Frederik Hoedeman
@longinsights.bsky.social
MA in East and Central European Studies/Polish.
Also consultant, Copenhagen City.
Слава Україні!
Also consultant, Copenhagen City.
Слава Україні!
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As a Russian asset, Trump indeed did get a lot of love from Russia through the past 40 years.
Ivana Trumps father also had his role, when Czechoslovakias StB and KGB ramped up spying on Trump in late 1980s.
Problem for West in 2026: Trump has decided its time sending back all that love to Russia.
Ivana Trumps father also had his role, when Czechoslovakias StB and KGB ramped up spying on Trump in late 1980s.
Problem for West in 2026: Trump has decided its time sending back all that love to Russia.
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There is way too much optimism about the peace process between Russia and Ukraine. In reality, there is little reason to believe that the current talks will lead anywhere. In this video, I give a status on the talks and discuss why Trump's efforts to stop the war have failed.
Why are the peace talks not working?
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 AM
There is way too much optimism about the peace process between Russia and Ukraine. In reality, there is little reason to believe that the current talks will lead anywhere. In this video, I give a status on the talks and discuss why Trump's efforts to stop the war have failed.
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This week Trump urged Republicans to “nationalize” elections. It may be one of the most anti-democratic ideas he’s floated and follows a well-worn authoritarian playbook, slowly chipping away at free & fair elections. Our democratic institutions are strong—but this is deeply disturbing
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This week Trump urged Republicans to “nationalize” elections. It may be one of the most anti-democratic ideas he’s floated and follows a well-worn authoritarian playbook, slowly chipping away at free & fair elections. Our democratic institutions are strong—but this is deeply disturbing
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A large turnout on day 437 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A large turnout on day 437 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪
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Jesus Christ.
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jesus Christ.
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🔎🇷🇺 NEW INVESTIGATION: The Russian sect known as the Anastasians promotes an anti-democratic, antisemitic, and patriarchal ideology with the blessing of Vladimir Putin. Their colonies have been quietly spreading across Central Europe, including Poland. @vsquare.bsky.social
A Russian Esoteric Sect Goes West—with a Putinist Running Its Hub in Poland - VSquare.org
The Russian sect known as the Anastasians promotes an anti-democratic, patriarchal ideology. For several years, its colonies have been quietly emerging across Poland.
vsquare.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
🔎🇷🇺 NEW INVESTIGATION: The Russian sect known as the Anastasians promotes an anti-democratic, antisemitic, and patriarchal ideology with the blessing of Vladimir Putin. Their colonies have been quietly spreading across Central Europe, including Poland. @vsquare.bsky.social
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How democratic backsliding in Trump's America is proceeding at a more rapid pace than it did in the first years of Orban's, Putin's and Erdogan's rule (and what that means for analyses which treated illiberalism "as an exotic pathology of the Eastern periphery"):
The US under Trump's second term is experiencing the steepest democratic backsliding in contemporary history, outpacing Russia, Turkey, and Hungary. But there's hope, too. Burn-Murdoch is probably the best data journalist today. His latest @financialtimes.com analysis is essential reading. 1/7
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
How democratic backsliding in Trump's America is proceeding at a more rapid pace than it did in the first years of Orban's, Putin's and Erdogan's rule (and what that means for analyses which treated illiberalism "as an exotic pathology of the Eastern periphery"):
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It was a simple transaction:
American tech oligarchs traded democracy for deregulation and tax cuts.
They are the financiers of fascism and the most dangerous opportunists on the planet
American tech oligarchs traded democracy for deregulation and tax cuts.
They are the financiers of fascism and the most dangerous opportunists on the planet
February 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
It was a simple transaction:
American tech oligarchs traded democracy for deregulation and tax cuts.
They are the financiers of fascism and the most dangerous opportunists on the planet
American tech oligarchs traded democracy for deregulation and tax cuts.
They are the financiers of fascism and the most dangerous opportunists on the planet
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North Korean forces are still attacking a European country. How can we expect to be taken seriously without a clear and painful response?
North Korean troops in Kursk are being rotated regularly under a bilateral agreement with Moscow to gain combat experience. 🇰🇵 forces are operating surveillance drones, clearing mines, & conducting artillery strikes from southern Russia, according to 🇺🇦 mi. intelligence. www.wsj.com/world/asia/n...
