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💥INVESTIGATION: For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians abroad. Internal emails obtained by journalists show how it collaborated with Russian spies, funded propaganda efforts, and built points of influence along the way.
Russian Foundation, Aimed at Helping ‘Compatriots’ Abroad, Supports Spies, Criminals, and Propagandists - VSquare.org
For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians across the world. Internal emails obtained by journalists show how it collaborated with spies, funded propaganda efforts, and built points of influence along the way.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
💥INVESTIGATION: For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians abroad. Internal emails obtained by journalists show how it collaborated with Russian spies, funded propaganda efforts, and built points of influence along the way.
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🍲 I write a newsletter for @vsquare.bsky.social on Central Europe called Goulash—named after the dish we all love across the region. The next issue drops soon with fresh stories and scoops from the Visegrád countries (🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰) and beyond.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🍲 I write a newsletter for @vsquare.bsky.social on Central Europe called Goulash—named after the dish we all love across the region. The next issue drops soon with fresh stories and scoops from the Visegrád countries (🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰) and beyond.
📨 Subscribe here: vsquare.org/newsletter/
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🔎💰INVESTIGATION: During Hungary’s EU presidency, Viktor Orbán’s government pressured visiting delegations to stay at an Orbán family-owned luxury hotel. The Finnish PM & his team was even redirected there by organizers despite booking a different hotel.
Hotel Orbán: How Hungary’s Ruling Family Benefited from the EU Presidency - VSquare.org
During Hungary’s EU presidency, Viktor Orbán’s government pushed visiting delegations to stay at Hotel Dorothea, a luxury hotel owned by the prime minister’s son-in-law.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🔎💰INVESTIGATION: During Hungary’s EU presidency, Viktor Orbán’s government pressured visiting delegations to stay at an Orbán family-owned luxury hotel. The Finnish PM & his team was even redirected there by organizers despite booking a different hotel.
⚡️Investigation, visualized: we reveal full details of 2024’s arson attacks & parcel bombs across Europe. The sabotage was carried out by Russia’s GRU, masterminded by a smuggler of radioactive materials with perpetrators recruited via Telegram.
🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing...
🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing...
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
⚡️Investigation, visualized: we reveal full details of 2024’s arson attacks & parcel bombs across Europe. The sabotage was carried out by Russia’s GRU, masterminded by a smuggler of radioactive materials with perpetrators recruited via Telegram.
🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing...
🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing...
🔎🌊Crystal clear at its source in Ukraine, the Tisza river carries tons of plastic waste by the time it reaches Hungary. A new investigation shows how poor waste management in Transcarpathia, compounded by Russia’s war, has worsened the river’s pollution.
River Pollution in Ukraine and Hungary Worsens in the Shadow of War - VSquare.org
Crystal clear at its source in Ukraine, the Tisza river carries tons of plastic waste by the time it reaches Hungary. A new investigation shows how poor waste management in Transcarpathia, compounded by Russia’s war, has worsened the river’s pollution.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🔎🌊Crystal clear at its source in Ukraine, the Tisza river carries tons of plastic waste by the time it reaches Hungary. A new investigation shows how poor waste management in Transcarpathia, compounded by Russia’s war, has worsened the river’s pollution.
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🇭🇺✈️🇷🇺 SCOOP: Viktor Orbán will meet Putin in Moscow on Nov 28, a reliable source familiar with details of the trip told me. No official confirmation yet. They’ve met 3 times since 2022 & 14 times in total.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🇭🇺✈️🇷🇺 SCOOP: Viktor Orbán will meet Putin in Moscow on Nov 28, a reliable source familiar with details of the trip told me. No official confirmation yet. They’ve met 3 times since 2022 & 14 times in total.
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More in @vsquare.bsky.social’s newsletter on Thursday—subscribe here: vsquare.org/newsletter/
In Central Europe, politicians use paid social media ads to attack media, activists & NGOs. From Orbán's Hungary to Fico' Slovakia, these campaigns spread disinformation and hate, reaching tens of thousands while Meta and Google profit from #SponsoredHate.
Sponsored Hate: How Politicians Paid for Meta Ads to Attack Journalists - VSquare.org
Across the Visegrád countries, politicians have increasingly used paid social media ads to attack journalists, human rights activists, and civil society organizations.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In Central Europe, politicians use paid social media ads to attack media, activists & NGOs. From Orbán's Hungary to Fico' Slovakia, these campaigns spread disinformation and hate, reaching tens of thousands while Meta and Google profit from #SponsoredHate.
