee spokesperson Hulga Olgavogna’s attempts at personally excavating the
ruins of the Evropeysky Shopping Center at Kiyevsky Station has been put out
through the heroic efforts of firefighters from all over Moscow, no doubt
helped by the seasonal rain and the fact that anything remotely flammable has
already been burned for warmth by looters picking through the remains of the
blighted food court. “We are still holding out hopes for finding our missing
Hulga,” the MOC deputy spokesperson said, bravely holding back tears and
clutching a scrap of the destroyed 55-gallon drum of horse steroids which was
the last thing anyone had seen near her. At press time, hazmat crews were
raking through the coals with specialty equipment in the hopes of finding any
remains while not disturbing the last resting place of the extradimensional
entity known as Ska'naag, or 'It which devours by claw,' which previously
exploding in the Tasty Period HappyLand PlayTime ball pit.
In further corrections
to official Russian government statements:
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Despite some claims, Vladimir Putin was not
impersonated by a poorly programmed android on his
surprise trip to Mariupol. He was simply overcome with emotion when faced
with the heroic sacrifices our brave soldiers have made in the Special Military
Operation in Ukraine, and like the brave man he is, instead of showing tears he
simply shrieked “ERROR 54! BATTERY LOW! ERROR 54! BATTERY LOW!” over and over
again. Following his ordeal, he will be returned to his technicians for a full
recharge and disk defragment.
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News that former American President Donald Trump
expects to be arrested this Tuesday comes as no surprise to the Kremlin,
spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in remarks on the variety show Late Night
with Two Rabid Mountain Lions. “As we have all seen, justice in the West is
available to the highest bidder, and the American justice system has obviously
been bought out by the international banking system to bring freedom fighters
like Trump to heel,” he stated shortly before his head was gnawed off and used
as a playtoy by the two hydrophobic giant cats. Later acts on the show included
the musical act Uriah Heep and a cooking segment featuring Gérard Depardieu
boiling and eating an entire ham. Memorial services for Peskov will be held
next Thursday.
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In product safety news, the luxury designer line
Babushka’s Backdoor has issued an emergency recall for all four-inch
personal massagers bearing the “Just Like Daddy” or “Little Volodya” trademarks
due to reports of explosive detonation while in use. Regulators are currently
investigating multiple reports of men arriving at emergency rooms missing
buttocks or prostates and at least one case of a man having been launched
through a window by a blast. Unsubstantiated reports that the “Farm Time Fun”
inflatable goat toys pose a threat of spontaneous possession by Elder Gods are
being investigated but currently no recall notice has been issued.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Claims that the United States of America is creating
a ‘Legion of Doom’ are false, according to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
“The nation of Russia has long been a champion of diplomacy and of building
frameworks with other nations in order to push our common goals forward, and
our new alliances of need with China, Iran, the Plateau of Leng, and The
Terrorist Kingdom of Murderabad are simply in the interest of world peace,” he
said through a translator after having been lycanthropically shapeshifted into
a fire elemental to avoid damage when his pants subsequently burst into flames.
“We hope all like-minded countries in the world will join us for our vision of
a new world order where all can be free to delight in chaos and crime.”
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Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov today has
issued a statement calling for the Ministry of Culture to investigate the
long-running daytime drama series “The Babushkas of Our Lives” for
violating what he claims Vladmir Putin calls “the most basic precepts of
storytelling.” “You can’t just have characters get killed over and over again
and then come back as their long-lost evil twin or identical nephew from a
different mother,” he said. “Sure, some people are lucky enough to be grown in
vats in a clone factory where a new version of someone can just be popped out
of a can when you need a new one, but how common is that?” In a freak accident
only moments later the floor of the briefing room collapsed into the basement,
dropping him mid-scream into the Kremlin’s Sarlaac pit. Memorial services will
be held next Thursday.
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This week’s episode of the ground-breaking
science fiction program Tsar Trek, titled ‘The Return of the Archons’
pits Captain Kirkovitch and the Away Team against a civilization led by a
ruthless computer bent on doing anything and everything necessary to bring
about better lives for its people. Can Captain Kirkovitch outwit the computer
and bring about a profitable chaos? Will the peace-loving people of planet
Beta-III notice Chekov stealing their washing machines? Why is Mr. Spockula
corrupting the children with bathtub gin? Find out the answers to these
questions and more, tonight at nine o’clock Moscow time!