North Korean Soldiers Provide More Advanced Support for Russia’s War on Ukraine
Forces from North Korea are now operating drones and removing mines, illustrating the improvement in their combat skills.
www.wsj.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
North Korean forces are still attacking a European country. How can we expect to be taken seriously without a clear and painful response?
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Murat Dadaev is a Chechen-German neo-Nazi influencer and AfD party member who goes by the name 'Noah Krieger'. Dadaev, who is connected to the Kadyrov clan, manages to play the role of an integrated Muslim ready to die for the German 'Fatherland',while at the same time praising the Russian Führer
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Murat Dadaev is a Chechen-German neo-Nazi influencer and AfD party member who goes by the name 'Noah Krieger'. Dadaev, who is connected to the Kadyrov clan, manages to play the role of an integrated Muslim ready to die for the German 'Fatherland',while at the same time praising the Russian Führer
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Millionen neuer Dateien zum Sexualstraftäter Jeffrey Epstein – welche Rolle Russland und Israel spielen, welche Folgen das für Trump haben könnte.
Neue Epstein-Files: Akten des Grauens
Millionen neuer Dateien zum Sexualstraftäter Jeffrey Epstein – welche Rolle Russland und Israel spielen, welche Folgen das für Trump haben könnte.
taz.de
February 7, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Millionen neuer Dateien zum Sexualstraftäter Jeffrey Epstein – welche Rolle Russland und Israel spielen, welche Folgen das für Trump haben könnte.
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Found on Chinese social media… 🤣
January 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Found on Chinese social media… 🤣
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As his regime crumbled, Bashar al-Assad was obsessed with sex and video games, and he refused every lifeline he was offered. Until he escaped to Moscow under a cover of the night. What a tool
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Fall of the House of Assad
A detached ruler, obsessed with sex and video games, refused every lifeline he was offered.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 PM
As his regime crumbled, Bashar al-Assad was obsessed with sex and video games, and he refused every lifeline he was offered. Until he escaped to Moscow under a cover of the night. What a tool
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Den jyske blæst!
Og du er hjemme, paa Jyllands Steppe,
med Lavlands-Sige, af Vind bevæget,
og fjernt en Mølle paa Himlen præget,
og Suk i Siv og i Lyngens Tæppe
Og du er hjemme, paa Jyllands Steppe,
med Lavlands-Sige, af Vind bevæget,
og fjernt en Mølle paa Himlen præget,
og Suk i Siv og i Lyngens Tæppe
February 7, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Den jyske blæst!
Og du er hjemme, paa Jyllands Steppe,
med Lavlands-Sige, af Vind bevæget,
og fjernt en Mølle paa Himlen præget,
og Suk i Siv og i Lyngens Tæppe
Og du er hjemme, paa Jyllands Steppe,
med Lavlands-Sige, af Vind bevæget,
og fjernt en Mølle paa Himlen præget,
og Suk i Siv og i Lyngens Tæppe
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Trzeba mapy skorygować o prawidłową nazwę.
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Trzeba mapy skorygować o prawidłową nazwę.
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China Secretly Testing Nuclear Weapons And Covering Its Tracks, U.S. Alleges (Updated)
www.twz.com/nuclear/chin...
www.twz.com/nuclear/chin...
China Secretly Testing Nuclear Weapons And Covering Its Tracks, U.S. Alleges (Updated)
The new U.S. accusations about China come at a turbulent moment for nuclear arms control globally.
www.twz.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
China Secretly Testing Nuclear Weapons And Covering Its Tracks, U.S. Alleges (Updated)
www.twz.com/nuclear/chin...
www.twz.com/nuclear/chin...
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Sociology, along with i.a. Mendelian genetics, cybernetics, quantum physics, or theory of relativity, was banned in the Soviet Union and its satellites as "bourgeois pseudoscience" incompatibile with Marxism-Leninism.
Turns out that maybe it's just incompatible with authoritarianism in general.
Turns out that maybe it's just incompatible with authoritarianism in general.
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Sociology, along with i.a. Mendelian genetics, cybernetics, quantum physics, or theory of relativity, was banned in the Soviet Union and its satellites as "bourgeois pseudoscience" incompatibile with Marxism-Leninism.
Turns out that maybe it's just incompatible with authoritarianism in general.
