#sergey Basin

[acrosstheuniverse02]

Sergey Basin [*] Irina Lozovaya

da: https://animusmeminissehorret.wordpress.com/

[watchtowerindistress]

(how) to hunt a hunter - sergei kravinoff x fem!reader

Summary: Kraven the Hunter was a myth equal to the Boogeyman. So the prestigious offer to hunt the legendary hunter sounded insane yet like a blast. Who were you as a Black Widow to say ‘no’ to that?

Word count: 4.5k

Warnings: blood, violence, sexual tension, language, consumption of alcohol

Author’s note: Don’t judge me for inserting another Black Widow character again. 🤣 I thought it’d be fun to not go the typical route of Sergei hunting you, but you hunting him. Seriously, what is up with this trope, guys? I’m getting out of my hiatus which is rough and I want to just create something fun and not like a full-blown series. I apologize, I’m better with witty dialogue than fighting scenes, I’m terribly sorry. 😅

If you followed my we all have our secrets series, there’s a character who gets a slightly more prominent role in this one-shot than the mere mention. You know, I’m getting Morbius vibes from the trailer, but I guess it’s going be fun? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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You wiped the damp layer off the mirror and winced at what you saw.

Your battered reflection was staring back at you. You shook your head and even that movement of your wet hair stroking the side of your neck irritated the scrapes and bruises even further.

Needing to breathe through the pain, you exhaled through your mouth, leaning forward on your elbows against the edges of the wash basin. 

Wrath was burning in your eyes when you glared at your reflection. The broken blood vessel of your eye was a sore reminder of the absolute failure of a mission.

The blue eyes of Sergei Kravinoff shone on the display of your laptop to reveal your target. You hummed before gazing through the binoculars on the roof of the hotel you to keep track of the infamous Kraven.

Killing him would certainly be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Who could even say that about themselves?

Your phone alerted you to a new call coming in. Almost casually you took it without glancing at the screen. Your eyes were glued to the outside surroundings.

“Kind of in the middle of something,” you said with a bored voice.

“So it was you who took the assignment?”

You sighed. Your wrist almost dropped the field glass at hearing Talia’s voice.

“Did I take it away from you?”

A mirthful chuckle reverberated through the loud speaker. “No, I’m not that desperate to face the Hunter.”

Your eyes glanced sideways at that tidbit of information. “Is that fear? Didn’t know that the infamous White Widow was afraid of anything.”

“Not fear. Just a boring survival instinct.”

A pause lingered in the air.

“What is it for you? The prestige? Something fun?”

“Maybe I like a challenge.” 

Talia’s voice turned severe to warn you of the danger. “Trust me on this. This man is no joke. He’s going to enjoy tearing you apart.”

“You sound like you’re talking from experience.”

Talia exhaled. “I knew his father. That family isn’t something to be trifled with. But no, if I want to rupture my lung, I’d rather do it on my own terms. But I also know I can’t stop you if you set your mind to something. All I can offer you are my contacts on sight, wherever you are.”

“No, thank you.” You chuckled. “And don’t pretend like you don’t even know where I am.”

“What can I say? I can’t reveal all my secrets. Stubborn to a fault,” Talia grumbled under her breath. “But I didn’t tell you the whole truth. About Kraven. He’s more animal than man. An absolute savage, mark my words, dushka.” [darling]

“Warning accepted. And to answer your question. It’s a challenge. That’s why I’m doing it.”

“He’d be more than just a challenge.”

“I’m counting on it.”

The unpredictability of this target revealed itself soon enough when Kravinoff didn’t seem to have a single pattern. It was confounding. People had patterns to orient themselves in their daily lives.

You didn’t understand it.

So, the fact that he entered a hotel bar raised your suspicions even more. It wasn’t your ideal preference with the amount of exit strategies the location offered. With wary eyes, you strolled towards the bar, instantly recognizing the broad shoulders clothed in a white dress shirt.

You sighed. This was truly bad. But it wouldn’t be the first time your cover was blown before the job could even start. A curious glance towards the amount of glasses behind the barkeeper made you smirk though.

Kravinoff slightly turned his head the closer you got before you finally sat on the stool, without any space separating you two. If the target was aware of the oncoming hit, then it didn’t matter keeping up pretences.

He pulled the amber-filled tumbler to his lips. “You want to have a drink before we get started? It’s on me.” If the file didn’t give it away before, the accent certainly revealed his Russian heritage.

“Sure. I love to celebrate.” You pointed a finger in the air and motioned for the barkeeper with a “I’ll have what he’s having, neat. Keep the bottle.”

Kravinoff snorted, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. “That’s funny. Already certain of your victory?”

You watched the barkeeper pour two fingers into your glass before he wandered away. “Just enjoying myself during work.” You sipped a bit and instantly hummed from the smoky taste in your mouth.

Kravinoff raised an eyebrow. “You like?”

You shrugged. “You seem to have taste when it comes to certain refreshments.”

The man grunted at your sarcastic dig which satisfied you if you couldn’t use the moment of surprise to your advantage.

Kravinoff twirled his glass between his fingers. “Who sent you?” he inquired throatily.

“What? No foreplay?”

He slowly turned in his seat until his legs were spread and he was facing you head-on. His eyes were burning with intensity. In any other situation you would have deemed him beautiful in a gruff way. Kravinoff remained sullen and quiet, waiting for you to speak.

You rolled your eyes, knocking back your drink. “You’re no fun. Perhaps I intend to play with my prey before I have to kill it.”

His mouth twisted into a sinister smirk. “You think I’m your prey?” The last word sounded like he tasted something nasty on his tongue. 

“Don’t insult me, pet.”

You furrowed your brows at the mention of that so-called term of endearment.

Kravinoff lazily laced his fingers together. “So, what are you? Regular mercenary? HYDRA agent? Talon?”

“Widow.”

Kravinoff tilted his head at that one word in intrigue. “Hmm. It’s an honor-”

Something akin to pride or satisfaction lingered in your stomach.

“-to kill you.”

You clenched your jaw at the self-assurance in his voice. “Well, in that case…” You dared to steal Kravinoff’s drink, just to one-up him for that arrogance of his.

“… give it your best shot, sweetheart.”

Before he could even attack you, you hit his larynx with the side of your hand.

Kravinoff omitted a pained grunt, shielding his throat. He jumped from his chair.

You broke his tumbler on the counter, slashing Kravinoff’s neck.

With an animalistic growl and burning eyes, he seized your neck, smashing your face against the counter. Something like a creak resounded underneath you with the force.

A whimper left your lips. You felt something sharp on your temple.

In one swift move, Kravinoff slid your head along the counter. Something wet trickled down the side of your face. You hissed at the sensation of glass shards against your skin.

You kneed the back of his knee, managing to subdue him and jump him until your legs wound around his neck, making him groan with your choking move.

Your balance shifted as Kravinoff tried to shake you off by grabbing your hips. Trying to take him by surprise and to throw him off his game, you jabbed your fingers into his eyeballs.

With a snarl, he rushed forward against the counter. You groaned in pain at the hardwood.

God, you were starting to hate this assignment.

You were starting to get used to Kravinoff’s burning eyes branding holes into you instead.

“Stop choking me.” There was something horrifying yet fascinating about his ocean blue eyes switching into amber-colored ones. The kind that hypnotized you and rendered you frozen.

“Kinda defeats the purpose of killing you,” you hissed as a retort. Although it certainly delighted you at seeing Kravinoff’s face getting red.

Almost in keeping you at suspense, he slowly yanked out a hunting knife from behind his back and making you grimace in return. There was something about his eyes that revealed what he wasn’t saying.

Seeing no way out of this without getting utterly mutilated by this hunter, you stretched out your arm behind you and grabbed a broken glass. You would learn to fight another day.

Kravinoff winced and eyed his shin darkly.

Without losing any time for him to fight back in retaliation, you pushed against his chest with your feet, making him fall back.

Knowing that the moment he would look up, you had already run.

“I heard you had an eventful day yesterday.”

