@junia.bsky.social
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Acc. to 🇷🇺federal port records, the 🇨🇳ship “Yi Peng 3” was captained by — a 🇷🇺Russia’s citizen Stechentsev A.E.
The name was found in 🇷🇺court records disputing missed pay from the company OOO "Albatros", owned by Rosatom "Federal State Unitary Enterprise Hydrographic Company"…
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🔴 #RSFIndex2025 | In 2025, less than 1% of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is fully guaranteed. #WPFD2025 #WorldPressFreedomDay
May 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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2/ Russian forces recently advanced near Lyman, Siversk, Novopavlivka, Kurakhove, and Velyka Novosilka. isw.pub/UkrWar050325
May 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied that Ukraine would concede to the vague terms of Putin's unilateral May 8-11 Victory Day ceasefire proposal.

The Trump admin appears to have finalized its first military equipment sale to Ukraine.

Latest on Ukraine: isw.pub/UkrWar050325
May 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index.
May 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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NEW: Russia continues preparations to deport tens of thousands of Ukrainian children to summer camps across occupied Ukraine & Russia, including to areas of Crimea that are unsafe.

Russia is systematically torturing Ukrainian POWs and civilians held in Russian detention.🧵1/3 isw.pub/OccupationUp...
May 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Trump on his faith advisers: "They work right out of the White House. That's never been done before. No other president allowed that. They say 'separation between church and state.' I said, alright, let's forget about that for one time."
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump exceeded his authority in his Alien Enemies Act proclamation addressing alleged members of Tren de Aragua, issuing a permanent injunction barring AEA proclamation-based removals from the Southern District of Texas.
May 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Correction, Sandy Cay not Sand Cay
April 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Updated estimate

10 x SRBM, likely KN-23

20 x LACM, Hwasal-2

8 x AShM, likely KN-19

44 x SAM, Meteor-1

1 x CIWS, Pantsir-M (Ru)

2 x AAA, 30mm

1 x 130mm DP gun
[UPDATE] New imagery released today show the new ship undergoing first weapons testing off Nampo on the 28th and 29th of April 🇰🇵

Read the updated analysis 👉 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
April 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Some notes on this morning’s remarkable emergency stay order granted by SCOTUS, stopping Trump Adm from summarily removing Venezuelans under his Alien Enemies Act proclamation. SCOTUS acted while the NDTexas & 5th Circuit courts dragged their feet. Thread:
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BREAKING: Supreme Court temporarily blocks removal of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Putin declared an Easter truce, says the Kremlin. Russians will supposedly halt combat from 6:00 PM April 19 to midnight April 21.
April 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service reports a coal crisis in Russia, cutting coal transport by 30% in 2025. A surplus of 295,000 railcars strains infrastructure. Sanctions and export issues may also collapse Russia’s transport system.
April 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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NEWS: DOJ is appealing *both* today's order finding probable cause for criminal contempt from Judge Boasberg in the AEA case to the D.C. Circuit *and* the April 10 order from Judge Xinis in Abrego Garcia's case finding the government in noncompliance with that court's orders to the Fourth Circuit.
April 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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My story about @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, nutrition and metabolism scientist at N.I.H., who felt compelled to take early retirement after experiencing censorship of his work under the new administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
Leading Nutrition Scientist Departs N.I.H., Citing Censorship (Gift Article)
Kevin Hall said his work on ultraprocessed foods has been “hobbled” under the Trump administration. Scientists have been raising such concerns for months.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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New Russian law: 5 yrs jail for tearing down propaganda posters. There is a growing problem with people damaging pro-war posters and symbols, lawmakers explain
Tear down propaganda poster, face 5 years jail
There is a growing problem with people tearing down and damaging pro-war posters and symbols, Russian lawmakers explain as they adopt new repressive legislation.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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A new study by the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) shows that meltwater from glaciers on #Svalbard releases methane. To study a particular glacier, researchers lived in a remote cabin for a total of 9 months. Only a reduction of fossil fuel emissions can help improve the situation, experts warn.
“We are playing with fire. It highlights the urgency for action”
A new study shows that meltwater from glaciers on Svalbard releases methane into the atmosphere. Only a reduction of fossil fuel emissions can help improve the situation, experts warn.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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An estimated 27,000 #salmon escaped from a #fish farm in northern #Norway.
Fugitive salmon wanted
After thousands of salmon escaped from a fish farm in northern Norway, a bounty is being offered for their capture, and environmentalists file a police report.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Police investigations come to an end with the main question unanswered. Who intentionally cut the fiber optic cable to Evenes Air Station in Northern Norway?
Angle grinder used to cut telecommunications cable to NATO’s northernmost QRA base
Police investigations come to an end with the main question unanswered. Who intentionally cut the fiber optic cable to Evenes Air Station in Northern Norway?
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Moscow declares the Barents Observer an 'undesirable organisation'
Moscow declares the Barents Observer an 'undesirable organisation'
The newspaper publishes 'anti-Russian materials' that are aimed at 'igniting protest among the people of Northern Russia,' the Russian General Prosecutor says.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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The European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of the Barents Observer in the case against Russia's censorship agency Roskomnadzor
The Barents Observer beats Russia in court
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of the small Norwegian newspaper in the case against Russia's censorship agency Roskomnadzor.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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A Soyuz-2 rocket that carried several military satellites was this morning launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia
Lift-off for new Russian military satellites
The Russian Aerospace Forces in Plesetsk have launched a Soyuz-2.1B rocket with military payload.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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"It was like sexpionage"
Russian journalists have exposed a woman who allegedly faked being a lawer and lied about her human rights work to gain access to sensitive information. The "fake biography" began in Murmansk.
'It was like sexpionage'
Russian journalists have exposed a woman who allegedly faked being a lawer and lied about her human rights work to gain access to sensitive information. The 'fake biography' began in Murmansk.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for
February 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office - @financialtimes.com

www.ft.com/content/3436...
February 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM