Anna Karjalainen
@annakarjalainen.bsky.social
British Swede 🇬🇧🍠 💙🌻 Yorkshire lass in West Sweden/ NO border. Studies in Post-Soviet Eurasia. Civil servant, Swedish government. Try to limit myself to Baltics, Central Asia. Uppsala Uni. Moomin mad! Also on Twitter for now.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a piece plan. They are not the words of someone who seeks peace, but who plans to come back for more later.
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Wherever you get your podcasts … two today … last night’s @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVE on Ukraine; and today’s LEADING with playwright James Graham and Jacob Dunne, whose single Punch led to the death of a young man whose parents now campaign with Jacob on restorative justice
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Wherever you get your podcasts … two today … last night’s @therestpolitics.bsky.social LIVE on Ukraine; and today’s LEADING with playwright James Graham and Jacob Dunne, whose single Punch led to the death of a young man whose parents now campaign with Jacob on restorative justice
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The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that US envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow next week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Washington presses negotiations on a plan to end the Ukraine conflict ➡️ u.afp.com/ShMA
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that US envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow next week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Washington presses negotiations on a plan to end the Ukraine conflict ➡️ u.afp.com/ShMA
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U.S. Department of War says it's investigating U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) after telling service members they can refuse illegal orders
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
U.S. Department of War says it's investigating U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) after telling service members they can refuse illegal orders
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Here's what you need to know to start your day
Trump Dispatches Aides for More Ukraine Talks
Good morning. Trump directs his negotiators to Moscow for more talks on Ukraine. Dog food is in and luxuries are out this Black Friday. And we have the secret behind stellar Napa cabernets. Listen to the day’s top stories.
bloom.bg
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Here's what you need to know to start your day
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Breaking News: The death toll rose to 13 in a fire that engulfed several apartment towers in Hong Kong. Firefighters were struggling to contain it.
Follow live.
Follow live.
Hong Kong Fire Live Updates: At Least 13 Killed as Fire Engulfs Apartment Buildings
Firefighters were still trying to extinguish the blaze at an apartment complex in the city’s northern Tai Po district.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Breaking News: The death toll rose to 13 in a fire that engulfed several apartment towers in Hong Kong. Firefighters were struggling to contain it.
Follow live.
Follow live.
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Putin is banking on ‘war fatigue’, former Trump adviser Fiona Hill, tells Matt Frei.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/putin-b...
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/putin-b...
Putin banking on ‘war fatigue’, says former Trump adviser Fiona Hill
“Right now it seems that the Russian president actually thinks he has the edge on the battlefield."
www.channel4.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Putin is banking on ‘war fatigue’, former Trump adviser Fiona Hill, tells Matt Frei.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/putin-b...
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/putin-b...
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NOV 25: Major Strikes in Ukraine, U.S. Political Upheaval, EU Defense Advancements & Global Flashpoints
onest.substack.com/p/nov-25-maj...
onest.substack.com/p/nov-25-maj...
NOV 25: Major Strikes in Ukraine, U.S. Political Upheaval, EU Defense Advancements & Global Flashpoints
Factual information is our love language.
onest.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
NOV 25: Major Strikes in Ukraine, U.S. Political Upheaval, EU Defense Advancements & Global Flashpoints
onest.substack.com/p/nov-25-maj...
onest.substack.com/p/nov-25-maj...
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Scoop @financialtimes.com: Under the US-Ukraine deal, Kyiv agreed to cap the size of its army at 800,000, according to senior officials who say they're pleased with the plan. Points left are territorial matters and security guarantees, which are TBD by Zelensky and Trump. www.ft.com/content/b0d9...
Russia signals it could reject modified US peace plan for Ukraine
Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov suggests Moscow would walk away from proposal that differs substantially from Alaska talks
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Scoop @financialtimes.com: Under the US-Ukraine deal, Kyiv agreed to cap the size of its army at 800,000, according to senior officials who say they're pleased with the plan. Points left are territorial matters and security guarantees, which are TBD by Zelensky and Trump. www.ft.com/content/b0d9...
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Ingen överraskning. Och nu ska Witkoff åter resa till Moskva.
Moscow used Witkoff to present its capitulation demands as U.S.-backed peace plan—Bloomberg
Senior Russian officials orchestrated a diplomatic maneuver persuading
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to present a list of the Kremlin’s demands as a U.S.-backed peace plan to end the Russo–Ukrainia...
english.nv.ua
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Ingen överraskning. Och nu ska Witkoff åter resa till Moskva.
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This deserves more attention than it has received.
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers
Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This deserves more attention than it has received.
