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Carsten Søndergaard

@carsten1634.bsky.social

Former Danish Ambassador to Russia, Ireland, NATO, Germany and Turkey.

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Group of Tu-22M3 bombers redepolyed to Kola As many as 16 bomber planes flew from Belaya air base in Siberia to the Olenya air base south of Murmansk on Monday.

As many as 16 bomber planes flew from Belaya air base in Siberia to the Olenya air base south of Murmansk on Monday.

25.11.2025 13:22 — 👍 18    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0
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I represented @houseoflords.parliament.uk at a Summit in Stockholm to remind the world of Crimea’s plight since 2014: killings, children sent to Russian camps, cultural heritage destroyed etc. Zelensky put it powerfully in his speech to us ‘Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen’.

24.11.2025 16:52 — 👍 51    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 0
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Lithuanian Railways suspended the transit of cargo belonging to Lukoil and its affiliated companies to Russia's Kaliningrad region, the company said in a statement.

22.11.2025 07:44 — 👍 394    🔁 67    💬 7    📌 5
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This EU statement reads as a de-facto rejection of 28 point plan. "The plan is great but let's change all the key points".

22.11.2025 14:56 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Putin's envoy, who recently fought in Ukraine, says Russia will stand up for its rights on Svalbard Yuri Trutnev few months ago shot at Ukrainians with a sniper rifle. This week, he chaired a meeting in Russia's so-called Governmental Commission on Svalbard, the Norwegian Arctic archipelago.

Putin's envoy, who recently fought in Ukraine, says Russia will stand up for its rights on Svalbard
www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/putins-...

18.11.2025 16:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Die Brandstifter von gestern und heute Am 9. November 1938 brannten Synagogen. Heute brennen Israelflaggen. 87 Jahre nach den Novemberpogromen eskaliert der Antisemitismus weltweit.

Am 9. November 1938 brannten Synagogen. Heute brennen Israelflaggen. 87 Jahre nach den Novemberpogromen eskaliert der Antisemitismus weltweit. Begleitet wird er von linker Staffage und postmoderner Täter-Opfer-Umkehr. 

15.11.2025 06:02 — 👍 21    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 2

Hegemonic suicide.

04.11.2025 13:00 — 👍 84    🔁 20    💬 5    📌 2
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Power, patience, prestige — not compromise.

In a new EPC Discussion Paper, former Danish Ambassador to Russia, @carsten1634.bsky.social, explores how Moscow’s negotiating style turns diplomacy into an extension of conflict — and what Europe must learn to deter it.

🔗 www.epc.eu/publication/...

03.11.2025 14:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
Russian paper accuses Donald Trump of "intellectual laziness"
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg Russian paper accuses Donald Trump of "intellectual laziness"

From today’s Russian papers: “There isn’t a single reason Moscow should agree to a ceasefire [in Ukraine].” Same paper accuses Trump of “intellectual laziness.” Another: “Everything we’ve seen suggests [Trump] is not ready to take tough measures against Russia.” #ReadingRussia

22.10.2025 08:25 — 👍 278    🔁 93    💬 26    📌 7

After President Zelenskyy’s talks yesterday in the White House and with European leaders, one thing is absolutely clear: Europe’s solidarity with Ukraine against Russia’s aggression is today more important than ever before.

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Norway’s Nobel Committee May Be About to ‘Insult’ Donald Trump The US president has repeatedly boasted about his success in ending multiple wars

What happens if Donald Trump doesn't get the Nobel Peace Prize next week? Norway is bracing for fallout.

03.10.2025 20:18 — 👍 127    🔁 52    💬 65    📌 23

“We have seen several incidents in the Danish straits where Air Force helis and naval vessels have been illuminated by target-tracking radars and physically pointed at with weapons from Russian warships,” said Thomas Ahrenkiel, head of Danish Defence Intelligence, at a press conference on Friday.”

03.10.2025 16:59 — 👍 15    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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Заседание дискуссионного клуба «Валдай» Владимир Путин принял участие в пленарной сессии XХII ежегодного заседания Международного дискуссионного клуба «Валдай».

Yesterday at Valdai Putin said it was "stupid" for Sweden & Finland to join NATO, there were "no problems" between them & "all agreements had been signed."

In 2003 Putin signed the Treaty on the State Border with Ukraine & in 2008 said “Russia has long recognized the borders of modern-day Ukraine."

03.10.2025 19:34 — 👍 17    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

Remind these people what happened when Palestine was last under British colonial rule and they look at you blankly.....Blair has never read any history......

29.09.2025 19:31 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Orban Says Ukraine Should Not Worry About Hungary’s Drones Kyiv alleged the reconnaissance drones had been spotted on Friday morning, crossing the Ukrainian border twice from Hungary into the western Transcarpathia region.