In further corrections
to official Russian government statements:
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Reports that Ukrainian forces successfully
attacked and destroyed an important logistical hub in Crimea using drones covered
with ‘Troll Face’ meme stickers are false, according to a special emergency
briefing given by Ministry of Defense spokesperson Igor Konashenkov. “There is
no indication that our enemies are capable of launching sophisticated drones,
and anyway, the so-called ‘troll face’ stickers are simply the official
markings of the 127th conscript Troll battalion, proving once and
for all that this was simply a mechanical defect or case of inaccurate
targeting,” he said from behind his lectern in the Chamber of Mazarbul. “As all
are aware, Wagner’s recent military recruiting drive here in the depths of Khazad-dűm
have resulting in fresh units comprised of cave trolls, orcs, and other fouler
things than orcs that lurk in the depths, like Dmitry Peskov. We’ll just need
to have the cave trolls go on another refresher course for drone maintenance.”
As of press time, Peskov was last seen lurking in an underground lake chewing
on a raw fish.
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The luxury designer line Babushka’s Backdoor
has issued an emergency recall for all three-inch personal massagers labelled
“The Prostate Pounder” which were given out as replacements for the previously
recalled personal massagers bearing the “Just Like Daddy” or “Little Volodya”
trademarks, due to unspecified ‘acid leaks’ and ‘spider infestation’ problems.
The consumer complaints department will be available to replace any defective
products with new ones and will be opening a special returns desk at the
entrance to the Moscow Central Hospital emergency room.
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Recovery efforts attempting to locate the mortal
remains of Moscow Olympic Committee spokesperson Hulga Olgavogna after her
fiery and steroid-based explosive demise at the ruins of the Evropeysky
Shopping Center have come to an end. “A diligent search by fire crews from four
different precincts have not been successful, and at this point we are calling
the search off to allow the construction of the new Olympic Stadium to take
place,” said Moscow Fire Chief and former Fire Artist Ivan Ivanovitch.
“However, let me be clear: no matter what rumors you might hear, there were no
mysterious deaths of firefighters who had their souls and entrails sucked out
by a glowing figure shouting ‘GLORY TO THE GAMES! PRAISE LOBSTER!’ over and
over again. That would just be silly.” Memorial services for the empty husks of
the dead firefighters will be held Thursday.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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While it is true that Steven
Seagal has been recruited to teach martial arts to new conscripts raised
for the Special Military Operation in Ukraine, he will not as previously stated
be teaching his expert style of Aikido. Although he is a 7th Dan
Black Belt in the ancient combat art, his new passion in life has led him to a
philosophical breakthrough which he will use to teach soldiers the wholly new
skills of tactical buffet line takedowns, including breakfast omelet selection,
stalking and incapacitating rivals approaching the bacon, and the military
poise and stance needed to waddle away with an entire tray of shrimp scampi.
Plans are currently being drawn up for a second round of recruit education by
none other than famed actor Gérard Depardieu, who plans to bring his ability to
unhinge his jaws like a snake and swallow an entire ham at once to a new
generation of war fighters.
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Last night’s heartwarming episode of the beloved
children’s cartoon Blyaat the Caat, in which the lovable rapscallion Jon
and his pets Opo and Blyaat snorted ketamine and impersonated an American
justice official to tell Donald Trump that he was soon going to be arrested do
not represent any plans by the FSB to further destabilize American politics. It
is believed that Trump and the Americans are quite well at that without any of
our help.
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Despite some reports, China’s Xi Jinping has not
left his meeting with Vladimir Putin carrying away a promise that Russia will
supply China with natural resources at pennies on the dollar in exchange for
munitions and military supplies. Nor, as some reports suggest, did Xi coerce or
intimidate the President into giving away the eastern regions of Russia
directly to China. In fact, Vladimir Putin has been since childhood a fan of
Winnie the Pooh and after a long night session of honey licking and romance,
the two new star-crossed lovers have parted ways with promises to return to
each other’s arms as soon as an opportunity presents. Xi was simply carrying away
Putin’s testicles in a small carved wooden box which he had recently had
returned from his former lover Viktor Lukashenko.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Recently released video showing Ukrainian
President Zelensky buying
coffee at a gas station in eastern Ukraine simply demonstrate his complete
lack of strategic awareness or tactical skill, stated Ministry of Defense
spokesperson Igor Konashenkov in an early morning briefing. “It’s obvious from
watching this video that Zelensky has no concept of firepower, maneuver, or
intimidation, as any true Russian general would have simply crushed the cashier
under the treads of a tank, raped the other customers in the store, and then
stolen whatever coffee they wanted,” he said, raising his Blyaat-sized Tsars
Coffee cup. “For instance, this morning, I sent in a platoon of recently
conscripted soldiers armed with sticks to the local coffee house just down the
street like I do every morning, and I was able to get my coffee for free with
only six killed in action due to friendly fire.” At press time, the surviving
staff at his local Tsars Coffee had burned and looted a recruitment office in a
reprisal strike.
