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Moskau versucht, den Friedensprozess durch Korruption zu zerstören: Ein Mega‑Wirtschaftspaket soll die USA vom geopolitischen Gegner zum Geschäftspartner machen. Wer vermeintlich Milliarden oder "Billionen" verdienen kann, stellt keine Sicherheitsgarantien mehr. 1/

Trump, Tech, AfD & Co bestreiten, dass wir eine Souveränität über das eigene Forum besitzen - sie wollen, dass dies durch Setzungen von Trump und Tech aus den USA frembestimmt wird und zerstören so die Meinungsfreiheit. >> heute in der FAS (€)

OTD in 2022 I gave Emmanuel Macron my personal assurances that I would not invade Ukraine.

So you can trust any promise we make now.

Norway Spy Agency Says US Change Risks Russia and China Power Moves Norway’s foreign intelligence service sees a growing risk of a more assertive Russia and China as the US pulls back from international cooperation and institutions.

Norway’s foreign intelligence service sees a growing risk of a more assertive Russia and China as the US pulls back from international cooperation and institutions www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Just the other day, our friends in 🇸🇪Sweden raised €400,000 in the first five minutes alone of a charity telethon to help Ukraine survive the catastrophic Russian missile strikes on heating and energy infrastructure in the middle of a cold winter.

Honestly, a few years ago I would not have...

Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes - BBC News As a black Republican senator calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House", the administration says "stop the fake outrage".

The American President

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Epstein’s network included Russian tech investors with past Kremlin ties Documents released by the Justice Department show that Epstein had links with Russian tech investors who had drawn scrutiny from U.S. intelligence officials.

“Masha Drokova, a former teen leader of 🇷🇺 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s youth organization, Nashi, who moved to San Francisco around 2017 and launched a venture fund backing tech start-ups, is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the released emails and Skype chats between 2017 and 2019.”

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Russia's regional budget deficits increased significantly in 2025, reaching 1.5 trillion RUB. The reason: Increased war financing from the regions and lower profit tax revenue. Regional spending rose by 10%, while regional revenues increased by only 5%.

Der Umstand, dass russisches Staatspropaganda-TV, in dem schlimmste Kriegstreiberei zu sehen ist, zweimal in einer österreichischen Schule war, Jahre nach Beginn der Vollinvasion der Ukraine, macht mich fassungslos. Da ist unglaublich viel falsch gelaufen im System.🧵

Russische Ökonomie im Februar 2026:

„Die Exportumsätze der Russischen Föderation schrumpfen, der Haushalt wird gekürzt, die Steuern wachsen, die Verbrauchernachfrage sinkt und die Zinssenkungen der Zentralbank sind nur noch symbolisch."

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1444

1. Flamingo rocket hits Kapustin Yar launch facilities

2. Trump supports Orban in 🇭🇺 April elex
3. Trump pushes new nuclear treaty after New START expiry
4. No progress after Abu Dhabi trilateral apart from POW exchange
5. Late morning missile+drone strikes vs🇺🇦. No numbers yet

More than ever, we need investigative reporting on China—work that takes time and resources to produce—not commentaries from YouTubers speculating about imminent economic collapse or elite political infighting in China.

5 people told Politico “the planned 🇺🇸🇩🇪 meeting collapsed after State Department officials told the German Embassy in Washington that it was prepared to receive only Christian Democratic and AfD lawmakers, excluding the SPD and the Greens.“

Norbert Röttgen (CDU) rejected that idea. Good on him!

It’s just a bad look no matter which way you cut it, it’s not like Corbyn could have known about any of that stuff, so why delete it? It’s a much bigger moral stain that these guys supported Chomsky after Bosnia & Cambodia. Everyone knew about that stuff & loved him for it!

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Jeremy Corbyn’s “Peace and Justice Project” have just memoryholed Noam Chomsky out of existence and purged mentions of him from their website.

1/ A Russian warblogger explains what the Russian army in Ukraine saw when they were disconnected en masse from Starlink yesterday. ⬇️

Größerer Stromausfall in Stuttgart - Ursache unklar Im Stadtgebiet von Stuttgart hat es am Morgen einen größeren Stromausfall gegeben. Wie die Polizei mitteilte, sind auch einige Ampeln ausgefallen.

#KRITIS Sektor #Energie

Größerer Stromausfall in Stuttgart

"In Stuttgart hat es am Donnerstagvormittag einen kurzzeitigen Stromausfall gegeben. Davon betroffen waren unter anderem das Mobilfunknetz und das Internet. Auch Ampeln fielen aus..."
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Sebastian on stage at the European Parliament

"Why do people keep calling for a 'European X' or a 'European Instagram' when instead, by sharing infrastructure as we're doing with @eurosky.social, we could have 20 or 30 social networks?" — @seabass.bsky.social

Nach verschiedenen Berichten in den letzten Wochen bestätigt jetzt der GSUA wiederholte Angriffe mit erheblicher Trefferwirkung auf das RU Raketentest- und startgelände Kapustin Jar bei Astrachan. Dabei sollen auch Flamingo-MFK zum Einsatz gekommen sein - unbestätigt, aber plausibel

Germany makes arrests after Russians paid EU citizens to sabotage German warships.

Approximately 20 kg of sand was poured into the engine of one ship, punctured water pipes, removed fuel tank caps, and disabled safety devices, according to the Hamburg prosecutor's office.

‼️ Russia: “Sovcombank is launching a program to lend to companies secured by Bitcoin (BTC).”

🇷🇺: What could possibly go wrong?

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Talks are back on for Friday after multiple Arab states urgently requested the US give it a chance.

Iran insisting it will only discuss nuclear issue but not proxy militias or ballistic missile program so unclear if there’s a zone of possible agreement.

Israeli security cabinet to meet tmrw.

Bundeswehr zieht "nicht missionskritische" Soldaten aus Irak ab Falls der Konflikt zwischen den USA und Iran eskaliert, könnten deutsche Soldaten im Irak zwischen die Fronten geraten. Die Bundeswehr zieht Konsequenzen aus den zunehmenden Spannungen. Geplante Gespr...

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Ukraine preparing new routes for US gas supplies – Zelensky Ukraine has received its first shipment of U.S. liquefied gas this year and is now preparing new supply routes. — Ukrinform.

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‘You escape, or you die’: African men say Russia duped them into fighting in Ukraine | CNN Six months ago, Anne Ndarua’s only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he’s alive.

‘You escape, or you die’: African men say Russia duped them into fighting in Ukraine

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Of great interest

A newly released video from the Friday, 9 January protests in Ardabil shows an armoured vehicle belonging to the Islamic Republic’s suppression forces deliberately running over defenceless civilians.

According to reports, at least one person was killed and three others were injured in the incident.

Portrait Rita Süssmuth

🕯️ Wir nehmen Abschied von Rita Süssmuth, einer überzeugten Demokratin, Brückenbauerin und Unterstützerin der deutsch-taiwanischen Beziehungen ...

Weiterlesen:
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Neue Info-Offensive? Bei Instagram veröffentlicht der #BND eine Analyse zu russischen Militärausgaben. Bislang wurde Social Media eher zur Personalgewinnung eingesetzt. | #Spionage #Russland #Militär

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