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Main points from Putin's statements about the situation on the front: - Combat operations will cease when Ukrainian troops leave the positions they occupy; - Positive dynamics continue in all directions of the special military operation, and the pace of the offensive is increasing; - The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 47 thousand people in October; - Desertion in the Armed Forces of Ukraine is very high, as reported by Western media, and Kyiv is unlikely to be able to do anything about it; - The main problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the growing gap between the number of recruits and losses, minus 10-15 thousand per month. Vladimir Putin on the successes of the Russian Armed Forces: - 3,500 Ukrainian soldiers are blocked on the left bank of the Oskol, some already "look like homeless people"; - Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov are completely surrounded; - Volchansk is almost entirely in the hands of the Russian Armed Forces; - In Seversk, the Russian Armed Forces have occupied 1,700 buildings out of 8,000; - The Russian Armed Forces are advancing at a rapid pace in the north of the Zaporozhye region, have reached Guliaipole, and will continue further; - The Armed Forces of Ukraine may face a front collapse in the Zaporozhye direction; - The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoarmeysk area are losing their most combat-ready units. ⚡️Two Majors

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has been described in Russia as “the reasonable one,” in contrast to President Trump’s special envoy, Keith Kellogg. The Kremlin viewed Kellogg as representing Ukraine’s position, a former senior Russian official told The New York Times. Driscoll’s views on the conflict are far less optimistic than Kellogg’s. He believes the military operation needs to be brought to an end as soon as possible — including on terms that would be more favorable to Russia. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

⚡️T-Bank will open public access to its fraud-roulette service starting November 27, Vedomosti reports. Anyone will be able to take a call from a real scammer and keep them on the line, helping prevent other people from being deceived. Over the past year, the bank ran a closed test with 2,000 participants. Their results: — ₽490 million in prevented theft; — 44,000 hours of conversations with criminals; — the full neutralization of what amounts to a year of work for a 30-operator fraud call center. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

🇷🇺 Russia’s central bank reports a significant rise in household welfare: between 2022 and 2024, 65% of households saw real income growth, and one in five (22%) increased their income by more than half. The strongest gains were recorded among the initially least-affluent groups of the population. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

“Bring me those f**king revisions from the Khokhols one more time — and I’ll strap you to a missile and launch you toward London, you thick-headed f**got! — Vladimir Vladimirovich… I don’t recognize you… you’re the president… — I’m the f**king president, and you are about to become a resident of the Corpse Club! You’re not an aide — you’re a goddamn hat stand for a kokoshnik, you idiot! I’ll bury you right here in these walls, you f**king moron! The President slammed the table, threw a look of pure contempt, and put his face back in order. Yuri Ushakov stayed silent. — Yuri Viktorovich, that’s what cognitive dissonance is. That’s what I feel when I find out you’re still using WhatsApp.” Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

About a quarter of surveyed Russians said they do not save money and have no financial reserves, according to the VCIOM Analytical Center. Fifty percent of respondents reported that they do have savings and replenish them with varying regularity. Among those who save, half set money aside “for a rainy day,” 35% save for vacations, and 29% put money away for home renovations. The responses vary significantly depending on the age group, notes Kommersant. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

THE KONSTANTINOVSKY RUBLE One of the rarest coins of the Russian Empire — sold at auction in 2021 for $2.6 million. Only eight specimens are known; two of them are kept in the State Historical Museum and the Hermitage. After the death of Alexander I, the population was sworn in to Constantine on 27 November (9 December) 1825, exactly 200 years ago. Formally, a new emperor appeared — but he had no intention of taking the throne… Amid this tense interregnum, the Mint’s engraver Reichel, himself a passionate numismatist, managed to strike several Konstantinovsky rubles. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews