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Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English)
28th March 2023
Alexei Moskalev was sentenced to 2 years in prison. He is being punished for criticising the invasion of Ukraine and for his daughter’s anti-war drawing Masha, in a letter to Alexei: “dad, you’re my hero” Two years – for what? via
28th March 2023
BREAKING: The Foreign Ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have issued a joint statement, calling on the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympics. The IOC gathers today for a summit in which they will decide on the issue
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28th March 2023
The UN is no longer fit for purpose. It should either be radically reformed or dismantled. Anyone who accepts this and countless other UN absurdities only prolongs the death and destruction meted out by dictators like Putin.
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POLITICOEurope
@POLITICOEurope
28th March 2023
OPINION: In March, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for a war crime allegation. On April 1, Russia is set to take up the presidency of the UN Security Council. This is not a cruel joke.
28th March 2023
Canadian MP
introduced a motion into the Canadian parliament to make
an honorary Canadian citizen so Canada can advocate for his release from Russian prison. Outstanding, but makes me wonder why the UK (where he is a citizen) is doing nothing
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27th March 2023
These people make you sick. Alexandra Xanthaki, the UN special rapporteur for cultural rights, said Russian soldiers who’ve fought in #Ukraine should be allowed to compete at the
#Olympic Games – as long as they’ve not committed war crimes.
28th March 2023
Sounds good. The UK & Poland will build 2 temporary villages for more than 700 people in western & central #Ukraine, to provide housing for people who have been forced from their homes by Russia’s invasion, the UK government said.
27th March 2023
Pu Tin, your Emperor is speaking!
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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
27th March 2023
BREAKING: China is against Russia’s plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning: “A nuclear war cannot be won or fought. Wars between nuclear-weapon states should be avoided and strategic risks should be reduced.”
28th March 2023
Belarus said on Tuesday it felt compelled to host Russian nuclear weapons after the “unprecedented” Western backlash against the plan, insisting the deployment did not violate international agreements.
28th March 2023
Analysts attribute Russians’ growing interest in mysticism to the stress and uncertainty being caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
themoscowtimes.com Russian Demand for Online Mysticism Courses Jumps 20-Fold Online mysticism courses have experienced a nearly 20-fold surge in popularity among the Russian public, the Vedemosti business daily
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28th March 2023
“Numerous Ukrainian orphanages were forced to smuggle children out of occupied areas to prevent them from being seized and sent to Russia.”
The bullshit here is that these children were not “evacuated from the conflict zone”, because conditions there don’t allow for that to happen. They were kidnapped from parts of Ukraine temporarily controlled by russia. Then sent to “re-education” (brainwashing) camps.
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TASS
@tassagency_en
Mar 20
Russia intends to return children who have been evacuated from the conflict zone to Ukraine when the conditions there are safe enough for that, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said:
28th March 2023
The Russian FSB has drafted legislation that would give intelligence agencies “constant remote access” to databases kept by taxi aggregators that are included on the government’s registry of “organizers of information dissemination.”
meduza.io Russian FSB seeks ‘constant remote access’ to Russian taxi service databases — Meduza The Russian FSB has developed draft legislation that would give intelligence agencies “constant remote access” to the databases kept by taxi companies that are included on the government’s registry… ==============
Meduza spoke to Russian nuclear policy expert Maxim Starchak about Putin’s decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, whether we should expect reciprocal steps from Washington, and how the move will change the status of Belarus itself.
28th March 2023
Are Putin and Xi as Close as Everyone Assumes? Putin’s decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus bluntly contradicts a joint statement that he just signed with Xi. Some “friend”!
michaelmcfaul.substack.com Are Putin and Xi as Close as Everyone Assumes? Putin’s decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus bluntly contradicts a joint statement that he just signed with Xi. Some
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28th March 2023
Russian military reporter Sladkov claims that 50,000 of North Korean spetsnaz are ready to join the war on the Russian side, in addition to 800,000 regular troops. We are concerned for the welfare of this potential force, who may disappear into nothingness as the 10k Syrian… Show more
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28th March 2023
28.03. Pr. Zelensky today: “Ukrainians fought – Ukrainians are fighting! – for freedom as part of the Defense and Security Forces and simply on their streets, in their yards, in their fields. Our people proved it, our warriors proved it.”
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28th March 2023
Nearly 4,400 Ukrainian orphans and children are currently held “deprived of parental care” in Russia and Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk. https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/mar/28/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-updates-multiple-russian-drones-shot-down-over-kyiv-blasts-attack?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-6422c9df8f085eb439bd4af2#block-6422c9df8f085eb439bd4af2
27th March 2023
Sneak listen-in to what the Russian elite think about Putin – they don’t really like him very much.
english.nv.ua FSB interested in conversation between Akhmedov and music producer Prigozhin Russia’s FSB security service is investigating Russian music producer Yosif Prigozhin and billionaire and former Russian senator Farkhad Akhmedov after a recording of an alleged phone conversation in…
27th March 2023
A revealing leaked conversation between billionaire oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov and music producer Iosif Prigozhin, as they bash Putin and his regime for waging a fratricidal war against Ukraine and depriving Russia and all Russians of a future.
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28th March 2023
Poland caught a Russian spy who was interfering with Poland’s vital infrastructure and security services in the Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships in northern #Poland #UkraineRussiaWar
odessa-journal.com Poland caught another Russian spy | odessa-journal.com Poland caught a Russian spy who was interfering with Poland’s vital infrastructure and security services in the Pomeranian and Kuyavian-
28th March 2023
Well-known scientists began to leave Russia en masse after the start of a full-scale invasion of Russian troops into #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
28th March 2023
The Save Ukraine Foundation took home 17 Ukrainian children who were taken by Russian authorities to Crimea. Their parents were persuaded by occupying forces in Kherson to send their children to a summer camp in Crimea to escape the war. By
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27th March 2023
Aaron, some good points. But how Russia feels about Crimea is irrelevant. Ukraine will never be safe or secure and it’ll never be able to rebuild its economy while Russia occupies Crimea. We can’t allow Russia to be rewarded for its illegal aggression. The Chinese are watching.
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Aaron James
@AaronJamesReed
27th March 2023
Replying to @general_ben@DefMon3and 22 others
I concur for numerous reasons. Crimea is different from the rest of Ukraine, Russia “legitimized” its occupation over the 9 years, treating it like another oblast of Russia. They cannot afford to lose one of their own regions, the consequences for Rus would be too great
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Germany and Poland love to hate each other. On “The Intelligence”
surveys their close but increasingly fractious relationship
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China’s foreign policy is changing. Xi Jinping aims to remake the existing world order. This will appeal to some countries—but do not underestimate the perils:
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Day 398 of my 3 day war. Modern Challenger tanks are arriving in Ukraine from West while I am sending T-54s that are 70 years old. I remain a master strategist.
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