Who could ever imagine?
RT @RFERL: After being recruited from prisons to fight in the war in Ukraine, some mercenaries from the private Wagner Group are accused of having committed violent crimes in Russia, including murder. Report by @CurrentTimeTv and Timofei Rozhanskiy https://www.rferl.org/a/wagner-mercenaries-violent-crimes-russia-ukraine/32392588.html
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Another step in the re-militarization of Europe thanks to Putin’s hare-brained invasion.
Gotta hand it to him, he’s done more for NATO since the Soviet 1948 putches in Eastern Europe led UK Foreign minister Ernest Bevan to propose its creation to president Truman.
RT @CorporalFrisk: Norwegian defence committee proposal include going from one brigade (currently under construction) to two standing mechanised brigades in the north and a reserve brigade in the south…
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Yes, Stefan Meister is right German CI worked very discreetly:
"When he worked with German spy agencies in 2000, he [Stefan Meister] recalled, they did not have a single Russian speaker on staff.
This was Schröder's time, yes?
RT @meistefan1: My quotes in NYT on why Germany expelled Russian spies and why Germany is still not ready for the Russian hybrid war: Discreetly, Berlin Confronts Russian Spies Hiding in Plain Sight https://t.co/FFUJQ5sg5Q
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More and more interesting by the day. McCarthy's deal with Tucker Carlson.
https://newrepublic.com/post/172381/kevin-mccarthy-secret-deal-tucker-carlson-house-speaker
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Hello Forbes
RT @MarkGaleotti: Obviously the Kremlin drone story is still very much a breaking one, but people should really stop talking about this as an attempted assassination attempts against Putin. That's just playing to Kremlin talking points 1/
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Spike in Russian combat deaths fuels fears of worse carnage to come https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/02/russia-ukraine-combat-deaths/
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Good points. Please consider:
RT @sumlenny: THREAD I think the “Kremlin UAV attack” is a false flag. Here is why:
1) Several videos in high quality and color appeared, from CCTV cameras. All CCTV cams around Kremlin are under full Kremlin control. Nobody may leak them without permission. The Kremlin wants us to see it. /1
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Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Bundestag Foreign Relations Committee, @n_roettgen
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RT @charlyjsp: I am not surprised but still disappointed that @niinisto isn’t showing more leadership on 🇺🇦 desire for NATO membership. Expressing a national position for fast-track Ukrainian membership would not break any Alliance unity, simply be Finland’s position. #turpo
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Yeah, but let's instead focus on a Ukrainian pleasure yacht with none of the necessary infrastructure to blow anything up.
RT @bbcworldservice: Russian ships were near where explosions later took place hitting two underwater gas pipelines, a report finds.
The Nord Stream pipelines were built to carry gas from Russia to Europe
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fl2wnx?at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_id=20A1ABF2-E9A3-11ED-B0A5-D6E7ECABB293&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_origin=bbcworldservice&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_format=image&at_medium=social https://t.co/om8deIrAMc
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This. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Seriously people. Listen to @DavidPriess, of @lawfareblog.
This "coverage" is embarrassing and ridiculous.
RT @DavidPriess: Major news orgs: Please spare us breathless coverage of Russian claims of a drone attack on Putin.
Even if true, you’re doing a disservice by treating it as so shocking—especially when you’ve stopped covering 14 months of daily brutality by the Russians in Ukraine at this level.
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Important thread for those following Russian disinfo and shills
RT @P_Kallioniemi: In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce an American pro-Russian propagandist, Wyatt Reed (@wyattreed13). He's best-known for his work for Sputnik, and for parroting the classic Kremlin narratives such as "Ukrainian Nazis", "genocide in Donbas" & the "corrupted Kiev regime".
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Poland and Germany: the feud at the heart of Europe https://www.ft.com/content/81825290-29a2-48b2-8e69-73e897dafe9d
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Norbert Röttgen @n_roettgen gets it.
RT @n_roettgen: Die Sicherheit der #Ukraine wird für Europa auch nach dem Krieg zentrales Thema bleiben, weil Putin in 🇷🇺 die Mentalität eines imperialen Nationalismus geschürt hat. Diesen zu überwinden, ist die eigentliche Friedensfrage. Solange wird es Sicherheit für 🇺🇦 nur in der NATO geben.
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A major German and indeed European statesman takes a stand. Vielen Dank, @n_roettgen!
RT @n_roettgen: Der Westen tut viel für die #Ukraine, aber gemessen an den Herausforderungen nicht genug. Das gilt für Unterstützung im Krieg & für die Zeit danach. Wie soll Sicherheit vor #Russland garantiert werden? Nur die NATO-Mitgliedschaft wird Russland abschrecken. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/roettgen-die-ukraine-muss-nato-mitglied-werden-18863262.html
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What you get as a civilian under Russian occupation. More brutality. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-civilians.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Why are Google's consultants advising on EU monopoly policy? https://euobserver.com/opinion/156976
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Maybe invadind, killing, raping and torturing is a bad idea for your IT.
Ranting on how you will invade and nuke the West also isn't a smart move when you're a backward developing country with mania grandiosa that relies on the democratic world.
https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/russias-technological-isolation
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The Case for the Total Liberation of Ukraine - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/06/counteroffensive-ukraine-zelensky-crimea/673781/
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