If that would have been the case, the moment the body was given to the mother we would have seen photos of his “beaten up” cadaver on every newpaper in a matter of minutes. Instead we only got minor articles saying “the body was given to the mother” and that’s it. I know this goes against the current “everything that goes against Putin is true” way of thinking, but creating conspiracy theories based on wishful thinking only helps Putin make his points against the “western propaganda”.

Ukraine is, slowly and painfully, gaining ground

That doesn’t seem right. In 2023 they actually lost more ground than they gained. At least that was the situation until this september, but i don’t think there where significant developments in the last 2 months.

Is multisig such far from being practical yet?

It is not. See this comment of mine on reddit and fluffypony’s answer: https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/17m6w9e/psa_ccs_wallet_incident/k7mj2he/

Maybe multi account containers for Firefox could work for you? I find it very useful.