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British Swede 🇬🇧🍠 💙🌻 Studies in Post-Soviet Eurasia, fighting dis/mis-info. Try to limit myself to Baltics and Central Asia. Uppsala Uni. Moomin mad! Also on Twitter for now.
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BREAKING: Zelensky accuses Trump of living in a "disinformation space," a day after the US president falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia

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🇭🇺🤔🇪🇺 "Orban, at a closed meeting of the ruling party said that EU is already discussing which country will pay Ukraine how much after the end of US financial support; "they want to force Hungary to pay Kyiv €500 million a year, but this is out of the question," — Magyar Nemzet

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I was electrocuted, beaten, stabbed in the leg and starved after being captured while defending my home and family in Mariupol. We held back Putin’s invasion for several weeks while Russia slaughtered over 25,000 predominantly Russian speaking Ukrainians including women and children.

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It would also be good if we in Europe heard support from our democratic friends in the US.

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BREAKING: Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse… The Department of Agriculture accidentally fired the employees working on bird flu response. They’re now frantically trying to get them back.

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⚡️ EU must take Russia sanctions into 'its own hands,' commissioner says. The European Union must take greater control of its sanctions policy against Russia as U.S. priorities shift, EU Economy and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said on Feb. 18.

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Due to the layoffs I am afraid that we have had to take over the running of the US National Parks. We are updating the park regulations but for now the most important thing people can do before visiting a national park is to marinade themselves for 12 hours in olive oil, lime juice & garlic.

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The US State Department is forcing all of its employees to cancel subscriptions to any Trump-unfriendly media.

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I also share the same fears.

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Good lord. If this is true it’s another low for Scholz’s ‘me first, me only’ approach to foreign & security policy. Europe needs action & fast both on Ukraine and on its own defence but myopic self-centred nonsense delays an essential step to reassurance & European agency being announced.

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If you enjoyed our piece on Ukraine "peace" and potential US-RF-PRC carve up of the planet, you might enjoy Friday's Battlelines with @edrusi.bsky.social and Michael Ignatieff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Y2...

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Never stop panicking

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Merz’s dream coalition hinges on the implosion of his smaller rivals: The fewer parties are left standing in Germany’s election, the stronger his grip on power. @hannecl.bsky.social and I did the math to figure out which parties could crash and burn to his benefit. Amazing art by Natália Delgado🎨

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🚨Personal news klaxon! After six years learning from great colleagues at Politico I’m joining @euractiv.com. They have ambitious expansion plans under new owners who are seriously investing in European political coverage. Can’t wait to start in the spring. www.euractiv.com/about-euract...

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Zelenskyy says Trump is living in a Russian "disinformation space", which is Ukrainian for being Putin's bitch. apnews.com/article/russ...

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Good to see democracy and the rule of law working in Brazil. apnews.com/article/bols...

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Trump is now an aide in Russia’s regime change plan for Ukraine. Europeans need to act NOW, not after the German elections, to make sure Ukrainians have an alternative. All the worst came true and there is no other way to put it than that the US is in Russia’s team now.

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"I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never,” he told NBC's "Meet the Press."

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"The Trump administration’s decision to center its initial Ukraine diplomacy on the Middle East speaks volumes about the region’s importance to both the war and broader European security," writes Anna Borshchevskaya.

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America first means Britain needs a customs union with Europe www.cityam.com/america-firs...

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Putin said his assessment of the negotiations in Saudi Arabia was "positive" He's trying to convey that it's possible to just turn the page over&pretend that the 3years of the full-scale war never happened If he's allowed to get away with it,this will be a geopolitical catastrophe,to say the least

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Waarom is de AfD juist in de voormalige DDR zo groot? Onze data-experts @wloon.bsky.social en @felixvoogt.bsky.social zochten het uit www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... in @nrcnl.bsky.social

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Some information about the current state of Russian economy. (As usual, I will preface by saying it is important to keep up the economic pressure on Russia and continue supporting Ukraine) ◾️ Russian minister of economic development, Maxim Reshetnikov, said that the Russian economy⤵️

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Eerste interview met een gevangengenomen Noord-Koreaanse soldaat: www.chosun.com/english/nort...