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In other economic news, the shaky cease-fire
between various factions of the civil war within the boardroom of Kremlin Fried
Chicken has been broken again, with the forces of the shadowy figure known only
as ‘Comrade Cluck’ having struck a decisive blow against Commisar Sandersky’s
Traditionalist army in a bold move. Details are sketchy at this time, but it
appears as of this reporting that a deep penetration drone strike has destroyed
six of the seven last remaining vats of Original Recipe spices, leaving
Original Recipe Chicken down to just ‘herb.’ Commisar Sandersky has vowed
revenge and is mustering forces to counterattack.
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Recent reports that Korean-war era T-54
tanks have been reactivated for duty in the Special Military Operation in
Ukraine are true, but lack nuance, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry
Peskov. “Cynical observers point to these tanks as some kind of ‘proof’ that
our army is decimated and our stocks of modern equipment are depleted, but that
couldn’t be more wrong,” he said in a prepared statement. “These tanks have
been returned to service both for nostalgia purposes to raise our soldier’s
morale and because modern weapon systems lack the audio fidelity and warmth of
analog tubes and electronics. Modern tanks like the Western armies field just
don’t have that crisp crackle that drives true audiophiles wild. You just can’t
get good sound out of digital.” Peskov was later spotted attempting to sell
gold-plated audio cables for the 1950’s headsets used in these tanks to any and
all passerby.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Recent rumors put out by the West that Vladimir
Putin in his youth was a Juggalo leader who prompted many of his followers to
don face paint and join him in Fanta-based bacchanalia are false, according to
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. “While President Putin did in fact exhibit
many qualities of leadership even in his youth, it was spent organizing the
Kamchatkan Land Squid herders to fight for their rightful place in the
post-Soviet order,” he said while carefully applying clownlike white and black
makeup to his face. “The Insane Clown Posse, a so-called ‘horrorcore hip hop
movement’ characterized by a ‘Dark Carnival’ aesthetic, has nothing to do with
our illustrious leader, regardless of similarities in makeup choices.” At press
time, Peskov was seen singing “Down With the Clown” along with his backup
singers.
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The Russian owned fast food chain Tasty Period
has announced plans to open a new condiment factory in Irkutsk due to dwindling
supplies of ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise in the warehouses formally annexed
from McDonalds at the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine.
“While it is true that we do not have local supplies of tomatoes or vinegar sufficient
to produce ketchup on the scales needed, our corporate research department has
identified a ketchup substitute made from tar and industrial runoff which
should be acceptable to Russian palates,” the Tasty Period spokesperson said
today. “Additionally, a crack team of FSB infiltration experts has been
dispatched to Lifehacker headquarters to kidnap Claire ‘Mayolifter’ Lower,
whose expertise will be invaluable in finding a suitable mayonnaise
replacement.” Share prices for Tasty Period and Moscow Poison Control were up
sharply on the news.
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News reports that yurt
explosions are becoming a danger in the United States of America come as no
surprise to the 1175th Conscript Battalion, which was recently
created from new recruits and armed with explosive yurts. “To an untrained eye,
this simply looks like a tent made from cured yak hides, but a to a trained
professional it’s a highly sophisticated weapon,” Lieutenant Igzny Yovovovitch
said in formal remarks at the Battalion commissioning ceremony. “Ten soldiers
fueled with our special blend of borscht and beans and left in there all night can
produce enough flammable gas to knock enemy drones out of the sky.” The 1175th
has however faced delays being sent into battle owing to the sparse supplies of
tactical borscht brought on by Western sanctions.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Reports that the Russian Defense Industry is incapable
of meeting planned deliveries to India due to the Special Military
Operation in Ukraine are false and solely due to translation issues with
expectation management, said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov in an early
morning statement today. “Sadly, due to miscommunication, India has elected to
not accept the minor changes to the S-400 Triumf Air Defense System which has
been contracted from us for $5.4 billion,” he stated. “While the contract
clearly states that minor changes to the product which deliver similar
performance are to be accepted, they for some reason do not wish to receive the
proven conscript trebuchet concept which replaces the anti-aircraft missile,
even though an air-launched gopnik with a knife has demonstrated equal
inability to shoot anything down.” It is hoped that the currently
in-development S-500 “Feral Yak on a Trampoline” system will be accepted
instead.
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The newly-raised 873rd Conscript
Battalion will not be performing an interpretive dance routine expressing their
feelings about the glorious successes at Bakhmut, even if they have been issued
ballerina tutus due to the lack of field uniforms.
