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In conclusion, no good can be expected from Budapest. If Trump really wanted to budge Putin, he could have done it over the phone — before he even became President. Instead, nothing but an endless cycle of empty words and broken deadlines. And war and occupation continue.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
In conclusion, no good can be expected from Budapest. If Trump really wanted to budge Putin, he could have done it over the phone — before he even became President. Instead, nothing but an endless cycle of empty words and broken deadlines. And war and occupation continue.
19/19
19/19
Even with a ceasefire, atrocities under Russian occupation would continue, and war would resume once Russia rearms and regroups. When one side is determined to conquer, murder and enslave the other, there’s really not much left to negotiate outside the battlefield.
18/19
18/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Even with a ceasefire, atrocities under Russian occupation would continue, and war would resume once Russia rearms and regroups. When one side is determined to conquer, murder and enslave the other, there’s really not much left to negotiate outside the battlefield.
18/19
18/19
It’s not even clear what Trump expects Ukraine to accept — handing key territories to Russia? A ceasefire? But it’s Putin that’s refused. He started this war and still hopes to achieve his genocidal goals.
17/19
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October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It’s not even clear what Trump expects Ukraine to accept — handing key territories to Russia? A ceasefire? But it’s Putin that’s refused. He started this war and still hopes to achieve his genocidal goals.
17/19
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After the call with Putin, Trump met Zelenskyy, with “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth wearing… a Russian flag tie. Hegseth’s department had previously posted Russian flags on US Flag Day, spelling errors (“nations” and “makes”) included (did a Russian write this?).
16/19
16/19
![“As we display our nations [sic] flag and reflect on the values it represents, let’s celebrate the freedom, courage and resilience that makes [sic] our country great.” https://x.com/DeptofWar/status/1933947548965781863](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4idzneqrxdb6oc3nk7ps77j/bafkreif4atfyafohqkol7mynp2iurxaxrz6pn5kqimywyzfxux4wctblju@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
After the call with Putin, Trump met Zelenskyy, with “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth wearing… a Russian flag tie. Hegseth’s department had previously posted Russian flags on US Flag Day, spelling errors (“nations” and “makes”) included (did a Russian write this?).
16/19
16/19
But for some reason, Trump's “MAGA” entourage are also big fans of the authoritarianism-corruption-poverty governance model. They are connected to Orbán in particular through the Carlson family, the Heritage Foundation, and CPAC.
15/19
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October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
But for some reason, Trump's “MAGA” entourage are also big fans of the authoritarianism-corruption-poverty governance model. They are connected to Orbán in particular through the Carlson family, the Heritage Foundation, and CPAC.
15/19
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For Orbán, a corrupt authoritarian ruining Hungary in the Yanukovych tradition, hosting the meeting is supposed to boost his popularity ahead of upcoming challenging elections. Orbán and Putin helping each other makes perfect sense.
14/19
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October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For Orbán, a corrupt authoritarian ruining Hungary in the Yanukovych tradition, hosting the meeting is supposed to boost his popularity ahead of upcoming challenging elections. Orbán and Putin helping each other makes perfect sense.
14/19
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Remember that Putin started this war in 2014 after the Euromaidan, when Ukrainians protested against Yanukovych because they wanted to be part of Europe and the EU, not another impoverished and oppressed Russian-puppet-state-dictatorship like Belarus.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Remember that Putin started this war in 2014 after the Euromaidan, when Ukrainians protested against Yanukovych because they wanted to be part of Europe and the EU, not another impoverished and oppressed Russian-puppet-state-dictatorship like Belarus.
13/19
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Putin should already have been arrested in Mongolia, but this is a war over Europe and Hungary is an EU member, making the provocation much worse. And the EU was neither consulted on this, nor invited, further straining European unity. A weaker EU: all to Putin’s benefit.
12/19
12/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Putin should already have been arrested in Mongolia, but this is a war over Europe and Hungary is an EU member, making the provocation much worse. And the EU was neither consulted on this, nor invited, further straining European unity. A weaker EU: all to Putin’s benefit.
12/19
12/19
Flaunting his impunity by landing in Budapest, Putin will keep on testing how far he can go in defying international law. Despite having notified its withdrawal, Hungary is still bound by the Rome Statute to arrest him for his genocidal kidnapping of Ukrainian children.
11/19
11/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Flaunting his impunity by landing in Budapest, Putin will keep on testing how far he can go in defying international law. Despite having notified its withdrawal, Hungary is still bound by the Rome Statute to arrest him for his genocidal kidnapping of Ukrainian children.
11/19
11/19
Putin has been testing the EU’s and NATO’s resolve in various ways for years: invading Europe without becoming a pariah, waging hybrid war on the EU itself, and lately regularly violating NATO airspace. More and more aggressive, encountering little protest or response.
10/19
10/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Putin has been testing the EU’s and NATO’s resolve in various ways for years: invading Europe without becoming a pariah, waging hybrid war on the EU itself, and lately regularly violating NATO airspace. More and more aggressive, encountering little protest or response.
10/19
10/19
Budapest Memorandum aside, Orbán’s Hungary is again an excellent choice — for Putin and Orbán. Conveniently, the White House refused to answer whose idea it was. From his call with Trump, Putin once again got more time to keep bombing Ukraine, without giving up anything.
9/19
9/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Budapest Memorandum aside, Orbán’s Hungary is again an excellent choice — for Putin and Orbán. Conveniently, the White House refused to answer whose idea it was. From his call with Trump, Putin once again got more time to keep bombing Ukraine, without giving up anything.
