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BREAKING: Former President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili is transferred from prison to intensive care. He’s in critical condition from torture and alleged poisoning. The Putin backed Georgian government is refusing to release him on health ground
Irwin Cotler: ‘Russia is in standing breach of the Genocide Convention’
swissinfo.ch Irwin Cotler: ‘Russia is in standing breach of the Genocide Convention’ Lawyer Irwin Cotler is drafting a proposal for a special criminal tribunal for Ukraine. He believes Switzerland can play a part in
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Warm weather in Europe completely scuppers Putin’s original plan to hold us hostage with gas. Seems every assumption he made before his disastrous invasion of Ukraine blew up in his face.
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Jan 30
European natural gas prices slip again as the return of milder weather in the continent keeps a lid on heating demand
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Garry Kasparov
We know who you chose, and would choose again.
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ChChristian Vanderbrouk
@UrbanAchieve
Trump: I stand by my decision to side with Putin against the US intelligence community.
Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries ‘secretly develop explosive-tipped ”swarm drones” in murky deal with Chinese spies’
dailymail.co.uk Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries ‘secretly develop ”swarm drones”’ Mercenaries for Russia’s infamous Wagner Group will be aided by ‘secret drones’ thanks to a secretive arms deal with Chinese
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
The U.S. has imposed new sanctions against people and firms with ties to the Russian mercenary group Wagner.
occrp.org U.S. Hits Wagner Group with New Sanctions to Help Ukraine The U.S. hit Russia’s Wagner Group, a private military company that has been fighting the war in Ukraine, with new sanctions that are now a ===============
Christina Cronin-Vejar (she/her)
TIL Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Concord Management and Consulting funded the Internet Research Agency, indicted by Mueller for conspiring to defraud the US Government and interfering in the 2016 election, and also controls the Wagner Group, the mercenary arm of Russia against Ukraine.
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Venture Capital
@kelly2277
Jan 28
You can call them Bots or Trolls. Here’s the evidence that @mtaibbi is wrong. Judge upholds Mueller indictment against Russian troll farm | @thehill https://thehill.com/policy/cyberse
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Three Russian orphans standing on the rubble of their home in 1942. vs. Russian-made orphans in 2022
All of Chechen leader Kadyrov’s clan are sadistic beasts. “The people around him know that Kadyrov is a psycho who likes, for example, having sex while being observed by prisoners from his private jail… the onlookers are forced to masturbate.”
https://jamestown.org/program/chechnya-rocked-by-desertions-sex-scandal-2/
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Major scandal in Russia. The TV presenter Olga Zenkova from NTV was sent to occupied Melitopol to record a propaganda piece. While visiting a restaurant, Kadyrov’s nephew Hasan Ibrahimov and men from his unit walked up to her, beat up her camera man and then raped her.
Kremlin disinformation messaging around the invasion of Ukraine is getting more and more surreal. Now multiple accounts are trying to question the reality of the war itself
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A 13-year-old contestant on the Polish show ‘You Can Dance’ dedicated her performance titled “The impossible does not exist” to Ukraine : youcandancetvp, TikTok
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Jan. 31, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine government organization
On January 27, Major Danylo Murashko was killed in Donetsk region. 141 combat sorties, Knight of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi. He directed the downed plane away from a residential area. Nominated for the Hero of Ukraine title (posthumously). Eternal glory!
I have a dream. Ukraine & Britain joining the EU in the next 5 years. Who’s in?
“Austria and Hungary agreed on not sending weapons to Ukraine”. It’s not that Ukraine really needs their arms, but being constantly on the wrong side of history seems to be in some nations’ DNA
euractiv.com Austria, Hungary agree on not sending weapons to Ukraine
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Ukraine requires up to 200 multipurpose aircraft to protect the sky – Air Force of Ukraine
Ukraine requires up to 200 multipurpose aircraft to protect the sky – Air Force of Ukraine
Kremlin propagandist admits Russian paratrooper units suffered catastrophic 40-50% casualties during first six months of Ukraine invasion
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