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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted on 9/14/26 at 12:56 am to Coeur du Tigre
Posted on 9/14/26 at 12:56 am to Coeur du Tigre
Posted on 9/14/26 at 1:07 am to Coeur du Tigre
In the continuing desperate need to strip any level of internal wealth, a new tribe appears within Russia's security clans. Business as usual.
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A source from CHEKA-OGPU and Rucriminal.info has revealed the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of one of the top-ranked security officials—the head of the FSB's Department of Internal Security, Sergei Alpatov.
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The "core" of the clan consists of State Council Secretary Alexei Dyumin (a former Putin bodyguard), Presidential Advisor Dmitry Mironov (also a former Putin bodyguard), Deputy Head of Rosimushchestvo Dmitry Stepanenko (yet another former Putin bodyguard), and Head of the FSO Dmitry Konchnev.
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By orchestrating Alpatov's ouster, the clan not only saved Arkady Rotenberg (whose interests largely align with the clan's financial ones) or, even more so, Ilya Traber (the Antiquarian). (It's still unknown what assets the "saved" individuals will have to relinquish for such assistance.) This was an opportunity for the clan to demonstrate its power and the extent of its influence on Putin. And everything went off without a hitch.
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According to the source, most of Alpatov's appointees in various posts took part in the operations targeting the Rotenberg team and Ilya Traber. This includes the head of the FSB's St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate, Sergei Demyanishnikov, and the head of the FSB's T Department, Nikolai Babakov, along with other subdivision leaders. Understandably, given the caliber of personnel involved, approval came straight from Putin. As a result, Traber ended up in pretrial detention on charges of organizing the murder of Vyborg owner Alexander Petrov, with accusations being prepared for other killings. One after another, criminal cases were opened against members of the Rotenberg team, and they too were sent to pretrial detention.
And then, everything changed overnight. The source says Putin's position did a complete 180 after an in-depth conversation with one of the "guards' clan" members—presumably Dyumin. Only the two participants know what was discussed. But based on indirect signs and subsequent developments, we can make an educated guess.
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Arkady Rotenberg has no grand illusions about what transpired. Yes, they helped fend off this attack. But he won't regain his former positions. Rotenberg has simply become a "pawn" in a much larger game that's not his own, and he's now entirely dependent on the guards' clan. The clan has long had its eye on a number of his assets (including those jointly held with Traber), particularly the PNT oil terminal (St. Petersburg), and he'll clearly have to let them go.
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Posted on 9/14/26 at 1:33 am to Coeur du Tigre
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A source from VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info reported that, in essence, a minor "palace coup" is currently underway in Russia. Arkady Rotenberg has not only managed to emerge from disgrace. Moreover, Vladimir Putin has begun a "purge" of all those who attacked Rotenberg. The all-powerful head of the SEB of the FSB of Russia, Sergei Alpatov, has been relieved of his post; a similar personnel decision is expected regarding the head of the T Department of the FSB, Nikolai Babakov (who was only recently appointed to this position), and a number of other "top managers" of the FSB appointed through Alpatov's patronage.
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The fates of various FSB top managers appointed through Alpatov's patronage and involved in the attack on Rotenberg are also hanging in the balance. "The full list of resignations will be known in October. That's when a lot of changes are generally expected in the FSB of Russia," the source noted.
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And with the musical chairs changes, all the cockroaches return from the sewer. You can almost hear the car bombs already.
Note: By "Other Caucasian clans", they mean Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov and his son might think about a long trip to wherever the hell the next plane is going. This will get very messy very fast.
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As reported by VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info , after a five-year absence, the "thief-in-law" Ahmed Dombayev (Ahmed Shalinsky) has "triumphantly" returned to Moscow.
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According to our source, the return is indeed "triumphal," as Dombayev moves around the capital with a cortege of armed men numbering no fewer than 20.
He has already been spotted at several locations long considered the domain of Azerbaijani criminal clans. He has also been seen in conversations with prominent businessmen of Azerbaijani origin. And this is no surprise, since the Azerbaijani mafia currently has no clear leader, and the situation threatens to escalate into an endless stream of shootouts, brawls, and so on—as has happened before.
And now Ahmed Shalinsky has appeared in Moscow, beginning to bring all these Azerbaijani clans and groups under his control. Sources say this is not the end of it. Other Caucasian clans are next in line.
