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All allegations of corruption, bribery, and money laundering must and will be thoroughly investigated. The EU must show a zero tolerance approach. That is the only way to show citizens that the EU is on their side. European democracy is not for sale.
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a Metsola
@EP_President
I am in politics to fight corruption. To stand up for Europe. We will meet this test head on. There will be no impunity. There will be no sweeping under the carpet. There will be no business as usual. @Europarl_EN stands against enemies of democracy wherever they come from.
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Are sanctions against Russian oligarchs working? “Oligarchs are finished. They’re an endangered species now,” says Bill Browder, Kremlin critic and head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign. Watch more on #GlobalConversation: https://bit.ly/3VP2nX3
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Do not shrug this off. A member of the Congress of the United States wanted the outgoing president to invoke martial law, and use the arms of the United States military to prevent the new president from taking office. Sedition.
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David Kurtz
@TPM_dk
TPM EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) in a text to Mark Meadows, 3 days before Biden’s inauguration: “Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!” https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/mark-meadows-exchanged-texts-with-34-members-of-congress-about-plans-to-overturn-the-2020-election
via @TPM
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“POWER DOES NOT CORRUPT. FEAR CORRUPTS… PERHAPS THE FEAR OF A LOSS OF POWER.
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
John Steinbeck
The world is in a period of instability.
People have opportunities of countering corruption, now, never available during other periods in history.
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Free Syria Media Hub Retweeted
EU Strikes Deal With Hungary to Get 18-Bn-Euro Aid to Ukraine The #EU has reached a deal with Hungary to unblock 18 billion euros in financial aid to #Ukraine, in return for reducing the amount of funding #Budapest has seen frozen by the bloc.
EU Strikes Deal With Hungary to Get 18-Bn-Euro Aid to Ukraine | KyivPost
The EU and Budapest have a long-running dispute about the rule-of-law and democracy in Hungary.
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Scared little Russian coward. Scared of assassination. Scared of the Russian people. Scared of questions about #Ukraine. Putin will not hold his traditional big year-end news conference, the Kremlin has said, for the first time in 10 years.
https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63947946
‘We expect to abolish the backlog of initial asylum decisions by the end of next year…If you enter the UK illegally you should not be allowed to stay.’ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outlines his ‘five new steps’ to tackle the asylum backlog.
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Just taking a time out…. #UkraineWar
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Ukraine government organization
Cannon fodder grinder
Business Ukraine mag Retweeted
Tehran plans to go ahead w/ ballistic missile deliveries to Russia for use in Ukraine,
in
. If that happens, there is NO credible argument for refusing to provide Ukraine ATACMS to target invading Russian forces:
The most significant cases of Western companies working for the Russian military-industrial complex in the US, Belgium, France and other jurisdictions are now under investigation #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
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The Odessa Journal
More than 21,000 Ukrainian enterprises operate in Poland. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
odessa-journal.com More than 21,000 Ukrainian enterprises operate in Poland | odessa-journal.com More than 21,000 Ukrainian enterprises operate in Poland. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk,
Two day trip to Cork of Ambo
to discuss aid to Ukraine and Ukrainians with Lord Mayor of Cork Deirdre Forde,
that ended with an eye watering Christmas concert by Ukrainians as a token of appreciation to community of Cork.
On #HumanRightsDay, existence of similar to the Izolyatsia illegal prisons, created by Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine, should remind the of 2 things: vestigiality of aggressor’s appeasement and price of freedom that is paying. must be hold to account.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
The Russian mercenary group Wagner has supplied international markets with diamonds sourced from conflict areas in the Central African Republic, according to a new report from
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Report: Wagner Mercenaries Profit from Central Africa’s Blood Diamonds
Convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout got a warm welcome into the Kremlin’s tightly controlled political system on Monday and joined an ultranationalist party, “Liberal Democratic Party of Russia,” known for its call to reassemble the former Soviet Union.
Russia’s Viktor Bout Joins Ultranationalist Party After Return in Prisoner Swap
The convicted arms dealer got a warm welcome into the Kremlin’s tightly controlled political system.
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