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EU fanboy (🇪🇺) — from Lisbon to Luhansk (🇺🇦) & Tbilisi (🇬🇪)
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"Russia is blocking WhatsApp and other Western social media platforms as part of an intensification of the Kremlin’s campaign to reassert control over the Russian information space and prevent access to the global internet."
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 12, 2026
Russia is blocking WhatsApp and other Western social media platforms, media outlets, and means of bypassing internet restrictions.
understandingwar.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"Russia is blocking WhatsApp and other Western social media platforms as part of an intensification of the Kremlin’s campaign to reassert control over the Russian information space and prevent access to the global internet."
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1451
1. No European version of Alaska summit: Macron says time not yet ripe for dialog with Putin
2. Zelensky & Rubio speaking tomorrow at #msc2026
3. $38 bn milaid package for 🇺🇦 by Ramstein group. Not yet enough to cover US fall to zero
4. 25 leakers out of ~100 Shahed
1. No European version of Alaska summit: Macron says time not yet ripe for dialog with Putin
2. Zelensky & Rubio speaking tomorrow at #msc2026
3. $38 bn milaid package for 🇺🇦 by Ramstein group. Not yet enough to cover US fall to zero
4. 25 leakers out of ~100 Shahed
February 13, 2026 at 9:50 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1451
1. No European version of Alaska summit: Macron says time not yet ripe for dialog with Putin
2. Zelensky & Rubio speaking tomorrow at #msc2026
3. $38 bn milaid package for 🇺🇦 by Ramstein group. Not yet enough to cover US fall to zero
4. 25 leakers out of ~100 Shahed
1. No European version of Alaska summit: Macron says time not yet ripe for dialog with Putin
2. Zelensky & Rubio speaking tomorrow at #msc2026
3. $38 bn milaid package for 🇺🇦 by Ramstein group. Not yet enough to cover US fall to zero
4. 25 leakers out of ~100 Shahed
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Here is the record regional budget deficit in 2025 in Russia. This is why, in part, the consolidated budget deficit was over 8.3 trillion rubles last year.
Here is the record regional budget deficit in 2025 in Russia. This is why, in part, the consolidated budget deficit was over 8.3 trillion rubles last year.
February 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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Here is the record regional budget deficit in 2025 in Russia. This is why, in part, the consolidated budget deficit was over 8.3 trillion rubles last year.
Here is the record regional budget deficit in 2025 in Russia. This is why, in part, the consolidated budget deficit was over 8.3 trillion rubles last year.
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"It’s a slippery slope. A foreign policy only based on power and the pursuit of hardcore interests, while abandoning the values part, would be leading us in the wrong direction. The key question is: How can Europe work to restore a rules-based international order?"
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“We Have to Go Back to the Idea of a Core Europe”
Washington’s behavior on the global stage at the beginning of 2026 has increased doubts about the Trump administration’s reliability, MSC chairman Wolfgang Ischinger warns.
ip-quarterly.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
"It’s a slippery slope. A foreign policy only based on power and the pursuit of hardcore interests, while abandoning the values part, would be leading us in the wrong direction. The key question is: How can Europe work to restore a rules-based international order?"
ip-quarterly.com/en/we-have-g...
ip-quarterly.com/en/we-have-g...
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My dispatch from frozen #Kyiv where residents on the left-bank of the Dnipro River live without heating & power. On Tuesday it was -18C. “Russia is trying to break us. It’s deliberate genocide against the Ukrainian people. People are dying," one resident told me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘Everything is frozen’: bitter winter drags on for Kyiv residents as Russia wipes out power
Kremlin’s repeated targeting of power grid has left thousands without heating, reliant on shelters and desperate home hacks
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
My dispatch from frozen #Kyiv where residents on the left-bank of the Dnipro River live without heating & power. On Tuesday it was -18C. “Russia is trying to break us. It’s deliberate genocide against the Ukrainian people. People are dying," one resident told me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Moskau versucht, den Friedensprozess durch Korruption zu zerstören: Ein Mega‑Wirtschaftspaket soll die USA vom geopolitischen Gegner zum Geschäftspartner machen. Wer vermeintlich Milliarden oder "Billionen" verdienen kann, stellt keine Sicherheitsgarantien mehr. 1/
February 9, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Moskau versucht, den Friedensprozess durch Korruption zu zerstören: Ein Mega‑Wirtschaftspaket soll die USA vom geopolitischen Gegner zum Geschäftspartner machen. Wer vermeintlich Milliarden oder "Billionen" verdienen kann, stellt keine Sicherheitsgarantien mehr. 1/
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Trump, Tech, AfD & Co bestreiten, dass wir eine Souveränität über das eigene Forum besitzen - sie wollen, dass dies durch Setzungen von Trump und Tech aus den USA frembestimmt wird und zerstören so die Meinungsfreiheit. >> heute in der FAS (€)
February 8, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Trump, Tech, AfD & Co bestreiten, dass wir eine Souveränität über das eigene Forum besitzen - sie wollen, dass dies durch Setzungen von Trump und Tech aus den USA frembestimmt wird und zerstören so die Meinungsfreiheit. >> heute in der FAS (€)
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OTD in 2022 I gave Emmanuel Macron my personal assurances that I would not invade Ukraine.
