Anders Östlund
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Anders Östlund
@andersostlund.bsky.social
· Nov 15
The Russo-Ukrainian war started at 4.30 AM on February 27th 2014 when Russian troops took control of the Crimean Parliament building in Simferopol. The invasion of Crimea was followed by the invasion of Donbass in March 2014. The war has been going on ever since.
Russia is in the money printing game.
You are right, basically the central bank prints money to cover the budget deficit pretending it isn't printing money to cover the budget deficit. They've been doing this for more than a year now, since late 2024.
December 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Russia is in the money printing game.
Please correct me here cause I am not sure what I am talking about. But I think the below shows that the Russian Government is issuing bonds (borrowing money) from commercial banks, who pay for the bond with the liquid cash they have. But as the commercial banks now have too little cash to...
🧵1/12: Russia’s economy hasn’t collapsed, but it is suffering immensely. It still runs, but only because the central bank keeps it alive with constant REPO liquidity. What was once emergency support is now the daily operating system.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Please correct me here cause I am not sure what I am talking about. But I think the below shows that the Russian Government is issuing bonds (borrowing money) from commercial banks, who pay for the bond with the liquid cash they have. But as the commercial banks now have too little cash to...
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Putin lashes out, striking Kyiv with an all night barrage as Russian forces are eviscerated at the front.
youtu.be/EW9WM2YRAHI
youtu.be/EW9WM2YRAHI
Russia Targets Kyiv With All Night Missile Barrage
YouTube video by Jay in Kyiv
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Putin lashes out, striking Kyiv with an all night barrage as Russian forces are eviscerated at the front.
youtu.be/EW9WM2YRAHI
youtu.be/EW9WM2YRAHI
Italy and Spain are not very into solidarity or defense of democracy and freedom.
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Italy and Spain are not very into solidarity or defense of democracy and freedom.
2026 can become a really crappy year and still be way better than 2025.
December 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
2026 can become a really crappy year and still be way better than 2025.
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NEW: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reiterated that the Kremlin will not sign any peace agreements to end the war in Ukraine “right now.” 🧵(1/12)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122625
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122625
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
NEW: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reiterated that the Kremlin will not sign any peace agreements to end the war in Ukraine “right now.” 🧵(1/12)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122625
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122625
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Kyiv was attacked overnight. Russia launched Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles and Kalibr cruise missiles simultaneously. Energy infrastructure was targeted, including CHPP-4, CHPP-5, CHPP-6 and the hydroelectric plant. Power and water outages are reported across multiple districts.
December 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Kyiv was attacked overnight. Russia launched Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles and Kalibr cruise missiles simultaneously. Energy infrastructure was targeted, including CHPP-4, CHPP-5, CHPP-6 and the hydroelectric plant. Power and water outages are reported across multiple districts.
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Footage from Kyiv shows the moment a drone strikes a residential high rise in the Pozniaky district. Another direct and deliberate attack on civilian housing.
December 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Footage from Kyiv shows the moment a drone strikes a residential high rise in the Pozniaky district. Another direct and deliberate attack on civilian housing.
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Residential areas were damaged following the arrival of Russian Shahed drones. This is not warfare, it is terror, carried out deliberately, day after day.
December 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Residential areas were damaged following the arrival of Russian Shahed drones. This is not warfare, it is terror, carried out deliberately, day after day.
Obama must be the biggest foreign policy disaster since 1945.
Here he is, in October 2012, mocking Mitt Romney after the governor named Russia a threat. A little bit more than a year later Russia invaded Ukraine, and Obama did nothing about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0IW...
Here he is, in October 2012, mocking Mitt Romney after the governor named Russia a threat. A little bit more than a year later Russia invaded Ukraine, and Obama did nothing about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0IW...
DEBATE:OBAMA "80S CALLED, WANT POLICY BACK"
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Obama must be the biggest foreign policy disaster since 1945.
Here he is, in October 2012, mocking Mitt Romney after the governor named Russia a threat. A little bit more than a year later Russia invaded Ukraine, and Obama did nothing about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0IW...