Orban Says Ukraine Should Not Worry About Hungary’s Drones - www.kyivpost.com/post/61077

29.09.2025 18:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'Projectile’ strikes Polish embassy building in Kyiv The consular section of Poland’s embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has been damaged during a major Russian air attack.

tvpworld.com/89175460/pol...

28.09.2025 12:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Entrance to former Auschwitz I camp with "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate, flanked by barracks under a hazy sky at dawn.

Entrance to former Auschwitz I camp with "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate, flanked by barracks under a hazy sky at dawn.

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21.09.2025 16:00 — 👍 236    🔁 76    💬 4    📌 1
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The Trump regime is seeking "regime change in Europe" former Chatham House director Robin Niblet tells the New York Times.

This American-led global far right movement is turning into the Comintern of our times, warns Dutch historian @luukvmiddelaar.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...

21.09.2025 15:31 — 👍 209    🔁 123    💬 9    📌 31
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Ride the wave: A big, beautiful European strategy for Trumponomics The US president is throwing the EU lots of economic curveballs. Brussels should not be distracted by these; instead, it should double down on adopting measures that will benefit the bloc long after…

What can we learn from nine months of Trumponomics, what are the next flashpoints for US-EU trade, investment and finance battles and how can the EU turn the Trump storm into an opportunity? I try to answer these questions in my new @ecfr.eu policy brief (with cool charts) 👇
ecfr.eu/publication/...

17.09.2025 10:10 — 👍 45    🔁 25    💬 3    📌 8
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US TV channel shows map of Ukraine without Crimea The American TV channel CBS showed a map of Ukraine without occupied Crimea on 9 September, although it included other Russian-occupied territories in the south and east.

🤬 US TV channel shows map of Ukraine without Crimea

16.09.2025 18:39 — 👍 73    🔁 31    💬 10    📌 3
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Widerøe plane forced to abort landing at Vardø airport due to GPS interference A Widerøe Dash-8 plane travelling from Vadsø to Vardø in Norway's northeastern-region could not land because of jamming of the GPS system. A major Russian military exercise is underway just a few tens...

Widerøe plane forced to abort landing at Vardø airport due to GPS interference
www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/wid...

16.09.2025 18:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Professorer: Danmark har brug for et udenrigspolitisk råd til at navigere i den nye verdensorden - Altinget Ekstraordinære kriser kræver ekstraordinær indsigt. Danmark må ruste sig til den nye verdensorden med et udenrigspolitisk råd, hvis vi vil sikre et strategisk manøvrerum i de kommende årtier, skriver ...

www.altinget.dk/artikel/prof...

16.09.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump: Ukraine started this war by defending itself against Russia.

Loyal as always.

14.09.2025 11:20 — 👍 882    🔁 168    💬 12    📌 6
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FAA seeks to fine Boeing $3.1 million for safety violations, door plug blowout The FAA said it identified hundreds of quality system violations at Boeing's 737 factory in Renton, Wash., and Boeing subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems' 737 factory in Wichita, Kan.

The FAA said it identified hundreds of quality system violations at Boeing's 737 factory in Renton, Wash., and Boeing subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems' 737 factory in Wichita, Kan.

13.09.2025 18:59 — 👍 290    🔁 77    💬 25    📌 13
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Münchner Philharmoniker gecancelt: Rhetorisches Schlachtfeld in Flandern „Blanker Antisemitismus“: Die Ausladung der Münchner Philharmoniker wegen ihres israelischen Dirigenten beim Flanders Festival in Gent löst Debatte aus.

„Blanker Antisemitismus“: Die Ausladung der Münchner Philharmoniker wegen ihres israelischen Dirigenten beim Flanders Festival in Gent löst Debatte aus.

11.09.2025 19:21 — 👍 64    🔁 19    💬 12    📌 4

This saga will have negative implications on how ROK views Us for decades. It is an insult and an injury.

12.09.2025 10:39 — 👍 42    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0

Ireland’s defence budget is 0,2% of GDP, fyi

10.09.2025 09:33 — 👍 167    🔁 15    💬 14    📌 0
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What are Europeans willing to do to bring about the day when peace is signed?

Until Europeans answer that question and act on it, theoretical future security guarantees are meaningless and actively incentivize Russia to ensure no peace deal ever comes about.

04.09.2025 06:59 — 👍 182    🔁 39    💬 10    📌 3

Kompetenz-Immitation

Die EU hat genau KEINE Zuständigkeiten und KEINE Truppen.

Die Pläne sind unter den Staaten entstanden- inkl UK

31.08.2025 19:27 — 👍 89    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 0

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