So you can trust any promise we make now.
So you can trust any promise we make now.
February 8, 2026 at 9:21 AM
OTD in 2022 I gave Emmanuel Macron my personal assurances that I would not invade Ukraine.
So you can trust any promise we make now.
So you can trust any promise we make now.
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Norway’s foreign intelligence service sees a growing risk of a more assertive Russia and China as the US pulls back from international cooperation and institutions www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Norway Spy Agency Says US Change Risks Russia and China Power Moves
Norway’s foreign intelligence service sees a growing risk of a more assertive Russia and China as the US pulls back from international cooperation and institutions.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Norway’s foreign intelligence service sees a growing risk of a more assertive Russia and China as the US pulls back from international cooperation and institutions www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Just the other day, our friends in 🇸🇪Sweden raised €400,000 in the first five minutes alone of a charity telethon to help Ukraine survive the catastrophic Russian missile strikes on heating and energy infrastructure in the middle of a cold winter.
Honestly, a few years ago I would not have...
Honestly, a few years ago I would not have...
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Just the other day, our friends in 🇸🇪Sweden raised €400,000 in the first five minutes alone of a charity telethon to help Ukraine survive the catastrophic Russian missile strikes on heating and energy infrastructure in the middle of a cold winter.
Honestly, a few years ago I would not have...
Honestly, a few years ago I would not have...
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“Masha Drokova, a former teen leader of 🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s youth organization, Nashi, who moved to San Francisco around 2017 and launched a venture fund backing tech start-ups, is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the released emails and Skype chats between 2017 and 2019.”
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Epstein’s network included Russian tech investors with past Kremlin ties
Documents released by the Justice Department show that Epstein had links with Russian tech investors who had drawn scrutiny from U.S. intelligence officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
“Masha Drokova, a former teen leader of 🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s youth organization, Nashi, who moved to San Francisco around 2017 and launched a venture fund backing tech start-ups, is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the released emails and Skype chats between 2017 and 2019.”
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Russia's regional budget deficits increased significantly in 2025, reaching 1.5 trillion RUB. The reason: Increased war financing from the regions and lower profit tax revenue. Regional spending rose by 10%, while regional revenues increased by only 5%.
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Russia's regional budget deficits increased significantly in 2025, reaching 1.5 trillion RUB. The reason: Increased war financing from the regions and lower profit tax revenue. Regional spending rose by 10%, while regional revenues increased by only 5%.
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Der Umstand, dass russisches Staatspropaganda-TV, in dem schlimmste Kriegstreiberei zu sehen ist, zweimal in einer österreichischen Schule war, Jahre nach Beginn der Vollinvasion der Ukraine, macht mich fassungslos. Da ist unglaublich viel falsch gelaufen im System.🧵
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Der Umstand, dass russisches Staatspropaganda-TV, in dem schlimmste Kriegstreiberei zu sehen ist, zweimal in einer österreichischen Schule war, Jahre nach Beginn der Vollinvasion der Ukraine, macht mich fassungslos. Da ist unglaublich viel falsch gelaufen im System.🧵
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Russische Ökonomie im Februar 2026:
„Die Exportumsätze der Russischen Föderation schrumpfen, der Haushalt wird gekürzt, die Steuern wachsen, die Verbrauchernachfrage sinkt und die Zinssenkungen der Zentralbank sind nur noch symbolisch."
