How is Lenin's corpse being managed?

Vladimir Lenin’s corpse is managed through a highly specialized, ongoing chemical preservation process designed to maintain its exact physical form, look, and flexibility rather than its original biological matter. This unique "quasibiological" science is overseen by a dedicated team of scientists known as the "Lenin Lab" (officially the Center for Scientific Research and Teaching Methods in Biochemical Technologies) in Moscow. [1, 2]

The body has been on continuous public display inside Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square since shortly after his death in 1924. [1, 2]

The Maintenance Protocol

Because Lenin's original internal organs and brain were removed during his 1924 autopsy, traditional circulatory embalming is impossible. Instead, scientists maintain the remaining skeleton, muscle tissues, and skin using the following methods: [1, 2]

• Regular Submersions: Every 18 months, the body is taken to a special facility beneath the mausoleum for a comprehensive two-month re-embalming process. It is submerged in a series of chemical baths containing glycerol, formaldehyde, potassium acetate, and alcohol to keep the skin pliable and prevent decay. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Micro-Injections: To deliver preserving fluids into specific areas where major arteries were slashed, scientists use targeted micro-injections with fine needles. [1]
• Continuous Chemical Contact: Underneath his clothes, Lenin's body is fitted with a double-layered rubber suit that holds a thin layer of embalming fluid directly against his skin at all times. [1, 2]
• Aesthetic Restoration: To correct dark spots, mildew, or wrinkles, the team uses hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, and carbolic acid. Disintegrating skin or tissue is progressively substituted with artificial materials, wax, or plastics. His eyes have been replaced with synthetic ones, and his eyelashes are fake. As a result, less than 23% of his original biological material remains. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• Environmental Controls: Scientists visit the sarcophagus every few days to monitor the skin conditions and ensure that the ambient temperature and lighting remain perfectly calibrated. [1, 2]

The specialized methods pioneered by the Lenin Lab have cost the Russian government upwards of 13 million rubles ($200,000+) annually in recent years. The lab's century-long experiment has also been leveraged internationally to preserve other communist leaders, including Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh and North Korea's Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. [1, 2, 3, 4]

What about the remains of the prophet Mohammed?

 In contrast to Vladimir Lenin's heavily manipulated, scientifically preserved body, the management of the remains of the Prophet Muhammad is governed by strict religious law, complete structural isolation, and total physical non-interference. [1]

In Islamic tradition, opening or disturbing a grave is strictly forbidden, and theology dictates that the bodies of prophets do not undergo biological decomposition. Therefore, there are no chemicals, scientists, or medical interventions involved. Instead, the management of his final resting place focuses entirely on physical security, structural isolation, and strict environmental preservation of the burial chamber. [1, 2]

The Burial Site and Complete Sealing

The Prophet Muhammad is buried under the iconic Green Dome inside the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia. [1]

• The Original Room: He was buried in the exact location where he passed away—the modest mud-brick home of his wife, Aisha. He rests there alongside his two closest companions and the first two caliphs of Islam, Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al-Khattab. [1, 2]
• No Access Points: The immediate graves are completely sealed off from the outside world. They are surrounded by a sequence of heavy, solid walls that have no windows and no doors. No human being—including Saudi royalty, religious authorities, or caretakers—can enter or physically view the graves, and no modern photographs of the actual burial site exist. [1, 2]

Historical and Security Fortifications

Over the centuries, Islamic rulers built extreme physical barriers around the graves to secure them from desecration, structural collapse, or theft: [1]

