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9th June 2023
Thank you
for this amazing show of solidarity with
! Vladimir has truly been blessed with genuine friends and principled and relentless allies!
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Tom Kmiec
@tomkmiec
Jun 9
Today, my motion calling on Parliament to extend honorary citizenship to Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza passed unanimously. Credit to my friend @jamesbezan for his relentless work on this issue. @ekaramurza @Billbrowder
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Curious if any prominent environmentalist groups have spoken out about Russia’s latest act of terror. Or is the environment only harmed by their usual targets in rich Western democracies where protest is easy?
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Jun 8
On June 6, russians destroyed Kakhovka Dam. This terrorist act caused one of the biggest European ecocatastrophes. It will affect millions of lives. To mitigate its impact, #UNITED24 is launching a fundraiser to aid emergency services: #LifeboatForUkraine http://u24.gov.ua/lifeboat
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10th June 2023
MORE LEAVING MARKET Swedish personal care company Essity (brands Zewa, Libresse and Libero) is ceasing operations in Russia and selling its business in the country.
10th June 2023
CRIMEA IS GETTING HOTTER “The Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted new blows on the Arabat Spit, columns of Russians are now fleeing to -occupied Crimea. Several more Storm Shadow missiles hit military bases.” – Local news reports
10th June 2023
The question remains whether Yevgeny Prigozhin is controlled by the Kremlin, or is a loose cannon posing a serious threat to the regime, writes
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As Russia’s armed forces fight among themselves, it’s hard to know who’s in control | Samantha de…
Yevgeny Prigozhin has launched another diatribe against the Russian army. Is he a loose cannon, or a Kremlin puppet?
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10th June 2023
Kennedy: 350,000 dead Ukrainians, the US is lying and hiding the fact that Russians are annihilating Ukrainians at a 7 to 1 ratio. —- NB : This means about 50k Russians KIA which is precisely Prigozhin’s figure.
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July 17, 2006 Working breakfast of the G8 heads of state and government in St. Petersburg. Behind the backs of George Bush and Vladimir Putin is Yevgeny Prigozhin, general director of the Concord culinary line…
At this point I’d just be wasting my time and yours noting all the people who, only days ago, maintained that this exact claim by Mueller, et al. — a claim Prigozhin himself now admits to, even using Concord as the medium — was a “deep state” stitch-up.
https://apple.news/A8ZUMME-KTy2uQvtSKWEG1w
In Odesa, Ukrainians in their windowless & damaged apartments. This is what Russia calls a precision strike. This is why #RussiaIsATerroristState.
10th June 2023
European Union’s foreign policy chief
has said the #NovaKakhovka dam in #Ukraine, was destroyed with explosives planted in its turbine chamber – in an area under Russian control. Everything pointed to Moscow being behind the demolition. https://bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-65851660?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6483552083361e17398c7277%26Dam%20destroyed%20using%20explosives%2C%20EU%20foreign%20policy%20chief%20says%262023-06-09T16%3A41%3A56.735Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:cb611b88-e5eb-45f4-80f5-6d7c2495ad36&pinned_post_asset_id=6483552083361e17398c7277&pinned_post_type=share
9th June 2023
This man is a hero! 24-year-old Henri is the Catholic pilgrim who used his backpack as a shield while stopping a Syrian asylum seeker from stabbing a number of children to death at a playground yesterday in Annecy, France. Well done young man!