„Die Exportumsätze der Russischen Föderation schrumpfen, der Haushalt wird gekürzt, die Steuern wachsen, die Verbrauchernachfrage sinkt und die Zinssenkungen der Zentralbank sind nur noch symbolisch."
From today’s Russian papers: “You don’t have to be an economist to forecast a recession: Russia’s export revenue is falling, budget revenues are falling, taxes rising, consumer demand shrinking…” Another paper: “Oil & gas revenues fall…rise in bread prices.” #ReadingRussia
“Several think tanks warning of a recession in Russia": Russian paper
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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February 6, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Russische Ökonomie im Februar 2026:
„Die Exportumsätze der Russischen Föderation schrumpfen, der Haushalt wird gekürzt, die Steuern wachsen, die Verbrauchernachfrage sinkt und die Zinssenkungen der Zentralbank sind nur noch symbolisch."
„Die Exportumsätze der Russischen Föderation schrumpfen, der Haushalt wird gekürzt, die Steuern wachsen, die Verbrauchernachfrage sinkt und die Zinssenkungen der Zentralbank sind nur noch symbolisch."
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1444
1. Flamingo rocket hits Kapustin Yar launch facilities
2. Trump supports Orban in 🇭🇺 April elex
3. Trump pushes new nuclear treaty after New START expiry
4. No progress after Abu Dhabi trilateral apart from POW exchange
5. Late morning missile+drone strikes vs🇺🇦. No numbers yet
1. Flamingo rocket hits Kapustin Yar launch facilities
2. Trump supports Orban in 🇭🇺 April elex
3. Trump pushes new nuclear treaty after New START expiry
4. No progress after Abu Dhabi trilateral apart from POW exchange
5. Late morning missile+drone strikes vs🇺🇦. No numbers yet
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1444
1. Flamingo rocket hits Kapustin Yar launch facilities
2. Trump supports Orban in 🇭🇺 April elex
3. Trump pushes new nuclear treaty after New START expiry
4. No progress after Abu Dhabi trilateral apart from POW exchange
5. Late morning missile+drone strikes vs🇺🇦. No numbers yet
1. Flamingo rocket hits Kapustin Yar launch facilities
2. Trump supports Orban in 🇭🇺 April elex
3. Trump pushes new nuclear treaty after New START expiry
4. No progress after Abu Dhabi trilateral apart from POW exchange
5. Late morning missile+drone strikes vs🇺🇦. No numbers yet
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More than ever, we need investigative reporting on China—work that takes time and resources to produce—not commentaries from YouTubers speculating about imminent economic collapse or elite political infighting in China.
February 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
More than ever, we need investigative reporting on China—work that takes time and resources to produce—not commentaries from YouTubers speculating about imminent economic collapse or elite political infighting in China.
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5 people told Politico “the planned 🇺🇸🇩🇪 meeting collapsed after State Department officials told the German Embassy in Washington that it was prepared to receive only Christian Democratic and AfD lawmakers, excluding the SPD and the Greens.“
Norbert Röttgen (CDU) rejected that idea. Good on him!
Norbert Röttgen (CDU) rejected that idea. Good on him!
German lawmakers were supposed to be on a routine visit to Washington, during which they would engage in a dialogue on China.
However, MPs refused to take part in the meeting after their center-left colleagues were blocked — a highly unusual step.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/pete...
However, MPs refused to take part in the meeting after their center-left colleagues were blocked — a highly unusual step.
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/pete...
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
5 people told Politico “the planned 🇺🇸🇩🇪 meeting collapsed after State Department officials told the German Embassy in Washington that it was prepared to receive only Christian Democratic and AfD lawmakers, excluding the SPD and the Greens.“
Norbert Röttgen (CDU) rejected that idea. Good on him!
Norbert Röttgen (CDU) rejected that idea. Good on him!
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It’s just a bad look no matter which way you cut it, it’s not like Corbyn could have known about any of that stuff, so why delete it? It’s a much bigger moral stain that these guys supported Chomsky after Bosnia & Cambodia. Everyone knew about that stuff & loved him for it!
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I was just thinking this morning that myriad parts of the left could spend the next decade expunging Chomsky from open letters, endorrsements, honorary board membership etc and still barely scratch the surface. Just leave him there for God’s sake
Jeremy Corbyn’s “Peace and Justice Project” have just memoryholed Noam Chomsky out of existence and purged mentions of him from their website.