• The Pentagonal Wall: Around 707 CE, Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz built a thick, five-sided stone wall enclosing the room. It was explicitly designed with five sides so it would not resemble the square Kaaba in Mecca, preventing people from accidentally praying to the tomb. [1, 2, 3]
• The Molten Lead Barrier: In 1162 CE, following reports of an attempted tunnel excavation by Crusaders trying to steal the Prophet's body, Sultan Nuruddin Zengi ordered a deep trench to be dug entirely around the chamber. The trench was filled with molten lead to create an impenetrable underground metallic wall that protects the grave from any future tunneling. [1, 2]
• The Outer Golden Grill: What pilgrims see today when visiting Medina is the Maqsoora, an outer decorative golden metal grill. It features three small viewing holes. Visitors stand outside this grill to offer their greetings (Salam), looking toward the largest hole which aligns with the direction of the Prophet's resting place. [1, 2, 3]

Custodianship and Maintenance

The overall site is managed by the Saudi Arabian government's General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques. Because caretakers cannot enter the innermost chamber, maintenance is strictly external: [1]

• The Green Silk Brocade: The outer wall inside the grill is draped in a massive, heavy green silk cloth embroidered with gold and silver Quranic verses. This covering is changed very rarely—sometimes lasting up to 75 years before being replaced by a highly vetted team of cleaners who only dust and maintain the exterior barrier area. [1]

While Lenin’s body is a century-long biochemical experiment requiring perpetual human intervention to delay decay, the Prophet Muhammad’s remains are left entirely to nature and faith, permanently isolated behind thick stone and ancient lead. [1, 2]

Ansar Allah Opens the Road to Aden and The Mercenaries Flee, the Puppet Government Collapses

Ansar Allah Opens the Road to Aden And The Mercenaries Flee, the Puppet Government Collapses

October 14, 2026 | Taiz

The besieged Saudi-backed mercenaries trapped in Jabal Han and the Sharab junction on the western front of Taiz have been given a choice. They chose to run. Ansar Allah has allowed the encircled forces to withdraw from their positions and leave the city, heading toward the temporary capital of Aden. This is not a military defeat in the conventional sense. It is a strategic and moral victory that exposes the rot at the heart of the Saudi-led coalition and the so-called "legitimate government" it props up.

The Collapse of the Western Front 

For weeks, the Saudi-backed factions, the Islah Party militias, the mercenaries paid in riyals to kill Yemenis have been crumbling. The western front of Taiz, anchored by the strategic highlands of Jabal Han and the Sharab junction, was their last line of defense against the advancing forces of Sana'a. These positions overlooked the transport route connecting Taiz to Al-Turbah and Aden the lifeline that kept the puppet government's forces supplied. 

That lifeline is now severed. On October 4, Ansar Allah forces took Al-Turbah, the administrative center of Al-Shamayateen District, cutting the main supply route between Taiz and Aden. The Saudi-backed forces fled in disarray over 20 military vehicles and five trucks loaded with weapons and ammunition were seen withdrawing toward the Sharjab road and from there to the Tur Al-Bahah area of Lahij. Some fled via the Al-Sihi–Hazaz and Al-Zariqa routes. The collapse was described as "unprecedented". By October 13, Ansar Allah forces had reached the southern entrance of Taiz, completing the encirclement of the city. They had already positioned themselves at the eastern and western approaches.

The "Safe Passage" That Exposes the Puppet Government 

Now Ansar Allah has done what the puppet government's Western masters never would: it chose to prevent bloodshed. 

A local source told Lebanon's al-Akhbar daily that Yemeni authorities were seeking to prevent bloodshed by allowing the Riyadh-aligned troops to leave the city under guarantees of safe passage. The general amnesty remains available to everyone except those who have "committed crimes and were subject to private legal claims and legal accountability". 

Ansar Allah's political bureau member, Hezam Al-Asad, confirmed that Yemeni forces did not cut the road between Taiz and Aden they secured it. This is the distinction the Western media will never make: Ansar Allah is not interested in starving the people of Taiz. It is interested in liberating them. The roads are open. The siege is on the mercenaries, not the civilians.

And what have the mercenaries done? They have taken the offer and run. Several military, political, and party leaders have already left Taiz with the green light from Ansar Allah, under the protection of its forces, arriving in Aden and Ma'rib. The Saudi-backed forces are not fighting for Taiz. They are fighting for their own escape. The moment the road to Aden was opened, they took it.  

