Silicon Bites #47 - Tax Hikes are Now Being Used to Scrape Together Cash to Fund Putin's Idiotic War

Edition No47 | 03-06-2024 ~~~~~ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ~~~~~ NEWS SOURCES: KYIV INDEPENDENT https://kyivindependent.com/russian-troop-losses-hit-record-monthly-high-in-may-ukraine-claims/ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-zelensky-urges-us-to-allow-ukraine-to-strike-russia-with-atacms-missiles/ https://kyivindependent.com/we-took-out-so-many-of-them-ukraine-stabilizes-kharkiv-front-after-brutal-russian-offensive/ https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-12/ https://kyivindependent.com/russia-launches-large-scale-attack-on-ukraine-damage-to-critical-infrastructure-reported/ https://kyivindependent.com/russias-new-defense-minister-belousov-to-put-russias-economy-on-war-footing/ THE MOSCOW TIMES https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/31/russia-is-preparing-new-tax-hikes-heres-why-a85263 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/30/russias-soaring-wartime-salaries-are-bolstering-working-class-support-for-putin-a85273 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/06/01/russia-labels-wives-of-mobilized-soldiers-group-foreign-agent-a85290 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/06/01/russian-mercenary-prigozhins-statue-unveiled-at-his-grave-a85294 KYIV POST https://www.kyivpost.com/post/33664 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/33575 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/33674 NAVAYA GAZETA https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/29/pressure-from-all-directions-en https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/06/01/frontier-justice-en https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/30/hypersonic-paranoia-en https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/06/02/violent-mob-ransacks-the-head-office-of-georgias-main-opposition-party-en-news https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/06/02/georgias-zero-hour-en https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/28/georgian-nightmare-en OTHER SOURCES: https://www.ft.com/russia https://www.economist.com/ukraine-crisis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-20/putin-in-china-russia-s-pipeline-dream-exposes-beijing-s-energy-advantage ~~~~~ USEFUL LINKS: Vatnik Soup https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi http://www.medbat.org.ua/en/ Real World News https://kyivindependent.com/ https://www.kyivpost.com/ https://english.nv.ua/ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ https://meduza.io/en https://meduza.io/ https://novayagazeta.eu/ https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia... Analysis https://www.ft.com/russia https://www.economist.com/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ https://cepa.org/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/ https://www.theatlantic.com/search/?s... YouTube Channels / @timesradio1 / @khodorkovskyru / @popularpolitics / @macknack / @plushev / @tvrain / @fake_news / @feyginlive ~~~~~ TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemysl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ~~~~~ Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.