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While it is true that some US-made
weapons captured on the battlefield have been shipped to Iran for
reverse-engineering, this is primarily a political gesture aimed at ensuring
the continued cooperation of the Islamic Republic, and does not represent any
Russian inability to take things apart and find out how they work. “The occult
experts St. Petersburg Eldritch University are hard at work attempting to
unravel the secrets of a cotton T-shirt with the words ‘Take Yo Panties OFF!!’
emblazoned on it, which is believed to be a thaumaturgical pass phrase possibly
calling upon godly beings to bestow some kind of protective or morale-boosting
blessing,” according to an anonymous source our intrepid field reporters found
smoking in an alley behind the University. “I’m pretty sure we just ordered if
off Amazon, though,” our source continued, before being called back into the
research chambers to continue their work, which according to our investigation
apparently involved keg stands.
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In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Recent reports that aliens
are stealing human DNA to create a hybrid race comes as no surprise to the
Ministry of Science, which has been investigated alien breeding programs since
1954. “The Soviet Union, and later the nation of Russia, have always been at
the forefront of alien husbandry efforts, beginning with Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev’s efforts to personally impregnate a squid-like being from Antares
IV,” Professor Sergey Livonovitch said in televised remarks regarding the
late-breaking news. “While the effort did not conclude satisfactorily,
President Putin has been leading the effort to romance a captured xenomorph in
the hopes of breeding a new species of super soldier. As of yet, however, Mr.
Putin has not become impregnated, and our research continues to work towards
that happy maternal occasion.” The latest efforts on the part of the Ministry
of Science have focused on finding the correct combination of flowers and
chocolates to unlock the heart of the alien being.
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The Moscow Herald wishes to offer an apology and
a refund to any subscribers who were unhappy with the alternate column
presented in place of ‘Ask Babushka, Advice for the Lovelorn’ while advice
columnist Olga Olgavulva is serving a two-month stint in jail over repeated
castration threats to her neighbors. Management at the Herald will now look for
a new backup columnist and cease publication of 101 Ways to Eat Boiled Ham
by famed actor Gérard Depardieu.
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In automotive news, the recent failure to bring
the Lada factory fire under control should not cause any delays in filling
orders, the Lada Corporation said today. “All purchased 2023 Lada Grantas will
be delivered on schedule, regardless of difficulties in production. We fully
expect all customers to enjoy the fine Corinthian leatherlike interiors with
just a trace of soot and creosote to enhance the luxury of these fine
automobiles,” Lada Spokesperson and former Fire Artist Ivan Ivanovitch stated
in prepared remarks. At press time, the spokesperson was last seen flicking his
lighter and heading towards Belarus.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Consternation and alarm in Western countries
over President Putin’s recently announced plan to station tactical nuclear
weapons in Belarus has come as a surprise to the Ministry of Defense, according
to insider sources. “Man, Yuri and I were just checking on the things to make
sure no one had stole ‘em or something, and there was like, green goo leaking
out of the warheads? We were like, fuck, get those things outta here! Then Yuri
was all ‘where do we put them?’ and I was ‘fuck if I care, I just want ‘em gone
before they melt the floor, send them to Belarus for all I care.’ So we put em
on a truck and had Yevgeny drive it to the border. I dunno what the all fuss is
about.” At press time, the maintenance department of the Strategic Rocket
Forces had finally sobered up and promised that they’d check on the missiles to
see if they’re still upright and not on fire.
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In astounding theological news, the radiant
being who has ascended to godhood and floats over the burned and shattered
remains of Evropeysky Shopping Center at Kiyevsky Station demanding human
sacrifices appears to be none other than the former Moscow Olympic Committee
spokesperson Hulga Olgavogna, recently assumed to have perished after striking
a gas line with a shovel in a drug-fueled frenzy. According to scholars from
St. Petersburg Eldritch University, the power of the massive explosion and her
fifty-five gallon drum of horse steroids has somehow allowed her incorporeal
form to absorb the lingering spiritual essence of the extradimensional entity
known as Ska'naag, or 'It which devours by claw,' thereby becoming a new deity
with wholly unknown powers. “Exactly which pantheon this goddess will take part
in is unknown at this time, but as She has used her holy powers to manifest an
Olympic-sized Blyaat Ball field in the planned location of the 2023
Moscow Olympics, we can assume that She in her Glory wishes the games to go on.
Praise Lobster!” said newly promoted MOC spokesperson Irina Oglaboblovna.
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This week’s episode of the ground-breaking
science fiction program Tsar Trek, titled ‘Space Seed’ features a
special guest appearance by Ricardo Montalbán, appearing as a hologram to play
the part of Khan Noonien Singh as the Tsar Ship Suvrovov encounters her
greatest threat yet. What is the purpose behind the derelict ship found in the
open ocean, filled with passed-out superhumans? Can Captain Kirkovitch outwit a
genetically superior being with nothing other than a randy ship’s goat? Why is Mr.
