The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @KyleWOrton: A statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the #Soviet Cheka (secret police), has been unveiled in Moscow at the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service (#SVR). It is a slightly smaller version of the statue that stood on Lubyanka Square from 1958 to 1991.

‌The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @BarentsNews: Today in northern #Norway, the county of #Finnmark is marking the 80th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazis by laying flowers at a monument to #Soviet soldiers. Watch our documentary from last year about the #WWII relics left in the #Arctic: https://invidious.poast.org/watch?v=lPUKz6In6cQ&list=PL3-5Y0OvW-qZVKxZz4G0mZk43TV9XAGvx&index=6

tom (Twitter)

RT @war_noir: #Syria 🇸🇾: A new photo posted by "Syrian Democratic Forces" (#SDF) fighters with full-body suits in the vicinity of Tishrin Dam, #Aleppo.

One of the fighters is carrying a #Soviet-made 5.45x39mm AKS-74U (Krinkov) carbine with a notable custom top-rail system.