The humorous statement drew a weary sigh from your lips. Your fingers clenched around the steering wheel at the mere reminder of the mission. Although you didn’t need it since there was nothing that could make you forget with every glance in the mirror or every movement of your muscles.

You inhaled deeply. “You know, it’s funny, when you were dead, the phone remained silent. Now I can’t get rid off you.”

“Allegedly dead. And don’t pretend. You crave our little talks.”

“You here to gloat?”

“Only when it’s warranted. I thought I told you he was dangerous. That’s on you—underestimating a man like him.”

You scoffed in derision. A man like him. “You’re probably right. At least I survived. Who else can say that?”

Your speaker phone remained silent.

You held your breath. “What’s wrong?”

“Kraven has a tendency to kill the people he sets his mind to. So the fact that you’re still alive worries me. He didn’t mention his death list, did he?”

Something moved uncomfortably in your stomach at the concept of an assassin following a list. You licked your lips, remembering how his eyes turned golden. A supernatural hunter trying to kill you wasn’t on your to-do list.

You parked your car in the garage of your safe house before you sped up the stairs.

“No, although there wasn’t a lot of time for talking, if you know what I mean.” You felt the civil conversation at the beginning would make the White Widow only insinuate how you had let your guard down, but you would disagree.

“I’m just saying, Kraven can find anyone, so you better be on your guard.”

A groan left your lips when you inspected the lock on your door, letting your head fall forward. “This isn’t happening,” you muttered in disbelief under your breath. “Got to run,” you called out.

“Don’t die,” Talia sang as a goodbye and half a reminder before hanging up.

You rolled your eyes. “Yes, thanks for the warning,” you grumbled to yourself before you inhaled through your nose in preparation. With your gun placed at the back of your belt and your Widow Bites switched on. Silently, you opened the door and pointed your wrist to the floor. Nothing, so far.

“I’m curious, how would you like to die?” you hollered through the apartment. “Any preferences? I should have asked the last time.” You studiously searched every room, knowing he was in here somewhere.

“How considerate,” Kraven’s sarcastic reply came closer than expected. “Not here to kill you.”

You scoffed loudly. “Yes, right. I’ll believe that when I see it,” you whispered.

Finally, you found him. With his back turned towards you and his arms behind his back, taking in his surroundings. You didn’t trust it one bit that someone like him would be vulnerable like that. Kraven’s figure in the kitchen almost made it seem to small with his dominating presence taking up all of the space. You reluctantly applauded that gall of his for invading your space like that and to make a surprise attack like that.

“You changed your shirt,” you observed quietly, taking in his casual shirt, despite there not being anything casual about him. “The other one too bloody for you?”

Humor was laced in his voice as he slowly turned around, sending you a daring glance. “Observant little spider. Just want to talk.”

The guffawing sound coming out of your throat awkwardly switched to a cough. “Sorry, that—I don’t know where that came from.”

“I’m curious what other sounds I can elicit from those lips.”

You furrowed your eyebrows at the blatant flirting. If that could be considered flirting since it felt more like a hit from a sledgehammer. Very direct and hard to get away from. Typical Russian.

You clenched your hand behind your back. Talia couldn’t fault you for staying on your guard. “And I’m wondering about your noises when I do this-”

You pointed your wrist at him, watching in satisfaction at the electric jolt shooting through his chest. Kraven groaned in pain before sending you a dark glare at your own insolence.

“I was trying to have a normal conversation. You know, trying something new. You make this really hard though.”

You frowned at his ability to talk or even standing upright as you sauntered over to a close cabinet. With calm movements, you attached a silencer to your gun, not needing any more unwanted guests.

“I’m not really interested in talking after our last conversation, you know-”

Your wind was knocked out of you when something pushed into you, making you crash to the floor. You gasped when the back of your head bumped against the wooden floor. Shaking your head, you sent him a thunderous expression. “Now that’s my kind of conversation,” you hissed before you swung your thighs around his neck, squeezing with all your might.

Kraven grunted, closing his eyes. With sudden movements, he stood up and the next thing you knew was that he had pushed you against the wall, making you groan from the sudden impact.

Between your legs, you felt him puff out in breaths, “You know, not that I’m complaining, but I think I’m starting to get used to that.”

His flirty tone of voice made you look down in reluctance to discover him humming contently between your thighs. Spite made you squeeze even tighter and punch against his shoulders with your elbows.

“Stop with your pointy elbows,” Kraven hissed in warning.

“Stop invading my safe house, Kraven svolotsch!” [scumbag]

Your eyes widened when Kraven moved backwards and threw you onto your back as you both fell to the floor. He seemed to have a thing for knocking the wind out of you.

“What did you just call me?” he exhaled next to you.

“You heard me,” you whispered in return, trying to catch your breath.

“You know, I do love our conversations,” Kraven murmured reverently.

“What do you want?” you finally asked in disappointment.

“Now, you want to talk?”

“Now I want you out,” you exhaled tiredly.

“You wound me, pet.”

“Stop calling me that.”

Kraven sighed, slowly sitting up. “Who paid you?”

You opened your eyes, uncertain about his intentions. “Then you’ll kill me?”

Kraven raised his eyebrows, almost like he couldn’t believe you even uttering those words to him. “One less Spider in this world would be a pity. Tell me their name and I’ll reimburse you for your troubles. This, I promise you.”

You inhaled deeply, not knowing if Kraven was the kind to keep his oaths. “Or what?”

“These people are going to kill you if you don't deliver, unless you’re interested in a third run?” Kraven raised his eyebrows in challenge. Probably for some reason sharing the same opinion as you.

“Maybe I haven’t decided yet,” you teased as you leaned on your arm while your hand reached for his thigh which sustained the injury during your last altercation.

Kraven narrowed his eyes with his tilting head in consideration. “Uh, what are you doing?” he whispered hoarsely.

You clenched your jaw. Something wasn’t right, you thought, as you let your fingernails stubbornly search for the cut on his leg.

Kraven swallowed before he cleared his throat. “Why are you stroking my leg? Is this some sort of Soviet seduction technique I didn’t know about?”

There wasn’t an injury. Your heart was racing in your chest at the implication of it.

“What are you?”

Silence enveloped you two. Kraven stared at you in contemplation. “Tit for tat, Spider.”

“Fine.” You rolled your eyes and stood up to stretch your legs. “I don’t know their name. It didn’t matter. He only called himself the Benefactor.”

“Mysterious,” Kraven grumbled behind you.

“Drink?”

“Without poison, if it’s possible.”

You turned your body to reveal the fakest smile you could muster for him. “Only for you, sweetheart.”

“Oh, you treat me too well,” Kraven purred while cocking his head. “So, how does he contact you?”

“Encrypted connection via messaging server.” You offered a shot of vodka for him to take.

“Tell him to meet.” Pushing the brown locks away from his face, he threw back his drink.

“Well,…” You mulled over his offer. “…there’s only one choice to make. How do you feel about dying?” you inquired, putting the glass to your lips.

You tapped your fingers against arm, waiting for the stop of the descent of the cargo elevator. All the while ignoring the stares of two other henchmen standing next to you.

Someone cleared their throat. “Are you like the real deal?”

You pursed your lips at the awkwardness of it all, being in the lair of the so-called Benefactor and being surrounded by fanboys. It was strange. Usually, you were used to people being terrified of your past. Like they couldn’t fathom the possibility of an assassin walking among them. Or that they’d rather didn’t see you being part of society.

“No, I just like dressing up,” you replied dryly, sending them a smirk over your shoulder. “You want me to turn on my batons?”

“Can we take a selfie?”

You considered that for a few seconds before shrugging. “Sure. You want to get the body bag too?”

“Is there really a body in there?”

“What can I say? Needed something large in size to fit the dude.”

Both seemed speechless for a second and made up their minds. “Neat. Come on, huddle together.”

You tilted your head, making a peace sign with your fingers before the camera made the sound of a snapshot. “Nice.”

“Thanks so much.”

You cleared your throat. “My pleasure. Until next time, fellas.” Your fingers made a saluting sign before the doors opened to signal your destination. “Got to deliver something,” you muttered before you wandered down the hallways of the complex.