Here he is, in October 2012, mocking Mitt Romney after the governor named Russia a threat. A little bit more than a year later Russia invaded Ukraine, and Obama did nothing about it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0IW...
This should once and for all remove the "Russia has justified security concerns because of NATO expansion"-narrative. Russia's concern with NATO was always that it would prevent Russia's imperial war. NATO was never the cause of the war. The NATO-argument was meant to slow support for Ukraine.
It's been there all the time with Putin. Revanchism is, apart from theft, one of Putin's big motivators. We could have stopped it, or prepared for it, already then. But no, 20 years of forced forgetfulness of history followed with maybe the worst generation of leaders ever.
Christmas came early to the Russia scholars with Santa declassifying the Bush-Putin meeting transcripts.
That's 2001. Ukraine is Russian land, simply given away for no reason, as if USSR had not collapsed and there was no Ukraine independence referendum. And, long before the 2008 Bucharest Summit
That's 2001. Ukraine is Russian land, simply given away for no reason, as if USSR had not collapsed and there was no Ukraine independence referendum. And, long before the 2008 Bucharest Summit
December 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This should once and for all remove the "Russia has justified security concerns because of NATO expansion"-narrative. Russia's concern with NATO was always that it would prevent Russia's imperial war. NATO was never the cause of the war. The NATO-argument was meant to slow support for Ukraine.
Will be an interesting situation when all non-military companies in Russia go bankrupt at the same time.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Will be an interesting situation when all non-military companies in Russia go bankrupt at the same time.
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It's been there all the time with Putin. Revanchism is, apart from theft, one of Putin's big motivators. We could have stopped it, or prepared for it, already then. But no, 20 years of forced forgetfulness of history followed with maybe the worst generation of leaders ever.
Christmas came early to the Russia scholars with Santa declassifying the Bush-Putin meeting transcripts.
That's 2001. Ukraine is Russian land, simply given away for no reason, as if USSR had not collapsed and there was no Ukraine independence referendum. And, long before the 2008 Bucharest Summit
That's 2001. Ukraine is Russian land, simply given away for no reason, as if USSR had not collapsed and there was no Ukraine independence referendum. And, long before the 2008 Bucharest Summit
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It's been there all the time with Putin. Revanchism is, apart from theft, one of Putin's big motivators. We could have stopped it, or prepared for it, already then. But no, 20 years of forced forgetfulness of history followed with maybe the worst generation of leaders ever.
I think we are not yet at the point of Russian collapse but we are getting there. Russia is like a family with a bunch of credit cards, bank accounts, family jewels, some expensive cars etc. One by one they are emptying the accounts while the neighbors still see a rich family.
December 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I think we are not yet at the point of Russian collapse but we are getting there. Russia is like a family with a bunch of credit cards, bank accounts, family jewels, some expensive cars etc. One by one they are emptying the accounts while the neighbors still see a rich family.
Russia should have settled for peace as soon as their plans to conquer Kyiv had failed, but before they retreated from Kyiv Oblast. After that Russia has only been losing. As it is now Russia, the country not the armed forces, is breaking up more and more as time passes.
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Russia should have settled for peace as soon as their plans to conquer Kyiv had failed, but before they retreated from Kyiv Oblast. After that Russia has only been losing. As it is now Russia, the country not the armed forces, is breaking up more and more as time passes.
I thought about how I spot bots. They has a balanced life. Bots always have a favorite team or group, they post about common things, but their comments might be only pro-Russian.
Real people I follow here are single minded types who never share anything off topic, and are open with their believes.
Real people I follow here are single minded types who never share anything off topic, and are open with their believes.
December 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I thought about how I spot bots. They has a balanced life. Bots always have a favorite team or group, they post about common things, but their comments might be only pro-Russian.
Real people I follow here are single minded types who never share anything off topic, and are open with their believes.
Real people I follow here are single minded types who never share anything off topic, and are open with their believes.
The U.S. is fueling euro nationalism like never before. Liberal parties who support a more federal Europe will do well thanks to America's bashing of them. The U.S. leadership is proving a severe lack of understanding of Europe. Younger generations want more Europe, not less.
