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Well, this is quite a game on #SixNations #Rugby #ItalyvsFrance

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New and new and new Chinese surveillance cameras all around Tbilisi, and in particular on Rustaveli. Soon the dictatorship will have live footage of our x-rays too. #terrorinGeorgia

submitted 9 days ago • 10 comments

Sudan and Russia agreed "on everything" regarding creating a Russian naval base in the country - foreign minister of Sudan during his visit to Russia. Russia is solely interested in protecting its own geopolitical interests 📹: Lavrov at today's meeting with Sudan's foreign minister

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

A photo from tonight, day 73 non-stop. We want free and fair elections for four reasons: electoral fraud, a U-turn in foreign policy, systemic torture of protesters, and endless crisis that will only deepen. And the release of the political prisoners. #GeorgiaProtests

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems! Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

submitted 17 days ago • 2064 comments

Violence and extortion in public transport is a common occurrence in South Africa, mainly characterised by competition between bus companies and taxi associations. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov wrote an article about the "multipolar world" and how the UN Charter can become its "foundation". ❗️I think it is important to read this in order to understand the distorted picture of reality Russia is coming from and combat the narratives it attempts to push.

submitted 18 days ago • 28 comments

The brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, journalists and politicians tonight in Tbilisi is unacceptable. Georgia falls short of any expectation from a candidate country. The EU stands with the people of Georgia in their fight for freedom and democracy.

submitted 21 days ago • 23 comments

Putin indicated that he will not view any peace agreement with Ukraine as binding by claiming that the Ukrainian government is either unwilling or unable to rescind the 2022 Ukrainian presidential decree banning negotiations with Putin. (1/2)

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

The Stilfontein saga continues even after the miners resurface. This demonstrates the nationwide (and indeed, transnational) nature of illegal mining and the conflict between rival groups in southern Africa #organizedcrime #mining #zamazamas www.news24.com/news24/south...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

ISW noted on January 22 that the Kremlin recently launched an information operation that seeks to create the false impression that the Russian economy is performing well despite numerous continued indicators of macroeconomic distress. isw.pub/UkrWar012325

submitted 30 days ago • 9 comments

Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues. You may notice them as posters who are smearing Chrystia Freeland, pushing anti-Ukrainian narratives, Germany's election, anti-EU rhetoric, anti-NATO rhetoric, etc. Their numbers are still low, so stay vigilant

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NEW REPORT: The Kremlin is in the endgame of a decades-long strategic effort to de facto annex Belarus, which will permanently augment Russia’s military and economic capabilities to pursue its revanchist geopolitical objectives against the United States and NATO. (🧵1/5)

submitted 39 days ago • 12 comments

Founder and director of @netgazeti.org, Mzia Amaglobeli, who now faces up to 7 years in jail, holds Maria Ressa's “How to Stand Up to a Dictator” at her court hearing. @mariaressa.bsky.social

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

It's important to shed light on conflicts not receiving the same attention as others, including how these conflicts shape and reshape illicit economies www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

The incident involving undersea cables in the Baltic Sea is the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure. We commend the Finnish authorities for their swift action in boarding the suspected vessel. My joint statement → europa.eu/!k6cCfB (1/3)

submitted 59 days ago • 82 comments

Recently took a peek at Twitter and the disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous. Someone could get killed. The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary.

submitted 62 days ago • 3674 comments

Canada, UK, Germany are primary targets for the Russia right now. Elon Musk is helping the Kremlin amplify its influence operations and bankrolling the politicians favourable to Putin. This is an attack on democracy and an operation to decrease support and aid for Ukraine.

submitted 63 days ago • 173 comments

South Africa has long been a key transit point in the global trade in narcotics; a trend that is apparently increasing. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

#Myanmar 🇲🇲: the Arakan Army has seized full control of the town of Taungup in southern #Rakhine state. The last remaining junta base in the town fell to the resistance on Saturday. The resistance now fully controls 12 out of Rakhine's 17 townships.

submitted 69 days ago • 3 comments

A month ago, Giorgi Bregvadze taught English to Tbilisi schoolchildren. Now he tracks police movements through encrypted apps to protect thousands of pro-EU protesters from state violence. "We don't consider ourselves victims - we're freedom warriors"

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

One of the first priorities for the new #Syria government is to combat organized crime. Authorities have raided the regime's network of Captagon factories and warehouses, destroying millions of dollars worth of amphetamines. The cartel was operated by Maher Assad, the brother of Bashar al-Assad.