You had to hand it to those villains. They certainly had the extravagant taste for the finer things in life such as a hidden lair for your base of operations. You turned the corner when the HQ became visible down a set of stairs. Judging by the set of computers and a few people strolling around, tending to their tasks.

In the center of the base a man stood. There was something about him that compelled your vigilance. You trusted your deepest instincts that told you that you were dealing with the Benefactor of all people.

You did a double-take towards the set of stairs, mumbling to yourself, “Huh, that’s a lot of stairs.”

Almost like your voice carried over to him, the man turned around, staring right at you. “Welcome. It’s an honor to be in the presence of a Black Widow.”

Your body tensed before you took a deep breath while carrying the body bag down the stairs, being mindful of every thunk as you descended.

“If you say so.” Your curious gaze met his. There was something about him that felt familiar. The man appeared in his late 60’s and wore an aviator jacket with the lapel lined with fur. “Have we met before?”

The Benefactor cleared his throat. “I don’t think so. Is that the package?”

You narrowed your eyes at the dismissal. “Depends. Are you the Benefactor?”

He smirked when he lowered his head. “Sometimes.”

You placed your hands on your waist, dropping the body bag fully to the floor. “Very cloak and dagger,” you mused. “And to answer to your question: no. I just carry my accessories in there. Really practical if you know what I mean.”

The staring between the Benefactor and you lingered far longer than you expected it would.

Then he smiled widely.

“You’re funny.”

“I haven’t been called that before,” you surmised before you dragged the bag closer to him and pulled down the zipper until it ended around his middle.

The Benefactor hummed curiously and leaned forward until he could really see him. “Hmmm, he looks really fresh,” he replied as an observation.

What?

“I’m sorry?”

“The injuries on his face, I mean. There were stories about him, you know. Is it true that he can regenerate?”

Was he trying to mount him on a wall, or something? Or what was it about this talk of admiration?

Your gaze wandered around in scepticism at this strange diversion. “What kind of supervillain are you?” you asked with a hoarse voice.

The Benefactor chuckled under his breath. “I wouldn’t call myself super, not yet. But I have plans.”

“Hmm, don’t we all.”

He clapped his hands together, like you had just rejuvenated his spirits. “How hard was it to kill him?”

You stared at him calmly, knowing what was about to happen. “I think you know the answer to that,” you whispered ominously.

“Yes, I think I do.” Something glimmered in his eyes which gave you the incentive to turn on your Batons with their red glare.

Kraven’s eyes opened.

Ever so dramatic, you thought, as you inwardly rolled your eyes.

You didn’t gave away any warning before you doused the whole facility into complete darkness. There were gasps around you from the sudden blackout. Instead you turned off your Batons and switched over to your blades.

Something growled in the dark before you saw those golden eyes, like some sort of harbinger.

“You wanted me. Now here I am,” Kraven hissed menacingly.

“There’s no need for violence. I just wanted to see what would happen.”

“Okay,” you exhaled loudly. “Now watch this happen,” you promised sinisterly and threw the first blade.

Someone shrieked in shock when the knife pierced their leg. “Oh my—Goddammit!”

“Finish this, Kraven. I’m starving.”

You heard something powering up. With every second passing, a mechanical sound echoed in the air before something set into place. You turned your head just when night vision goggles jerkily snapped in your direction.

You suppressed a shiver and opted for the (more) silent tactic, swinging the baton around before shooting electricity through it at the last second.

Someone grunted before they fell to the floor.

“We don’t have all day, by the way. What’s taking so long?” you hollered and jerked back when the thrusters of an exo-suit flew past. “What the hell?”

“I know what I’m doing,” Kraven exhaled, hovering in the air, somewhere near the ceiling. “You deal with your henchmen and I’ll take care of this one.”

The alarm deafened your ears before red lights pulsed rhythmically into the dark, giving you the opportunity to watch—wait a second—the Vulture pressing Kraven against the wall.

“Are you sure?”

“Is this concern I’m hearing?” Kraven growled inhumanly before wrestling against like a rabid animal, tearing with all his might against one of the wings.

“If you want to fight the Vulture, be my guest.” You turned your head and watched in suspension as a new group of henchmen ran inside.

“Oh hey, fanboys!” you called out, waving a hand in greeting at the familiar faces.

They looked uncertainly at each other before one whispered to the other, “I don’t want to fight the Black Widow.”

“If it’s any consolation, if Kraven hadn’t taken so long, we would’ve been out of here already, so…” You twirled your batons in the air. “I’m not really giving you a choice, fellas.”

~Kraven POV~

Kraven was done with this bird man. He didn't mind heights, but this Vulture was messing with his good nature. The thruster’s engine made spluttering noises the longer his fingers viciously tore at it.

“This is all just a big misunderstanding.”

Kraven sneered at the pilot. “Tell that to me a few days ago when you tried to have me killed. Sending a Widow after me? Seems pretty clear to me,” he hissed with venom in his voice.

“Let go of the wing and we’ll talk.”

“The time for conversations is over, ptashka.” Feeling the itching in his fingers, he yanked out his hunting knife, ready to strike and not caring that they would fall several meters to the ground. [birdie]

“Okay, fine.”

Kraven frowned in anger when he was instead pushed, making him land on all fours.

Vulture’s landing was a bit inept, with the wing's engine sputtering. His arms were raised.

“Cease fire for now?”

“I haven’t decided yet,” Kraven exhaled unevenly, feeling wrath still bubbling under the surface, sending you an expression of aggravation over his shoulder. Hoping you would understand not to cross Vulture for now without speaking.

“Can’t make any promises for her though,” Kraven mentioned casually while pointing towards you, like he was discussing the weather.

Thankfully, you fastened your batons at your back again.

“It was an invitation,” Vulture explained vaguely. “A test if you will. To join our circle.”

“Recruitment?” Kraven was getting bored already - this wasn’t really tickling his fancy. He raised an eyebrow with a sneer. “Not interested in joining anyone’s club. I have my own agenda to follow. I'm not bending towards anyone’s rules.”

“We respect your … hunts if you will.”

“We?”

“A collection of people who have been wronged. Like-minded people such as yourself. We could use someone like you who loves the thrill of the hunt. Because that’s what you do, right? You absolutely live for it. To hunt your prey until it grows tired.”

Kraven hummed noncommittally. Not sure yet of this secret club. But this bird man certainly could appeal to his baser nature. “I’ve reached a decision.”

Vulture tilted his head in fascination, but didn’t reveal his eyes behind those goggles.

“I won’t kill you … yet. For drawing me out like that. But you have aggravated me with your little games by making me neglect my work.” With every sentence, Kraven took a step forward, needing to drive home that he could kill them for their impertinence. “So, I’m going to take off and then I’ll debate with myself if I should drop by in the future. Be thankful if I don’t.”

He turned away, knowing with absolute clarity that they wouldn’t be stopped.

“Not even curious?” Vulture called from behind him, trying to dangle one last temptation.

“Too busy.”

“Even for a spider?”

Kraven clenched his jaw in agitation as he stopped in his tracks. And there went wrath all over again. His gaze met yours.

And there he thought he wouldn’t have to kill anyone.

Kraven turned his body, unable to stop the clenching of his fists. “Come again?”

“Oh, not this one,” he said, waving a hand at you. “I wouldn’t dare cross a potential asset.”

“Not interested,” you negated with absolute certainty.

Vulture shook his head. “Not interested … too busy.” With careful movements he took off his night vision goggles. “I thought it could interest you to hunt a certain … Spiderman.”

Tagging: @mellowstatesmanhandsempath​ @ravenmoore14​ @blackmagicwoman

[itsyveinthesky]

Your brain on fascism.

A few of the disturbing parts of his speech:

“He said that the time would come when people from outside Europe would not be allowed to enter Hungary, even if they came through the Schengen border. He said that the time would come when more than half of the inhabitants of Western European cities would be of non-European origin, so steps must be taken to prevent racial mixing. He made it quite clear that the time may come when it will not be necessary to check at the border whether someone is an EU citizen or legally resident in the EU, but rather what their origin is.

