Nikolaus von Twickel

The power of ignorance.

The same rule applies to Russia.

Ah, the quality exchanges on X we're all missing out on.

Ein Moskauer Gericht hat einen Mann für die Zerstörung der Politkowskaja-Gedenktafel zu einer Geldstrafe von umgerechnet 11 Euro (!) verurteilt.
Eine Ersatz-Tafel wurde zweimal wieder abgerissen – offenbar von einer Hausbewohnerin:
novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...

There you have it, the Board of Peace is nothing more than a corrupt real estate deal dressed up as diplomacy with the sole purpose of enriching Trump and his favoured cronies.

The uncomfortable truth is that we no longer know the answer. U.S. security guarantees are conditional, transactional, and potentially unreliable. A far stronger European defence is no longer a matter of ambition or prestige—it is a necessity. 3/4

Pope Leo invited to join Trump's 'Board of Peace', cardinal says Pope Leo is among world leaders invited to join U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's top diplomatic official, said on Wednesday.

Pope Leo invited to join Trump's 'Board of Peace', cardinal says reut.rs/3NXHnyc

U2P – Ukraine to Power {

Falls ihr die Artikel über die Energienot durch russische Angriffe in der Ukraine gelesen habt und euch anschließend gefragt habt, ob ihr was tun könnt... Das Projekt Ukraine 2 Power hilft, dezentralen und flexiblen Strominseln zu installieren - und es sucht spenden 👇

www.we-aid.org/de/project-d...

Was he flying over Greenland?

Trump, 79, Marks First Year in Power With Weird 80-Minute Ramble The president delivered a largely incoherent, low-energy speech to mark 12 months in office.

Armed with multiple props, the president appeared exhausted and often incoherent as he appeared at the White House press briefing to mark one year since his return to office.

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I had almost completely forgotten about Gorka.

Anzeige in meiner Tageszeitung, mmmmh

Very good illustration!

If it wasn’t for the particularly awful driving culture in the region and of its local elites, I would feel compelled to recall the death of Kirill Stremousov.

"KoBold Metals, a mining outfit helping lead Greenland’s “modern gold rush,” has seen investments from figures like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and hedge funds like Andreessen Horowitz."

"KoBold Metals, a mining outfit helping lead Greenland’s “modern gold rush,” has seen investments from figures like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and hedge funds like Andreessen Horowitz."

Unbekannte haben die Gedenktafel an Anna #Politkowskaja an ihrem Haus in Moskau zerstört. Die Journalistin der "Nowaja Gaseta" wurde am 7. Oktober 2006 (Putins Geburtstag) am Aufgang zu ihrer Wohnung erschossen. Die Hintergründe der Tat wurden nie aufgeklärt.

A successor organization to NATO could be called Greenland Coalition.

Iran protests: Authorities demanding large sums for return of protesters' bodies, BBC told Multiple sources have told BBC Persian that security forces will not release bodies unless relatives hand over money.

This also happened in #Chechnya: Russian troops would only return the bodies of those tortured in filtration camps upon payment.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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A Georgian citizen Nutsa Makharadze was arrested at a rally supporting #Iran in Tbilisi "for illegally crossing the road".

#TerrorinGeorgia

Kommenden Montagabend im Berliner Kino Krokodil (Prenzlauer Berg)!
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Unser Winter-Newsletter ist da!
Hier haben wir die wichtigsten Beiträge und Veranstaltungen mit Bezug zu #Russland aus den letzten Monaten bei @libmod.de zusammengefasst:
mailchi.mp/libmod/newsl...

Which economy is more productive - Germany or the US? It seems the answer would be clear, but it's not.

The mood in Germany is so deeply negative, even aggressively pessimistic, that I thought we had fallen behind by a lot. But here are the facts - they surprised me as well:

"‘The [Armenian] leadership is increasingly drifting towards the West, which is unacceptable from the point of view of Russian state policy’, one source told Vedemosti."

A very good roundup of domestic politics in Ukraine.

Also for me in Europe.

Deja vu.

Dran denken, wenn man sich hier beschwert, dass es kalt ist oder die Bahn mal nicht fährt!