December 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The U.S. is fueling euro nationalism like never before. Liberal parties who support a more federal Europe will do well thanks to America's bashing of them. The U.S. leadership is proving a severe lack of understanding of Europe. Younger generations want more Europe, not less.
U.S. President and FIFA Peace Prize Laureate Trump is removing the things that made America successful. The rights and freedoms, the equal opportunity for all, the meritocracy, the liberal immigration policy.
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Application Fee Upheld by Judge
A federal judge said the Trump administration can move ahead with a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, providing a setback for US technology companies that rely on hiring skilled foreign work...
www.bloomberg.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
U.S. President and FIFA Peace Prize Laureate Trump is removing the things that made America successful. The rights and freedoms, the equal opportunity for all, the meritocracy, the liberal immigration policy.
U.S. President and FIFA Peace Prize Laureate threatens to invade territory of close ally Denmark.
To the people of America:
Are you prepared to invade Greenland?
Are you prepared to take it by force?
Will you be ready to attack Canada after that?
Are you prepared to be colonizing imperialists waging war on peaceful democratic nations, including your closest neighbour?
Is this who you wish to be?
Are you prepared to invade Greenland?
Are you prepared to take it by force?
Will you be ready to attack Canada after that?
Are you prepared to be colonizing imperialists waging war on peaceful democratic nations, including your closest neighbour?
Is this who you wish to be?
December 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
U.S. President and FIFA Peace Prize Laureate threatens to invade territory of close ally Denmark.
Russian casualties are up. Especially men, tanks and armored vehicles.
December 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Russian casualties are up. Especially men, tanks and armored vehicles.
It's one of those new high-speed stealth tankers.
🇺🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 The U.S. Navy was unable to intercept the oil tanker BELLA-1 after tracking it off Venezuela’s coast since early yesterday, ABC News reports. The vessel ultimately slipped into the Atlantic Ocean
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
It's one of those new high-speed stealth tankers.
So it appears it wasn't just Belgium who screwed us when taking the Russian money. France and Italy was in on it too. Macron has been an especially slippery player all along. How much has France really contributed with? Lots of talk, not so much action. And now back to calling Putin again.
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
So it appears it wasn't just Belgium who screwed us when taking the Russian money. France and Italy was in on it too. Macron has been an especially slippery player all along. How much has France really contributed with? Lots of talk, not so much action. And now back to calling Putin again.
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There are about 100 russian invaders remaining in Kup'yans'k, Kharkiv region. Abandoned by their commanders, the armed militants are completely surrounded in a residential area.
Ukrainian defenders are carefully closing in to eliminate the last of the occupiers.
Ukrainian defenders are carefully closing in to eliminate the last of the occupiers.
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There are about 100 russian invaders remaining in Kup'yans'k, Kharkiv region. Abandoned by their commanders, the armed militants are completely surrounded in a residential area.
Ukrainian defenders are carefully closing in to eliminate the last of the occupiers.
Ukrainian defenders are carefully closing in to eliminate the last of the occupiers.
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Ukraine has had 5 presidents since 2000. Russia and Belarus: one each
Now Trump echoes Kremlin talking points about Zelenskyy's "illegitimacy" while demanding wartime elections most Ukrainians oppose. ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/u...
Now Trump echoes Kremlin talking points about Zelenskyy's "illegitimacy" while demanding wartime elections most Ukrainians oppose. ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/u...
December 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ukraine has had 5 presidents since 2000. Russia and Belarus: one each
Now Trump echoes Kremlin talking points about Zelenskyy's "illegitimacy" while demanding wartime elections most Ukrainians oppose. ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/u...
Now Trump echoes Kremlin talking points about Zelenskyy's "illegitimacy" while demanding wartime elections most Ukrainians oppose. ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/u...
After years of investigations.
‼️ NATO secretary general considers Putin main obstacle to peace
NATO secretary general considers Putin main obstacle to peace
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said he considers Russian leader Vladimir Putin the main reason why the Russo-Ukrainian war has continued to this day.
www.pravda.com.ua
December 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
After years of investigations.