🔎🩺INVESTIGATION: Doctors stripped of their licenses for gross misconduct can still work abroad. Reporters found 100+ cases of banned doctors relicensed elsewhere. In Germany, one lost his Swiss license for sexual assault yet still practices. #BadPractice
Bad Practice: How Banned Doctors Find New Jobs Across Europe - VSquare.org
Failed warning systems, complacent officials, and a lack of accountability mean doctors who have lost their medical licenses due to serious wrongdoing can relocate and practice in different countries across Europe and beyond.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🔎🩺INVESTIGATION: Doctors stripped of their licenses for gross misconduct can still work abroad. Reporters found 100+ cases of banned doctors relicensed elsewhere. In Germany, one lost his Swiss license for sexual assault yet still practices. #BadPractice
⚡️🔎 In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions. However, Orbán's spies did it so blatantly that they were exposed.
The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation.
The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation.
Inside the Fall of Viktor Orbán’s Secret Brussels Spy Network - VSquare.org
In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions for this purpose. However, Hungarian intelligence carried it out so blatantly and clumsily that they were exposed, and their network collapsed.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
⚡️🔎 In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions. However, Orbán's spies did it so blatantly that they were exposed.
The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation.
The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation.
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💥💰 Slovakia’s defense minister Robert Kaliňák wants to buy weapons for the Slovak army from Grand Power, a firm owned by a onetime far-right ally. These guns have a poor reputation, and Kaliňák’s own company operates from premises linked to Grand Power. @vsquare.bsky.social
The Shadowy Network Behind Slovakia’s €100M Arms Purchase - VSquare.org
Kaliňák's company is based at a property owned by people connected to the Grand Power arms factory—the very factory from which Kaliňák wants to buy 20,000 rifles for soldiers.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💥💰 Slovakia’s defense minister Robert Kaliňák wants to buy weapons for the Slovak army from Grand Power, a firm owned by a onetime far-right ally. These guns have a poor reputation, and Kaliňák’s own company operates from premises linked to Grand Power. @vsquare.bsky.social
🔎🩺INVESTIGATION: Doctors who lost their licenses for serious misconduct can relocate and continue practicing abroad. Reporters uncovered 100+ cases of banned doctors relicensed in other countries — many are still treating patients. #BadPractice
Bad Practice: How Banned Doctors Find New Jobs Across Europe - VSquare.org
Failed warning systems, complacent officials, and a lack of accountability mean doctors who have lost their medical licenses due to serious wrongdoing can relocate and practice in different countries across Europe and beyond.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🔎🩺INVESTIGATION: Doctors who lost their licenses for serious misconduct can relocate and continue practicing abroad. Reporters uncovered 100+ cases of banned doctors relicensed in other countries — many are still treating patients. #BadPractice
🔎💰INVESTIGATION: During Hungary’s EU presidency, Viktor Orbán’s government pressured visiting delegations to stay at an Orbán family-owned luxury hotel. The Finnish PM & his team was even redirected there by organizers despite booking a different hotel.
Hotel Orbán: How Hungary’s Ruling Family Benefited from the EU Presidency - VSquare.org
During Hungary’s EU presidency, Viktor Orbán’s government pushed visiting delegations to stay at Hotel Dorothea, a luxury hotel owned by the prime minister’s son-in-law.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🔎💰INVESTIGATION: During Hungary’s EU presidency, Viktor Orbán’s government pressured visiting delegations to stay at an Orbán family-owned luxury hotel. The Finnish PM & his team was even redirected there by organizers despite booking a different hotel.
⚡️Before Russia’s war, Czech firms were among the biggest importers of Russian birch plywood. Though now banned under EU rules, loopholes let it slip back via Kazakhstan or Georgia. The EU warns such Russian wood still likely ends up in Czech homes.
The Battle for Birch: How Russian Timber Keeps Flowing into Europe - VSquare.org
Czech company Orlimex used to be one of the largest importers of Russian birch plywood in Europe. Today, Russian timber is under sanctions, yet loopholes in the EU’s complex legal framework still allow Russian birch to reach European markets
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November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⚡️Before Russia’s war, Czech firms were among the biggest importers of Russian birch plywood. Though now banned under EU rules, loopholes let it slip back via Kazakhstan or Georgia. The EU warns such Russian wood still likely ends up in Czech homes.