The separation of law and birth status was a trend in Europe in the 1940s, when masses of people were deprived of their rights on the basis of origin. It was the logic used to exterminate Jews in the territories controlled by the Nazis, but it was also the logic used to expel Hungarians from Czechoslovakia after the war, or Germans from Hungary.

The logic, even if only in terms of aliens, must, according to Orbán, return to Central Europe within a generation. According to the Prime Minister, European races can mix with each other, but non-Europeans cannot mix with the people here. In order to achieve this goal, more children must be born, otherwise Hungary and the Carpathian Basin will be "stolen" from us.

[...]

Orbán believes that the Czech and Slovak governments have become too Westernised, which in his view is tantamount to putting their horses in the burning barn, as he sees Western civilisation as living its last hours. And the Poles are too much listening to their hearts in war rather than their brains, as is the Hungarian government, which does not want to get involved in the war.

Orbán has been saying for well over a decade now, in Tusványos and elsewhere, that he believes that US hegemony is over, that Western civilisation is finished, because homosexuality and the mixing of races are bringing destruction to Western Europe. He said these things again, but this time he also set a specific date for the fall of Western Europe, 2030.

He used Russian political terminology twice in his speech, calling the Westerners "zapadnyks" (zapad means West in Russian), unusually for a Hungarian speaker, and also quoting Lenin in Russian (Sto gyélaty? or What to do?), quoting the title of the Bolshevik leader's 1902 debating paper.

If you want the whole insane ramble go here: https://444.hu/2022/07/23/orban-fajelmeleti-fejtegetesbe-fogott-es-megjosolta-hogy-2030-ra-megbukik-a-nyugati-civilizacio

To round this off let me post the pic of  Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó & Sergey Lavrov during a recent Moscow meeting

[mocha-writes]

15

15. trembling hands

Strahd’s hand trembles slightly as he reaches out to close Sergei’s lifeless eyes. After licking the dagger clean and pressing his lips to the wound over his brother’s heart, there should be no hesitation remaining, but how blue they are makes him pause. They’re as blue as the sea which crashes against the white beaches of their homeland--the ocean was the first thing Sergei promised Tatyana she would see once they arrived there and something Strahd has only distant memories of, fragments of days from a childhood that ended at their father’s command. Sergei’s eyes match his uniform, an imitation of military style but without any of the gaudy adornments commonly added by those who never served. Sergei would never wear a medal without meaning behind it or a badge crafted solely to hold a rare jewel.

Sergei has their mother’s eyes, Strahd remembers. For a moment the last sight of their mother flashes in his mind--the mixture of sadness and pride in her eyes, how they glistened with tears she didn’t acknowledge as she wrapped her arms around him for what neither of them knew would be the last time, how she was still looking at him as he looked back from astride his horse. She’d smiled then, and that had brought one forth from Strahd as well. Sergei’s eyes crinkled at the corners in the exact same way as hers when he smiled--

He’s free now, Strahd reminds himself. Free from aging, free to claim the happiness he’d always dreamed of and so rightfully deserves.

“You were supposed to have been a priest,” he whispers as he shuts Sergei’s eyes, sealing off the depths of his blank stare. “Why couldn’t you just do what you were born to do?”

Strahd silences the thoughts about how his brother looked at him--if anger or disappointment lingered in his dead gaze, what questions might have bubbled behind his wide-eyed shock--as the door opens. As expected, the noise of throwing his body to the floor alarmed a servant, Sergei’s own personal attendant. What is unexpected is how the man responds to the careful imitation of grief by remaining frozen in the doorway.

“What are you waiting for, you fool?!” Strahd shouts, rising from where he’d knelt beside Sergei’s corpse. “Don’t just stand there! Call the guards!” He points to the outer hall and the servant bolts away, trembling.

A brief smile of satisfaction that all was going smoothly brought the taste of blood into his mouth. Strahd hurries to the mirror Sergei had been at when he’d arrived. His bloody hands tremble slightly as he brings one to his equally messy mouth. It’s his word against one servant’s, he tells himself as he reaches for Sergei’s soap. Made by Sergei himself using a recipe Tatyana had taught him, its gentle scent now smells quite pungent, but Strahd ignores it and begins to scrub himself clean, the water of the wash basin gaining a pink tinge and growing steadily darker.

His reflection matches the white cloth he pats his mouth dry with, he realizes with his next glance in the mirror. Strahd reaches out, his hand flattening against the mirror’s surface as he turns paler than the cloth, then whiter than paper. His black eyes pop ludicrously, the contrast elevating the shock in his expression. His lips, now redder than the heirloom ruby around his neck, gape ungracefully as he watches his reflection fade. His last sight of himself is utterly laughable, he thinks, the sudden disappearance of color from his face only heightening his awareness of the gray streaks which menace the black of his long hair and how it thins at his temples, the lines on his face seeming deep as chasms. A wave of revulsion washes over him as he runs his hand on the glass, making him draw away. His hand almost feels singed as he clutches it to his chest. He barely has time to steady himself before guardsmen enter and the hunt for Sergei’s assassin begins.

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The peninsula’s water storage basins have been filled to 100% of the planned volume, Sergey Aksyonov has said Crimea has accumulated water reserves that are twice as big as in the previous year, the regional head, Sergey Aksyonov, told TASS news agency on Monday. The territory had suffered from periodic shortages beginning in 2014, when Ukraine cut off water supply through a canal located in the…

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Kuzey Makedonya'da "Açık Balkan" Zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısında konuştu

Kuzey Makedonya‘nın güneybatısındaki Ohri şehrinde düzenlenen “Açık Balkan” (Open Balkan) girişimi zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısı düzenlendi.

Kuzey Makedonya Başbakanı Dimitar Kovaçevski, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Edi Rama, Sırbistan Cumhurbaşkanı Aleksandar Vucic, Karadağ Başbakanı Dritan Abazovic ve Bosna Hersek Bakanlar Konseyi Başkanı Zoran Tegeltiya, katıldıkları zirvenin ardından ortak basın toplantısında konuştu.

Kovaçevski, söz konusu zirvenin verimli, bölge için yeni ve pozitif bir dönüm noktası olduğunun altını çizerek “Bugün burada Ohri’de, kültür ve turizm alanında iş birliği noktasında yeni sayfalar açıyoruz. Açık Balkan ülkelerinden vatandaşlarımız hem ekonomi hem de diğer alanlardaki faydaları en hızlı şekilde hissetsin. Bunlar, Saranda, Ohri veya Kopaonik’te uygun koşullarda ve düzenlenmiş fiyatlarla bir tatil bile olabilir.” ifadelerini kullandı.

Girişime katılan ülkelerin ekonomik krizle mücadele ve gıda ile enerji kıtlığıyla başa çıkmak için iş birliği yapmaktan yana olduğunu dile getiren Kovaçevski, Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olmayan Karadağ ve Bosna Hersek’in de bu zirveye katılmalarından dolayı söz konusu zirvenin bir “milat” olduğunu vurguladı.

Vucic de liderler arasındaki görüşmelerin gelecekte de devam edeceğinin ifade ederek, “Biz zaten gelecek hafta video konferans yöntemiyle görüşeceğiz. Tüm Avrupa’yı ve dünyayı tehdit eden krizi 6 ay ile 1 yıl arasında aşmak ve en iyi çözümleri bulmak için uzmanlarımızı bir araya getirmek amacıyla görüşmelerimizi ve hazırlıklarımızı devam ettirelim.” değerlendirmesinde bulundu.

Vatandaşların yaşamlarını iyileştirme noktasında çözümler bulma meselesini görüştüklerini söyleyen Vucic, bu kapsamındaki sonuçların hemen görünür olmayacağını kaydetti.

Açık Balkan girişimine katılan ülkeler arasında hemen hemen hiçbir ikili sorun bulunmadığına işaret eden Vucic, hatta bu ülkelerin yıllardır açık olan sorunları çözmeyi başardığını belirtti.

