# Seeking To Confirm Rumors Regarding Russia **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 28, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340 "2024-08-28T00:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/1 "2024-08-28T00:54:38Z")
Rumor #1–There is currently (08/24/2024) large-scale rioting in Western Russia. Rumor #2–in response to the above alleged rioting, Putin is recalling military units from front-lime positions. These rumors come from strongly pro-Ukraine news sites, & may be unreliable. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/2 "2024-08-28T01:43:34Z")
The only signals in warfare that travel faster than satcom and fiber optic laser are bullshit rumors. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/3 "2024-08-28T01:49:50Z")
I can’t find anything from the BBC, Reuters or the Agency France-Presse about either riots or troop withdrawals. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/4 "2024-08-28T02:29:40Z")
There was a prison riot by Islamic terrorists–but this is quite different from what you are talking about: > **[Hostages freed and four prisoners killed in Russian prison attack](https://www.euronews.com/2024/08/23/prisoners-claiming-to-be-islamic-state-take-hostages-and-kill-a-prison-employee-in-russia)** > > The incident follows a similar attack in a prison in Rostov-on-Don in June. The hostage-takers claimed to be part of the Islamic State terrorist group. ---
**Author:** ![Humbagger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Humbagger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humbagger)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/5 "2024-08-28T05:50:32Z")
Could you perhaps include some details of where these riots are supposed to be happening or what the purported cause is? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/6 "2024-08-28T12:51:22Z")
The stories (on a YouTube news channel) are too vague. I’m filing this under Propaganda. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/7 "2024-08-28T13:05:47Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > The stories (on a YouTube news channel) are too vague. Have you considered confirming them on Twitter? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/8 "2024-08-29T12:51:30Z")
Ah, for the glory days of the interwebs! There was a site where a Poster was allowed to slap somebody with a Wet Trout. ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/9 "2024-08-29T15:01:47Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Ah, for the glory days of the interwebs! I remember there was a site that would do anonymous remailing - send an email with the address you want to send it to, and it would be forwarded anonymously. It didn’t take the site long to figure out that was a **bad** idea. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-to-confirm-rumors-regarding-russia/1006340/10 "2024-08-29T22:09:44Z")
Anonymous remailing is alive and well; it’s open mail relays that won’t fly because you will get your email server blacklisted. However, anonymity is hardly necessary to spread bullshit rumors.