Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk:

"Europe must win this race. I am convinced that Russia will lose this race. Just as the Soviet Union lost a similar race 40 years ago. This is the only way to avoid a larger-scale conflict."

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the junior member of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, but her vote may be decisive as the justices consider whether and how hard to push back against President Trump’s efforts to reshape American government.

Romanian authorities detained 6 individuals connected with Russia on treason charges, Romanian media report.

The Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism says the criminal group, established in 2023, had plans to undermine Romania's sovereignty and stage a coup d'etat.
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National parks had a record number of visits last year. Now, an internal memo is directing the National Park Service not to publicize visitors numbers amid the Trump administration’s mass firings of rangers and other employees.

French Senator Claude Malhuret:

"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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"NATO is not the thing that Russia is afraid of. Russia is afraid of democracy expanding to Russia. Why are we in NATO? Its because we are afraid of Russia. And the only thing that really works – the only security guarantee that works – is NATO's umbrella," Kaja Kallas said in an interview with AFP

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Heute vor 3 Jahren griff 🇷🇺 die 🇺🇦 wieder an. Seit 3 Jahren kämpft die 🇺🇦 gegen die Invasoren.
Europa darf gerade jetzt die 🇺🇦 nicht alleine lassen.
Es muss gelten: Nichts ohne die 🇺🇦 , nichts über den Kopf der 🇺🇦 hinweg.
Die Sicherheit der 🇺🇦 ist auch unsere Sicherheit.

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

Freunde, was auch heute geschehe: weiterkämpfen. Konkret werden, Verantwortungen übernehmen, wenn Kapazitäten da sind. Alle Posten, die Demokraten innehalten, können erst mal nicht von Faschos bekleidet werden. Politische Arbeit ist Basisarbeit, Gespräche und Aktivsein, Resignation hilft nicht.

The Ukrainian song "Shchedryk," also known as "Carol of the Bells," by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych is one of the most popular Christmas melodies on the planet.

The debut of "Shchedryk" took place in December 1916 at Kyiv Philharmonic.

📹: "Shchedryk" around the world.

A week after Assad’s fall, Russian state TV’s flagship news show talks about “The Syrian Tragedy”. Nothing about Assad in Moscow; almost nothing about the Russian bases.

Es wird gerade eine offene Feldschlacht um die Demokratie geschlagen. Aber in der Ukraine.

Und das andere nennt sich politisches Taktieren wohlstandsverwahrloster Vorteilssucher auf Kosten der Demokratie.

China is taking advantage of Russia, bit by bit.

▪️The relationship between the two countries is a “friendship” on paper, but in reality, it is a way for China to get access to cheap raw materials, and export its surplus machinery and consumer goods back into Russia, turning a very good profit

Guter HIntergrund hierzu:
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Offener Brief an den Bundespräsidenten - eine Woche nach der Rede von Marko Martin im Schloss