Ayrıca Vucic, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Rama’ya teşekkür ederek, Rama’nın liderliği olmadan Açık Balkan’ın hayatta kalamayacağının altını çizdi.

Rama ise 6 Batı Balkan ülkesinden 5’inin liderinin bu zirveye katılmasından dolayı mutlu olduğunu ifade etti.

Altı liderin de hep beraber burada olmasını istediğini belirten Rama, ancak Açık Balkan’ın ne duracağını ne de kapanacağını vurguladı.

Gıda ve enerji krizinin kötüleşmesiyle iş birliğinin daha da önemli hale geldiğine dikkati çeken Rama, “Açık Balkan, üç kişinin bir fikri olarak doğdu. Bugün bu sadece üç kişinin fikri değil ve sadece üç kişinin işi değil. Açık Balkan bugün tüm insanlarındır.” diye konuştu.

“Rusya’nın Açık Balkan girişimine dahil olup olmadığı ve Rusya Dışişleri Bakanı Sergey Lavrov’un girişime yönelik destek açıklaması” ile ilgili bir soru üzerine Rama ve Vucic, bu girişimin, Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan’ın münhasır ve ortak bir girişimi olduğunu vurguladı.

Öte yandan Tegeltiya, ülkesinin de Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olması gerektiğini belirterek, Bosna Hersek’in de bu girişimin bir parçası olması noktasında siyasi bir uzlaşı sağlayacağı yönünde umudunu dile getirdi.

Abazovic de Batı Balkanlarla ilgili birkaç toplantıya katıldığını ancak bu zirvenin bölge için “yeni bir yüz” olduğunu ifade ederek, zirve kapsamında ele alınan tüm konuların, bölge ülkelerinde yaşayan vatandaşların hayat standartlarıyla ilgili olduklarını ifade etti.

Zirve kapsamında Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan arasında farklı alanlarda anlaşmalar ve iş birliği protokolleri imzalandı.

AA / Abdula Berisha – Güncel

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Kuzey Makedonya'da "Açık Balkan" Zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısında konuştu

Kuzey Makedonya‘nın güneybatısındaki Ohri şehrinde düzenlenen “Açık Balkan” (Open Balkan) girişimi zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısı düzenlendi.

Kuzey Makedonya Başbakanı Dimitar Kovaçevski, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Edi Rama, Sırbistan Cumhurbaşkanı Aleksandar Vucic, Karadağ Başbakanı Dritan Abazovic ve Bosna Hersek Bakanlar Konseyi Başkanı Zoran Tegeltiya, katıldıkları zirvenin ardından ortak basın toplantısında konuştu.

Kovaçevski, söz konusu zirvenin verimli, bölge için yeni ve pozitif bir dönüm noktası olduğunun altını çizerek “Bugün burada Ohri’de, kültür ve turizm alanında iş birliği noktasında yeni sayfalar açıyoruz. Açık Balkan ülkelerinden vatandaşlarımız hem ekonomi hem de diğer alanlardaki faydaları en hızlı şekilde hissetsin. Bunlar, Saranda, Ohri veya Kopaonik’te uygun koşullarda ve düzenlenmiş fiyatlarla bir tatil bile olabilir.” ifadelerini kullandı.

Girişime katılan ülkelerin ekonomik krizle mücadele ve gıda ile enerji kıtlığıyla başa çıkmak için iş birliği yapmaktan yana olduğunu dile getiren Kovaçevski, Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olmayan Karadağ ve Bosna Hersek’in de bu zirveye katılmalarından dolayı söz konusu zirvenin bir “milat” olduğunu vurguladı.

Vucic de liderler arasındaki görüşmelerin gelecekte de devam edeceğinin ifade ederek, “Biz zaten gelecek hafta video konferans yöntemiyle görüşeceğiz. Tüm Avrupa’yı ve dünyayı tehdit eden krizi 6 ay ile 1 yıl arasında aşmak ve en iyi çözümleri bulmak için uzmanlarımızı bir araya getirmek amacıyla görüşmelerimizi ve hazırlıklarımızı devam ettirelim.” değerlendirmesinde bulundu.

Vatandaşların yaşamlarını iyileştirme noktasında çözümler bulma meselesini görüştüklerini söyleyen Vucic, bu kapsamındaki sonuçların hemen görünür olmayacağını kaydetti.

Açık Balkan girişimine katılan ülkeler arasında hemen hemen hiçbir ikili sorun bulunmadığına işaret eden Vucic, hatta bu ülkelerin yıllardır açık olan sorunları çözmeyi başardığını belirtti.

Ayrıca Vucic, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Rama’ya teşekkür ederek, Rama’nın liderliği olmadan Açık Balkan’ın hayatta kalamayacağının altını çizdi.

Rama ise 6 Batı Balkan ülkesinden 5’inin liderinin bu zirveye katılmasından dolayı mutlu olduğunu ifade etti.

Altı liderin de hep beraber burada olmasını istediğini belirten Rama, ancak Açık Balkan’ın ne duracağını ne de kapanacağını vurguladı.

Gıda ve enerji krizinin kötüleşmesiyle iş birliğinin daha da önemli hale geldiğine dikkati çeken Rama, “Açık Balkan, üç kişinin bir fikri olarak doğdu. Bugün bu sadece üç kişinin fikri değil ve sadece üç kişinin işi değil. Açık Balkan bugün tüm insanlarındır.” diye konuştu.

“Rusya’nın Açık Balkan girişimine dahil olup olmadığı ve Rusya Dışişleri Bakanı Sergey Lavrov’un girişime yönelik destek açıklaması” ile ilgili bir soru üzerine Rama ve Vucic, bu girişimin, Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan’ın münhasır ve ortak bir girişimi olduğunu vurguladı.

Öte yandan Tegeltiya, ülkesinin de Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olması gerektiğini belirterek, Bosna Hersek’in de bu girişimin bir parçası olması noktasında siyasi bir uzlaşı sağlayacağı yönünde umudunu dile getirdi.

Abazovic de Batı Balkanlarla ilgili birkaç toplantıya katıldığını ancak bu zirvenin bölge için “yeni bir yüz” olduğunu ifade ederek, zirve kapsamında ele alınan tüm konuların, bölge ülkelerinde yaşayan vatandaşların hayat standartlarıyla ilgili olduklarını ifade etti.

Zirve kapsamında Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan arasında farklı alanlarda anlaşmalar ve iş birliği protokolleri imzalandı.

AA / Abdula Berisha – Güncel

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Kuzey Makedonya'da "Açık Balkan" Zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısında konuştu

Kuzey Makedonya‘nın güneybatısındaki Ohri şehrinde düzenlenen “Açık Balkan” (Open Balkan) girişimi zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısı düzenlendi.

Kuzey Makedonya Başbakanı Dimitar Kovaçevski, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Edi Rama, Sırbistan Cumhurbaşkanı Aleksandar Vucic, Karadağ Başbakanı Dritan Abazovic ve Bosna Hersek Bakanlar Konseyi Başkanı Zoran Tegeltiya, katıldıkları zirvenin ardından ortak basın toplantısında konuştu.

Kovaçevski, söz konusu zirvenin verimli, bölge için yeni ve pozitif bir dönüm noktası olduğunun altını çizerek “Bugün burada Ohri’de, kültür ve turizm alanında iş birliği noktasında yeni sayfalar açıyoruz. Açık Balkan ülkelerinden vatandaşlarımız hem ekonomi hem de diğer alanlardaki faydaları en hızlı şekilde hissetsin. Bunlar, Saranda, Ohri veya Kopaonik’te uygun koşullarda ve düzenlenmiş fiyatlarla bir tatil bile olabilir.” ifadelerini kullandı.

Girişime katılan ülkelerin ekonomik krizle mücadele ve gıda ile enerji kıtlığıyla başa çıkmak için iş birliği yapmaktan yana olduğunu dile getiren Kovaçevski, Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olmayan Karadağ ve Bosna Hersek’in de bu zirveye katılmalarından dolayı söz konusu zirvenin bir “milat” olduğunu vurguladı.

