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German and Latvian indie filmmaker and retired actor. Focuses on journalism and foreign policy in Eastern Europe. Member of the German-Ukrainian [โ€ฆ] ๐ŸŒ‰ bridged from https://mastodon.social/@Kristian_Kiehling on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/

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If we cannot help Ukraine defend itself, the least we can do is support Ukrainians who have been forced to flee the country.
European nations and Germany in particular must learn from past mistakes and do more to help Ukrainian young people integrate into society, otherwise they risk becoming [โ€ฆ]

07.10.2025 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As Trump has repeatedly made it clear that he intends to continue Joe Biden's policy of appeasing Russia, German Chancellor Merz has also turned out to be more like his spineless predecessor by failing to fulfill his promise to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine [โ€ฆ]

07.10.2025 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Russiaโ€™s Shadow Fleet Leaks Oil Across Europe, Exposing Sanctions Gaps, Investigation Shows An investigation combining satellite imagery with shipping data showed that the tankers had continued to sail unimpeded in European waters after leaving oil slicks near the continentโ€™s shores.

The Russian world continues to bring nothing but misery, pollution and death to Europe. An investigation has revealed that Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers are sailing unimpeded in European waters, leaving oil slicks near the continent's shores.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/61553

07.10.2025 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

Former Latvian Prime Minister Kriลกjฤnis Kariล†ลก:
"At that time, many countries did not understand Russia โ€” including Germany and the former chancellor herself. I consistently told her that you cannot deal with Putin โ€˜in good faith,โ€™ but she believed that the Baltic States were wrong. I was well [โ€ฆ]

06.10.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Angela Merkel: Polen und baltische Staaten blockierten Gesprรคche mit Wladimir Putin Normalerweise hรคlt sich Angela Merkel als Altkanzlerin mit ร„uรŸerungen zum Weltgeschehen zurรผck. Nicht so auf ihrer aktuellen Ungarnreise, wo sie im Interview Vorwรผrfe gegen mehrere Lรคnder erhebt. Polens Ex-Premier reagiert prompt.

@hallunke23
Every news outlet has picked it up by now

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/angela-merkel-polen-und-baltische-staaten-blockierten-gespraeche-mit-wladimir-putin-a-f12f0281-c450-4727-a514-a0c3b4f1e740

06.10.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"As part of the administration's campaign, U.S. diplomats will tell countries that the Cuban government is actively supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine with up to 5,000 Cubans fighting alongside Moscow's forces." [โ€ฆ]

06.10.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The problem with Merkel is that she has always brushed off intimidation, as became evident in her 2007 meeting with the Russian Fรผhrer and his dog in Sochi. From that moment on, the Russians knew that she would do nothing against the invasions of Georgia or [โ€ฆ]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

06.10.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjSHkSPUxRc&t=630s

06.10.2025 06:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Russian invaders have destroyed the once beautiful city of Mariupol and murdered approximately 100,000 of its inhabitants. Since then, they have been producing advertisements to cover up their crimes. This particularly repugnant ad for the 'Russian world' [โ€ฆ]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

06.10.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Angela Merkel has reportedly displayed her pro-Russian and imperialist East German attitude again by criticising Poland and the Baltic States for opposing EU-Russian negotiations without Ukraine.
Please note:this news item is being distributed by Russian propaganda outlets and right-wing [โ€ฆ]

06.10.2025 06:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Romania has shown the UK and Germany how to deal with Russian fascists properly by cancelling performances by the warmongering Anna Netrebko, who infamously refused to distance herself from her Fรผhrer, saying, "I cannot do that. I am Russian and he is my [โ€ฆ]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

05.10.2025 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Monitorwar reports that the Russians attacked Ukraine on the night of 05.10.2025 with over 600 'Geran-2' UAV's, 'Kh-101' and 'Kalibr' cruise missiles and 'Kinzhal' aeroballistic missiles. Odesa, Kharkiv region, Sumy region, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Kolomya, Stryi [โ€ฆ]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

05.10.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The airport in the Lithuanian capital was temporarily closed last night due to the sighting of 25 balloons, which were deployed from Belarus. Vilmantas Vitkauskas, chief of the National Crisis Management Centre NKVC, told LRT radio that around 500 such balloons had already been recorded this [โ€ฆ]

05.10.2025 06:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Czechs have decided to go backwards. Expect Andrej Babiลก to push for the 'Orbรกnisation' of Czech politics, with the country aligning itself with Hungary,Slovakia and,of course, Russia and China. This will mean significant changes to Czech domestic and [โ€ฆ]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