February 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
It’s just a bad look no matter which way you cut it, it’s not like Corbyn could have known about any of that stuff, so why delete it? It’s a much bigger moral stain that these guys supported Chomsky after Bosnia & Cambodia. Everyone knew about that stuff & loved him for it!
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Jeremy Corbyn’s “Peace and Justice Project” have just memoryholed Noam Chomsky out of existence and purged mentions of him from their website.
February 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Jeremy Corbyn’s “Peace and Justice Project” have just memoryholed Noam Chomsky out of existence and purged mentions of him from their website.
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1/ A Russian warblogger explains what the Russian army in Ukraine saw when they were disconnected en masse from Starlink yesterday. ⬇️
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
1/ A Russian warblogger explains what the Russian army in Ukraine saw when they were disconnected en masse from Starlink yesterday. ⬇️
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#KRITIS Sektor #Energie
Größerer Stromausfall in Stuttgart
"In Stuttgart hat es am Donnerstagvormittag einen kurzzeitigen Stromausfall gegeben. Davon betroffen waren unter anderem das Mobilfunknetz und das Internet. Auch Ampeln fielen aus..."
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Größerer Stromausfall in Stuttgart
"In Stuttgart hat es am Donnerstagvormittag einen kurzzeitigen Stromausfall gegeben. Davon betroffen waren unter anderem das Mobilfunknetz und das Internet. Auch Ampeln fielen aus..."
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Größerer Stromausfall in Stuttgart - Ursache unklar
Im Stadtgebiet von Stuttgart hat es am Morgen einen größeren Stromausfall gegeben. Wie die Polizei mitteilte, sind auch einige Ampeln ausgefallen.
www.tagesschau.de
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
#KRITIS Sektor #Energie
Größerer Stromausfall in Stuttgart
"In Stuttgart hat es am Donnerstagvormittag einen kurzzeitigen Stromausfall gegeben. Davon betroffen waren unter anderem das Mobilfunknetz und das Internet. Auch Ampeln fielen aus..."
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Größerer Stromausfall in Stuttgart
"In Stuttgart hat es am Donnerstagvormittag einen kurzzeitigen Stromausfall gegeben. Davon betroffen waren unter anderem das Mobilfunknetz und das Internet. Auch Ampeln fielen aus..."
www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
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"Why do people keep calling for a 'European X' or a 'European Instagram' when instead, by sharing infrastructure as we're doing with @eurosky.social, we could have 20 or 30 social networks?" — @seabass.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
"Why do people keep calling for a 'European X' or a 'European Instagram' when instead, by sharing infrastructure as we're doing with @eurosky.social, we could have 20 or 30 social networks?" — @seabass.bsky.social
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Nach verschiedenen Berichten in den letzten Wochen bestätigt jetzt der GSUA wiederholte Angriffe mit erheblicher Trefferwirkung auf das RU Raketentest- und startgelände Kapustin Jar bei Astrachan. Dabei sollen auch Flamingo-MFK zum Einsatz gekommen sein - unbestätigt, aber plausibel
February 5, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Nach verschiedenen Berichten in den letzten Wochen bestätigt jetzt der GSUA wiederholte Angriffe mit erheblicher Trefferwirkung auf das RU Raketentest- und startgelände Kapustin Jar bei Astrachan. Dabei sollen auch Flamingo-MFK zum Einsatz gekommen sein - unbestätigt, aber plausibel
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Germany makes arrests after Russians paid EU citizens to sabotage German warships.
Approximately 20 kg of sand was poured into the engine of one ship, punctured water pipes, removed fuel tank caps, and disabled safety devices, according to the Hamburg prosecutor's office.
Approximately 20 kg of sand was poured into the engine of one ship, punctured water pipes, removed fuel tank caps, and disabled safety devices, according to the Hamburg prosecutor's office.
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Germany makes arrests after Russians paid EU citizens to sabotage German warships.
Approximately 20 kg of sand was poured into the engine of one ship, punctured water pipes, removed fuel tank caps, and disabled safety devices, according to the Hamburg prosecutor's office.
Approximately 20 kg of sand was poured into the engine of one ship, punctured water pipes, removed fuel tank caps, and disabled safety devices, according to the Hamburg prosecutor's office.