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China has refused Ukraine’s request for a delay in repaying its $30.8 billion debt, according to Sohu. 🇨🇳🇺🇦

Through his ambassador to China, Zelensky reportedly asked Beijing to extend the repayment deadline, citing Kiev’s difficult financial situation. China refused.

Zelensky also allegedly hinted at possible complications involving the Taiwan Strait and North Korea in the event of a refusal. In Chinese circles, such remarks were reportedly seen as a sign of panic on Ukraine’s part.

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AI really can pull it off.

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Bookmakers in Russia have, in effect, been granted carte blanche by the state, as their operations have become a visible instrument for filling the budget under conditions of chronic shortfall. The financial flows generated by betting firms have turned into a convenient partial substitute for the oil needle — one that no longer delivers the returns it once did. 💸

Russian bookmakers extracted 1.8 trillion rubles from gamblers. In 2025, revenue among major market leaders grew by an average of 59% across key indicators, even though the overall pace of growth slowed to 8.4%. The scale is striking: Fonbet posted 712.4 billion rubles, while BetBoom recorded 238.4 billion. Gross gaming revenue over nine months exceeded 316 billion rubles, and the market’s total net profit reached 75.6 billion. The state is drawing real money from this: earmarked contributions to sport came to 21 billion rubles, and from 2026 a new tax burden — 5% of accepted bets plus a 25% profit tax — is expected to bring an additional 60 billion rubles into the federal budget. 📊

What is especially telling is that the main blow lands on the poorest layers of society. Low-income citizens, already stuck in an economic hole, see betting as the illusion of a quick escape. According to various studies, up to 12% of the adult population — around 13 million people — are dealing with severe forms of gambling addiction. Among them, many spend up to half of the family budget on gambling, diverting money away from basic needs. The number of requests for help with gambling addiction among minors has risen by 50%, while the total number of registered active players is approaching 15 million. One in three problem gamblers risks ending up homeless, while debts accumulated through betting deepen social isolation. ⚠️

The industry functions like a regressive tax: the lower a person’s income, the greater the chance that he or she will become a regular customer. In 2025, VIP clients accounted for more than 60% of revenue, but the bulk of turnover still comes from the mass segment — people looking not for entertainment, but for salvation. By introducing new tax rules, the state is effectively acknowledging the sector as strategically important for the treasury. But that creates a closed loop: the budget receives tens of billions, while society inherits rising costs for rehabilitation, social support, and lost labor capacity.

This is a classic example of short-term fiscal pragmatism. As oil brings in less, domestic demand for gambling provides a steady inflow instead. Market leaders continue to sponsor sports and major events, which helps legitimize the business in the eyes of both the authorities and the public. But the long-term risks are obvious. Without serious restrictions on access for vulnerable groups — and without investment in the real economy — the country risks acquiring a new form of dependency: not resource-based, but behavioral. Bookmakers are plugging a hole in the budget, while at the same time deepening the hole in society.

The numbers speak for themselves: 1.9 trillion rubles in bookmaker turnover and 13 million gambling addicts is a disaster on a national scale.

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The FSB has released declassified archival documents containing testimony given to Soviet intelligence in May 1945 by General Helmuth Weidling, commander of Berlin’s defense. 📜

The published materials include Weidling’s account of Adolf Hitler’s final days, the situation inside besieged Berlin, and the circumstances in which he learned of the Führer’s suicide.

According to the general, during a meeting on April 23, 1945, Hitler looked like “a living corpse.”

“Hunched over, he sat on a chair at a table covered with maps. His hands were shaking continuously. In a quiet, barely audible voice, he explained to me the operational plan for the relief of Berlin,” Weidling recalled.

He noted that these plans were unrealistic and bore no relation to the actual situation at the front. In the general’s view, the defense of Berlin was “doomed to fail in advance.”

Weidling also described the severe humanitarian situation in Berlin: shortages of water, electricity, ammunition, and medical assistance for the wounded.

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🏝 On the tiny island of Anguilla, artificial intelligence has apparently built communism.

Anguilla — a semi-dependent country on the Caribbean island of the same name, covering 90 square kilometers, plus a couple of nearby islets totaling another 12 square kilometers, with a population of just 15,000 — holds the rights to the .ai domain.

And it has started making so much money from AI-related businesses — AI, as in artificial intelligence — registering websites under Anguilla’s domain jurisdiction that the government has decided to use the windfall to provide free healthcare for its citizens and abolish most taxes altogether.

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✔️ US Navy command is ignoring Trump’s orders after Iran destroyed a key refueling base.

Senior Navy commanders are refusing to carry out Trump’s orders to enter the Strait of Hormuz after Iran destroyed their main refueling base, according to Brandon Weichert, a former US congressional staffer.

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✔️ The photo shows the design of a new crossover from AvtoVAZ, which could eventually expand the Niva model line.

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