The Saudi Regime Presses Them to Fight On 

While the mercenaries flee, Saudi Arabia is pressing them to stay and die. Al-Akhbar reported that Riyadh is urging the remaining forces to fight on. The Saudis are not on the front lines. They are not in Taiz. They are not in Jabal Han. They are in Riyadh, sipping tea, while their paid proxies are told to sacrifice themselves for a war that serves Washington and Tel Aviv, not the people of Yemen.  

The "legitimate government" in Aden the one the United Nations recognizes, the one the United States funds, the one that sits in luxury hotels while Yemeni children starve has said nothing about the safe passage. It has said nothing about the amnesty. It has said nothing about the fact that its own forces are abandoning their posts and fleeing to Aden. It cannot say anything, because to acknowledge the truth would be to admit that its entire claim to legitimacy is a fiction. The puppet government does not govern. It occupies. And when the occupation collapses, it runs.

The Humanitarian Catastrophe That Was Always a Lie

For years, the Western media has parroted the line that Ansar Allah's siege of Taiz is a "humanitarian disaster." The Saudi-backed health ministry warned of a "humanitarian catastrophe" in the city, with medicine, medical equipment, and fuel "on the verge of running out". The New Arab ran headlines about Taiz facing a "humanitarian disaster as Houthis tighten siege". 

But if Taiz is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, who is responsible? The Saudi-led coalition has bombed Yemen for twelve years. It has imposed a naval and air blockade. It has killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis. It has created the conditions for famine, cholera, and disease. Ansar Allah did not create the catastrophe in Taiz. The Saudi regime did. And now Ansar Allah is doing what the Saudi regime never did: opening the roads, allowing safe passage, and preventing bloodshed. 

The mercenaries in Taiz were not defending the city. They were holding it hostage. They were using the civilian population as human shields, knowing that Ansar Allah would hesitate to attack a city full of civilians. Ansar Allah called their bluff. It encircled the city, cut the supply lines, and offered the mercenaries a choice: leave or die. They left.

The Road to Aden Is Open. The Road to Liberation Is Clear. 

The fall of Taiz is not just a military victory. It is a political earthquake. Taiz is Yemen's third-largest city, the most populous in the governorate, and a strategic hub linking the highlands to the south. Its liberation or its peaceful handover would be the most significant gain for Sana'a since the war began. 

The mercenaries who fled to Aden are not safe. Aden is the "temporary capital" of a government that does not control its own territory. It is a city riddled with infighting, where the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council fights the Saudi-backed Islah Party for control of the port and the oil facilities. The mercenaries who fled Taiz are fleeing into another trap, another battlefield, another proxy war between masters who see Yemen only as a chessboard.

The people of Taiz, meanwhile, are watching. They have watched the Saudi-backed forces loot, extort, and oppress them for years. They have watched the "legitimate government" do nothing for them. They have watched the Western media ignore their suffering while amplifying every Israeli claim about Gaza. And now they are watching Ansar Allah open the roads, offer amnesty, and allow the mercenaries to leave without a fight. 

The contrast could not be starker. The Saudi regime bombs. Ansar Allah builds. The puppet government flees. Ansar Allah stays. The West funds the mercenaries. The resistance protects the people. 

This is the truth that the Western media will never report. This is the narrative that the puppet governments of the region cannot survive. The liberation of Taiz is not just the liberation of a city. It is the liberation of a people from the lie that their only options are Saudi tyranny or Western-funded chaos. Long live Yemen. 

Long live Ansar Allah. Long live the Axis of Resistance.

How does current Saudi oil production compare with last year?