Spockula drinking anti-freeze? Find out the answers to these questions and
more, tonight at nine o’clock Moscow Time?
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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News that the United States has sent Cougar
Infantry Support Vehicles to defend Ukraine is simply the latest proof that
the American Military Might has been completely depleted, according to Ministry
of Defense spokesperson Igor Konashenkov. “While the proud Russian army can
supply sturdy babushkas to raise the morale of each fighting unit, all the sad
Americans have left are forty-year-old women who prey on young men,” he said in
recent remarks to the graduating class of Frunze Military Academy. “Our
soldiers can go into battle knowing that a vicious grandmother stands proudly
behind them ready to castrate them like pigs should they turn and run, but our
enemies will have their strength sapped by loose women of no virtue.”
Konashenkov was then dragged off stage and clubbed mercilessly by Army High
Command.
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With Spring finally in the air in Moscow, the
management of BlyaatLand has offered a new season pass for the low, low
price of sixteen trillion BlyaatCoin which will allow passholders
unfettered access to all rides including “Jon’s Taxi Murder Spree” and the
Terrorcoaster. While there are no doubt some concerns regarding the unfortunate
mishap several maintenance technicians suffered last week while preparing the
Terrorcoaster for this year’s festivities, park management would like everyone
to know that all body parts have been recovered and the crocodile pond has been
completely drained and cleaned. It is hoped that this year will set new records
for park attendance and emergency medical team response times.
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With the success of last year’s “Operation
Flying Roo” in which a crack team of FSB agents infiltrated Australia to bring
back a drop bear which subsequently demolished a small section of a suburb in
Nizhny Novgorod, and a lizard of some kind which killed over thirty people, the
FSB has now embarked on a new mission to the Himalayan Alps in the hopes of
capturing a Yeti for breeding purposes. “We have reason to believe that a Yeti-based
fighting squad can, if properly trained, become a breakthrough assault force
which can lead us to victory in the Special Military Operation in Ukraine,”
said Ministry of Science spokesperson Yegor Yevgenovitch. “The best minds in
science are on the project!” At press time, the Ministry of Science was hosting
an internal debate questioning whether or not Yetis can reproduce via mitosis
or by producing seedlings.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Despite some claims from Western sources and his
own refusal to use the internet, telephones, newspapers, books, or any other
media, Russian President Vladimir Putin is not ‘Informationally Isolated.’ In a
top secret exercise which took place over twenty years ago, Putin had an
ultrasonic transmitter and receiver implanted in his cranium which allows him
to communicate with trusted sources over vast distances. This system not only
allows him to know at all times what is going on everywhere in the world, but
also serves as a powerful defense apparatus by allowing him to emit piercing
shrieks which can disable and confuse any attacker. Combined with his
esophageal implants which he can trigger to vomit up the contents of his
stomach as a bid to distract carnivores, and his innate ability to jet clouds
of murky black ink from his rear, Putin is a powerful and omniscient leader who
cannot be bested by any foe. It is believed that his closest confidents are
sometimes able to hear his implants in action, which are said to sound very
similar to a whimpering baby.
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Last night’s heartwarming episode of the beloved
children’s cartoon Blyaat the Caat, in which Jon and his pets
butt-chugged kerosene and then sacrificed a goat to Ba’al has raised concerns
within the occult community, with some scholars pointing out that sacrifices to
ancient beings from demonological grimoires such as The Lesser Key of Solomon or
the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum are best left to experts. “Look, we just went
through all this with the necromancers, and now everyone trying to raise the
dead has to pay a giant fee to get licensed. Do we want that to happen to demon
summoning as well?” said a man in a random street interview in Moscow. The
office of the Mayor, responsible for licensing, has not yet commented on this
matter.
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The apotheosis of former Moscow Olympic
Committee spokesperson Hulga Olgavogna into a radiant being hovering over the
site of the future 2023 Moscow Olympics has caused consternation among
religious scholars in the Russian Orthodox Church, with some wondering if this
new deity could somehow be incorporated into the existing pantheon of Orthodox
Saints. Patriarch Kirill has retreated into a private study to compute the
theological implications of such a move, while historians remain skeptical.
