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Russia is beginning a gradual transition to the so-called "digital ruble." The tokens will be issued solely by a self-appointed operator—the Russian Central Bank. It will also be responsible for managing the accounts of both citizens and organizations. Starting in October 2025, the digital ruble will be used for federal budget expenditures, and by July 2027, commercial banks will be required to service private clients using it. All transactions made by Russian citizens will be tracked and cross-checked against personal databases.

This will allow the state to directly withdraw fines, taxes, and other fees from any bank account, as well as freeze or block transactions entirely—for example, if a citizen is known to have participated in protests or to have evaded military service. A similar system is already in place in China, which could make it easier in the future to merge both systems into one.

Obviously, the Western "dissident right" funded by the Kremlin won't tell their audiences about this, even though they've spent the past five years whining about Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum, falsely accusing them of planning to build a system just like this.

And only now, after the inevitable collapse of Trump's presidency, will it become easy for his successors to implement similar system in the U.S.—justifying it by the need to compete with China. Or, if the economic situation under Trump plays out in the worst-case scenario, the U.S. might even join it—if one already adopted by numerous countries under Chinese influence, and by those currently turning away from cooperation with the United States (potentially even the EU), claiming that it's now impossible to compete with this system.

Canadian politician Maxime Bernier illustrated his poster warning about the threat of the left with a photo taken in the Kudrovo district of St. Petersburg, labeling it a "migrant ghetto." The image sparked a wave of mockery on social media—simply because the photo was actually taken in Russia. But what really makes the poster funny is that Kudrovo is a horrific example of a migrant ghetto, even if it's in Russia.

Russian travel blogger Ilya Varlamov filmed a documentary about the area in 2017, which triggered a wave of outrage in Russia. Varlamov showed the filth, dysfunction, and lack of basic infrastructure in local apartment complexes, along with reports of violence and crime. In response to the backlash, he released several more videos about similar neighborhoods in St. Petersburg, as well as blog posts documenting what's happening in these areas—they’re buried in garbage, and local social media pages are filled with posts about murders and rapes.

Illegal brothels operate openly in apartment buildings, and police appear to ignore reports—likely because pimps are paying them a cut of the profits. Drug and prostitution ads are spray-painted on the walls in Uzbek and Tajik. Because of his videos and blog posts, Varlamov was repeatedly threatened with prosecution under Russia’s extremism laws—even though he holds left-wing views and was criticizing only the poor urban planning behind these residential developments.

But the biggest irony is that right-wing populist Bernier parrots Kremlin talking points about Ukraine, praises Putin, collaborates with the Russian state media outlet Sputnik, and associates with Kremlin proxy Tucker Carlson. Meanwhile, Varlamov was forced to leave Russia due to persecution after he publicly opposed the invasion of Ukraine. That little detail likely won’t bother “freedom fighter” Bernier one bit.

That said, Bernier’s use of a photo from Russia may have been intentional. While countries like China or Israel try to conceal their roles in helping elect Trump, Russia embraces its pariah status and flaunts its interference—often even sacrificing its own agents in the process. When the scheme involving TENET Media was exposed, the Russian side responded to inquiries from the American Department of Justice with messages simply reading “HA HA HA HA HA.”

The fake “documentary” by Indian grifter Dinesh D’Souza, 2000 Mules, which claimed widespread fraud in the 2020 U.S. election, was widely ridiculed and sued for using random surveillance clips from election day. The creators were ultimately ordered by a court to issue an apology for producing a fraudulent film. Interestingly, one of the maps used to show supposed ballot-stuffing locations in the film was actually a map of Moscow—raising the possibility that the content came directly from Russian intelligence. The filmmakers didn’t bother to fact-check, and the Kremlin may have been trolling its own collaborators by slipping them this material.

Viewed through that lens, Bernier’s poster might be an example of intentional trolling by his Kremlin handlers—using the photo to draw attention or to mock the very people parroting their propaganda.