 Current Saudi Arabian oil production is significantly lower than last year's levels, primarily due to the severe geopolitical disruptions stemming from the ongoing U.S.-Iran war that began in early 2026. [1, 2]

While Saudi production recently saw a major rebound in September 2026 to 8.372 million barrels per day (bpd)—up from an August slump of 6.238 million bpd, which was the kingdom's lowest output level since 1990—the overall yearly trend remains heavily depressed. Earlier in the year (e.g., May 2026), production of 6.64 million bpd represented a 28.29% drop compared to the 9.26 million bpd produced in May 2025. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Key Production & Revenue Dynamics

• The Conflict Impact: Throughout 2026, attacks on offshore fields (like Safaniya and Zuluf), Houthi blockades in the Red Sea, and drone strikes on the critical East-West pipeline forced Saudi Arabia to intentionally choke back and adjust its output. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• The Price-Volume Paradox: Despite exporting fewer physical barrels of oil in 2026 relative to 2025, Saudi Arabia has actually generated substantial surplus oil revenue. Brent crude averaged roughly $68/bbl in 2025, but due to the war, it has traded well over $100/bbl for much of 2026. This price surge has vastly outpaced the decline in production volume, resulting in year-over-year oil revenue increases of over 20% in certain quarters. [1, 2, 3]
• Recent Infrastructure Recovery: The jump back over 8 million bpd in September was made possible by repairing and restoring flows through the East-West pipeline to bypass the volatile Strait of Hormuz, allowing crude shipments to recover back toward their 2025 monthly averages. [1, 2]

The East-West pipeline is now severely damaged almost to out-of-service. How will that impact these numbers?

 The severe damage and temporary complete shutdown of the East-West pipeline (Petroline) drastically bottlenecked Saudi Arabia's export capabilities

, sending shockwaves through production numbers and global energy markets. Because the Strait of Hormuz is heavily choked by the U.S.-Iran war, this pipeline served as the kingdom's primary "lifeline" to get crude to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. [1, 2, 3, 4]

When drone strikes severely crippled three major pumping stations, the operational impacts unfolded rapidly: [1, 2]

1. The Immediate Export Bottleneck

• Halted Red Sea Shipments: Shutting down the pipeline instantly blocked the rerouting of 4 to 5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude across the desert. [1, 2]
• Depleted Inventories: Yanbu's on-land export stocks were depleted down to just 5 to 7 days of supply, forcing Saudi Aramco to cancel multiple crude cargo deliveries to European refiners. [1, 2]
• Forced Rerouting to the Volatile Gulf: To keep oil moving, Saudi Arabia had to pivot and ramp up crude loadings back out of eastern Persian Gulf ports (averaging an increase from 2.9 million bpd to 3.7 million bpd), braving the contested waters of the Gulf. [1]
• 2. Impact on Production Numbers
  • August/September Drops: The initial disruption is exactly what triggered the severe dive down to 6.238 million bpd in late summer, as the kingdom had to throttle back actual production at the wellheads because it physically lacked the logistically secure infrastructure to transport or store the excess crude. [1, 2]
  • The High-Cost Recovery: While the pipeline was partially restarted at low rates toward the end of September, full technical restoration requires 6 to 8 weeks. Currently, the line is pumping 5.8 million bpd (under its 7 million bpd max nameplate capacity). [1, 2]
  3. Price Volatility Surge
  Because this disruption choked off roughly 4% to 5% of global oil supplies, the bottleneck caused North Sea Dated and Brent crude prices to skyrocket well past $130 a barrel. This massive price premium ensures that even while Saudi Arabia's total volumetric production numbers fluctuate and struggle under repair timelines, their net revenue numbers remain historically inflated. [1, 2, 3]

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  Emergency Expansion Strategy
  In direct response to this vulnerability, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced an emergency resilience plan at the WPC Energy Congress. The kingdom is actively working to expand the East-West network's capacity to 10 million bpd within the next few years—partially by temporarily converting a domestic gas pipeline into a crude transport line over the next two months to add an immediate 1.2 million bpd buffer. [1, 2, 3]
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