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“Democrats seem to be waiting for Trump, Musk, and MAGA to naturally become unpopular, instead of working overtime to make them unpopular. We can’t wait. We need a unified, aggressive, and creative opposition in this country.” Read more from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social. 👇

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Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger www.computerweekly.com/news/3666194...

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We are all Donald Tusk

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are putting your Social Security checks at risk.

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump are mass firing veterans. apnews.com/live/trump-p...

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My President Zelenskyy, who is also my Supreme Commander-in-Chief, is doing a great service to our nation now. I am proud to fight together with him against Russian invasion. Strong Ukrainians, together with the real allies, will save liberal democracy. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

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Reuters are seeking a correspondent to cover Central Asia careers.thomsonreuters.com/us/en/job/JR...

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Together with European Foreign Ministers, I spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after his talks in Riyadh. Russia will try to divide us. Let’s not walk into their traps. By working together with the US, we can achieve a just and lasting peace – on Ukraine’s terms.

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Baltic states have shut down last links to Russian electricity grid • Move highlights deep, structural impact of war in Ukraine on Europe's energy supplies and infrastructure • Baltic states will connect to EU grid and Russian enclave of Kaliningrad will need to generate own power supplies

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" #EU envoys approve new #Russia #sanctions package" www.politico.eu/article/eu-e...

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Brilliant from the rising superstar of European security thinking, @alanderminna.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/minnalan...

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BAE Systems has highlighted strong operational progress in its 2024 full-year update, with significant milestones achieved in its frigate programmes. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/first-type-2...

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I welcome the agreement on our 16th package of sanctions. The EU is clamping down even harder on circumvention by targeting more vessels in Putin’s shadow fleet and imposing new import and export bans. We are committed to keep up the pressure on the Kremlin.

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#Ukrainecast - why the Kremlin is “cockahoop” about the US/Russia meeting today in Saudi www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Word of the day is ‘cumber-world’ (14th century): a person or thing that encumbers the planet.

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Macron holding another summit of European leaders in Paris today, now wider after their complaints on Monday from countries not invited. Today will be the junior partners, reportedly: 🇨🇿🇷🇴🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇬🇷🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇴🇨🇦🇧🇪. So the 'coalition of the willing' has been all 🇪🇺 members except 🇭🇺🇸🇰(pro-Putin), 🇮🇪🇦🇹🇲🇹🇨🇾(neutral), 🇧🇬🇭🇷🇸🇮(?)

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“For the sake of American global power,” @alanderminna.bsky.social writes, “the Western alliance is not something the US should gamble away lightly.”

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Today, Google Threat Intelligence is alerting the community to increasing efforts from several Russia state-aligned threat actors (GRU, FSB, etc.) to compromise Signal Messenger accounts. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

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A deeply disturbing third bullet point there

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"An offer of Nato membership conditional on a Russian ceasefire breach has been promoted by some US senators and now has the backing of senior European leaders, including Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Intelligence from the US and close allies shows that Putin still wants to control all of Ukraine, according to four Western intelligence officials and two US congressional officials. “We have zero intelligence that Putin is interested in a real peace deal right now" www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that

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‘The US Is Doing Russia’s Work’ Say Ecstatic Propagandists Putin’s mouthpieces are in a lather of excitement over the US administration’s willingness to make a deal to their liking. My latest for @cepa.org: cepa.org/article/the-...

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Canada, Greenland, Denmark, Panama, and Gaza could not immediately be reached for comment

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A Czech-led initiative to supply Ukraine with large-calibre ammunition has delivered 1.6 million shells and will continue, Czech President Petr Pavel said. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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