submitted 73 days ago • 70 comments

Authoritarian regimes often look stable from the outside. They can endure for decades. Then, one day, after years of hollowing out institutions, abusing their people, and building artificial economies that don't meet the needs of their citizens...poof.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

How's this for some perspective: two weeks ago, Bashar al-Assad was sitting pretty as Syria's dictator for life. The Syrian episode is the embodiment of the saying 'decline happens slowly, and then very quickly'.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Assad Regime forces have collapsed and Assad’s backers do not appear willing to bolster the Syrian Arab Army by rapidly deploying additional forces. 🧵⬇️ isw.pub/IranUpdate12...

submitted 78 days ago • 2 comments

So, Fassi takes a big head knock to the point where he's blinking as if he's concussed and he doesn't even go off for an HIA? For all the talk of player safety, sometimes not much is done about it. #Rugby #ChampionsCup

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Assad faces an existential threat given the widespread collapse of regime forces and lack of sufficient external backing to bolster these forces. The Axis of Resistance’s support will almost certainly fail at this time unless larger ground forces are deployed rapidly. isw.pub/IranUpdate12...

submitted 78 days ago • 15 comments

‼️ The Constitutional Court of Romania has annulled the results of the 1st round of the Presidential election. The judges ruled on this in an emergency session after reviewing the declassified intelligence documents that suggested a foreign manipulation campaign took place in the first round.

submitted 79 days ago • 24 comments

#NAFO #DemocracyDfefenders Let's make this image viral. Report and then copy the image and post it on your own. Tag with #CarsonRussiLosing

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

At least 66,000 fake accounts and 10 million fake followers were removed on just TikTok alone, the operation was targeting Romania’s election in favour far-right candidate Călin Georgescu . Also, an account with 299,000 followers linked to the far-right AUR party was taken down.

submitted 80 days ago • 91 comments

A massacre in unfolding in #Syria. Regime and Russian warplanes bombard one hospital after the other in #Idlib province, trying to cripple the healthcare system which millions of people depend on.

submitted 83 days ago • 8 comments

#Syria MAP UPDATE: the situation in Syria as of 01/12/2024. After almost five years of frozen frontlines the #Assad regime has collapsed all over the northwest. Rebel forces captured #Aleppo city and advanced as far south as N Hama Download larger file: mediafire.com/file/oqaq78v1e…

submitted 84 days ago • 8 comments

A Russian insider source claimed that Russian law enforcement raids against nightclubs in Moscow, ostensibly conducted to enforce Russian censorship laws and the pseudo-state ideology are actually intended to replenish the populations of penal colonies for Russian force generation efforts. (1/3)

submitted 84 days ago • 7 comments

The protests in Tbilisi went on all night and currently continue. According to Visioner, 200 000 people took to the streets last night to protest against the reversal of Georgia's European course.

submitted 84 days ago • 15 comments

Syrian Opposition Forces have Captured the Police Headquarters to the East of Central Park in the City of Aleppo, with Rebels having now entered the Northeastern Districts of the City.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Reuters writes that US intelligence believes that authorizing strikes by Western weapons deep into Russia has not increased the risk of nuclear escalation. Some U.S. officials now believe that concerns about escalation, including nuclear fears, have been exaggerated.

submitted 87 days ago • 76 comments

Anti-Regime Channels are claiming that the Syrian Arab Army has ordered a General Retreat across the City of Aleppo in the North of the Country, with Regime Forces and Militias said to be withdrawing towards Al-Nayrab to the East.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Great series by amaBhungane detailing the workings of illicit finance and how actors exploit vulnerable states (in this case, in southern Africa) through collusive relationships with powerful figures. amabhungane.org/thelaundry-h...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Russian forces continue to execute Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) amid a surge of recent Russian war crimes. The Russian State Duma is preparing the legal mechanisms to remove the Taliban from the Russian government’s official list of banned terrorist organizations. isw.pub/UkrWar112624

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

In today´s #vatniksoup REBREW, I´ll introduce a Hungarian lawyer and politician, Viktor Orbán (@PM_ViktorOrban). He´s best-known for turning Hungary into an authoritarian state, and for cooperating with other authoritarian regimes like the Kremlin, the CCP and Iran. 1/24

submitted 92 days ago • 47 comments