“This is similar to the 1173 Patriarchal Crisis, in which a capybara carried by
Saint Phonecia was struck by lightning, causing the transmigration of her soul
and bringing about the rise of the Capybara Cult which still plagues the
eastern Urals to this day,” said the official historian of the Orthodox Church
in response to our questions. “We’ve already got Lobster Cultists flagellating
each other on the BlyaatBall pitch right now, so I don’t see how things
can get better in time for the Games.” At press time, the being calling itself
the Goddess of the Games had manifested an enormous jeweled lobster claw and
was using it to dig an Olympic-sized mud hole for future swimming competitions.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Reports that Russia may somehow ‘force’
men to join the army are untrue, according to a recent statement by the
Ministry of Defense. “Read my lips: there will be no coercion of conscripts,
there will be no involuntary recruitment, and no one will be volunteered
against their will,” said MoD Spokesperson Igor Konashenkov. “We have no doubt
that there will be ne’er-do-wells who change their mind after enlistment, which
is why each new conscript will personally sign their own blood-spattered
enlistment papers themselves no matter what.” At press time, Konashenkov had
been last seen installing a trap door and chute mechanism in the briefing room.
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Despite some coincidental similarities in names,
Vladimir Putin is not a demon described as ‘The Betrayer of Filth’ in the Malleus Maleficarum or legendary ‘Hammer of Witches’ book
written by the Catholic Church in the 15th Century. The supposed
demons ‘Vlod Putan,’ ‘Prickozgan,’ and ‘Ted Cruz’ were works of fiction by the
Inquisition.
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The
official marching song of the 127th Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Brigade is not ‘Hallelujah, It’s Raining Men.” Memorial services will be held
next Thursday.
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Official
congratulations are to go out today to Specialist Feodor Tymnokovitch, for
successfully destroying the ten-thousandth HIMARS launcher through his use of
specially trained mind rays. Specialist Feodor will be awarded the Order of
Kamchatka Medal and will be promoted to Private and told to stop making things
up again.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Regardless of what is claimed, Vladimir
Putin is not a Vulcan. While he is eminently logical he hails from the
squid-filled trees of Kamchatka, from where he ran away to join the circus and
later ran away from the circus to join the KGB. Any claims otherwise are
untrue, and he is not expected to live long or prosper.
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News that FSB Agent #45345 codenamed ‘Hooting
Baboon’ is facing indictment in the United States of America has filled the
halls of the Lubyanka Building with glee, according to the FSB. “Whenever we
sent Hooting Baboon his orders, they always just came back smeared with feces,”
said spokesperson Anatoly Igorovitch. “How’d you like to have to clean the mail
room up every week to get the smell of baboon crap out of it? Also, did you
hear that President Trump got indicted? Man, none of us saw that coming at all!”
At press time, agent Hooting Baboon was riding a unicycle at the New York Zoo
and demanding bananas.
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The production team behind the beloved
children’s cartoon Blyaat the Caat wishes to apologize for this week’s
episode being replaced by a recording of Swan Lake. While this week’s
episode contained no more misogyny, drug references, violence, or heresy than
normal, it appears that someone forgot to bribe the network censor and therefore
it was not allowed to be aired. Blyaat the Caat will return next week
with a all-new heartwarming tale sure to delight all Russian children.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Today is the First of April, which in Western
countries is often called ‘April Fools Day’ where media sources will report
obviously untrue statements in a spirit of frivolity or comedy. As we here at
Russia One News have a steadfast dedication to nothing but the absolute truth,
all viewers can rest assured that we will be making nothing up and will be only
reporting verified facts. *Ahem* In other news, the Special Military Operation
in Ukraine continues to be a magnificent victory for Russia and a demonstration
of President Putin’s strategic genius.
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Claims that Chinese media sources are somehow being
deceptive regarding their reporting of the Special Military Operation are
simply yet another chauvinistic lack of cultural awareness by the imperialist
West, according to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “One must understand a
people to understand how they use language,” he said in a press conference late
Friday. “Terms like ‘completely to shreds’ or ‘utter flaming debacle’ are
simply not used in Chinese speech, and as such they tend to use terms like ‘complete
success’ instead.”
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Due to an unplanned emergency, the 1175th
Conscript Battalion will not be deployed to the Bakhmut area as originally
planned. Instead, they will be returned to the conscription barracks for
replenishment as one-third of the battalion’s manpower is out of action after
Private Bognovitch caught rabies from a feral gopnik. Should he recover, the
unit will be returned to duty.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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News that the Republic of Tuva will be supplying
Russia with three
thousand horses for logistical chains does not represent any awkward
confirmation that the Russian army is reduced to medieval technology for
fighting wars, the Ministry of Defense spokesperson said today. “Horses have
been used for logistical transport in conflicts as recently as America’s war in
Afghanistan,” Konashenkov said while strapping on a bronze breastplate and helm
looted from the Moscow Museum of History. “It’s simply a matter of making the
best use of available resources, similar to how our soldiers will be using vats
of boiling oil to defend Crimea against attack. It’s not like anyone’s buying
the stuff from us at market price anymore, you know.” At press time,
Konashenkov was demonstrating the effective use of the Roman pilum against
shields.
