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Joined May 2019
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NEW: Russia is actively supporting Houthi operations to disrupt global energy markets by providing the Houthis with satellite imagery of Saudi oil and military infrastructure. Russian satellites have routinely been positioned above major Saudi energy and military sites in the days prior to and after Houthi attacks on those sites since July 2026. (1/2)
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В Турции задержали 85 членов банды Далтонс, которая подожгла Starlink в Польше. Группировка управляется из России. Занимается убийствами, вымогательством и наркоторговлей. Лидер "Кан Далтон" задержан в России в 2024, но не экстрадирован в Турцию. Потому что Кремль — это ОПГ.
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German soldier led local branch of Putin-linked Night Wolves biker club for years, The Insider finds Dual German-Russian citizen Alexander Sautner was only dismissed from the Bundeswehr on Feb. 5, 2026. theins.press/en/news/298842
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She’s quote-tweeting Dmitriev, who “welcomes” Newsmax. Again, read this: theatlantic.com/internationa…
DOCUMENTING OLESHKY Four American journalists from Newsmax will be on the ground in Oleshky, embedded with Russian and Ukrainian humanitarian leaders. Serving as neutral observers, they will independently record and permanently document this historic humanitarian mission.
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🇺🇸🇷🇼🇨🇩 Weeks after Tim Kennedy was shot three times in eastern Congo... Washington sanctioned the army he was fighting Treasury hit Rwanda’s Ministry of Defense for deploying thousands of troops alongside the M23 rebels in North and South Kivu, and Zigama Credit and Savings Society for moving the money that buys their weapons and launders the gold that comes out of rebel-held mines into Rwanda. That is the same war Erik Prince’s contractors are in on the Congolese side, under a contract to secure and tax the mining areas Washington wants American companies in, and the September ambush that wounded Kennedy and killed a former New Zealand commando happened on one of those mining-revenue operations. The sanctions put the US government where Prince already was: on Tshisekedi’s side against Kigali, which was Washington’s Africa partner until the minerals deal made Congo worth more. Rwanda now has a choice between pulling its troops out of the Kivus or watching its defense ministry get cut off from dollars, and M23 has to decide whether to keep fighting with its bank frozen. Source: Reuters, New York Times / Writer: Daniel
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In other words, various business deals are being discussed that will ensure that russia’s criminal war engulfs the rest of Europe the way it first unfolded in Georgia, then Ukraine
New: The US and Russia are discussing bringing American oil majors back to Russia, reviving energy exports to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline and a host of other business deals as Washington seeks to entice Putin to end the war in Ukraine. as.ft.com/r/2349d7fb-66a0-43…
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President Zelensky said at an Oct. 27 briefing with journalists that Moscow’s demands for “security guarantees” and a separate deal with NATO could lay groundwork for a wider war in Europe. He warned that rewarding aggression or letting Russia dictate NATO’s future or any nation’s security endangers the continent. Ukraine and its allies must reject any side deal that gives Moscow a veto over Europe’s defense.
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❗️ Claims that Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska is allegedly opening a rehabilitation center in Israel named after Volodymyr Zelenskyy are false.
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❗️ This fabrication is part of Russia’s ongoing systematic disinformation campaign aimed at personally discrediting Ukraine’s leadership and their family members in the eyes of the international community.
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Ukraine is currently fighting the most intensive and technologically advanced war in human history. Sadly, Russia is learning too, so we must stay two steps ahead. Our Nordic allies will get priority access to our combat experience, knowledge and technology. This is fair. 7/10
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This war showed us what it means to have true allies. Before, we did not know. Now we do — they are in front of me today. I came to say a simple "thank you" to Nordic parliaments, governments, and people. Ukraine holds the line for our freedom, and for all of Europe. 5/10
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In my address to the Nordic Council today, I said Europe needs a new vertical axis: Nordic-Baltic states, Poland, Ukraine and Black Sea NATO allies. Together, we can be one force that decides its own fate. I thanked our Nordic allies for their extraordinary support. A thread🧵
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Girkin on elections in Serbia: „Well, the result for us is as usual, as with Venezuela, as with Libya, as with Syria - so it is with Serbia. And with Hungary, by the way, too. Under such conditions, it is completely unsurprising that we are always betting on "lame horses" that always finish last. And that we lose the huge sums of money that we invest in them, and in return get embittered opponents in each of the countries to which we previously granted preferences and loans. In order for more promising figures to be drawn to us, in order for stronger allies to come to us, we ourselves must be strong, we ourselves must be smart, and we ourselves must be successful. Unfortunately, none of the first, the second, or the third applies to the Russian Federation under the genius leadership of its current leaders.“
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🛰 Great news! Ukraine has launched its first satellite for its own communications network Himera, together with Denmark's GomSpace, has launched the Obria Nano satellite into orbit. With its help, Ukraine will be able to develop its own communications infrastructure, relying less on foreign satellite systems. The first test satellite of Ukraine's future sovereign satellite communications network is already undergoing testing.
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I've been trying to keep up with the growing number of reports of AI acting beyond instructions and limits, so I built this small project to track what devs and researchers have disclosed. 73 cases so far, summarised and linked to their source: benjaminstrick.com/ai-overre…
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UPDATE: Israeli company we caught delivering zero-click infections is #1 bidder on Starlink ads in 105 countries. Data from @trendai_RSRCH suggests worldwide surveillance op targeting @Starlink users. 1/ By @razhael reuters.com/business/media-t…
🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: zero-click mercenary spyware hacking via targeted ads. A normal-looking ad loads. If you're a target, you're infected. No click needed. To protect yourself, block ads now. First time it's been confirmed in the wild. We call it #AdFection. Candiru spyware infections at @AJEnglish. 45+ devices infected. Same ad pipeline operated by Israeli company Discover-Tech reached NATO, European Parliament, dozens of gov networks & critical infrastructure incl US nuclear giant Westinghouse. Confiant, which worked with us, found signs ads were displayed at US @DeptofWar, IAEA & ICC. Investigation ongoing 1/ READ our report by @billmarczak @WolfieChristl, me Astrid Perry, Siena Anstis & Ron Deibert : citizenlab.ca/research/how-d… Confiant's blog: blog.confiant.com/p/adint-we…
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Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage
The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI
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The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI
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Russia’s Sberbank links the crypto networks used by Moscow and Tehran to evade sanctions, Middle East Forum says The bank “coordinates and legalizes” the result of the interactions between Ilan Shor’s A7, Iran-linked Shelbit and Kyrgyzstan’s TokenSpot. theins.press/en/news/298776
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