Since none of what follows, which I’ve excerpted from RBC’s Facebook newsfeed just seconds ago, makes any sense in Russian, I’m translating it by way of beefing up my “transsense” (Zaum) chops. You never know when they’ll come in handy. Truth be told, they come in handy way too often. TRR
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В Совете Федерации планируют создать комиссию, которая займется мониторингом враждебной активности иностранных государств.
Таким образом Совет Федерации хочет «продемонстрировать не просто лояльность президенту, но и свою вписанность в патриотические тренды», говорит политолог.
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The Federation Council plans to form a commission to monitor the hostile actions of foreign states.
The Federation Council thus wants “to display not just its loyalty to the president but also its conformity with patriotic trends,” says a political scientist.
Federation Council Decides to Combat Hostile Actions
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Translation and second photo by the Russian Reader