Note: By "Other Caucasian clans", they mean Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov and his son might think about a long trip to wherever the hell the next plane is going. This will get very messy very fast.
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The problem with being short on refined products goes back almost 2 decades. Europe outsourced a big chunk of its refining capacity to Russia, in the name of reducing carbon emissions. There hasn't even been shadow fleet exports for months. China also stopped exporting months ago,
Posted on 9/14/26 at 6:36 am to CitizenK
It could get worse -
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Lukashenko switched the relay towers back on. HUR confirms Belarus is again providing guidance infrastructure for Russian drones. That tells you exactly how much Minsk cares about the consequences landing there.
Geography lesson for those who enjoy small unmanned aviation. Mozyr refinery, processing Russian crude and shipping product back to Russia: 51.90111259112379, 29.33023859741538 Naftan refinery in Novopolotsk, same arrangement: 55.54506930495316, 28.56845210873895
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Posted on 9/14/26 at 1:39 pm to Coeur du Tigre
one of the Peace negotiators was in attendance...
Putin-linked businessman paid for part of Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration
Artur Kryzhnyi — 14 September, 20:39
An investigation has revealed that Russian businessman Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for a three-day wedding celebration for Donald Trump Jr., son of US President Donald Trump, in the Bahamas.
Source: the investigation by ProPublica
Details: According to ProPublica, Kremlev paid for the private island where the reception was held and the guests stayed. Renting the island costs about US$100,000 a day. He also covered around US$70,000 for the fireworks display through the company organising it, and his team helped organise the event.
The funds were provided through the Dubai-based company IB Challenger, which is linked to the International Boxing Association (IBA), headed by Kremlev. The IBA itself said it had not paid for any of the celebration's expenses.
The wedding ceremony of Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson was private and attended by 18 guests. Around 50 people took part in the three-day celebration, including Kremlev, Eric Trump and Jared Kushner.
A spokesperson for Trump Jr. did not deny that Kremlev had paid the expenses and described him as a personal friend, stressing that there were no business relations between them. Kremlev's press service also said that he had not discussed political issues with any of his American friends and acquaintances.
Putin and Kremlev in September 2022
Ukrainska Pravda
Putin-linked businessman paid for part of Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration
Artur Kryzhnyi — 14 September, 20:39
An investigation has revealed that Russian businessman Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for a three-day wedding celebration for Donald Trump Jr., son of US President Donald Trump, in the Bahamas.
Source: the investigation by ProPublica
Details: According to ProPublica, Kremlev paid for the private island where the reception was held and the guests stayed. Renting the island costs about US$100,000 a day. He also covered around US$70,000 for the fireworks display through the company organising it, and his team helped organise the event.
The funds were provided through the Dubai-based company IB Challenger, which is linked to the International Boxing Association (IBA), headed by Kremlev. The IBA itself said it had not paid for any of the celebration's expenses.
The wedding ceremony of Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson was private and attended by 18 guests. Around 50 people took part in the three-day celebration, including Kremlev, Eric Trump and Jared Kushner.
A spokesperson for Trump Jr. did not deny that Kremlev had paid the expenses and described him as a personal friend, stressing that there were no business relations between them. Kremlev's press service also said that he had not discussed political issues with any of his American friends and acquaintances.
Putin and Kremlev in September 2022
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 2:24 am to cypher
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A fire is visible in the direction of a chemical facility in Berezniki, Russia's Perm region. Locals are claiming the fire is "planned" and that no attack took place. Berezniki is home to Uralchem's Azot chemical plant, a major producer of ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate. The facility was previously struck by Ukrainian long-range drones on September 11.
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Who " plans" a chemical plant fire full of high explosives?
Posted on 9/15/26 at 2:25 am to Coeur du Tigre
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Ukraine struck the Beriev aircraft plant in Taganrog overnight with missiles of an unknown type, with a fire reported near the facility. Unconfirmed reports claimed four missile impacts. The Beriev complex repairs and modernizes Russian military aircraft, including A-50U airborne early warning aircraft. Drones also reportedly struck an Ozon logistics warehouse in Taganrog during the attacks.
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Ukrainian forces struck the Syzran oil refinery in Russia's Samara region, with storage tanks reportedly burning at the facility. The Rosneft-owned plant has a design capacity of roughly 8.5-8.9 million tonnes of oil annually, accounting for more than 3% of Russia's refining capacity. It produces gasoline, diesel, aviation kerosene and other petroleum products and is linked to Russian military fuel supplies.
