Charles McPhedran

This really reads as astonishingly corrupt.

This is a dramatic shift. Interested to see the effects on the Chinese market: its firms have been an even more significant buyer of Russian crude than India.

"Many of the missing are people who went to collect food and never returned — often from distribution sites managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), where Israeli soldiers and security contractors killed over 2,600 people since May."

Graphic showing US military deployments in SOUTHCOM

Maddeningly, this is now happening weekly, if not more frequently.

Russian mercenaries forced French and UN peacekeepers out. Now they appear unable to control Mali, and the worst seems likely.

Sudan's paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say Sudan's paramilitary forces have killed hundreds, including patients, in a hospital in el-Fasher city, Darfur, according to residents and aid workers.

Over 460 people were reportedly killed at a hospital in western Darfur that was taken by Sudanese paramilitary forces, the WHO chief says.

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A coup in Romania, an EU member-state…

Russia ends the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement, but the commitment not to use PMDA plutonium for military purposes appears to remain in place. Links in the next tweet. Image: A mock up of a container used to store plutonium at Mayak 1/2

Amazing words of wisdom like “If you come out and you aren’t right, then you’ll get one on the the noggin.”

"Tiergartenmord": Bruder des Opfers mit Familie abgeschoben Mehrere Familienmitglieder des 2019 in Berlin ermordeten Selimchan Changoschwili sind nach Georgien abgeschoben worden. Sie fürchten dort um ihre Sicherheit. Grünen-Politiker Wagener spricht von "zyni...

"Ein fatales Signal an alle Putin-Gegner" nennt Grünen-Politiker Wagener die Abschiebung von Familienmitgliedern des "Tiergartenmord"-Opfers. Sie müssen in Georgien um ihre Sicherheit fürchten, die Grenze nach Russland ist offen. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...

Germany’s migration service has deemed Georgia a safe country of origin. But the Khangoshvili family feel they are at risk of persecution from the Russian-backed government. It behooves Berlin to clarify details of Zurab’s case, especially given Zelimkhan was not protected before his killing. 2/2

Брата убитого в Берлине Хангошвили депортировали в Грузию – DW – 24.10.2025 Чартерным рейсом в Тбилиси 23 октября были высланы 48 человек. Среди них брат и другие родственники убитого в Берлине бывшего чеченского полевого командира Зелимхана Хангошвили. DW наблюдала за депорт...

Zurab Khangoshvili, whose brother Zelimkhan was murdered in Berlin by a FSB hitman, has been deported back to Georgia by the German authorities. Zurab has told me that he fled after his late brother warned he was *not* safe there. 1/2

(DW via @tavisupleba.bsky.social)

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Drums are beating harder and harder every day.

Where is the reporting on this?

'Russian Secrets': How Russia built an Arctic spy network using European equipment Hidden behind shell companies, Russia acquired advanced Western technologies to build a secret underwater network designed to protect its nuclear weapons. The incident raises questions about Europe's ...

'Russia acquired advanced Western technologies to build an underwater network designed to protect its nuclear weapons. The incident raises questions about Europe's ability to prevent the export of sensitive technologies to Moscow.' www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod... #Harmony #Гармoния (€)

Revealing interview with a former FSB officer, who reveals how astroturf movements/organised crime were used by first Yanukovych on the Maidan (to suppress protest) and then by the FSB (as “separatists”) in Donbas. This matches a lot of my reporting back then.

theins.ru/en/confessio...

Sarcasm fail

Zelensky clearly annoyed with Steve Witkoff, who views the war as some sort of real estate transaction & pushes Kremlin talking points. Recently he pushed Kyiv to accept Putin's demand for the rest of the Donbas because "it was incorporated into [Russia's] constitution."

Read Zelensky's comments:

Kremlin bot network Matryoshka targets new French ministers with claims of corruption, pedophilia, and drug trafficking The Kremlin-linked bot network Matryoshka has launched a campaign on X (formerly Twitter) aimed at discrediting members of France’s newly appointed government, accusing them of pedophilia, corruption,...

Kremlin bot network Matryoshka targets new French ministers with claims of corruption, pedophilia, and drug trafficking

The disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading short clips disguised as content from well-known French media outlets, such as Le Parisien.

Trump is reportedly now contradicting his own statements on how the war is going.

Just a reminder of the years of institutional failure that have produced the Trump/Putin summit in Budapest.

What an absolutely amazing interview!

theins.ru/confession/2...

Yes, that’s one of Merkel’s explanations too.

So, according to intelligence officials quoted in various media reports, Putin both believed disinformation about the situation in Ukraine before the invasion and believes it in the present.

Australia’s spy plane steps up as Russia’s drones swarm Europe An Australian early warning aircraft is returning home from Poland after operating during a heavy period of aerial warfare in the Russian-Ukraine war.

NATO’s Rutte warns of Russo-Chinese joint attack:
"[T]he Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific cannot be seen as two separate theatres," he said.
"We know...if China would do anything against Taiwan, most likely that Putin will be forced by Xi Jinping to move against NATO."
www.afr.com/world/europe...

Explosion Destroys Vehicles Outside Home of Italian Journalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the attack on Sigfrido Ranucci, the host of the investigative program “Report.” He was previously under police protection.

An explosion late Thursday destroyed two cars belonging to the family of the Italian investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci, outside his home in a town south of Rome. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy condemned the explosion and said it was aimed at intimidating Ranucci.

Let’s also reflect on the fact that Hatvanpuszta’s renovation began in 2018:

In recent years, Orbán has:

-Undermined the EU’s vaccine policy
-Wrecked its enlargement strategy as best he could; funded hostile leaders like Milorad Dodik
-Spied on the EU; it’s unclear who received this information
-Oversaw rampant corruption

Meanwhile, Article 7 proceedings: