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Meet Nemesis, the Armenian Military Brotherhood Fighting in Ukraine “We’re carrying on our ancestors’ cause: fighting empires. It’s revenge against imperialism.” desk-russie.info/2025/04/22/m...

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How is each of the G4 European states responding to Trump’s challenge? French-Georgian academic and researcher Thornike Gordadze on Europe’s defense awakening ⬇️ desk-russie.info/2025/04/21/r...

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Do Ukrainian Lives Really Matter? —By Mykola Ryabchuk— desk-russie.info/2025/04/20/d...

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Public attention is monopolized by Trump’s trade war. One could almost forget that Ukraine is once again occupying a piece of Russian territory, this time in the Belgorod region – a rather significant piece of news. Ukraine is the elephant in the room 👇 desk-russie.info/2025/04/20/u...

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Reposting this 2023 #PostSovietAffairs article with @martinkragh.bsky.social as SVR Head #SergeiNaryshkin is in the press again. @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @dgoberlin.bsky.social @dgap.org @apsa.bsky.social @basees.bsky.social @aseees.bsky.social @deskrussia.bsky.social @russland-analyse.bsky.social

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The tariff war has diverted public attention from a deeper analysis of the Trumpian revolution. 👇 Galia Ackerman’s latest editorial desk-russie.info/2025/04/19/t...

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There seems to be literally nothing Donald Trump can refuse his friend Putin. Read & share! 👇 desk-russie.info/2025/04/13/r...

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Interesting read. I’ve considered the idea since the USSR’s dissolution that ‘the Russian regime had considerable export potential.’ Corruption thrives on weak human nature—and now it seems the export landed with Trump.

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This is a very uncomfortable must read !

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The Kremlin’s goal is to create an irreversible situation in the United States by making it ungovernable. How? 👇 desk-russie.info/2025/04/13/r...

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How is Trump serving Russian interests? Read here 👉 desk-russie.info/2025/04/13/r...

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This is the tell. Trump is crazy and chaotic and stupid. But he always, always, acts and speaks in the interests of Putin

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The contrast between the chaos unleashed by Trump and the extreme consistency in his measures taken to serve Russian interests is the best indication that the Kremlin has taken control of certain aspects of American policy. — By Françoise Thom — desk-russie.info/2025/04/13/r...

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Russian foreign policy is characterized by extraordinary perseverance. The project was not abandoned, but simply put on hold until a more favorable opportunity presented itself. That opportunity came with the arrival of the Trump administration in Washington. ⬇️ desk-russie.info/2025/03/04/v...

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“Whatever the weight of the ‘disinformation bubble’ that Russia has woven around Trump, it’s not the only explanation for America changing sides. One of the keys to the rift between the US and Europe lies in the populist crisis of liberal democracy.” ⬇️ desk-russie.info/2025/02/28/t...

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Françoise Thom is one of the best french expert when it comes to the mindset and culture of the russian elites. This is a must read:

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We’re on Substack. Join us to discover all our latest articles and essays! 🔗 substack.com/@deskrussia?...

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@shekhovtsov.bsky.social: “The operation demonstrates Ukraine’s growing counterintelligence capacity and an emerging EU posture against Russian influence actors. A strategically significant precedent, combining deception, diplomacy, and inter-agency coordination.”

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The Kremlin has long dreamed of assigning to the West the task of imposing capitulation on the Ukrainians. — An essay by Françoise Thom — desk-russie.info/2025/03/04/v...

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We need to find the right words to describe Donald Trump’s reversal of alliances. There has been much talk of a new Yalta, or a new Munich, but it’s rather a new German-Soviet pact, only worse—a simultaneous attack on Europe on several fronts. Read more here 🔗 desk-russie.info/2025/02/28/t...

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The Black Sea must not become a “Russian lake”, warns Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier in his latest article for @deskrussia.bsky.social ⬇️ desk-russie.info/2025/03/30/t...

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Europe’s leaders are stuck in the “Pax Putiniana” scheme concocted by Donald Trump, debating on whether to send European troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire, without however giving any clear content to their mission. An article by Philippe De Lara ⬇️ desk-russie.info/2025/02/28/t...

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We need to find the right words to describe Donald Trump’s reversal of alliances. There has been much talk of a new Yalta, or a new Munich, but it’s rather a new German-Soviet pact, only worse—a simultaneous attack on Europe on several fronts. desk-russie.info/2025/02/28/t...

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The flogging of President Zelensky in the Oval Office on February 28 allows Moscow to hope to proceed with the second phase of its plan—install a “pacifist” stooge in power in Kyiv. desk-russie.info/2025/03/04/v...

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This article is the first of a triptych in which Philippe de Lara explains the passions and mechanisms behind the populist crisis of liberal democracy (US and Europe). desk-russie.info/2025/02/28/t...

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It is highly likely that the agreement between Trump and Putin to carve up Ukraine and oust Zelensky in the name of future “peace” was made in secret long before the spectacular clash at the White House, writes Françoise Thom ⬇️ desk-russie.info/2025/03/04/v...

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Trump and Vance have become the hitmen for Zelensky’s political assassination. Zelensky’s public lynching had all the hallmarks of a special operation devised by the Kremlin. By Françoise Thom desk-russie.info/2025/03/04/v...

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“As in the TV series Game of Thrones, Donald Trump reduces international relations to a perpetual game of purely tactical alliances and counter-alliances, to the detriment of what makes a nation or a civilization strong.” — By Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier desk-russie.info/2025/02/23/g...

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“The future of Slavic studies as a field concerned with all Slavic cultures and societies will be determined by our ability to confront the fact of Russia’s genocidal war against Ukraine and to speak of it clearly and urgently, without avoidant euphemism or understatement.” — Rory Finnin

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For outsiders observing the war from a safe distance, like an increasingly monotonous TV series, the plot has finally acquired a new turn. For Ukrainians, Trump’s “peacemaking” initiatives have been another grave omen of their subaltern role in the geopolitical game. desk-russie.info/2025/02/23/m...

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How did the Americans come to destroy their state with their own hands? This is what we need to understand without delay if we are to escape the same fate, only worse—our incorporation into the “Russian world” and occupation by the Russian armed forces. ⬇️ desk-russie.info/2025/02/25/t...

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“Today, Europe has no longer to withstand the sole onslaught from Russia, it must also face a joint Russian-American offensive aimed at its destruction.” “Lessons of Trumpism for Europeans: how to avoid a ‘self-Putinization’ of the EU”, by historian Françoise Thom 🔗 desk-russie.info/2025/02/25/t...

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Finland and Sweden entering NATO seems to have turned the Baltic into a “NATO lake”. But Russian hybrid warfare testifies to Moscow’s ambitions in the region. It is up to those most concerned, i.e. the European members of NATO, to deal with it. desk-russie.info/2025/02/13/t...

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