Vucic de liderler arasındaki görüşmelerin gelecekte de devam edeceğinin ifade ederek, “Biz zaten gelecek hafta video konferans yöntemiyle görüşeceğiz. Tüm Avrupa’yı ve dünyayı tehdit eden krizi 6 ay ile 1 yıl arasında aşmak ve en iyi çözümleri bulmak için uzmanlarımızı bir araya getirmek amacıyla görüşmelerimizi ve hazırlıklarımızı devam ettirelim.” değerlendirmesinde bulundu.

Vatandaşların yaşamlarını iyileştirme noktasında çözümler bulma meselesini görüştüklerini söyleyen Vucic, bu kapsamındaki sonuçların hemen görünür olmayacağını kaydetti.

Açık Balkan girişimine katılan ülkeler arasında hemen hemen hiçbir ikili sorun bulunmadığına işaret eden Vucic, hatta bu ülkelerin yıllardır açık olan sorunları çözmeyi başardığını belirtti.

Ayrıca Vucic, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Rama’ya teşekkür ederek, Rama’nın liderliği olmadan Açık Balkan’ın hayatta kalamayacağının altını çizdi.

Rama ise 6 Batı Balkan ülkesinden 5’inin liderinin bu zirveye katılmasından dolayı mutlu olduğunu ifade etti.

Altı liderin de hep beraber burada olmasını istediğini belirten Rama, ancak Açık Balkan’ın ne duracağını ne de kapanacağını vurguladı.

Gıda ve enerji krizinin kötüleşmesiyle iş birliğinin daha da önemli hale geldiğine dikkati çeken Rama, “Açık Balkan, üç kişinin bir fikri olarak doğdu. Bugün bu sadece üç kişinin fikri değil ve sadece üç kişinin işi değil. Açık Balkan bugün tüm insanlarındır.” diye konuştu.

“Rusya’nın Açık Balkan girişimine dahil olup olmadığı ve Rusya Dışişleri Bakanı Sergey Lavrov’un girişime yönelik destek açıklaması” ile ilgili bir soru üzerine Rama ve Vucic, bu girişimin, Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan’ın münhasır ve ortak bir girişimi olduğunu vurguladı.

Öte yandan Tegeltiya, ülkesinin de Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olması gerektiğini belirterek, Bosna Hersek’in de bu girişimin bir parçası olması noktasında siyasi bir uzlaşı sağlayacağı yönünde umudunu dile getirdi.

Abazovic de Batı Balkanlarla ilgili birkaç toplantıya katıldığını ancak bu zirvenin bölge için “yeni bir yüz” olduğunu ifade ederek, zirve kapsamında ele alınan tüm konuların, bölge ülkelerinde yaşayan vatandaşların hayat standartlarıyla ilgili olduklarını ifade etti.

Zirve kapsamında Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan arasında farklı alanlarda anlaşmalar ve iş birliği protokolleri imzalandı.

AA / Abdula Berisha – Güncel

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Kuzey Makedonya'da "Açık Balkan" Zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısında konuştu

Kuzey Makedonya‘nın güneybatısındaki Ohri şehrinde düzenlenen “Açık Balkan” (Open Balkan) girişimi zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısı düzenlendi.

Kuzey Makedonya Başbakanı Dimitar Kovaçevski, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Edi Rama, Sırbistan Cumhurbaşkanı Aleksandar Vucic, Karadağ Başbakanı Dritan Abazovic ve Bosna Hersek Bakanlar Konseyi Başkanı Zoran Tegeltiya, katıldıkları zirvenin ardından ortak basın toplantısında konuştu.

Kovaçevski, söz konusu zirvenin verimli, bölge için yeni ve pozitif bir dönüm noktası olduğunun altını çizerek “Bugün burada Ohri’de, kültür ve turizm alanında iş birliği noktasında yeni sayfalar açıyoruz. Açık Balkan ülkelerinden vatandaşlarımız hem ekonomi hem de diğer alanlardaki faydaları en hızlı şekilde hissetsin. Bunlar, Saranda, Ohri veya Kopaonik’te uygun koşullarda ve düzenlenmiş fiyatlarla bir tatil bile olabilir.” ifadelerini kullandı.

Girişime katılan ülkelerin ekonomik krizle mücadele ve gıda ile enerji kıtlığıyla başa çıkmak için iş birliği yapmaktan yana olduğunu dile getiren Kovaçevski, Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olmayan Karadağ ve Bosna Hersek’in de bu zirveye katılmalarından dolayı söz konusu zirvenin bir “milat” olduğunu vurguladı.

Vucic de liderler arasındaki görüşmelerin gelecekte de devam edeceğinin ifade ederek, “Biz zaten gelecek hafta video konferans yöntemiyle görüşeceğiz. Tüm Avrupa’yı ve dünyayı tehdit eden krizi 6 ay ile 1 yıl arasında aşmak ve en iyi çözümleri bulmak için uzmanlarımızı bir araya getirmek amacıyla görüşmelerimizi ve hazırlıklarımızı devam ettirelim.” değerlendirmesinde bulundu.

Vatandaşların yaşamlarını iyileştirme noktasında çözümler bulma meselesini görüştüklerini söyleyen Vucic, bu kapsamındaki sonuçların hemen görünür olmayacağını kaydetti.

Açık Balkan girişimine katılan ülkeler arasında hemen hemen hiçbir ikili sorun bulunmadığına işaret eden Vucic, hatta bu ülkelerin yıllardır açık olan sorunları çözmeyi başardığını belirtti.

Ayrıca Vucic, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Rama’ya teşekkür ederek, Rama’nın liderliği olmadan Açık Balkan’ın hayatta kalamayacağının altını çizdi.

Rama ise 6 Batı Balkan ülkesinden 5’inin liderinin bu zirveye katılmasından dolayı mutlu olduğunu ifade etti.

Altı liderin de hep beraber burada olmasını istediğini belirten Rama, ancak Açık Balkan’ın ne duracağını ne de kapanacağını vurguladı.

Gıda ve enerji krizinin kötüleşmesiyle iş birliğinin daha da önemli hale geldiğine dikkati çeken Rama, “Açık Balkan, üç kişinin bir fikri olarak doğdu. Bugün bu sadece üç kişinin fikri değil ve sadece üç kişinin işi değil. Açık Balkan bugün tüm insanlarındır.” diye konuştu.

“Rusya’nın Açık Balkan girişimine dahil olup olmadığı ve Rusya Dışişleri Bakanı Sergey Lavrov’un girişime yönelik destek açıklaması” ile ilgili bir soru üzerine Rama ve Vucic, bu girişimin, Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan’ın münhasır ve ortak bir girişimi olduğunu vurguladı.

Öte yandan Tegeltiya, ülkesinin de Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olması gerektiğini belirterek, Bosna Hersek’in de bu girişimin bir parçası olması noktasında siyasi bir uzlaşı sağlayacağı yönünde umudunu dile getirdi.

Abazovic de Batı Balkanlarla ilgili birkaç toplantıya katıldığını ancak bu zirvenin bölge için “yeni bir yüz” olduğunu ifade ederek, zirve kapsamında ele alınan tüm konuların, bölge ülkelerinde yaşayan vatandaşların hayat standartlarıyla ilgili olduklarını ifade etti.

Zirve kapsamında Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan arasında farklı alanlarda anlaşmalar ve iş birliği protokolleri imzalandı.

AA / Abdula Berisha – Güncel

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Kuzey Makedonya'da "Açık Balkan" Zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısında konuştu

Kuzey Makedonya‘nın güneybatısındaki Ohri şehrinde düzenlenen “Açık Balkan” (Open Balkan) girişimi zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısı düzenlendi.

Kuzey Makedonya Başbakanı Dimitar Kovaçevski, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Edi Rama, Sırbistan Cumhurbaşkanı Aleksandar Vucic, Karadağ Başbakanı Dritan Abazovic ve Bosna Hersek Bakanlar Konseyi Başkanı Zoran Tegeltiya, katıldıkları zirvenin ardından ortak basın toplantısında konuştu.