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 2:35 am to Coeur du Tigre
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SYZRANSK REFINERY IS BURNING IN SEVERAL PLACES IMMEDIATELY AFTER MASS DRONE ATTACK
In the Samara region, a large-scale fire broke out at Rosneft's Syzran Refinery following a night attack by unmanned aerial vehicles. According to preliminary data, several fire hotspots have been recorded on the enterprise's territory, including in the area of tanks with petroleum products. The regional authorities reported over 40 UAVs overnight.
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The scale matters here: Syzran is not a minor facility — it accounts for more than 3% of Russia’s refining capacity and produces gasoline, diesel and aviation kerosene. After the latest strike, multiple fires were reportedly burning across the Rosneft site, including near storage tanks.
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 2:38 am to Coeur du Tigre
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On September 11, around ten UAVs successfully struck JSC Metafrax Chemicals.
The strike hit formalin, pentaerythritol, urea, and hexamine production units, the nitrogen–oxygen station, and the main step-down substation, bringing the plant to a complete shutdown.
The image shows the hexamine production building with a hole in its roof and debris from its façade, as well as an impact site near the main “Methanol” step-down substation. No other damage could be identified due to the image’s viewing angle and shadows.
58.896955, 57.573030 — hexamine production facility. Perm.
Hexamine is a key precursor used to synthesize RDX and HMX, explosives used in modern artillery shells, aerial bombs, and missile warheads. According to various estimates, Metafrax produces between 70% and 100% of Russia’s hexamine.
Pentaerythritol is a key raw material for producing PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate), a powerful explosive used in detonators, blasting caps, and detonating cord.
Formalin is an essential feedstock for the synthesis of both hexamine and pentaerythritol.
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On September 12, the Togliattikauchuk plant in Russia’s Samara region was successfully struck, with fires recorded at key processing units—workshops BK-2, BK-3, and BK-4. The affected units are involved in the butyl rubber production chain and the production of an isobutane–isobutylene fraction linked to solid rocket fuel and high-octane fuel production chains.
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 2:41 am to Coeur du Tigre
Burning for three days now.
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 2:48 am to Coeur du Tigre
Posted on 9/15/26 at 3:09 am to cypher
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“From 2016 to 2020, Lagutin worked as deputy CEO of GK EKS. Since 2016, the company’s CEO and sole owner has been Alexei Vlasov. From 2011 to 2016, Vlasov served in the GRU and is registered at the address of a GRU-linked facility in Moscow (more details). According to SPARK, the company’s board of directors is chaired by Maxim Krylov, a graduate of the Defense Ministry’s Military University whose father may also have ties to the GRU.”
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"Yes, Bettina Anderson—who married Donald Trump Jr.—is the daughter of Harry Loy Anderson Jr., a Palm Beach banker who managed accounts and vouched for Jeffrey Epstein."
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No wonder they couldn't have the ceremony in the US
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No wonder TACO didn't attend.
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 3:25 am to Coeur du Tigre
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Russian army: first there were professional soldiers, then prison inmates, later drunks, bums, and elderly people.
Now they’re looking to recruit young women and students.
“Young women are just as motivated as men. They’re coming in because they want to enlist under a military contract.”
— Dmitry Demenkov, head of the military contract recruitment center in Yekaterinburg
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You leave Scotty out of this.
Posted on 9/15/26 at 3:45 am to Coeur du Tigre
3rd Army Corps commander confirms Ukrainian offensive near Lyman, promises good news
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — 15 September, 10:27
The 3rd Army Corps has reported mopping up 75 sq km and liberating a further 10 sq km as part of counteroffensive operations in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast.
Source: Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi, Commander of the 3rd Army Corps, on social media
Details: The offensive operation is called Vivaldi. The 3rd Corps has so far reported clearing Novoselivka, Oleksandrivka, Yarova and the outskirts of Korovii Yar of Russian infiltration and liberating Serednie. Biletskyi stressed that Vivaldi has four seasons, called for information silence and promised good news in official updates.
Quote from the 3rd Corps: "We confirm reports of a Ukrainian army offensive in the north of Donetsk Oblast. Maintaining information silence, the units eliminated pockets of enemy infiltration and cleared 75 sq km. A further 10 sq km has been liberated. A devastating blow has been dealt to the combat capability of Russia's 20th and 25th Armies.