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
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This whole grubby saga with Nathan Gill shows how Russia-friendly Reform are, and that they should be nowhere near our national security.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This whole grubby saga with Nathan Gill shows how Russia-friendly Reform are, and that they should be nowhere near our national security.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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I represented @houseoflords.parliament.uk at a Summit in Stockholm to remind the world of Crimea’s plight since 2014: killings, children sent to Russian camps, cultural heritage destroyed etc. Zelensky put it powerfully in his speech to us ‘Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen’.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I represented @houseoflords.parliament.uk at a Summit in Stockholm to remind the world of Crimea’s plight since 2014: killings, children sent to Russian camps, cultural heritage destroyed etc. Zelensky put it powerfully in his speech to us ‘Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen’.
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Fogbound: Narrative Wars | "Ukraine’s setbacks are troubling but only part of the story." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
Fogbound: Narrative Wars
Ukraine’s setbacks in its fight against Russia are troubling but only part of the story. Europe needs to take note.
cepa.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Fogbound: Narrative Wars | "Ukraine’s setbacks are troubling but only part of the story." @edwardlucas.bsky.social
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New: The much-awaited options paper on financing for Ukraine is here.
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New: The much-awaited options paper on financing for Ukraine is here.
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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With the work done in Geneva as Europeans, and with Ukraine and the US, we now have a starting point.
I will outline some of the core priorities of Europe going forward ↓
link.europa.eu/jj4cqH
I will outline some of the core priorities of Europe going forward ↓
link.europa.eu/jj4cqH
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
With the work done in Geneva as Europeans, and with Ukraine and the US, we now have a starting point.
I will outline some of the core priorities of Europe going forward ↓
link.europa.eu/jj4cqH
I will outline some of the core priorities of Europe going forward ↓
link.europa.eu/jj4cqH
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Hard to know what’s going on with respect to these discussions but the sentence that rings most true in this piece is “It’s embarrassing.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S., Ukraine agree to change draft of peace plan that appeased Russia
Negotiators had been working off an early proposal that bipartisan lawmakers say would further destabilize global security and reward Russia after its 2022 invasion.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hard to know what’s going on with respect to these discussions but the sentence that rings most true in this piece is “It’s embarrassing.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Royaume-Uni : le leader d’extrême droite Nigel Farage sommé de faire la lumière sur les liens de son parti avec la Russie
Royaume-Uni : le leader d’extrême droite Nigel Farage sommé de faire la lumière sur les liens de son parti avec la Russie
Le chef de file du parti de droite radicale Reform UK est fragilisé par la condamnation à la prison de l’un de ses collègues, reconnu coupable d’avoir accepté de l’argent de politiciens ukrainiens à la solde de Moscou.
www.lemonde.fr
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Royaume-Uni : le leader d’extrême droite Nigel Farage sommé de faire la lumière sur les liens de son parti avec la Russie
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L’enquête pour espionnage visant le chercheur français Laurent Vinatier, détenu en Russie, est prolongée
L’enquête pour espionnage visant le chercheur français Laurent Vinatier, détenu en Russie, est prolongée
Ce chercheur de 49 ans spécialiste de l’espace post-soviétique est incarcéré depuis juin 2024 en Russie.
www.lemonde.fr
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
L’enquête pour espionnage visant le chercheur français Laurent Vinatier, détenu en Russie, est prolongée
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La famille du président américain Donald Trump a vu sa fortune chuter à 6,7 milliards de dollars contre 7,7 en septembre, selon les chiffres publiés par Bloomberg.
« Ceux qui profitent de ça seront les grands gagnants » : comment la famille Trump a perdu un milliard de dollars à cause du bitcoin
l.leparisien.fr
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
La famille du président américain Donald Trump a vu sa fortune chuter à 6,7 milliards de dollars contre 7,7 en septembre, selon les chiffres publiés par Bloomberg.
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Follow the money! It's not a peace deal, it's a Kremlin bribe. Russian mafia expert and CEPA analyst @olgalautman.bsky.social and I explain the Trump/Witkoff crypto scheme to sell out Ukraine to Russia & Qatar's role. It's a launchpad for a larger war w/Europe gaslitnation.libsyn.com/trumps-crypt...
Gaslit Nation: Trump’s Crypto Scheme to Sell Ukraine to Russia - TEASER
In this extremely enraged episode of Follow the Money, we ask the only question that actually matters in Trump’s second crime spree through history: who is getting rich off of Trump chaos and the worl...
gaslitnation.libsyn.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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My latest on Trump and Vitkoff's latest attempt to force a Ukrainian surrender 😡
Ukraine Will Never Surrender
From Russia’s Nov. 19 Terror Campaign to Trump and Witkoff's Moscow Surrender Plan
olgalautman.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
My latest on Trump and Vitkoff's latest attempt to force a Ukrainian surrender 😡
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A protester was kidnapped by police from a seat in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi.
Day 361 of #GeorgiaProtests Video via @publikage.bsky.social
Day 361 of #GeorgiaProtests Video via @publikage.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A protester was kidnapped by police from a seat in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi.
Day 361 of #GeorgiaProtests Video via @publikage.bsky.social
Day 361 of #GeorgiaProtests Video via @publikage.bsky.social