Kovaçevski, söz konusu zirvenin verimli, bölge için yeni ve pozitif bir dönüm noktası olduğunun altını çizerek “Bugün burada Ohri’de, kültür ve turizm alanında iş birliği noktasında yeni sayfalar açıyoruz. Açık Balkan ülkelerinden vatandaşlarımız hem ekonomi hem de diğer alanlardaki faydaları en hızlı şekilde hissetsin. Bunlar, Saranda, Ohri veya Kopaonik’te uygun koşullarda ve düzenlenmiş fiyatlarla bir tatil bile olabilir.” ifadelerini kullandı.

Girişime katılan ülkelerin ekonomik krizle mücadele ve gıda ile enerji kıtlığıyla başa çıkmak için iş birliği yapmaktan yana olduğunu dile getiren Kovaçevski, Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olmayan Karadağ ve Bosna Hersek’in de bu zirveye katılmalarından dolayı söz konusu zirvenin bir “milat” olduğunu vurguladı.

Vucic de liderler arasındaki görüşmelerin gelecekte de devam edeceğinin ifade ederek, “Biz zaten gelecek hafta video konferans yöntemiyle görüşeceğiz. Tüm Avrupa’yı ve dünyayı tehdit eden krizi 6 ay ile 1 yıl arasında aşmak ve en iyi çözümleri bulmak için uzmanlarımızı bir araya getirmek amacıyla görüşmelerimizi ve hazırlıklarımızı devam ettirelim.” değerlendirmesinde bulundu.

Vatandaşların yaşamlarını iyileştirme noktasında çözümler bulma meselesini görüştüklerini söyleyen Vucic, bu kapsamındaki sonuçların hemen görünür olmayacağını kaydetti.

Açık Balkan girişimine katılan ülkeler arasında hemen hemen hiçbir ikili sorun bulunmadığına işaret eden Vucic, hatta bu ülkelerin yıllardır açık olan sorunları çözmeyi başardığını belirtti.

Ayrıca Vucic, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Rama’ya teşekkür ederek, Rama’nın liderliği olmadan Açık Balkan’ın hayatta kalamayacağının altını çizdi.

Rama ise 6 Batı Balkan ülkesinden 5’inin liderinin bu zirveye katılmasından dolayı mutlu olduğunu ifade etti.

Altı liderin de hep beraber burada olmasını istediğini belirten Rama, ancak Açık Balkan’ın ne duracağını ne de kapanacağını vurguladı.

Gıda ve enerji krizinin kötüleşmesiyle iş birliğinin daha da önemli hale geldiğine dikkati çeken Rama, “Açık Balkan, üç kişinin bir fikri olarak doğdu. Bugün bu sadece üç kişinin fikri değil ve sadece üç kişinin işi değil. Açık Balkan bugün tüm insanlarındır.” diye konuştu.

“Rusya’nın Açık Balkan girişimine dahil olup olmadığı ve Rusya Dışişleri Bakanı Sergey Lavrov’un girişime yönelik destek açıklaması” ile ilgili bir soru üzerine Rama ve Vucic, bu girişimin, Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan’ın münhasır ve ortak bir girişimi olduğunu vurguladı.

Öte yandan Tegeltiya, ülkesinin de Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olması gerektiğini belirterek, Bosna Hersek’in de bu girişimin bir parçası olması noktasında siyasi bir uzlaşı sağlayacağı yönünde umudunu dile getirdi.

Abazovic de Batı Balkanlarla ilgili birkaç toplantıya katıldığını ancak bu zirvenin bölge için “yeni bir yüz” olduğunu ifade ederek, zirve kapsamında ele alınan tüm konuların, bölge ülkelerinde yaşayan vatandaşların hayat standartlarıyla ilgili olduklarını ifade etti.

Zirve kapsamında Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan arasında farklı alanlarda anlaşmalar ve iş birliği protokolleri imzalandı.

AA / Abdula Berisha – Güncel

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Sergei Basin

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Roadkillerz OCs

Did I steal this idea from my good pal @white-and-pink-bear ? Yes I did, but it's because it's a very good idea. Roadkillerz is made by my other good buddy @ghostys-originals so give him and his work some love!

Ask me questions about these guys! And this list is bound to get bigger with time. But here they are:

Dudley Forbes

Angus Forbes

Colonel Jamey Price

Fraser Price

Raeburn Price

Dr. Peter Diane Armstrong

Piper Armstrong

Lollygag

Thomas "Thom" Cottontail

Patricia "Patty" Cottontail

Pappardelle "Dell" Capello

Dr. Olivia Case

Hudson Calhoun

Brick Harris

Bubbles

Bertram Libretto

Amanita

Chuck Deisel

Cosmo Sergei

General Dominic Torres

Stanton Stag

Bulk

Doc

Then we have my Rkz fankids:

Gabriel Rojas

Jonesy Cottontail-Price

Savannah O'Sunshine-Forbes

Briar Price-Munfreud

And these aren't characters but it's a place I've made in Rkz:

Frostbite Basin

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The Little Palace and Grishas’ lives in Second Army, pt. 2

Chapter 8- Alina’s room- bed

I stretched and reached out to run a finger over the intricately carved birds and flowers on the bedpost. High above me, the canopy of the bed opened to reveal a ceiling painted in bold colors, an elaborate pattern of leaves and flowers and birds in flight. As I was staring up at it, counting the leaves of a juniper wreath and beginning to doze off again, a soft knock came at the door. I threw off the heavy covers and slid my feet into the little fur-lined slippers set out by the bed.

Chapter 8- clothes

I started with the pile of clothes on the bed: close-fitting breeches of a fabric I’d never encountered that seemed to fit and move like a second skin, a long blouse of thin cotton that tied with a dark blue sash, and boots. But to call them boots didn’t seem right. I’d owned boots. These were something else entirely, made of the softest black leather and fitted perfectly to my calves. They were strange clothes, similar to what peasant men and farmers wore. But the fabrics were finer and more expensive than any peasant could ever hope to afford.

Chapter 8- kefta

I took a deep breath, pulled the kefta off the screen, and slipped it on. It was lighter than it looked, and like the other clothes, it fit perfectly. I fastened the little hidden buttons in the front and stepped back to try to look at myself in the mirror above the basin. The kefta was deepest midnight blue and fell nearly to my feet. The sleeves were wide, and though it was a lot like a coat, it was so elegant I felt as if I were wearing a gown. Then I noticed the embroidery at the cuffs. Like all Grisha, the Etherealki indicated their designation within their order by color of embroidery: pale blue for Tidemakers, red for Inferni, and silver for Squallers. My cuffs were embr-oidered in gold.

Chapter 8- domed room for dining

Genya led me to the same domed room where we had gathered the previous afternoon for the processional. It wasn’t nearly as crowded today, but there was still a lively buzz of conversation. In the corners, Grisha clustered around samovars and lounged on divans, warming themselves by elaborately tiled ovens. Others breakfasted at the four long tables arranged in a square at the room’s center.

Chapter 8- the sitting order

She led me to one of the long tables, and as we approached, two servants stepped forward to pull out chairs for us.

“We sit here, at the right hand of the Darkling,” said Marie, pride in her voice, gesturing down the length of the table where more Grisha in blue kefta sat. “The Corporalki sit there,” she said with a disdainful glance at the table opposite ours, where a glowering Sergei and a few other red-robed figures were eating breakfast.

It occurred to me that if we were at the right hand of the Darkling, the Corporalki were just as close to him on the left, but I didn’t mention that.

The Darkling’s table was empty, the only sign of his presence a large ebony chair.

Chapter 8- breakfast food

Plates of rye bread and pickled herring were placed in front of us, and I had to stifle a gag. I hate herring. Luckily, there was plenty of bread and, I saw with astonishment, sliced plums that must have come from a hothouse. A servant brought us hot tea from one of the large samovars.

“Sugar!” I exclaimed as he set a little bowl before me.