9/19
9/19
Alaska was a great choice - for Putin, as the US state was once part of the Russian Empire, sold to the US by a previous Tsar. Russians have been pushing disinformation on this to their children to promote their imperialist goal of Alaska returning under Moscow’s rule.
8/19
8/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Alaska was a great choice - for Putin, as the US state was once part of the Russian Empire, sold to the US by a previous Tsar. Russians have been pushing disinformation on this to their children to promote their imperialist goal of Alaska returning under Moscow’s rule.
8/19
8/19
Conventional arms were destroyed as well, in particular strategic bombers were either dismantled or given to Russia. Yes, that’s the bombers that Russia uses against Ukrainian civilians and that Ukraine destroyed in the daring “Spiderweb” operation.
7/19
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October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Conventional arms were destroyed as well, in particular strategic bombers were either dismantled or given to Russia. Yes, that’s the bombers that Russia uses against Ukrainian civilians and that Ukraine destroyed in the daring “Spiderweb” operation.
7/19
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The other announcement was a planned meeting with Putin in Budapest, of all places. In 1994, the UK, US, Ukraine and Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum there, with Russia fully recognizing Ukraine’s borders and sovereignty. Yes, that includes Crimea, and Putin knows it.
5/19
5/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The other announcement was a planned meeting with Putin in Budapest, of all places. In 1994, the UK, US, Ukraine and Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum there, with Russia fully recognizing Ukraine’s borders and sovereignty. Yes, that includes Crimea, and Putin knows it.
5/19
5/19
In the latest instance, Trump had been promising Tomahawks to Ukraine, but decided to check with the aggressor first. After a 2-hour phone call with him, Trump announced Ukraine won’t be getting Tomahawks after all, since — would you believe it — Putin didn’t like the idea.
4/19
4/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
In the latest instance, Trump had been promising Tomahawks to Ukraine, but decided to check with the aggressor first. After a 2-hour phone call with him, Trump announced Ukraine won’t be getting Tomahawks after all, since — would you believe it — Putin didn’t like the idea.
4/19
4/19
Worse, the main outcome of the humiliation was to delay serious sanctions, which the US Congress, in rare bipartisan unity against Russia, was on the verge of passing. Two weeks by two weeks, Trump Always Chickens Out, postponing any real pressure on Putin for 9 months now.
3/19
3/19
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Worse, the main outcome of the humiliation was to delay serious sanctions, which the US Congress, in rare bipartisan unity against Russia, was on the verge of passing. Two weeks by two weeks, Trump Always Chickens Out, postponing any real pressure on Putin for 9 months now.
3/19
3/19
Two months ago, Trump embarrassed the United States by rolling out the red carpet for war criminal dictator Putin and overall acting like a pathetic servant eager to meet his master. Of course, the Alaska Fiasco didn’t bring peace any closer.
2/19
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October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Two months ago, Trump embarrassed the United States by rolling out the red carpet for war criminal dictator Putin and overall acting like a pathetic servant eager to meet his master. Of course, the Alaska Fiasco didn’t bring peace any closer.
2/19
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll explain the context of the upcoming Budapest Blunder, and how it follows the infamous Alaska Fiasco from two months ago and Trump’s absurd delaying of serious aid to Ukraine and effective sanctions on Russia for the past nine months.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll explain the context of the upcoming Budapest Blunder, and how it follows the infamous Alaska Fiasco from two months ago and Trump’s absurd delaying of serious aid to Ukraine and effective sanctions on Russia for the past nine months.
1/19
1/19
RT’s 20 year anniversary already, time sure flies… Remember the 10th one, featuring Jill Stein, Michael Flynn, and Max Blumenthal, who founded the “independent” propaganda outlet The Grayzone right after?
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October 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
RT’s 20 year anniversary already, time sure flies… Remember the 10th one, featuring Jill Stein, Michael Flynn, and Max Blumenthal, who founded the “independent” propaganda outlet The Grayzone right after?
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If it walks like an RT propagandist, talks like an RT propagandist, and attends RT anniversaries, then it’s probably an RT propagandist...
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October 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If it walks like an RT propagandist, talks like an RT propagandist, and attends RT anniversaries, then it’s probably an RT propagandist...
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this one is even worse
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
this one is even worse
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October 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Finally! A direct connection for Americans to go on vacation to Chukotka! 🥰
October 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Finally! A direct connection for Americans to go on vacation to Chukotka! 🥰
We've been calling out his BS for years. But people still fall for it, amazingly.
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We've been calling out his BS for years. But people still fall for it, amazingly.
To conclude: Sasha’s main mission is to whitewash Russia’s genocidal war on Ukraine & its grim reality of war crimes & brutal occupation with state-funded, feel-good videos.
She may fool a few gullible viewers, but no amount of smiling and dancing can hide the ugly truth.
23/23
She may fool a few gullible viewers, but no amount of smiling and dancing can hide the ugly truth.
23/23
October 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
To conclude: Sasha’s main mission is to whitewash Russia’s genocidal war on Ukraine & its grim reality of war crimes & brutal occupation with state-funded, feel-good videos.
She may fool a few gullible viewers, but no amount of smiling and dancing can hide the ugly truth.
23/23
She may fool a few gullible viewers, but no amount of smiling and dancing can hide the ugly truth.
23/23