From Fabrice Deprez ↓

https://open.substack.com/pub/eastradar/p/the-long-war-59

Well, this stinks. Print journalism is dead and dying — I get it — but it's also an amazing way to break free from the device I'm using to write this complaint. Here's hoping WW doesn't make this permanent!

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev is attending farewell ceremonies in Tehran for Iran's assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and met with President Masoud Pezeshkian during the visit. Delegations from around 100 countries are reportedly taking part. https://t.me/vedomosti/80797

Bank of Russia Deputy Governor Alexey Zabotkin is the latest senior financial official to deny any plans to freeze Russians' bank deposits, calling the idea "so absurd." Despite these declarations, rumors persist amid fears of inflation and a banking liquidity crunch. https://t.me/kommersant/110678

Russian officials in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region say a Ukrainian drone attack on a market in Tokmak killed 5 civilians and injured 18. Russia's Investigative Committee is calling it terrorism. Warning: grisly photos. https://t.me/sotavisionmedia/61183

The USA is far less vilified and Trump gets an outright "positive role" in Russia's newly revised 11th grade history textbook, RBC reports. The authors move quick, though their passage on the Anchorage summit is already rather embarrassingly stale. https://www.rbc.ru/politics/02/07/2026/6a4672619a79471347818700

The Russian border city Belgorod lost water and power after a Ukrainian strike overnight, Mayor Valentin Demidov says. One woman was reportedly killed in the attack. https://t.me/kommersant/110644

me selecting Spotify's DJ X and just clicking the Xavier button until he plays Led Zeppelin

Moving back to the West Coast has been a joy every summer (and every winter) — basically for most of all the time.

"You were in the top one percent of all Supertramp listeners last week," Spotify tells me. A fine moment for ole Kevino.

The reported death toll in Kyiv from Russia’s overnight attack has risen to 25. https://t.me/tkachenkotymur/2543

"I know they’ll say again that Ukraine isn’t grateful enough, but I’m sorry—you can’t expect constant gratitude when you’re living through this, under attacks like these, all the time," Zelensky said in Kyiv today, later adding, "Because the applause for what we’re achieving in Crimea isn’t enough." https://t.me/novynylive/203925