Prologue Journal – Page 32796 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

South African man arrested for superimposing president’s face onto pornographic images, distributing them

Fox News South African police said Monday they have arrested a man for allegedly distributing pornographic images with the faces of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Police Minister Bheki Cele and Cele’s wife superimposed on them. The man will appear in court in the capital, Pretoria, on Tuesday on charges of contravening the Cyber Crimes Act, which…

Explainer: How Dangerous Are Power Cuts at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant?

Moscow Times Experts warn that such power cuts, which have become more frequent due to shelling, elevate the level of risk at the plant. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/22/explainer-how-dangerous-are-power-cuts-at-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-a81232

‘Unelectability’ Won’t Defeat Donald Trump in 2024

Wall Street Journal For one thing, he won in 2016. And his opponents look weak for not simply calling him unfit to be president. https://www.wsj.com/articles/unelectability-wont-defeat-donald-trump-republican-primary-desantis-polls-7dafe040

Russian Eurobond issuers can float substituting bonds by January 1 of next year

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian legal entities – issuers have the right to make additional issues of such bonds an unlimited number of times https://tass.com/economy/1621345

Court upholds penalty collection from Siemens

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. In 2019, Russian Railways made the contract with Siemens and Sinara for the purchase of thirteen Sapsan high-speed trains amounting to 513.5 mln euro https://tass.com/economy/1621343

Russia transport nuclear weapons from storage facility in Belgorod Oblast – Intelligence

Pravda Ukraine The Russians began transporting nuclear weapons from a storage facility in Belgorod Oblast of the Russian Federation. Source: Andrii Yusov, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, on air of the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: “There is even additional information regarding evacuation measures. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/22/7403366/

The Phony Debt-Ceiling ‘Calamity’

Wall Street Journal The Treasury made a plan to pay bondholders in 2011. It could do the same with Social Security. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-phony-debt-ceiling-calamity-x-date-default-social-security-roll-over-treasury-ac939d83

If supplied to Kiev, F-16 fighter jets will be based in Ukraine — Pentagon

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “We’re talking about a Ukrainian capability, not a NATO capability,” Secretary of the US Air Force Frank Kendall said https://tass.com/world/1621347

Iran slams EU silence on border guard killings

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Iran has criticized the silence of the self-proclaimed advocates of human rights and European ambassadors on a terrorist attack in southeast Iran that killed five border guards. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/05/22/703895/Iran-Foreign-Ministry-Kan-ani-border-guards-human-rights-terrorism-EU

Fighting Reported in Belgorod, Near Russian Border With Ukraine

New York Times The local Russian governor blamed a Ukrainian sabotage group, while Kyiv’s military intelligence agency said the perpetrators were “opposition-minded citizens of Russia.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/world/europe/belgorod-russia-ukraine-fighting.html