Enemy losses at this stage amount to around 1,500 soldiers, more than 12,000 drones and hundreds of armoured vehicles, artillery systems and other vehicles.
Meanwhile, unmanned systems units cut off the enemy's logistics routes. As a result of the Corps' strikes, Russian forces moved their fuel and lubricant supplies outside Ukraine to Voronezh Oblast: a pipeline was shut down and warehouses were destroyed.
This was made possible thanks to the 60th Separate Mechanised Brigade, the 125th Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade, the battalion tactical group of the 3rd Assault Brigade, the Corps' 3rd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion and 25th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion, as well as attached units – the 66th Separate Mechanised Brigade, the 85th Tactical Group of the 8th Special Operations Forces Regiment, the Artan special unit of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Dozor 10th Mobile Border Guard Detachment."
Quote from Biletskyi: "There is currently a lot of information in open sources suggesting that the ultimate goal of our offensive operations is to reach the banks of the Chornyi Zherebets River. But our operation is called Vivaldi. And Vivaldi, as everyone knows, has four seasons. This is only the first of them. So follow our official updates and don't rush to give away spoilers. There will be good news."
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On 26 August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian positions in Donetsk Oblast would be reinforced by two restructured military groupings, which are to be led by Denys Prokopenko and Andrii Biletskyi.
Both officers hold the title of Hero of Ukraine.
Ukrainska Pravda
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — 15 September, 10:27
The 3rd Army Corps has reported mopping up 75 sq km and liberating a further 10 sq km as part of counteroffensive operations in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast.
Source: Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi, Commander of the 3rd Army Corps, on social media
Details: The offensive operation is called Vivaldi. The 3rd Corps has so far reported clearing Novoselivka, Oleksandrivka, Yarova and the outskirts of Korovii Yar of Russian infiltration and liberating Serednie. Biletskyi stressed that Vivaldi has four seasons, called for information silence and promised good news in official updates.
Quote from the 3rd Corps: "We confirm reports of a Ukrainian army offensive in the north of Donetsk Oblast. Maintaining information silence, the units eliminated pockets of enemy infiltration and cleared 75 sq km. A further 10 sq km has been liberated. A devastating blow has been dealt to the combat capability of Russia's 20th and 25th Armies.
Enemy losses at this stage amount to around 1,500 soldiers, more than 12,000 drones and hundreds of armoured vehicles, artillery systems and other vehicles.
Meanwhile, unmanned systems units cut off the enemy's logistics routes. As a result of the Corps' strikes, Russian forces moved their fuel and lubricant supplies outside Ukraine to Voronezh Oblast: a pipeline was shut down and warehouses were destroyed.
This was made possible thanks to the 60th Separate Mechanised Brigade, the 125th Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade, the battalion tactical group of the 3rd Assault Brigade, the Corps' 3rd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion and 25th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion, as well as attached units – the 66th Separate Mechanised Brigade, the 85th Tactical Group of the 8th Special Operations Forces Regiment, the Artan special unit of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Dozor 10th Mobile Border Guard Detachment."
Quote from Biletskyi: "There is currently a lot of information in open sources suggesting that the ultimate goal of our offensive operations is to reach the banks of the Chornyi Zherebets River. But our operation is called Vivaldi. And Vivaldi, as everyone knows, has four seasons. This is only the first of them. So follow our official updates and don't rush to give away spoilers. There will be good news."
Background:
On 26 August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian positions in Donetsk Oblast would be reinforced by two restructured military groupings, which are to be led by Denys Prokopenko and Andrii Biletskyi.
Both officers hold the title of Hero of Ukraine.
Ukrainska Pravda
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:29 am to Coeur du Tigre
The strike hit formalin, pentaerythritol, urea, and hexamine production units, the nitrogen–oxygen station, and the main step-down substation, bringing the plant to a complete shutdown.
Nitrogen-Oxygen is an air separation unit, aka cold box. Nitrogen is needed for methanol production.
Formalin is formaldehyde, use to make lots of things
Urea is made from combining CO2 (by product of ammonia) with ammonia in a laminate reactor in high pressure.
Nitrogen-Oxygen is an air separation unit, aka cold box. Nitrogen is needed for methanol production.
Formalin is formaldehyde, use to make lots of things
Urea is made from combining CO2 (by product of ammonia) with ammonia in a laminate reactor in high pressure.
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