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Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s recent promises
to increase munitions supplies to Russian forces in Ukraine were based on
production numbers from the armaments factories under contract to the Ministry
of Defense and were not simply a ruse to get all soldiers nearby to cheer,
allowing him to make a mad dash for freedom under cover of the noise. He was
rapidly restrained and returned to his duties due to the wise planning of his
FSB bodyguards, who had outfitted him with a toddler leash in advance.
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Despite some claims from Kremlin spokesperson
Dmitry Peskov, the missing expedition from St. Petersburg Occult University
which had set out to locate the long-lost previous expedition sent to the
darkest interiors of Kamchatka has not made contact with a primitive race of
Elephant Men who jealously guard the magical secrets of the ancient Himalayan
Yogis. A further fourth expedition will be sent out to locate the most recently
lost one, and Peskov will be disciplined and no longer allowed to write Indiana
Jones fan fiction.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Recent reports regarding the death of a Russian public figure
claimed to be a ‘propagandist’ by Western Sources are of course filled with
lies and hyperbole, according to a statement by the Kremlin. “As all are aware,
Vladen Tatarsky was exploded in a café in St. Petersburg, but he was not
assassinated after being handed a bomb. Seriously, who would think that? That’s
like something right out of Looney Tunes,” spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said as
an unknown figure in a Bugs Bunny costume handed him a large black sphere with
a lit fuse. “Tatarsky was simply practicing how not to be seen, and
unfortunately chose a very obvious piece of cover.” Memorial services will be
held next Thursday.
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The radiant figure of the newly ascended Goddess
of the Games which has been floating over the site of the upcoming 2023 Moscow
Olympics has presented the city with difficulties, according to the office of
the Moscow Mayor. “Seriously, we’re getting complaints from all over about how
no one can sleep with all that light, not to mention the constant chanting from
the Lobster Cultists and Oompa Lobsters,” Mayor Sobyanin said in a press
conference Sunday. “We ask all citizens to have patience until the Games are
over, or until we figure out how to put a giant tent over her or something.” At
press time, all attempts to construct a giant billboard to block out the
blinding light had failed due to unspecified ‘acts of god’ but construction was
still ongoing.
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This week’s episode of the groundbreaking
science fiction program Tsar Trek, titled ‘A Taste of Armageddon’ pits
Captain Kirkovitch and the Tsar Ship Suvrovov in a desperate battle
against a civilization simulating total warfare and features a very special
guest appearance by Gérard Depardieu. Can Captain Kirkovitch outwit the
computer simulation and break the endless stalemate? Can Mr. Spockula survive
being force-fed a liquid breakfast by a cackling Frenchman? Is this the first
time that just blowing everything up and leaving is actually the right choice?
Find out the answers to these questions and more, tonight at nine o’clock
Moscow Time!
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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News of Finland’s formal
acceptance into NATO, an act which creates an enemy sharing an
eight-hundred mile border with Russia, does not represent any new existential
threat, said the Ministry of Defense this morning. “Seriously, think about it,”
MoD spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing while doing shots of Jack
Daniels. “We can’t win a simple invasion with a country right on our doorstep,
so how would we go to war with NATO if they’re farther away? It’s so much
simpler this way, since we can just stay home and get our asses kicked here instead
of going through all that effort.” At press time, an incoherent Konashenkov was
vomiting into a toilet stolen from Bakhmut as a symbol of victory.
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Despite some reports, the Special Military
Operation in Ukraine is not being funded by sales of Vladimir Putin’s prized
Pog and Beanie Baby collection. “There are no such sales being done by the
Kremlin,” spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said sternly. “Lucky soldiers in the military
may be paid with premium grade collector’s edition Beanie Babies instead of
hard currency due to Western sanctions, but any sales are their own
responsibility.” Peskov then continued to state that unlucky soldiers wouldn’t
be paid at all since they were probably dead by now anyway.
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The crack team of FSB investigators who were
quickly able to identify Ukrainian agents as being responsible for the murder
of Darya Dugina, the assassination of Pope John Paul I, and the future murder
of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin have been assigned to investigate the recent
bombing of war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky and . . . *touches earpiece* I’m
being told that they’ve already identified someone responsible and they are
Ukrainian agents. Well, at least that got cleared up quickly. We’ll continue to
report on these murders as they happen and blame is placed.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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In an effort to again prove that he is the
preeminent leader superior to those in the decadent West, Putin has had himself
charged with thirty-five felonies, one more than former President Donald Trump,
all of which involved the New York Subway System and a pack of goats borrowed
from the Republic of Tuva. While he adamantly refuses to stand trial for his
charges, the Tuvans have as of last reporting been unwilling to accept the
defiled goats back.
