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Finnish architect rants about geopolitics, politics, and culture Russia's war in Ukraine as seen from the frontline states The future of Europe and global democracy 🇪🇺🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱🇺🇦

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"The enemy within" First they come for the migrants. Then ethnic and other minorities. Women. The poor. Academics. The political opposition. Who's next?

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Well, that's one way to move away from strongman rule

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings

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Lekso Samkharadze has just been sentenced to 14 days in prison in Georgia 🇬🇪 for a social media post calling a pro-government MP a “Russian slave”. His crime? Telling the truth. This is the chilling effect of the new “foreign influence” laws and the increasing crackdown on dissent.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Russian Wagner paramilitaries did rape teenage girls on their own farmlands in the Central African Republic, a couple of victims told me. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Hearing this from quite a few people in Reform UK-controlled councils. From a local reader: "There are rumours as in other Reform UK controlled councils that a number of those elected stood to ‘make up numbers’ & never thought they would be elected & now don’t feel able to commit the time required"

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OTD in 1941 Soviets started forcibly deporting 50,000 of the Baltic people we had ‘liberated from fascism’. 60% died. 75% were women & kids Imagine mass deportations happening today..

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Iran about to find out what eastern Europe already knows.

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

not good that the world’s worst leaders have discovered the one weird trick to staying in power (start a new war)

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⚡️ Without a hint of irony, Putin offers condolences for 'civilian casualties' in Iran, condemns Israel's 'violations' of UN Charter. Russia has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known.

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

Russia might use Belarus to attack the Baltics, but Belarusians will not do it, Tsikhanouskaya says

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Congrats, #Russia: 1 million soldiers, 50k vehicles,10k tanks, and 416 aircrafts lost. Ruined economy & reputation.Vassal state under #China. “3-day war” = 1176 days. 0.7% territory “conquered” in all of 2024. Russia started the war. Russia refuses to stop the war. Russia is losing the war.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

When energy costs spike due to war outbreak—like when Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, and likely will after Israel's attack on Iran—overall costs rise and gas prices jump, which you may recall is such a dire predicament that it calls for empowering corrupt criminals to end Constitutional democracy.

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There's a fine line between trying to butter up an opponent to facilitate diplomacy and traitorous flattery of an enemy. Trump crossed it ages ago and now sounds like he's angling for a job with the Kremlin.

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It is day 197 of the #GeorgiaProtests. Yesterday, 21-year-old Mate Devidze was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison. His only “crime”? Taking part in a peaceful protest — exercising his freedom of expression.

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⚡️ British jets intercept Russian spy plane over Baltic Sea, Poland calls it NATO readiness test. "This is another case of provocative testing of the readiness of NATO countries' systems," Poland's military command said.

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We have a thunderstorm in Kyiv today, just now it was particularly loud . Need to constantly remind myself it’s just a thunder, and not a missile exploding above my head. Heart still races up. Pulse still speeds up. I hate Russia ruined thunderstorms for me

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Scandal in #Hungary Georg #Spöttle, a prominent figure often described as PM #Orbán top specialist & key opinion shaper, has been exposed as a foreign russian agent. His handler is Colonel Oleg #Smirnov of the #GRU #Russia. telex.hu/direkt36/202...

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"Ukraine’s future lies in NATO." - German Defense Minister Pistorius.

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

Organized resistance is effective resistance ✊🏻

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See, Darth agrees with me 😁

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Iran has banned drone and missile supplies to Russia, notifying Moscow this morning of a halt to all arms deliveries, especially unreported ones, and requesting military aid. Kremlin hesitates to engage in open conflict with Israel, per Roman Tsymbalyuk. #russianLosses #UkraineNews

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The case will now be handed over to prosecutors, who will decide whether to press charges against the ship’s captain, chief mate and second mate.

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Made a simple directory for organisations supporting Ukraine, to share with anyone looking for a list for donations. If you want to add a link drop it in the comments. ukrainesupportdirectory.carrd.co #ukraine #supportukraine #endputin #russiaisaterroriststate

submitted 60 days ago • 11 comments