Marie and Nadia exchanged a glance and I blushed. Sugar had been rationed in Ravka for the last hundred years, but apparently it wasn’t a novelty in the Little Palace.

pt. 1, pt. 3, pt. 4, pt. 5, pt. 6, pt. 7, pt. 8

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Mysterious mineral only ever seen in meteorites inexplicably found by the Dead Sea

https://sciencespies.com/nature/mysterious-mineral-only-ever-seen-in-meteorites-inexplicably-found-by-the-dead-sea/

Mysterious mineral only ever seen in meteorites inexplicably found by the Dead Sea

A very rare mineral that’s previously been found only in extraterrestrial meteorites has been discovered in Earth’s own rocks for the first time, lying in a sedimentary formation not far from the shores of the Dead Sea.

Allabogdanite, a phosphide mineral, was unknown to science until just a couple of decades ago, after fragments of a small iron meteorite were recovered from the Bolshoi Dolguchan River in Eastern Yakutia, Russia.

A sample of the fragments later revealed the presence of a new mineral structure occurring as thin layers of crystals spread throughout the meteorite’s plessite mixture. The discoverers named it after Russian geologist Alla Bogdanova.

Subsequently, allabogdanite has been found in other meteorites too, suggesting that the rare mineral might not be quite as exclusive as had been believed.

Even so, only being found in rocks falling out of the sky is still a pretty special status all told – and yet now it seems allabogdanite also has Earthly origins we never knew about.

(Mineralogical Society of America)

Above: General view of a sample from the Hatrurim basin. Left: Polished cross-section showing allabogdanite and barringerite grains (white pebbles). Right: The same fragment showing grains of allabogdanite (mixed colors) and barringerite (yellow).

In a new study, scientists report the discovery of allabogdanite in the Negev Desert of Israel, located to the southwest of the Dead Sea.

“The discovery of the high-pressure polymorph of (Fe,Ni)2P, allabogdanite in the surficial pyrometamorphic rocks of the Hatrurim Formation (the Mottled Zone) surrounding the Dead Sea basin in Israel is the first terrestrial occurrence of a mineral previously only found in iron meteorites,” a team of researchers, led by crystallographer Sergey Britvin from St Petersburg University in Russia, explains in the new paper.

While the Dead Sea’s allabogdanite might not come from outer space, it still remains possible – perhaps – that it was born out of some kind of extraterrestrial event, the researchers say.

Analysis of the Hatrurim sample – and experiments exploring how it transitions from its low-pressure polymorph state, the mineral barringerite – suggest this terrestrial allabogdanite only forms under extremely high pressure: over 25 gigapascals.

“Such high pressures on Earth can be attained during catastrophic collisions with large meteorite impactors, or at the Earth’s mantle conditions, at a depth of more than 500 kilometers,” Britvin says.

However, as there’s no evidence of large meteorite collisions in the region – nor any signs that the rocks in the Mottled Zone have deep ties to Earth’s mantle – it’s not exactly clear how this terrestrial allabogdanite came to be.

If we can locate other instances of terrestrial allabogdanite, it might give us more to go on. But until we can find another source of this unusual mineral on Earth, it’s hard to say more, the team concludes.

“Therefore, the origin of terrestrial allabogdanite in the rocks of the Mottled Zone remains unresolved and adds to the number of mineralogical enigmas of this unusual metamorphic complex,” the researchers explain.

The findings are reported in American Mineralogist.

#Nature

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Kuzey Makedonya'da "Açık Balkan" Zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısında konuştu

Kuzey Makedonya‘nın güneybatısındaki Ohri şehrinde düzenlenen “Açık Balkan” (Open Balkan) girişimi zirvesine katılan liderler ortak basın toplantısı düzenlendi.

Kuzey Makedonya Başbakanı Dimitar Kovaçevski, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Edi Rama, Sırbistan Cumhurbaşkanı Aleksandar Vucic, Karadağ Başbakanı Dritan Abazovic ve Bosna Hersek Bakanlar Konseyi Başkanı Zoran Tegeltiya, katıldıkları zirvenin ardından ortak basın toplantısında konuştu.

Kovaçevski, söz konusu zirvenin verimli, bölge için yeni ve pozitif bir dönüm noktası olduğunun altını çizerek “Bugün burada Ohri’de, kültür ve turizm alanında iş birliği noktasında yeni sayfalar açıyoruz. Açık Balkan ülkelerinden vatandaşlarımız hem ekonomi hem de diğer alanlardaki faydaları en hızlı şekilde hissetsin. Bunlar, Saranda, Ohri veya Kopaonik’te uygun koşullarda ve düzenlenmiş fiyatlarla bir tatil bile olabilir.” ifadelerini kullandı.

Girişime katılan ülkelerin ekonomik krizle mücadele ve gıda ile enerji kıtlığıyla başa çıkmak için iş birliği yapmaktan yana olduğunu dile getiren Kovaçevski, Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olmayan Karadağ ve Bosna Hersek’in de bu zirveye katılmalarından dolayı söz konusu zirvenin bir “milat” olduğunu vurguladı.

Vucic de liderler arasındaki görüşmelerin gelecekte de devam edeceğinin ifade ederek, “Biz zaten gelecek hafta video konferans yöntemiyle görüşeceğiz. Tüm Avrupa’yı ve dünyayı tehdit eden krizi 6 ay ile 1 yıl arasında aşmak ve en iyi çözümleri bulmak için uzmanlarımızı bir araya getirmek amacıyla görüşmelerimizi ve hazırlıklarımızı devam ettirelim.” değerlendirmesinde bulundu.

Vatandaşların yaşamlarını iyileştirme noktasında çözümler bulma meselesini görüştüklerini söyleyen Vucic, bu kapsamındaki sonuçların hemen görünür olmayacağını kaydetti.

Açık Balkan girişimine katılan ülkeler arasında hemen hemen hiçbir ikili sorun bulunmadığına işaret eden Vucic, hatta bu ülkelerin yıllardır açık olan sorunları çözmeyi başardığını belirtti.

Ayrıca Vucic, Arnavutluk Başbakanı Rama’ya teşekkür ederek, Rama’nın liderliği olmadan Açık Balkan’ın hayatta kalamayacağının altını çizdi.

Rama ise 6 Batı Balkan ülkesinden 5’inin liderinin bu zirveye katılmasından dolayı mutlu olduğunu ifade etti.

Altı liderin de hep beraber burada olmasını istediğini belirten Rama, ancak Açık Balkan’ın ne duracağını ne de kapanacağını vurguladı.

Gıda ve enerji krizinin kötüleşmesiyle iş birliğinin daha da önemli hale geldiğine dikkati çeken Rama, “Açık Balkan, üç kişinin bir fikri olarak doğdu. Bugün bu sadece üç kişinin fikri değil ve sadece üç kişinin işi değil. Açık Balkan bugün tüm insanlarındır.” diye konuştu.

“Rusya’nın Açık Balkan girişimine dahil olup olmadığı ve Rusya Dışişleri Bakanı Sergey Lavrov’un girişime yönelik destek açıklaması” ile ilgili bir soru üzerine Rama ve Vucic, bu girişimin, Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan’ın münhasır ve ortak bir girişimi olduğunu vurguladı.

Öte yandan Tegeltiya, ülkesinin de Açık Balkan girişiminin bir parçası olması gerektiğini belirterek, Bosna Hersek’in de bu girişimin bir parçası olması noktasında siyasi bir uzlaşı sağlayacağı yönünde umudunu dile getirdi.

Abazovic de Batı Balkanlarla ilgili birkaç toplantıya katıldığını ancak bu zirvenin bölge için “yeni bir yüz” olduğunu ifade ederek, zirve kapsamında ele alınan tüm konuların, bölge ülkelerinde yaşayan vatandaşların hayat standartlarıyla ilgili olduklarını ifade etti.

Zirve kapsamında Kuzey Makedonya, Arnavutluk ve Sırbistan arasında farklı alanlarda anlaşmalar ve iş birliği protokolleri imzalandı.

AA / Abdula Berisha – Güncel