Gazprom, 2006
Market value: 301 billion US dollars.
Gazprom, 2016
Market value: 50 billion US dollars; Putin insists that Gazprom is undervalued.
Gazprom, 2026
Market value: 37 billion US dollars; Putin no longer mentions Gazprom.
The entire essence of the Putin economy, summed up in a single company.
https://t.co/K5b0opCQtO
This is no coincidence; it is the core of the Putin economy: resource capitalism under authoritarian control. While it stabilized Russia and brought it wealth in the 2000s (driven by high prices), it also exacerbated structural weaknesses. Loyalty, control, and geopolitics dominate over institutions and private enterprise—with the result that a once-colossal company is now a shadow of its former self.
Under Putin, Russia is becoming an economic dwarf.
🇷🇺 Idzie w rosji na grubo: "W związku z nieustannymi atakami terrorystycznym reżimu kijowskiego na nasze regiony, MSZ zwraca się do szeregu przyjaznych krajów z prośbą o dostarczenie paliwa na potrzeby państwowe. Mam nadzieję, że wyciągną pomocną dłoń, którą my zawsze wyciągaliśmy jako pierwsi" - Zacharowa.
Scandal ahead of the 2026 World Cup: Uzbekistan’s national team subjected to intensive screening in the United States
Immediately after arriving in New York for a friendly match against the Netherlands, the players were searched with the assistance of drug-detection dogs. No similar screening of the Dutch team has been reported.
Senegalese players were also subjected to enhanced inspections, while a referee from Somalia was reportedly denied entry to the United States without explanation. He had been expected to become the first Somali official to work at a World Cup.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.
🚨🎙️ Jamie Carragher on the Madueke incident (PSG 1-1 Arsenal, UCL Final extra time):
“That challenge on Madueke… come on, it’s in no way a foul! The lad’s gone in, he’s gone for the ball, bit of contact, that’s football!
But what the camera clearly shows is Madueke pulling his arm — he’s wrapped his arm around Nuno Mendes, pulling him down, trying to con the referee and VAR!
He’s dragging him with him! He should be getting a yellow card for simulation, not rolling around like he’s been fouled.
And this is the problem — Arsenal have been doing this all season! Madueke’s been at it, they’ve been pushing the boundaries with these theatrics, trying to buy penalties left, right and centre. That’s taking the game away from the honest defenders. No way that’s a penalty, no way. Ref and VAR got that absolutely spot on!”
🥹 Sofia Radysh, a graduate of School No. 13 in Lviv, studied from home under an individual program due to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Her dream was to dance a waltz at her graduation ceremony.
Some parents opposed her participation in the celebration, but one of her classmates stepped forward and offered to be her dance partner.
Sometimes, all it takes to change someone’s life is a simple act of kindness ❤️
Kasparov: Trump has already done everything he could for Putin.
Cut aid to Ukraine, stopped giving weapons, even stopped selling them to Europeans, raised oil prices with the Iran war, quarreled with Europe, and practically buried NATO. 3/
Je pensais qu’il fallait absolument profiter à fond de 2025 car on ne reconnaîtrait probablement plus jamais ça de notre vivant…
Et 2026 semble encore plus fort, avec un parcours de dingue dont un 5/4 légendaire, inoubliable, que des qualifications à l’extérieur chez des multiples vainqueurs de LDC où l’on nous promettait l’enfer, pour atteindre la finale et sa dramaturgie insoutenable qui tranche totalement avec celle de l’an dernier !
Est-il possible d’être plus heureux en supportant une équipe de foot… je ne sais pas, on expérimente les limites du bonheur depuis 2 ans, on ne sait plus où ça s’arrêtera
Merci pour la vie @PSG_inside ❤️💙
Canal + maintient sa position pour les quémandeurs, bien entendu pas pour les techniciens !
Maxime Saada a été absolument brillant, comme toujours. D’une clarté, d’un calme et d’une intelligence rares dans un milieu souvent gagné par l’hystérie.
Sa réponse est un modèle de fermeté mesurée : il rappelle les faits, 250 000 professionnels, seulement 1 à 2 % de signataires, démonte l’amalgame grotesque de "vision fasciste", et redit que Canal+ n’a jamais voulu ni liste noire ni priver des techniciens de leur travail. C’est simplement humain et normal.
Mais il pose l’unique règle qui vaille : on ne crache pas dans la main qui vous nourrit. Quand on traite les équipes de Canal+ de fascistes, qu’on piétine leur réputation avant de venir réclamer des millions, il est juste de tenir compte de ce mépris. Pas de chasse aux sorcières, juste une évidence dans les choix à venir.
Les grands noms, souvent très bien payés, qui ont signé devront présenter des projets exceptionnels pour compenser le mal fait. C’est du bon sens, non de la vengeance.
Le reste n’est que posture. Beaucoup de signataires réalisent des films vus par dix personnes, dont huit de leur famille, tout en vivant de l’argent de Canal+. Ils mordent la main qui les finance en jouant les résistants. Hypocrisie pure.
Saada a intégralement raison : Canal+ n’a aucune leçon à recevoir d’une caste qui méprise son public et son principal financeur privé. Il défend l’entreprise, ses collaborateurs et ses abonnés avec dignité. Face à ce cirque moralisateur, son intervention est non seulement censée, elle est courageuse. On en redemande.
#Canal+ #MaximeSaada #ExceptionCulturelleFrancaise
Judging by the direct warnings/threats by the White House and Treasury, Oman must be seriously thinking about joining forces with Iran for some "toll" or "fee" system in the Strait of Hormuz. That's the only explanation to 24 hours of attacks from Washington.
Чел, похожий на Путина, сравнил пенсионные системы России и Франции.
По его мнению, российская гораздо лучше, а французская - «избыточно жесткая и несправедливая».
Франция
Ср. пенсия: €1 810
Ср. продолжительность жизни: 83 года.
Россия
Средняя пенсия: €228
СПЖ: 73 года.
NOW: A federal judge has ordered that Donald Trump’s name be removed from the Kennedy Center and that officials halt their plan to close the venue for two years.
“The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board’s unilateral say-so,” U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper said in his ruling.
A Mexican man who had taken in a raccoon left home for a couple of hours.
When he returned, he found that the pet had flooded the apartment and was trying to clean up the mess by wiping the floor with a sock.
@AmourskyCyrille Le plus impressionnant est surtout comment Saakachvili a changé la Géorgie et les Géorgiens à vue d'oeil, sur la base d'un principe simple : pour en terminer avec les velléités indépendantistes ou pro-russes, il faut que les Géorgiens vivent mieux que mes russes, et sans pétrole.
A German man walks into a McDonald's in the United States...
After waiting in line, he finally gets to the counter, and he orders a pint of beer, because you can get beer at McDonalds in Germany.
An American customer overhears the man's order, and he approaches the German man and says, "How could you be so stupid? you cannot order beer here." while laughing at the German man right to his face.
The German man thinks for a second and then he starts laughing uncontrollably. Not just any laugh. This is a laugh so intense that he is struggling not to fall over.
The American customer is no longer laughing. He now has a puzzled look on his face. He asks the German man, "what's so funny?"
The German man says, "I just realised that you came here for the food."
Since more than 4 years—actually 12—I speak of our own guilt for not taking action directly.
When will the self-proclaimed Ukraine's Allies understand that words are not an excuse for inaction?
When will they grasp that we won't win our war against russia without fighting it?
🚨⛵️🇵🇸 ENQUÊTE : derrière la flottille pour Gaza pilotée par le Hamas, une vaste opération internationale de communication et de victimisation… qui tourne au fiasco médiatique