Posted by Happy Birthday President Zelenskyy, to your family, friends, colleagues, soldiers and all who are engaged in the defense of Ukraine from awful war of aggression at the hands of Russian Federation putin, not forgetting Wagner (Concord ie propaganda) Prigozhin
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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation’s heart, the excision of its memory.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, had extensive negotiations with President of France Macron on January 24. ‘I thank Mr. President for his willingness to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense and expand our armored cooperation,’ the President underlined. The Russian occupiers are already increasing pressure in the Bakhmut, Vuhledar and other directions. And they want to increase pressure on a larger scale. ‘I heard today a full understanding of the situation both in a conversation with Mr. President Macron and in a conversation with Mr. President of Finland, who was on a visit to Kyiv,’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted. For more details – watch full address.
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SANCTIONS : What is their IMPACT ON RUSSIA?
https://youtu.be/0osNhIouMI0
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Brit arrested in Spain for allegedly helping Russian oligarch evade sanctions and hide 255-foot yacht. When the US gets serious about sanctions, they don’t f..k around. More is coming….
“You have a former president of Georgia in custody in a politically motivated case who’s dying. He should be released immediately.” Former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, is being ‘poisoned’ in prison after ‘standing up’ to Putin, Bill Browder tells #TimesRadio.
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As I’m fond of saying, I believe in coincidences, but I also believe in the KGB!
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Kaivan Shroff
@KaivanShroff
Jan 23
Just to be clear, when the New York Times reported that the FBI saw “no link between Trump and Russia” — a week before the 2016 election — the FBI agent who was just arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska was heading up the investigation. Just an absolute scandal.
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Labour’s Clive Efford challenges PM on Russians “dodging sanctions” to take legal action in London, saying the Treasury allowed Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin “to use our courts to try to silence a British journalist” when Rishi Sunak was chancellor
https://bloom.bg/3XUKWFd #PMQs
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OLIVER BULLOUGH: Yevgeny Prigozhin shows just how much the legal system favours the wealthy over the truth
Our long read on Prigozhin’s background and rise to power, full of detail about the most sinister figure in Putin’s court and what motivates him (with
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#Zelensky Signs Controversial Law Toughening Punishment for Desertion in Army Soldiers could face up to 12 years in prison for desertion and up to 10 years for disobedience.
“Absolutely: There is a very real chance that Trump will return as President… and it would be a disaster for Ukraine.” Around “50% of Republicans in Congress think we should be on Russia’s side.” My FULL interview with
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“With more and better armour, and the means of conducting deep missile strikes, says General Hodges, Ukraine would have the best chance of taking Crimea, which he deems the “decisive terrain”.” Make Crimea untenable for Russian forces. | The Economist
Russia is now by far the most sanctioned country in the world. But do those restrictions really work? We asked Professor
what the sanctions are really good for and how the economic conflict between Russia and the West may unfold in the future.
‘In trying to make Ukraine a colony, Russia made itself very dependent on China’
Do sanctions work and is Russia turning into a ‘giant Iran’? Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff explains
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Political strategist and writer Mikhail Sheitelman said that the installation of air defense systems on the roofs of Moscow’s administrative buildings and near Putin’s residence is not connected with the fear of attacks from Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar
Mikhail Sheitelman: A civil war begins in Russia, and air defense is put on the roofs, not because…
The political technologist believes that with these means, the authorities of the Russian Federation are protecting not Moscow but
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At the end of last year, Sergei Ivanov, a local politician in the Russian city of Syzran, reportedly used a state grant worth the equivalent of around £25,000 to stage a reenactment of the WW2 Battle of Kursk in a university sports hall
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Solovyov reacts to media reports that Olaf Scholz has decided to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine He urges Russia to carry out strikes on Germany so that Germans “know which new Nazi leaders they’ve raised and brought to power” “You European Pharisees, you Nazi scumbags!”
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Spanish police arrested a suspect Wednesday in the letter bombing campaign that targeted the prime minister and the Ukrainian embassy, authorities said.
themoscowtimes.com Spain Detains Suspect Over Ukraine Embassy, PM Letter Bombs Spanish police arrested a suspect Wednesday in the letter bombing campaign that targeted the prime minister and the Ukrainian embassy, authorities said.
Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted
The head of #Ukraine‘s armed forces Valery Zaluzhny inherited $1 million from a Ukrainian American, Gregory Stepanets. Zaluzhny donated this money to the Ukrainian military.
Ukrainian Community in Ireland
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This is what Russian Peace looks like. Russian Peace translates into Russian the same as Russian World. Russia means no peace – it means Empire. #Soledar #Donbas #GenocideOfUkrainians
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Three Alligators Down
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European countries within the coalition are preparing to transfer 80 German #Leopard tanks to Ukraine. This is enough to form two tank battalions.
A cemetery used by the Wagner group for the burial of killed mercenaries in the village of Bakunsk, Krasnodar Krai, has increased 7 times over the past few months –
#RussianUkrainianWar #RussianArmy
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At a meeting with students at Moscow State University, Putin said that there are still US “occupation troops” in Germany. The Russian dictator also added that “one way or another, sovereignty will be returned to Europe.” #StopRussianAggression
The Kremlin-controlled #WagnerGroup is recruiting imprisoned #Ukrainian citizens who were forcibly taken to #Russian prisons, – General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. #RussianUkrainianWar
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English) Retweeted
Predictably, Russian TV isn’t happy with Leopard tanks being sent to Ukraine, and Channel One’s response is to keep pointing at Germany’s ‘Nazi sins’. ‘Looks like Russian soldiers will be fighting German tanks with German crosses on Russian land again,’ said one talk show host.
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No better way to spread the word about human rights abuse than through Hollywood. I’m so happy that Alexei Navalny’s story has been nominated for an Academy Award. Hopefully this will put more pressure on the Russian government to release him.
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Dasha
@Dasha_Navalnaya
Jan 24
The Navalny documentary is nominated for the OSCARS!!! Incredibly humbled and honored. Thank you #FreeNavalny #Oscars2023 #OscarNominations2023
When words fail, art finds an image… Copy of
isolation cell rebuilt to face the Russian embassy in Berlin. #FreeNavalny
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Jan 23
В центре Берлина появилась инсталляция от Олега Навального, бетонная коробка ШИЗО, куда нон-стоп отправляют Алексея @navalny Для полноты ощущений можно зайти внутрь — очень страшно
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Russian Gazprom Bank The US will stop servicing Russian state-owned Gazprombank dollar corresponding accounts. This was the main Russian bank that was operating with dollars and performing essential transactions with gas & buying military equipment.
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Who Watches the Watchers? 