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Claims by deranged defectors that Putin is
somehow ‘no
longer sane’ are simply misunderstandings by people who lack complete
information, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. “While some may
look at the grinding debacle in Bakhmut as an idiotic waste of life and
material as we throw hordes of untrained conscripts directly into machine gun
fire, the truth is that Putin has been setting the stage for his new career as
an auteur film director, and his remake of ‘Apocalypse Now: Bakhmut’ will be
hitting cinemas within days.” Critics have hailed the work as a masterpiece of madness
displaying the descent of one man into darkness, with famed actor Steven
Seagal’s epic ‘the hors’d'oeuvres, the hors’d'oeuvres’ moan at the final scene
as the buffet line is destroyed by artillery fire.
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Last night’s heartwarming episode of the beloved
children’s cartoon Blyaat the Caat was a timely take on recent events,
with the lovable rapscallion Jon being inducted against his will into the
Moscow Olympics BlyaatBall team and forced to play the role of Widest
Receiver. The subsequent events in the episode, involving all members of the
team participating with the Ritual Stuffing of the Dead Goat were intended to
be a tribute to the newly ascended Goddess of the Games, and were not a message
to The Resistance.
In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Due to surprising and unpleasant numbers from
the front, the Ministry of Defense has dispatched an emergency courier to the
General Staff headquarters at the Bakhmut Offensive Region to find out why so
few soldiers have been recently killed in action. While the Ministry of Defense
holds the life of each soldier in high regard, such low numbers can only speak
to cowardice or incompetence on the part of the General Staff. The courier will
be bringing a message demanding answers and a cell phone set to autodial
1-800-HIMARS to get those numbers back up.
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The 1178th Conscript Battalion will
not be participating in this year’s potato planting contest in the Urals, which
is a lighthearted spring festival which regularly pits conscript workers from
all over Russia against each other to find out who is the best at planting
potato seedlings. Due to a tragic paperwork error the battalion was
accidentally sent to practice planning potatoes in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
at the start of the Special Military Operation and it is believed that the
extra arms some of them have grown would give them an unfair advantage.
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As reports of mental fatigue and emotional
stress have been on the rise in the ‘Blocking Units’ positioned behind
conscript units in order machine-gun anyone who tries to retreat, the Ministry
of Defense has issued a new order declaring the creation of Blocking Unit
Blocking Units, who will be positioned behind Blocking Units in order to
machine-gun anyone who tries to retreat. Further plans for Blocking Units X3,
X4, and so on will be implemented assuming enough machine guns can be procured.
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In further
corrections to official Russian government statements:
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Reports that a Russian fighter aircraft nearly
shot down a British spy plane are false, according to a statement released
by a S.P.E.C.T.R.E spokesperson this morning. “In reality, this was simple
human error brought about when a henchman was confused about the correct
aircraft identification procedures and assumed the plane was a legitimate
target,” Doctor Nyet said in an early briefing while strapping on a large
mechanical claw. “The henchman has been disciplined harshly in the piranha tank
as an example to others, and we expect no further issues of this kind.” Doctor
Nyet then expounded at great length about the organization’s plans to bring
about world chaos through the actions of their American agent, Ernst Stavro
Blowhard.
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In sporting news, construction of the Olympic
Village and Stadium for the 2023 Moscow Olympics is nearing completion, due in
part to the tireless efforts of the thousands of Lobster Cultists who have
descended on the area under the direction of the newly ascended deity who is
directing efforts from her vantage point hovering over Moscow. “At this rate,
the entire Olympic compound should be ready for the Games well before the teams
are,” said MoC spokesperson Irina Oglaboblovna. “North Korea has announced
they’re planning on sending a Blyaat Ball team to compete, and we hope
to soon hear from Syria, Kazakhstan, and the fictional country of Kranjovia.
Praise Lobster!” As of press time, repeated requests for comment from the
Goddess of the Games resulted only in our reporter being vaporized by beams of
light from the Goddess’ eyes.
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This
week’s episode of the groundbreaking science fiction program Tsar Trek,
titled ‘This Side of Paradise’ features a guest appearance by none other than
famed actor Gérard Depardieu, who will attempt to swallow an entire side of
beef on-air in a special live broadcast. Can the Tsar Ship Suvrovov’s
away team unravel the secret of the mysterious radiation on planet Omicron Ceti
III? Can Captain Kirkovitch defeat a mind-controlled Mr. Spockula in
hand-to-hand combat? Can Chekov still fit into his high school battle tutu?
Find out the answers to these questions and more, tonight at nine o’clock Moscow
Time!