Barbara von Ow-Freytag🇺🇦🇪🇺
@owfreytag.bsky.social
Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia. Human & civic rights. Civil Society🌀
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🇬🇪GEORGIA WARNING: What’s happening is no longer a temporary backslide. It’s a coordinated campaign to dismantle democracy, capture institutions, and reorient Georgia’s geopolitical future.
🧵And Europeans politely ask them to “return to the European path" ...
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🧵And Europeans politely ask them to “return to the European path" ...
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April 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🇬🇪GEORGIA WARNING: What’s happening is no longer a temporary backslide. It’s a coordinated campaign to dismantle democracy, capture institutions, and reorient Georgia’s geopolitical future.
🧵And Europeans politely ask them to “return to the European path" ...
1/22
🧵And Europeans politely ask them to “return to the European path" ...
1/22
Reposted by Barbara von Ow-Freytag🇺🇦🇪🇺
🇬🇪Western diplomats must recognize a hard truth: any symbolic recognition—whether intentional or not—emboldens the Georgian Dream (GD) regime.
🧵Recent missteps show how GD exploits these moments to fake legitimacy while doubling down on repression.
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🧵Recent missteps show how GD exploits these moments to fake legitimacy while doubling down on repression.
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February 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🇬🇪Western diplomats must recognize a hard truth: any symbolic recognition—whether intentional or not—emboldens the Georgian Dream (GD) regime.
🧵Recent missteps show how GD exploits these moments to fake legitimacy while doubling down on repression.
1/10
🧵Recent missteps show how GD exploits these moments to fake legitimacy while doubling down on repression.
1/10
Reposted by Barbara von Ow-Freytag🇺🇦🇪🇺
Kremlin-run bot network uses spoof websites to spread articles on "catastrophe" awaiting Europe after U.S. cuts aid to Kyiv
The "opinion pieces" posted on fake Der Spiegel and Le Parisien websites were shared with The Insider by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
The "opinion pieces" posted on fake Der Spiegel and Le Parisien websites were shared with The Insider by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
Kremlin-run bot network uses spoof websites to spread articles on “catastrophe” awaiting Europe after U.S. cuts aid to Kyiv
The Kremlin’s “Doppelgänger” bot network has launched a campaign to spread pseudo-journalistic articles claiming that the decision of newly sworn in U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze aid programs ...
theins.press
January 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Kremlin-run bot network uses spoof websites to spread articles on "catastrophe" awaiting Europe after U.S. cuts aid to Kyiv
The "opinion pieces" posted on fake Der Spiegel and Le Parisien websites were shared with The Insider by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
The "opinion pieces" posted on fake Der Spiegel and Le Parisien websites were shared with The Insider by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
Reposted by Barbara von Ow-Freytag🇺🇦🇪🇺
Trump’s decision to halt USAID funding to Ukraine freezes war crime monitoring projects, IDP assistance, and work of the media
@hromadske.bsky.social, Hromadske Radio, Realna Gazeta, and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union comment on the consequences of the move.
@hromadske.bsky.social, Hromadske Radio, Realna Gazeta, and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union comment on the consequences of the move.
Trump’s decision to halt USAID funding to Ukraine freezes war crime monitoring projects, IDP assistance, and work of the media
The administration of Donald Trump has suspended all U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine, leading to the shutdown of numerous programs — ranging from veteran rehabilitation and support for independent media t...
theins.press
January 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Trump’s decision to halt USAID funding to Ukraine freezes war crime monitoring projects, IDP assistance, and work of the media
@hromadske.bsky.social, Hromadske Radio, Realna Gazeta, and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union comment on the consequences of the move.
@hromadske.bsky.social, Hromadske Radio, Realna Gazeta, and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union comment on the consequences of the move.
Reposted by Barbara von Ow-Freytag🇺🇦🇪🇺
Humanitarian workers across Ukraine were told to stop working today after the Trump administration froze (Congressionally approved) foreign aid
open.substack.com/pub/countero...
open.substack.com/pub/countero...
NEWSFLASH: Trump foreign aid freeze blow to Ukraine civil society
The sudden policy change under the new administration is likely to be felt more strongly in Ukraine than anywhere else in the world.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Humanitarian workers across Ukraine were told to stop working today after the Trump administration froze (Congressionally approved) foreign aid
open.substack.com/pub/countero...
open.substack.com/pub/countero...