In Central Europe, politicians use paid social media ads to attack media, activists & NGOs. From Orbán's Hungary to Fico' Slovakia, these campaigns spread disinformation and hate, reaching tens of thousands while Meta and Google profit from #SponsoredHate.
Sponsored Hate: How Politicians Paid for Meta Ads to Attack Journalists - VSquare.org
Across the Visegrád countries, politicians have increasingly used paid social media ads to attack journalists, human rights activists, and civil society organizations.
vsquare.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In Central Europe, politicians use paid social media ads to attack media, activists & NGOs. From Orbán's Hungary to Fico' Slovakia, these campaigns spread disinformation and hate, reaching tens of thousands while Meta and Google profit from #SponsoredHate.
⚡️Investigation, visualized: we reveal full details of 2024’s arson attacks & parcel bombs across Europe. The sabotage was carried out by Russia’s GRU, masterminded by a smuggler of radioactive materials with perpetrators recruited via Telegram.
🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing...
🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing...
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
⚡️Investigation, visualized: we reveal full details of 2024’s arson attacks & parcel bombs across Europe. The sabotage was carried out by Russia’s GRU, masterminded by a smuggler of radioactive materials with perpetrators recruited via Telegram.
🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing...
🔗Link: vsquare.org/crossing...
🔎🌊Crystal clear at its source in Ukraine, the Tisza river carries tons of plastic waste by the time it reaches Hungary. A new investigation shows how poor waste management in Transcarpathia, compounded by Russia’s war, has worsened the river’s pollution.
River Pollution in Ukraine and Hungary Worsens in the Shadow of War - VSquare.org
Crystal clear at its source in Ukraine, the Tisza river carries tons of plastic waste by the time it reaches Hungary. A new investigation shows how poor waste management in Transcarpathia, compounded by Russia’s war, has worsened the river’s pollution.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔎🌊Crystal clear at its source in Ukraine, the Tisza river carries tons of plastic waste by the time it reaches Hungary. A new investigation shows how poor waste management in Transcarpathia, compounded by Russia’s war, has worsened the river’s pollution.
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💥 Viktor Orbán faces a possible ousting in April 2026 — and whether he manages to cling to power or not, his regime and its global allure as a model for autocrats worldwide are crumbling. Read the sharpest analysis available.
The Era of Orbánism as an Exportable Model May Be Ending - VSquare.org
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s once-admired “illiberal model” is faltering — plagued by economic crisis, voter frustration, and collapsing governance. With the 2026 election looming, his future — and the global appeal of his system — is at stake as his government faces its biggest political test.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
💥 Viktor Orbán faces a possible ousting in April 2026 — and whether he manages to cling to power or not, his regime and its global allure as a model for autocrats worldwide are crumbling. Read the sharpest analysis available.
⚡️🔎 In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions. However, Orbán's spies did it so blatantly that they were exposed.
The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation. vsquare.org/inside-t...
The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation. vsquare.org/inside-t...
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
⚡️🔎 In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions. However, Orbán's spies did it so blatantly that they were exposed.
The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation. vsquare.org/inside-t...
The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation. vsquare.org/inside-t...
⚡️Viktor Orbán faces a big challenge to his rule in April 2026. Polls show him losing. Regardless of whether Orbán remains in power, his government's appeal as an "illiberal model" for like-minded leaders worldwide is weakening. Read this smart analysis. vsquare.org/the-era-...
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
⚡️Viktor Orbán faces a big challenge to his rule in April 2026. Polls show him losing. Regardless of whether Orbán remains in power, his government's appeal as an "illiberal model" for like-minded leaders worldwide is weakening. Read this smart analysis. vsquare.org/the-era-...
🔎🩺INVESTIGATION: Doctors stripped of their licenses for gross misconduct can still work abroad. Reporters found 100+ cases of banned doctors relicensed elsewhere. In Germany, one lost his Swiss license for sexual assault yet still practices. #BadPractice
Bad Practice: How Banned Doctors Find New Jobs Across Europe - VSquare.org
Failed warning systems, complacent officials, and a lack of accountability mean doctors who have lost their medical licenses due to serious wrongdoing can relocate and practice in different countries across Europe and beyond.
vsquare.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🔎🩺INVESTIGATION: Doctors stripped of their licenses for gross misconduct can still work abroad. Reporters found 100+ cases of banned doctors relicensed elsewhere. In Germany, one lost his Swiss license for sexual assault yet still practices. #BadPractice
⚡️Before Russia’s war, Czech firms were among the biggest importers of Russian birch plywood. Though now banned under EU rules, loopholes let it slip back via Kazakhstan or Georgia. The EU warns such Russian wood still likely ends up in Czech homes.
