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1/ Leaked messages and photographs from a senior Russian general show his role in the murder, torture and abuse of captured Ukrainian, some of whom had their ears cut off. The messages illustrate how extreme brutality has been normalised in the Russian army. ⬇️
February 19, 2026 at 10:05 PM
1/ Leaked messages and photographs from a senior Russian general show his role in the murder, torture and abuse of captured Ukrainian, some of whom had their ears cut off. The messages illustrate how extreme brutality has been normalised in the Russian army. ⬇️
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A Russian general texted his wife a photo of severed ears taken from Ukrainian POWs and promised to string them into a gift. Her response: "Like pig ears to go with beer." RFE/RL obtained the messages, and they reveal far more than one general's crimes. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
A Russian general promoted by Putin sent his wife a photo of severed ears taken from Ukrainian POWs. She said they reminded her of beer snacks. RFE/RL has the messages. — Meduza
The abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war — beatings, torture, and extrajudicial killings — has been documented throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion. What has been harder to document is the chain…
meduza.io
February 20, 2026 at 1:11 AM
A Russian general texted his wife a photo of severed ears taken from Ukrainian POWs and promised to string them into a gift. Her response: "Like pig ears to go with beer." RFE/RL obtained the messages, and they reveal far more than one general's crimes. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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British far-right agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson), previously barred from the US because of his long rap sheet, secured a visa and has met with Kari Lake, the self-proclaimed acting CEO of USAGM. He has recently been revealed to be in the pay of the Kremlin for decades.
Tommy Robinson was barred from the US. Trump's border force has now let him in
The anti-migrant activist reportedly received a visa hours before his flight departed
inews.co.uk
February 20, 2026 at 5:20 AM
British far-right agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson), previously barred from the US because of his long rap sheet, secured a visa and has met with Kari Lake, the self-proclaimed acting CEO of USAGM. He has recently been revealed to be in the pay of the Kremlin for decades.
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As part of 4 years of master strategy, @keirgiles.bsky.social came down to the bunker to discuss all the winning.
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February 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
As part of 4 years of master strategy, @keirgiles.bsky.social came down to the bunker to discuss all the winning.
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How to get your Far Right propaganda fix in Europe:
The US State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments, a move Washington views as a way to counter censorship.
The US State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments, a move Washington views as a way to counter censorship.
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The portal could potentially put Washington in the unfamiliar position of appearing to encourage citizens to flout local laws.
www.reuters.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
How to get your Far Right propaganda fix in Europe:
The US State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments, a move Washington views as a way to counter censorship.
The US State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments, a move Washington views as a way to counter censorship.
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Russia's return to the Paralympics next month isn't the result of diplomacy or any ceasefire. It comes down to a December arbitration ruling — and to six bilateral invitations that the International Paralympic Committee quietly issued at the last minute. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Russia is returning to the Paralympics, and Ukrainian officials vow to boycott — Meduza
The Winter Paralympics will begin on March 6 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, exactly one month after the Winter Olympics opened in the same Italian venues. For the first time since the 2014 Games…
meduza.io
February 18, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Russia's return to the Paralympics next month isn't the result of diplomacy or any ceasefire. It comes down to a December arbitration ruling — and to six bilateral invitations that the International Paralympic Committee quietly issued at the last minute. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Un casque pour honorer les morts ukrainiens ? Interdit.
Des athlètes russes « neutres » aux JO ? Acceptés.
Des combattants blessés dans la guerre contre l’Ukraine aux Paralympiques sous drapeau russe ? Tolérés.
Le sportwashing a triomphé.
desk-russie.eu/2026/02/18/l...
Des athlètes russes « neutres » aux JO ? Acceptés.
Des combattants blessés dans la guerre contre l’Ukraine aux Paralympiques sous drapeau russe ? Tolérés.
Le sportwashing a triomphé.
desk-russie.eu/2026/02/18/l...
L'affaire Heraskevych et « l'innocence » du Comité olympique • desk russie
Un hommage interdit, des drapeaux « neutres » tolérés : le sportwashing est l’une des armes de l’agresseur russe.
desk-russie.eu
February 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Un casque pour honorer les morts ukrainiens ? Interdit.
Des athlètes russes « neutres » aux JO ? Acceptés.
Des combattants blessés dans la guerre contre l’Ukraine aux Paralympiques sous drapeau russe ? Tolérés.
Le sportwashing a triomphé.
desk-russie.eu/2026/02/18/l...
Des athlètes russes « neutres » aux JO ? Acceptés.
