Sheridan, Wyoming

As global political commentary becomes increasingly surreal, a new satirical figure has emerged to capture the absurdities of modern media, statecraft, and political mythmaking. Trumputin Krasnov, an original fictional character developed and published by Trumpery Times, has officially launched to provide sharp, satirical commentary on contemporary geopolitics.

Part showman, part strongman, and part bureaucratic shadow, Trumputin Krasnov represents a singular composite caricature. The fictional persona blends the loud, headline-generating bravado of American reality TV diplomacy with the quiet, calculated posturing of Eastern European autocratic rule.

“Political satire has always relied on hyperbole, but today’s news cycle moves so quickly that single caricatures are no longer enough,” said Lukas Komerlin, founder of Trumpery Times. “With Trumputin Krasnov, the goal was to compress a decade of odd handshakes, tense summit press conferences, and internet conspiracy theories into one living fictional character.”

An Anatomy of a Modern Caricature

• The Loud Narrator: Incorporating the pre-promoted rhetoric of high-stakes real estate and television, where every deal is historic and every crowd breaks attendance records.
• The Silent Strategist: Channeling the quiet, unblinking authority of leaders who let long conference tables and stoic silence do the negotiating.
• The Ghostly Codename: Taking inspiration from unverified cold-war rumors—specifically claims surrounding secret codenames like ‘Krasnov’—to embody the internet’s obsession with hidden motives and subterranean intrigue.

The resulting persona operates as a ‘clown with a briefcase’—an entertaining figure whose comical self-importance is matched only by the vague sense of authority he projects. Through fictional profiles, parody interviews, and narrative sketches hosted at TrumputinKrasnov.com, the project explores how easily public perception blurs the line between geopolitical reality and internet rumors.

Addressing the Need for Modern Parody

In an era where traditional media often struggles to capture viral absurdity, satirical fiction serves as an essential tool for public perspective. By framing high-stakes international relations through an exaggerated figure, Trumpery Times offers readers an opportunity to examine power dynamics through comedy.

“Trumputin Krasnov isn’t designed to mislead; he is designed to clarify through absurdity,” added Komerlin. “When reality and rumor share the same newsfeed, satire gives audiences a way to step back, recognize the trope, and laugh at the performance.”

The complete fictional archives, narrative chronicles, and satire series featuring Trumputin Krasnov are now accessible online.

About Trumputin Krasnov

Trumputin Krasnov is a fictional satirical character created to caricature modern political theater, public diplomacy, and internet media culture. Combining elements of prominent political personalities and unverified espionage folklore, the character serves as a vehicle for parody and cultural commentary.

About Trumpery Times

Trumpery Times is a satirical digital publication operated by Raya Do Yaya LLC. The site specializes in parody articles, fictional profiles, and exaggerated commentary covering entertainment, internet culture, and modern media. Guided by the motto “Don’t Believe Everything You Read,” all stories on the platform are clearly labeled fiction.

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Now Vodkade's No. 1 flavor, Zero Sugar Grape earns a permanent spot in the lineup as the brand grows to 32 states

ST. LOUIS, Missouri

Vodkade, the brand that created the Ade category, announced that Grape, the category’s first grape-flavored vodka cocktail, is becoming a permanent flavor in its Zero Sugar lineup. Originally launched as a limited-time offering, Zero Sugar Grape is now Vodkade’s No. 1 flavor, just four months after hitting shelves.

Vodkade was first to the category and now it’s first to grape. When Vodkade launched, it was the first non-carbonated vodka cocktail built on the taste of classic sports drinks, starting what is now the Ade category: the growing segment of sports drink-inspired, electrolyte-infused RTD vodka cocktails. The brands that followed all launched with a fruit punch, an orange and a lemon-lime. Nobody had grape. For the brand that started the category, filling that gap was the natural next move. At launch, Vodkade said a permanent spot would depend on demand. Demand answered.

The sales back it up. Zero Sugar Grape 8-packs are now Vodkade’s fastest-moving product, and distributors across every Vodkade state are picking up the flavor.

“We said we’d let drinkers decide, and they decided fast. Grape is the flavor people kept asking for by name, so taking it away was never really an option. It’s officially part of the family.” — Doug Mars, Director of Business Development, Vodkade

Like the rest of the Vodkade lineup, Grape is non-carbonated and made with real vodka, natural fruit flavors, and electrolytes, delivering the classic sports drink taste with a kick. It joins Fruit Punch, Orange, Berry Cherry, and Lemon-Lime in the Zero Sugar roster and is available in 8-packs of 12 oz cans.

A YEAR OF GROWTH

Grape’s permanent spot caps a year of rapid expansion. This summer, Vodkade rolled out across twelve new states, adding Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Virginia, and Washington D.C. to its stronghold in the Midwest, South, and Southern California, while making its first push onto the East Coast with New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, and Maryland. Vodkade is now available in 32 states.

“Every new market has told us the same thing: people get Vodkade the second they taste it. Grape has been a big part of how we’ve introduced ourselves in those markets, and we’re just getting started.” — Doug Mars, Director of Business Development, Vodkade

PRODUCT DETAILS

Vodkade Grape (Zero Sugar): 4.5% ABV | 90 Calories | 0g Sugar | 0g Carbs | Gluten-Free | Non-carbonated | Real vodka, natural grape flavor, electrolytes | Permanent flavor | 8-pack, 12 oz cans | Available wherever Vodkade is sold.