Turns out that maybe it's just incompatible with authoritarianism in general.
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"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
How Autocrats Meddle With Elections
The Trump administration has its eyes on the midterms and beyond.
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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Wir starten ein großes journalistisches Projekt, geleitet von @roberttreichler.bsky.social Es heißt: Die Schlacht um Europa. Wer wo zieht, schiebt, unterwandert - und was das bedeutet. Wir finden, darüber wird zu wenig geredet. Podcast dazu, ab 11. Februar, jeden Mittwoch. @profil.at
Putin, Trump, die sogenannten patriotischen Rechtsparteien – noch nie zuvor hatte die Europäische Union so viele mächtige Feinde. Geht es dem liberalen Europa an den Kragen?
Geht es dem liberalen Europa an den Kragen?
Putin, Trump, die sogenannten patriotischen Rechtsparteien – noch nie zuvor hatte die Europäische Union so viele mächtige Feinde. Geht es dem liberalen Europa an den Kragen?
www.profil.at
February 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Wir starten ein großes journalistisches Projekt, geleitet von @roberttreichler.bsky.social Es heißt: Die Schlacht um Europa. Wer wo zieht, schiebt, unterwandert - und was das bedeutet. Wir finden, darüber wird zu wenig geredet. Podcast dazu, ab 11. Februar, jeden Mittwoch. @profil.at
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“When there is no longer any place to talk to each other, politics becomes a face-off between the isolated individual and the grand narratives of the media – and in this face-off, discourses that offer simple answers have a structural advantage,” the study adds.
f24.my/Bixk
f24.my/Bixk
The demise of the French ‘tabac’: How bar closures are fuelling Le Pen’s far right
France’s iconic bars-tabacs are closing in droves, stripping communities of a key social lifeline and influencing their politics, according to a study that links the decline of neighbourhood bars with...
f24.my
February 7, 2026 at 11:19 AM
“When there is no longer any place to talk to each other, politics becomes a face-off between the isolated individual and the grand narratives of the media – and in this face-off, discourses that offer simple answers have a structural advantage,” the study adds.
f24.my/Bixk
f24.my/Bixk
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This is honestly insane – like something out of China and Russia. MAGA-aligned US military officers have reportedly been pressuring their troops to go and watch the 'Melania' movie:
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is honestly insane – like something out of China and Russia. MAGA-aligned US military officers have reportedly been pressuring their troops to go and watch the 'Melania' movie:
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
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Díky práci reportérů Seznam Zpráv máme konečně lépe jasno v tom, jak Babiš „vyřešil“ svůj střet zájmů. denikreferendum.cz/clanek/23850...
Zuzana Vlasatá: Lhal Babiš prezidentovi, aby se stal premiérem? Vypadá to tak
Reportéři Seznam Zpráv získali statut fondu, do něhož má Andrej Babiš vložit Agrofert. Dokument naznačuje, že Babiš obchází to, co slíbil v prosinci veřejnosti a prezidentovi, když oznámil, že vyřešil...
denikreferendum.cz
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Díky práci reportérů Seznam Zpráv máme konečně lépe jasno v tom, jak Babiš „vyřešil“ svůj střet zájmů. denikreferendum.cz/clanek/23850...
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📽️Our latest video looks at connected cars from China through the lens of the EU's cybersecurity.
🔵What do we know about the data these smartphones on wheels collect? And do they pose a security threat?
🔴We answer these and other questions ⤵️
youtu.be/HmKRCUc9AVU
🔵What do we know about the data these smartphones on wheels collect? And do they pose a security threat?
🔴We answer these and other questions ⤵️
youtu.be/HmKRCUc9AVU
Chinese connected cars: are they a security threat?
YouTube video by Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 9:57 AM
📽️Our latest video looks at connected cars from China through the lens of the EU's cybersecurity.
🔵What do we know about the data these smartphones on wheels collect? And do they pose a security threat?
🔴We answer these and other questions ⤵️
youtu.be/HmKRCUc9AVU
🔵What do we know about the data these smartphones on wheels collect? And do they pose a security threat?
🔴We answer these and other questions ⤵️
youtu.be/HmKRCUc9AVU
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If you still support Trump and his administration, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If you still support Trump and his administration, I don’t judge you for your choice of political party.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.
I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.
I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.
So will others. So will history.