04.10.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

The German media belatedly reports on drones flying over ammunition depots and mil. installations. It seems that freedom is an abstract concept for Germans, one that they will only truly understand once they lose it again. Meanwhile, East Germany is leading the nostalgia for a new Russian [โ€ฆ]

04.10.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

The reason why Rafael Grossi of the IAEA has been so evasive regarding the obvious act of the Russians disconnecting the generators at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which they occupy, in order to connect it to the Russian power grid, is that this scoundrel is courting the Kremlin [โ€ฆ]

04.10.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On the same day that 15 drones were spotted flying above the Belgian military base in Elsenborn, in eastern Liรจge province, a Belgian security officer was detained on charges of spying for China. I wonder who Mr. Rutte is going to shout at now? [โ€ฆ]

04.10.2025 06:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

The Russians are employing the same tactic that the Chinese used to successfully create and fortify artificial islands in the South China Sea. If NATO continues to be pushed around, it won't be long before Russians establish their own 'nine dash line' in the Baltic Sea [โ€ฆ]

04.10.2025 05:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

This news item serves as a warning to anyone who believes that electing right-wing politicians will not lead to the rise of Russian authoritarianism in Europe.(Unfortunately, in the German context, this extends to the National Socialist BSW party and the left-wing Die Linke party) [โ€ฆ]

04.10.2025 05:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3 October is the day on which Germans celebrate reunification, for which they thanked the Russian occupiers of East Germany in a warped sense of history. On the same day, Russian drones flew close to the runways at Munich Airport once again, having previously spied on the military airport at [โ€ฆ]

04.10.2025 05:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pearson Sharp is an example of Russia infiltrating the U.S. information space right up to the White House.
"What sets Sharp apart from other "independent reporters" laundering Russian propaganda is his affiliation with an existing news channel [OAN] โ€“ one endorsed by Trump himself." [โ€ฆ]

03.10.2025 07:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

The Belgian Prime Minister's fear of "consequences" after Russian assets held in Belgium were to be released is a new low, as he is openly admitting to his nation and the world that he is not willing to do the right thing because he is intimidated by Russian terrorists [โ€ฆ]

03.10.2025 06:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pavel Durov has long enabled Russian state terrorism through his messaging app. He has openly supported Russian interference in EU elections, adopting the Russian tactic of blaming the West and presenting himself as a victim/dissident. He must be sanctioned and his platform banned immediately [โ€ฆ]

03.10.2025 05:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Germany needs to find an effective response to Russian state terrorism targeting its infrastructure, as well as to Russia's information warfare. However, the populist German government focuses public attention more harshly on ingroup transgressors/minorities than on its real outgroup enemy [โ€ฆ]

03.10.2025 05:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If this is NATO Secretary General Rutte's idea of a strong defence partnership, he can go to hell. I am sick and tired of lazy Western Europeans trying to wait out Russian fascism at the expense of Eastern European nations that have the misfortune of sharing a border with the barbarians [โ€ฆ]

02.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

In a poll asking Finns whether Finland should provide Ukraine with security guarantees against Russian aggression, voters of the Left Alliance were more willing to do so than voters of the far-right party. However, the German left-wing party continues its pro-Russian stance - in unison with the [โ€ฆ]

02.10.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Angela Merkel, who rallied leaders to block Ukraine's NATO bid, thereby giving Russia a free hand to attack Ukraine, was welcomed by Viktor Orbรกn, Russia's closest ally, at his official residence shortly before Orbรกn announced his intention to sabotage European unity yet again in Copenhagen.

02.10.2025 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This investigation shows how Russians in exile often collaborate with their homeland. The Oleynikovs, a family of restaurateurs based in Barcelona, shipped at least 36 batches of restricted chemicals to Russia between 2022 and 2024. Among the substances was NMP, or N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, a [โ€ฆ]

01.10.2025 06:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The German AFD politician Robert Risch attending a fascist conference in the Marinskii Theater in St.Petersburg, Russia.

The German AFD politician Robert Risch attending a fascist conference in the Marinskii Theater in St.Petersburg, Russia.

Russian arch-fascists Konstantin Malofejev and Alexander Dugin hosted a neo-Nazi gathering in St. Petersburg. In a manifesto, the participants promised to support each other in their fight against "globalism and in their defence of traditional values". Among [โ€ฆ]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

30.09.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-drone-strike-in-sumy-oblast-kills-entire-family/

30.09.2025 08:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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