In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce a South African-American(!) businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running Tesla Inc., SpaceX & Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives.
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❗️The IOC's decision to lift its recommendations restricting the participation of Russian athletes sends a deeply concerning signal to the international community.
We call on the governments of countries hosting international sporting events not to permit the display of Russian state symbols on their territory. Under this flag, Russia continues its unprovoked and illegal war against Ukraine.
Every day, civilians are killed, cities are destroyed, and international law is violated. The symbols of an aggressor state have no place at international sporting events.
The Olympic Movement is founded on the principles of peace, respect for human dignity, and solidarity. We therefore hope that the issue of the use of Russian state symbols at the Olympic Games will be addressed separately and with the utmost responsibility.
We also call on international sports federations to maintain the existing restrictions on representatives of the aggressor state, in line with their commitment to protecting the integrity and values of international sport.
Ukraine will continue working closely with its international partners to uphold these principles and to ensure that international sport is never used as a tool to legitimize aggression or whitewash the actions of a state that continues to wage war.
BREAKING:
The IOC announces that all Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in the Olympics again starting from the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics
Good to know for all warmongering dictatorial regimes worldwide. Just kill enough innocent people in your neighboring country and the IOC will award you with full rights being restored.
That’s must be the “Olympic spirit” everyone is talking about …
The decision by Mondelez to keep operating in Russia is absolutely shameful. I love Oreos but refuse to buy them now. That the shareholders of this company seem to be indifferent to underwriting the slaughter of innocent Ukrainians is hard for me to understand. I thought we in the free world were better than that.
@toddmh1969@Gerashchenko_en russia targets residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine targets oil refineries and weapons manufacturing. If u can’t see the difference you are an idiot
@SamTimpano25267@Gerashchenko_en Ukraine and Ukrainians want nothing to do with russia, they want to escape Russia’s sphere of influence. Russia’s response was war. This is not a proxy fight. U underestimate how much Ukrainians want nothing to do with russia
@visionergeo russia will respond by sending missiles into residential buildings. Hopefully Ukraine takes out every single manufacturing plant and refinery that russia have
Overnight Russian attack on Kyiv update: The death toll has risen to 18‼️ Another 85 people have been injured, including 2 children.
Bastards. Fucking terrorists.
Russia is losing the war and its economy is crumbling. Putin’s leadership has been disastrous. All Putin has in his dilapidated tool kit is bombing civilians. He’s hoping to pound citizens into submission. The U.S. and all free world must step up. The U.S. House has passed Ukrainian military aid and a Russian sanctions bill. It’s time for the President and Senate to follow suit.
"Come in, you can take a look, but my son Roma is lying there. He's dead, he's not breathing," - says the mother whose house was hit by a rocket in the Darnytsia district of the capital. 💔💔💔
You don't hate them enough.