9th June 2023
Poland protests against the EU’s new Migration & Asylum Pact, passed in a vote yesterday. Poland says it won’t pay the EUR 22 000 fine per quota migrant it will refuse to take in Poland stresses the EU only paid Poland EUR 200 per person when it took in 1 mln Ukrainian refugees
9th June 2023
Meet Andrey Polosin, a “typical Putin technocrat” who has recently transformed himself into a long-haired, bearded “rockstar or prophet.” His goal? Sell university students on the Kremlin’s new curriculum of “patriotic” and “traditional values.”
meduza.io An ‘experienced strategist’ The man behind Russia’s new ideological course for university students… Russian president Vladimir Putin’s administration, realizing that the country’s young people are the least likely demographic to support the president and Kremlin policies, have decided to develop a…
Unusually, the Kremlin has not told the country’s propaganda outlets how to cover the Kakhovka dam disaster. Meduza explains the approaches they’re taking as a result.
meduza.io ‘Accentuate the positive’ Without clear orders from the top, Russia’s propaganda media is doing its… As the slow-motion disaster caused by the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine’s Kherson region continues, Russian officials have repeatedly blamed Kyiv for the crisis. Unusually, however,… =============
9th June 2023
Sofia Sapega, a Russian national hauled off a Ryanair flight in Minsk back in 2021 and arrested alongside her then-boyfriend Raman Pratasevich, was pardoned and left Belarus earlier this week. Iryna Khalip details the conditions of her imprisonment:
10th June 2023
“This war became possible because previous grave crimes committed by Russia’s leadership and military on its own soil and abroad remained unpunished,” reads the declaration.
Iceland is the first country to make such a move.
Iceland to Suspend Embassy Operations in Russia in August
Iceland said Friday it would suspend work at its embassy in Russia as of Aug. 1, the first country to do so, and asked Russia to limit its operations in Reykjavik.
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10th June 2023
Ukraine’s state security service published an intercepted call in which an alleged Russian soldier says the blast was carried out by “our sabotage group.”
themoscowtimes.com SBU: Russian Sabotage Group Behind Kakhovka Dam Explosion Ukraine’s SBU security service on Friday published an intercepted phone call in which an alleged Russian soldier claims that Tuesday’s explosion at the Kakhovka dam was organized by a Russian…
Every minute of silence is a life lost! A performance protest held in Dublin following Kahovka dam explosion, another grave violation of international law perpetrated against Ukraine by Russia, UN Security Council permanent member #StopEcocideUkraine
The consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in the Ukrainian region of Kherson are enormous.
and I just spoke to President
assuring him of the Netherlands’ assistance wherever it is needed. We will be providing water pump installations,… Show more
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10th June 2023
Aviation expert and leading scientific collaborator at the National Aviation University Valeriy Romanenko has discussed the advantages and disadvantages of F/A-18 Hornets in an interview with Radio NV.
english.nv.ua Aviation expert unveils pros and cons of F/A-18 Hornets, potential benefits for Ukraine Aviation expert and leading scientific collaborator at the National Aviation University (NAU), Valeriy Romanenko, discussed the
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10th June 2023
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Kyiv on a surprise visit
10th June 2023
This dog has traveled on a raft more than 140 km from the flooded area in Kherson region to the Black Sea shore in Hryhorivka, Odesa Oblast More news here https://english.nv.ua
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10th June 2023
Ukraine’s nuclear regulator, Derzhatomrehuluvanya, has ordered Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom to cease use of the fifth reactor of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and transfer it to a “cold shutdown” state.
english.nv.ua Last reactor at ZNPP to be placed in “cold shutdown” after Russian destruction of Kakhovka Dam Ukraine’s nuclear regulator, Derzhatomrehuluvanya, has ordered Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom to cease use of the fifth reacto
The Kyiv Oblast Council has called on the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, to legally ban the Russian Orthodox Church from operating on Ukrainian soil.
Kyiv Oblast council calls on parliament to legally ban Russian Orthodox Church
The Kyiv Oblast Council has called on the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, to legally ban the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) from
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10th June 2023
Recent updates as of 10.06
The deployment of Russian nuclear weapons will begin in #Belarus immediately after the preparation of facilities for them is completed on July 7-8.
Putin informed that they will start deploying Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus in July
Russian dictator Putin informed that they will start deploying Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus as soon as they complete the preparation of facilities for
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