Posted by 54,516 views Sep 14, 2023 Academics, Researchers and NGOs GUEST: James Sherr OBE – Senior fellow of the International Centre for Defence & Security, Tallinn. ———- The international response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is scaling up, with the expected provisions of ATACMS and F16s, but remains inadequate to the task of achieving a full victory and often lags dangerously behind requirements, which causes the war to be more protracted, resulting in a greater loss of life on the Ukrainian side. Russia poses a serious threat to the rules-based international order, but is the West’s response insufficiently robust in defence of the values it espouses? A recent Chatham House report rang alarm bells and recommended that Western military support to Kyiv should be redoubled before it is too late.
17th September 2023
A year after the death of Masha Amin, the authorities in Iran are just managing to keep control. But people are paying less and less attention to the intrusive rules of the Islamic Republic. It’s running out of everything: ideas, authority, future. All it has left is force.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський
17th September 2023
On Ukraine’s Rescuers Day, we honor Ukrainian heroes who save lives, clear land mines, and restore critical infrastructure.
17th September 2023
Only those who have had loved ones disappeared into the notorious prisons of the #Assad regime in #Syria know the true horror of what one of the worst regime’s on the planet is capable of in persecuting human beings. We failed Syrians so far and now Ukrainians are paying the… Show more
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Today is my father’s birthday. If he’s still alive in #Assad prisons, he turns 61. Living in a limbo of waiting for a decade, I realized I’ve lived as a shadow of my dad. Today, I brought him a cake, sang Happy Birthday with a broken heart & cried. “Happy” birthday, Dad..
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
16th September 2023
Many Ukrainians without a Russian passport in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea cannot work, have a driving licence, visit a doctor or send their children to school. This is only one of Russia’s tactics to erase Ukrainian identity. #TakenFromUkraine
17th September 2023
Today is Rescuer Day in Ukraine! Meet Yevhen Rurenko, sapper serving with the State Emergency Service ofin Cherkasy Obl. Yevhen recalls Feb 24, 2022, “You have 3 min to prepare & put on your protective gear. A full-scale invasion has begun.” Thank you, Ukrainian rescuers!
16th September 2023
Turkiye could ‘part ways’ with EU: Erdogan
Turkiye could ‘part ways’ with EU: Erdogan
The Turkish president’s comments follow the release of an EU report recommending Turkiye not be allowed to join the economic and
16th September 2023
Turkiye targets over 30 PKK positions in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkiye targets over 30 PKK positions in Iraqi Kurdistan
Ankara has been conducting separate military operations against Kurdish groups in Iraq and Syria
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BREAKING: The Magnitsky Act has just been submitted as draft legislation to the parliament in Serbia. I’m participating in a live press conference in Belgrade to support the legislation
Igor Kovalenko, Ukrainian Grandmaster in chess, and nr. 65 on the World Ranking list, is awarded an order for his courage on the battlefield:
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This is not fake. That’s life. The President awarded me the Order “For Courage, 3rd degree”.
We need to protect dissidents; not hide them.
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17th September 2023
Read this excellent article, which tells readers what most European governments have known for decades: that if you tell Austrian officials any bit of confidential information, it immediately gets to Moscow.
Waltz with the devil: why Russian spies love Austria
You can now find an improved TikTok hashtag analysis tool on the Bellingcat Github. We’ve simplified the installation instructions for you. The tool uses
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@officejjsmart17th September 2023
A Romanian 122-mm “APR-40” firing on terrorists in the Zaporizhzhia direction. Bye, fascists!
17th September 2023
A reminder. On this day in 1939, Soviet Russia joined forces with Hitler and invaded #Poland. The joint Nazi/Soviet invasion of Poland started WW2. So remember this the next time Putin talks about the suffering of Russian people during #WWII.
17th September 2023
#NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said “We must prepare ourselves for a long war in #Ukraine.” Adding, “Ukraine will become a member of NATO…” and Ukraine will need safety guarantees when the war ends, otherwise “history could repeat itself.”
17th September 2023
Angry locals block Ursula von der Leyen’s car on her way to the asylum center in Lampedusa today. 12 000 illegal migrants have arrived by boat to the island of Lampedusa in the past week. Only 6000 Italians live on the island.
17th September 2023
The 27-year-old American volunteer soldier Jericho Skye Magallon has been killed in battle against the Russian Army. Rest in Peace Hero
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The Russian economy relies on millions of migrant workers. A weak currency has many looking elsewhere for opportunities.
Falling Ruble Dents Russia’s Image Among Central Asian Migrant Workers
As the Russian ruble has slumped to post-invasion lows in recent months, talk of a possible exodus among millions of Central Asian labor migrants has bubbled to the surface.
17th September 2023
Sought by law enforcement at home and unable to go to a third country, Kazakhstan’s Russian exiles are forced to live under the constant threat of repatriation.
‘We’re All Hostages Here’: Wanted Russian Activists, Draft Dodgers Stuck in Legal Limbo in Kazakh…
When journalist Yevgeniya Baltatarova arrived in Kazakhstan in March 2022, she had no plans to stay in the country long-term. Just days
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2021: An introduction to James Sherr, especially if you did not watch earlier video.
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17th September 2023
#OpEd North Korea and Russia have been shunned by much of the world. Cooperating on industrial and military efforts shows they don’t care about a backlash, argues Anthony V. Rinna.
themoscowtimes.com Russia Courting North Korea Shows Contempt for International Law Opinion | Three decades have passed since the once-strong Moscow-Pyongyang relationship took a nosedive from which it has never quite recovered.
17th September 2023
The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has departed for North Korea following his six-day visit to Russia. Photo: Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/09/17/kim-jong-un-departs-for-north-korea-following-his-visit-to-russia-en-news
Ukrainian Community in Ireland reposted
17th September 2023
90 per cent of Ukraine’s wind power capacity and 50 per cent of solar energy capacity have been taken offline as a result of Russia’s invasion. Our experts report on the devastating consequences of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
17th September 2023
The EU needs a coherent strategy on Russian sanctions Apparently it’s ok to buy Indian-refined Russian crude, but potentially necessary to confiscate phones and toothpaste from Russian travellers and emigres. Some grumbles from me in
spectator.co.uk The EU needs a coherent strategy on Russian sanctions This week, the European Union opted to extend sanctions on some 1,800 Russian companies and individuals for another six months.
17th September 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called possible military cooperation between Russia and North Korea illegal. He made such a statement in an interview with the Associated Press agency. “Military cooperation between North Korea and Russia is illegal and wrong, as it… Show more
Hungary has become an incubator for conservative policies. We stopped migration at our borders, put an end to promoting gender propaganda in schools, and we are relentlessly working for peace. This is the cure for the progressive-liberal virus. [on Twitter, 4th May, 2023]
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