August 15, 2023

Hackers found a novel way to express their frustration with the falling ruble. A local news station's news ticker was hijacked with a message that Russians aren't used to seeing. Fairly bold move too, because if caught the person responsible would be looking at a minimum of ten years in prison. Perhaps it was Ukrainians, or people sympathetic to Ukraine, as "Huylo" is an obscene Ukrainian word, usually translated as "dickhead" but I gather it's stronger than that in Ukrainian and Russian. Surgut is nearly 3000km east of Moscow by car, so it's unlikely other Russians will ever hear of this.

Source: Daily Express

A message branding Russian President Vladimir Putin a "d***head" and a "thief" has been beamed around a Russian city as the country grows frustrated over the downfall of its currency.

It comes after the Russian ruble declined to become one of the three worst-performing emerging-market currencies.

From the beginning of June, when one dollar was worth roughly 80-81 rubles, the Russian currency has been losing ground versus the American dollar

Earlier this week, the ruble fell to a fresh 16-month low of 98 rubles per dollar, its lowest level since late March of last year.
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And now, it appears that some within Russia are growing frustrated with the devastating impact that Western sanctions on the illegal war in Ukraine are having.

A chyron at the top of the news company SIA-PRESS Center building in Surgut reads: "Putin is huylo and a thief, 100 rubles for a dollar, 100₽/$ – you've lost your fucking mind"

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