ABOUT VODKADE

Vodkade is a St. Louis-headquartered ready-to-drink vodka cocktail brand and the original vodka ade, the first in the category. Made with real vodka, natural fruit flavors, and electrolytes, Vodkade is a non-carbonated, refreshing adult beverage that delivers the classic taste of a sports drink with a kick. Available in Original (5% ABV, 130 calories, 10g sugar, gluten-free) in Fruit Punch, Orange, Berry Cherry, and Lemon-Lime, and Zero Sugar (4.5% ABV, 90 calories, 0g sugar, 0g carbs, gluten-free) in those four flavors plus Grape. Learn more at www.vodkade.com or follow @vodkade_cocktails.

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Berlin-based TechBehemoths rebuilt its platform around the EXO Score, AI profile summaries and free verification, after surveying 715 firms and 2,000+ buyers.

BERLIN, Germany

TechBehemoths, the Berlin-based B2B platform that connects companies with IT service providers, has launched TechBehemoths 2.0, a full rebuild of its marketplace. The new version ranks providers with a score that cannot be bought, adds AI-written profile summaries that point out weaknesses as well as strengths, and gives every listed company free verification. It went live on 15 October for the 62,900+ companies listed on the platform across 143+ countries.

The release has been in business development for five years and is the largest in the company’s history. Its feature set was shaped by a survey TechBehemoths ran in December 2025 among 715 IT companies in 43 countries and more than 2,000 buyers in 17 countries.

The market it targets is crowded. A company looking for a software developer, a design studio or a marketing agency faces thousands of options, and it is often unclear how the directories that list them decide who comes first. For providers, especially smaller firms outside the biggest markets, getting noticed by the right buyer is hard.

“Buyers kept telling us the same thing: there are thousands of IT companies out there and almost no way to tell the good ones apart,” said Marcel Sobieski, founder of TechBehemoths. “We wanted to build the opposite of a noisy directory. A place where the rules are public, they’re the same for everyone, and a company’s work does the talking.”

A score with no price tag
At the centre of the release is the EXO Score, a rating built from 21 metrics across six categories, including reviews, awards, portfolio and profile completeness. The score determines where a company appears in search results, listing pages and filters.

Next to the score, buyers now see an AI-generated summary of each profile. It sets out what the evidence supports and where it is thin, and compares the company with others in the same city on profile strength, pricing, number of services and years in business. A separate summary condenses a company’s reviews, including those imported from other platforms.

“There is no price tag on the EXO Score. Paid plans buy visibility, they don’t buy a better score,” Sobieski said. “And the AI summaries tell buyers what’s missing on a profile, not just what’s good. Some companies won’t love that at first. But it’s the only kind of summary a buyer will actually trust.”

What changes for providers
For IT companies, the update brings a redesigned company profile and portfolio, review imports from Google, Trustpilot, Clutch and other platforms, and a unified inbox that collects messages, project opportunities and platform updates in one place. Every plan, including the free one, supports up to 10 team members per profile.

Verification, shown as a blue badge, is free and done once. On the platform’s new interactive map, unverified companies are hidden by default. Each profile also shows which team member manages it and when they were last online, a signal intended to help buyers avoid unresponsive vendors. A monthly position report shows companies where they rank in each location and for their key services.

What changes for buyers
Buyers can filter providers by location, services, hourly rate, reviews, awards and verification, browse them on the map, keep shortlists and saved searches, and contact a company from any page on the platform. A project brief tool lets a buyer describe a project once and receive up to five free quotes within an hour.

“I’m often evaluating implementation partners and software development teams that can deliver measurable outcomes,” Alexandru Panfil of Romanian software company Qualysoft wrote in a review of the platform. “TechBehemoths.com is one of the few platforms that consistently helps me move from ‘we need a partner’ to a credible shortlist fast.”

How it makes money
TechBehemoths stays free for both sides. Company profiles cost nothing, and the platform takes no commission from buyers or providers on the projects it helps start. Revenue comes from two paid visibility tiers, CORE and PRO. CORE companies appear above free listings with a full profile card; PRO companies sit in a featured section at the top of listing pages for their cities, countries and services. Positions inside each tier rotate, so every company in a plan gets the same chance to be seen, and prices are set per country according to local market demand.

Paid plans also unlock profile statistics, a profile without competitor suggestions, and a monthly allowance of project brief unlocks with buyers’ direct contacts, which the company presents as a bonus on top of the plan rather than its core.

“Enzo Ferrari used to say he sold engines and threw in the cars for free. We sell one thing, the spotlight, and everything else comes free,” Sobieski said. “Reviews, scores, verification and awards are earned the same way by everyone, whether they pay us or not. That line doesn’t move.”

Providers who have used the platform say the approach works. “Having tested multiple directory platforms, TechBehemoths truly stands out as one of the best and most effective catalogs on the market today,” wrote Roman Herashchenko of UK agency Sasquatch Digital. Lizaveta Artsyman of German software company Instinctools wrote that TechBehemoths “has significantly boosted our visibility, connected us with high-quality leads, and facilitated valuable partnerships.”

Ten principles
Alongside the release, TechBehemoths published ten principles it says will not change, among them “Awards are won, never sold”, “Same rules for everyone. No exceptions.” and “Zero commission. Not from the buyer, not from the service provider.” Its annual TechBehemoths Awards, which every listed company enters at no cost, open for 2026 in November.

“Our job is simple to describe and hard to do: make good companies easy to find and hard to fake,” Sobieski said. “Everything in 2.0 is built for that.”

Availability
TechBehemoths 2.0 is available now at techbehemoths.com. All existing companies keep their profiles, reviews and awards. CORE and PRO are available with an early-adopter offer at checkout for a limited time.

About TechBehemoths
TechBehemoths is a B2B platform that helps companies find and compare IT service providers, from software development and design to digital marketing. Operated by Mobiteam GmbH in Berlin, it lists 62,000+ companies in 140+ countries and is visited by 2 million+ potential buyers a year. Company profiles are free, rankings are based on merit, and the platform takes no commission. More at techbehemoths.com.

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