Des combattants blessés dans la guerre contre l’Ukraine aux Paralympiques sous drapeau russe ? Tolérés.
Le sportwashing a triomphé.
desk-russie.eu/2026/02/18/l...
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Rendez-vous le 11 mars chez vos libraires pour « Moscou Parano ». Un dernier long reportage de terrain au ton sarcastique, au contact des Russes, une dernière plongée dans la Russie en guerre avant de l’abandonner à son sort, contraint…
February 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Rendez-vous le 11 mars chez vos libraires pour « Moscou Parano ». Un dernier long reportage de terrain au ton sarcastique, au contact des Russes, une dernière plongée dans la Russie en guerre avant de l’abandonner à son sort, contraint…
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The Trump administration has paid $128.5 mn for a warehouse in Social Circle, GA, which it now proposes to convert into a concentration camp. Only 2 yers ago, the facility was acquired for $29 mn by a Moscow-based real estate company, PNK.
Feds paid over $128.5 million for new ICE facility, deed shows
Financial details surrounding the sale of a warehouse in Social Circle to the United States government have been made available. According to a deed obtained by reporters, the U.S. government paid …
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February 17, 2026 at 5:45 AM
The Trump administration has paid $128.5 mn for a warehouse in Social Circle, GA, which it now proposes to convert into a concentration camp. Only 2 yers ago, the facility was acquired for $29 mn by a Moscow-based real estate company, PNK.
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Dim-witted real estate guy and inexplicably US envoy Steve Witkoff will be taking part in talks in Geneva today to end the war in Ukraine *and* the forthcoming one in Iran.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Dim-witted real estate guy and inexplicably US envoy Steve Witkoff will be taking part in talks in Geneva today to end the war in Ukraine *and* the forthcoming one in Iran.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
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Yandex Maps has for years blurred sensitive weapons stores sites and military airports on the Kola Peninsula, but limiting public insights to a cemetery is a first of a kind.
Yandex Maps blurs new cemetery in Severomorsk
Russia’s online cartographic service has put blurring on 100,000 square metres of land near the Northern Fleet’s headquarters. The move prompts the question whether authorities are trying to hide mass...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Yandex Maps has for years blurred sensitive weapons stores sites and military airports on the Kola Peninsula, but limiting public insights to a cemetery is a first of a kind.
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Happy Independence Day "Lithuania"! Here is a picture of you peacefully leaving Russia in 1991, for which you don’t show enough gratitude.
Russia is the leading provider of European independence days.
Russia is the leading provider of European independence days.
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Happy Independence Day "Lithuania"! Here is a picture of you peacefully leaving Russia in 1991, for which you don’t show enough gratitude.
Russia is the leading provider of European independence days.
Russia is the leading provider of European independence days.
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"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"
RIP Robert Duvall
RIP Robert Duvall
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"
RIP Robert Duvall
RIP Robert Duvall
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Georgia’s ruling party has presented draft legislation that would criminalise the ‘establishment of a perception’ that Georgia’s governmental bodies are illegitimate. The bill introduces penalties including up to three years in prison.
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Ban on questioning government legitimacy introduced to Georgian parliament
The ruling party equates what it calls ‘establishing the perception’ that the government is illegitimate with extremism.
oc-media.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Georgia’s ruling party has presented draft legislation that would criminalise the ‘establishment of a perception’ that Georgia’s governmental bodies are illegitimate. The bill introduces penalties including up to three years in prison.
oc-media.org/ban-on-quest...
oc-media.org/ban-on-quest...
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What are today’s Russian papers reporting about the second anniversary of Alexei Navalny’s death & the joint statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany & The Netherlands that Mr Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin?
Nothing.
#ReadingRussia
Nothing.
#ReadingRussia
Russian papers avoid mentioning Alexei Navalny and poisoning claim.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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February 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM
What are today’s Russian papers reporting about the second anniversary of Alexei Navalny’s death & the joint statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany & The Netherlands that Mr Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin?
Nothing.
#ReadingRussia
Nothing.
#ReadingRussia
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Trump is working hard to keep the Russian puppet Orban in power. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is currently in Budapest to meet Orban for talks about Ukraine and to increase cooperation between the US and Hungary.
February 16, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Trump is working hard to keep the Russian puppet Orban in power. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is currently in Budapest to meet Orban for talks about Ukraine and to increase cooperation between the US and Hungary.