The Battle for Birch: How Russian Timber Keeps Flowing into Europe - VSquare.org
Czech company Orlimex used to be one of the largest importers of Russian birch plywood in Europe. Today, Russian timber is under sanctions, yet loopholes in the EU’s complex legal framework still allow Russian birch to reach European markets
vsquare.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
⚡️Before Russia’s war, Czech firms were among the biggest importers of Russian birch plywood. Though now banned under EU rules, loopholes let it slip back via Kazakhstan or Georgia. The EU warns such Russian wood still likely ends up in Czech homes.
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💥SCOOP: Polish president Karol Nawrocki meets Orbán in Budapest on December 4, a day after the V4 presidential meeting in Esztergom. Big question: will he meet fugitives Marcin Romanowski and Zbigniew Ziobro—and will Ziobro already have 🇭🇺's political asylum by then? More: vsquare.org/goulash-hung...
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
💥SCOOP: Polish president Karol Nawrocki meets Orbán in Budapest on December 4, a day after the V4 presidential meeting in Esztergom. Big question: will he meet fugitives Marcin Romanowski and Zbigniew Ziobro—and will Ziobro already have 🇭🇺's political asylum by then? More: vsquare.org/goulash-hung...
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💥🔎🇷🇺 This new analysis reveals the scale of Russia’s massive propaganda offensive in Moldova: 9,900 AI-generated TikTok videos with over 93 million views. Yet despite Moscow’s efforts, the pro-European PAS won the election. Read the full details on @vsquare.bsky.social:
24/7 Russian Propaganda Blitz Hit Moldova Before the Elections - VSquare.org
Moldovans had faced months, if not years, of an information onslaught at levels beyond what just about any society has faced. In the end, the pro-European ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won 50.2% of the vote, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc managed only 24.2%, despite well-documented foreign interference, mainly from Russia and pro Kremlin actors.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
💥🔎🇷🇺 This new analysis reveals the scale of Russia’s massive propaganda offensive in Moldova: 9,900 AI-generated TikTok videos with over 93 million views. Yet despite Moscow’s efforts, the pro-European PAS won the election. Read the full details on @vsquare.bsky.social:
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💥A computer scientist who escaped war-torn Gaza thanks to a student foundation, promised to bring his family to Europe. Instead, he’s spent over a year battling harsh Slovak bureaucracy while his loved ones remain trapped. @investigacecz.bsky.social @vsquare.bsky.social
Stuck Between Gaza’s War and Slovakia’s Bureaucracy: A Father’s Battle for His Family - VSquare.org
Ahmed Ghorab is a computer scientist who, thanks to a student foundation, managed to leave war-torn Gaza. However, his family remained there. He promised to bring them to Europe. Instead, he encounter...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
💥A computer scientist who escaped war-torn Gaza thanks to a student foundation, promised to bring his family to Europe. Instead, he’s spent over a year battling harsh Slovak bureaucracy while his loved ones remain trapped. @investigacecz.bsky.social @vsquare.bsky.social
🔎🇷🇺 Our new analysis reveals the scale of Russia’s massive propaganda offensive in Moldova:
134 activists managing 30 Telegram channels, receiving €2.8M until the first half of 2025.
9,900 AI-generated TikTok videos with over 93 million views.
134 activists managing 30 Telegram channels, receiving €2.8M until the first half of 2025.
9,900 AI-generated TikTok videos with over 93 million views.
24/7 Russian Propaganda Blitz Hit Moldova Before the Elections - VSquare.org
Moldovans had faced months, if not years, of an information onslaught at levels beyond what just about any society has faced. In the end, the pro-European ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won 50.2% of the vote, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc managed only 24.2%, despite well-documented foreign interference, mainly from Russia and pro Kremlin actors.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🔎🇷🇺 Our new analysis reveals the scale of Russia’s massive propaganda offensive in Moldova:
134 activists managing 30 Telegram channels, receiving €2.8M until the first half of 2025.
9,900 AI-generated TikTok videos with over 93 million views.
134 activists managing 30 Telegram channels, receiving €2.8M until the first half of 2025.
9,900 AI-generated TikTok videos with over 93 million views.