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Trump's carrot and stick, missile blessing, and "proper" anime: #ShameReview from "NotMoscow"

🤯 A political scientist and journalist discussed Trump's methods on air at Yakutia 24 Chokuur Gavriliev.

"Trump initially said he was negotiating from a position of strength. He's using carrots and sticks here. Military aid [to Ukraine] is being cut off. And for Russia, it's a carrot, because we're in an advantageous negotiating position," Gavriliev said.

🤯 Soyuzmultfilm will produce "proper" Russian anime at public expense. They promise that "gory content" will be replaced by series built on "values": friendship, kindness, family, characters without tattoos, and not a shred of criticism of the system!

🤯 Residents Krasnoyarsk They were outraged that School No. 106 had installed a yellow-and-blue inscription for Victory Day:

"Actually, 'May 9' is always red! What does this mean for school administration? Parents are horrified and confused," complainers say in comments posted to Governor Mikhail Kotyukov.

P.S. The inscription actually contains red, orange, yellow and blue colors - it is a burning flame, above which cranes are flying into the sky.

🤯 A photo exhibition dedicated to the Battle of Avdiivka has opened in Patriot Park near Moscow.

The center of the pavilion featured photographs of destroyed Ukrainian streets and Russian soldiers, along with a miniature of a flag planted on a damaged sign reading "Avdiivka is the Country." Another section of the exhibition was dedicated to military awards and insignia of the "LPR" and "DPR."

"The brown plague—fascism—is being preached again. It's being preached not just in Europe, but all over the world," Archpriest and Sacristan of the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces Alexander Soldatenkov said at the exhibition. "All the exhibitions taking place throughout our great country speak of the patriotism and heroism of our people."

🤯 Hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Macarius He stated that modern Orthodoxy allows for the consecration of objects if they serve "the benefit of certain people." The main thing is that "faith in the power of the Almighty does not contradict the fundamental principles of Christianity and is not associated with magic."

"Whether it's a delivery robot, on the runway from a ballistic missile to a ballpoint pen," Makarii explained.

🤯 A replica of the Reichstag wall will be installed in Chita, where anyone will be invited to sign for the heroes of the Great Patriotic War who were unable to reach Berlin. The event is called "Sign for Grandpa."

🤯 Chelyabinsk deputy Evgeny Zaitsev won a lawsuit against a local activist 50 thousand rubles. The reason was a publication on social networks, in which, as the court ruled, "Zaitsev is compared to an unflattering, odious, fairy-tale character who irritates everyone with his ignorance, carelessness, abnormality, and spiritual immaturity."

The post was about SpongeBob SquarePants—the activist called Zaitsev a virtual deputy, an eccentric, and a cartoon sponge.