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Letters from our Ukrainian readers, alongside a photo series shot in Kyiv in late January, show the reality of life on the ground as Russia continues to strike the country’s energy infrastructure in subzero temperatures.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
As Russia continues striking Ukraine’s energy system in subzero temperatures, photographs from Kyiv capture life in the freezing capital — Meduza
Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure have left thousands of homes across Ukraine without electricity or heat this winter. Attacks on February 12 left roughly a quarter of Kyiv’s high-rise…
meduza.io
February 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Letters from our Ukrainian readers, alongside a photo series shot in Kyiv in late January, show the reality of life on the ground as Russia continues to strike the country’s energy infrastructure in subzero temperatures.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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OTD in 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia began. Less than a year before we signed a treaty with them promising we'd never invade.
Lying we won't & then invading anyway is a tradition I maintain to this day.
Lying we won't & then invading anyway is a tradition I maintain to this day.
February 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
OTD in 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia began. Less than a year before we signed a treaty with them promising we'd never invade.
Lying we won't & then invading anyway is a tradition I maintain to this day.
Lying we won't & then invading anyway is a tradition I maintain to this day.
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To be honest, I preferred JD Vance’s speech at last year’s MSC to Marco Rubio’s address this year. 1/4
February 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
To be honest, I preferred JD Vance’s speech at last year’s MSC to Marco Rubio’s address this year. 1/4
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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper: “Sudan is the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.
“I spoke to an aid worker who has worked in conflict zones for 20 years. She said she had never seen sexual violence on this scale. “
“I spoke to an aid worker who has worked in conflict zones for 20 years. She said she had never seen sexual violence on this scale. “
February 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper: “Sudan is the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.
“I spoke to an aid worker who has worked in conflict zones for 20 years. She said she had never seen sexual violence on this scale. “
“I spoke to an aid worker who has worked in conflict zones for 20 years. She said she had never seen sexual violence on this scale. “
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Novichok didn't finish the job in 2020. So the same Russian lab that created it synthesized something new — a neurotoxin no government had ever weaponized before. Researchers in five countries say Russia killed Navalny with something called epibatidine. meduza.io/en/cards/wha...
What is epibatidine, and how did it kill Navalny? A guide to the frog neurotoxin that five countries say poisoned Russia’s opposition leader. — Meduza
The United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany, and the Netherlands announced that a substance called epibatidine killed Alexey Navalny, the opposition leader who died in a Russian prison in February…
meduza.io
February 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Novichok didn't finish the job in 2020. So the same Russian lab that created it synthesized something new — a neurotoxin no government had ever weaponized before. Researchers in five countries say Russia killed Navalny with something called epibatidine. meduza.io/en/cards/wha...
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Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
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From melted Nazi weapons embedded in cathedral floors to mobile mosques in war zones, Russia is building more and more houses of worship to sanctify the invasion of Ukraine. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Putin’s ‘Temple of War’ was just the beginning. Russia is building churches, mosques, and even underground chapels to convince the nation that the invasion of Ukraine is sacred. — Meduza
”The Temple of War: People and Ideas That Made the Russian Invasion Possible,” by historian Ilia Venyavkin, profiles the figures who helped Vladimir Putin prime Russians for the attack on Ukraine.…
meduza.io
February 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
From melted Nazi weapons embedded in cathedral floors to mobile mosques in war zones, Russia is building more and more houses of worship to sanctify the invasion of Ukraine. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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This exactly by Elsa Court: "Praising [Ukrainians'] resilience is like standing on the shore, watching a person struggle not to drown in a riptide. Instead of sending a lifeboat to save them, you praise them for being such a strong swimmer."
kyivindependent.com/we-need-to-s...
kyivindependent.com/we-need-to-s...
We need to stop calling Ukrainians resilient
Take a moment to imagine this: In the depths of the coldest winter in years, a neighboring country decides to destroy your country's infrastructure. Why? Your neighbor wants your land, but it's strugg...
kyivindependent.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:59 PM
This exactly by Elsa Court: "Praising [Ukrainians'] resilience is like standing on the shore, watching a person struggle not to drown in a riptide. Instead of sending a lifeboat to save them, you praise them for being such a strong swimmer."
kyivindependent.com/we-need-to-s...
kyivindependent.com/we-need-to-s...
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Trump is systematically dismantling everything. It’s going to be hard for any future government to put all this right. Months and years to build up, seconds to be smashed to pieces.
Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans — Los Angeles Times
The 2009 endangerment finding affirms that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and welfare. Its repeal marks one of the most significant deregulatory actions in U.S...
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Trump is systematically dismantling everything. It’s going to be hard for any future government to put all this right. Months and years to build up, seconds to be smashed to pieces.