Journalist Karl
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Journalist Karl
@karl-ritter.bsky.social
Estonian freelance journalist digging into the Russia-Ukraine war. Exposing propaganda, telling hard truths, and breaking it down with regional insight. Check out my Substack articles!

https://open.substack.com/pub/journalistkarl
Just published one of the most important pieces I’ve ever written:

“Weaponizing the Feed” — a deep dive into how AI-driven bot swarms are reshaping reality, one TikTok, one tweet, one fake friend at a time.

It’s already happening.

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Weaponizing the Feed: How AI is Quietly Hijacking Your Mind
By Journalist Karl
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May 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ceasefire or smokescreen?

Hours after India & Pakistan agreed to peace, drones, flares, and blame filled the sky. But who fired first—and who framed the story?

Narratives are the new weapons.
Read my investigation:

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#IndiaPakistan #Ceasefire #Kashmir #InfoWar
Ceasefire in Flames How India and Pakistan’s information war buried the truth
By Journalist Karl | May 2025
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May 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Estonian activists just hung a giant “Putler” banner on a fortress facing Russia — right across the river in Narva. On May 9th. While Russian groups prep a propaganda concert. This isn’t a celebration, it’s an information warfare front line. #Narva #Estonia #Putler #VictoryDay
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
BREAKING: Slovakia’s PM Robert Fico stood beside Putin at Russia’s Victory Day parade.
The only EU leader to do so.
Baltic states blocked his flight. He went anyway.
A geopolitical shift is underway.

How do you think EU should respond?
#eu #fico #slovakia #russia #putin #germany
May 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
200+ Ukrainian drones intercepted near Moscow. 29 foreign leaders heading to Red Square. Zelensky: “We can’t guarantee their safety.” Medvedev: “No one guarantees May 10 in Kyiv.” Is a false flag coming?

Full story: open.substack.com/pub/journali...

#Russia #Ukraine #May9 #drones #war
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May 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
BREAKING INVESTIGATION: India strikes Pakistan. Civilians dead. Jets shot down? Misinformation floods both sides. Nuclear war closer than you think.

Read the full exposé: “A Strike in the Dark”

open.substack.com/pub/journalist…#IndiaPakistana#Kashmiri#OperationSindooro#BreakingNewsws
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May 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Trenches on the Finnish border. New Russian divisions in Karelia. Zapad-2025 prepping 100,000 troops in Belarus.
While we watch Ukraine, a second front is quietly taking shape.
And it’s armed to the teeth.

Read the investigation: open.substack.com/pub/journali...

#russia #baltics #finland #nato
The New Iron Curtain: Russia’s Quiet March Toward the North
By Journalist Karl
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May 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Russia says the economy is stable. But oil is $56, the ruble is twitching, and reserves are vanishing.
Behind the curtain: quiet layoffs, hidden inflation, and a government spending its future to survive the present.

Full investigation: open.substack.com/pub/journali...
#Russia #Oil #Geopolitics
Russia’s Oil Mirage: Inside the Kremlin’s Struggle to Contain an Economic Slow-Burn
By Karl Keila, Estonia | May 2025
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May 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The US–China tariff war isn’t strategy. It’s economic self-harm in slow motion.

Americans are paying $4k/yr more. Chinese exports are collapsing.Both sides are bleeding — and both know it.

Read the full breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/journali...
#Geopolitics #Tariffs #china #usa
#trump #tradewar
The High Price of Pride: How the U.S.–China Tariff War Is Bleeding Two Superpowers
As tariffs soar past 100%, both the U.S.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM