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Professor Emeritus of the History of Russia and the Caucasus University of Cambridge

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The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

07.10.2025 06:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europeโ€™s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli

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27.09.2025 09:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Russische #Drohnen รผber #Polen.

Vor drei Wochen wurden in #Kyjiw die EU-Delegation und das British Council getroffen.

Das sind keine Zufรคlle. #Russland fรผhlt sich durch #Trump, #Xi und Co. ermutigt, #Europa offen anzugreifen.

Deshalb jetzt alle Unterstรผtzung fรผr die #Ukraine.

10.09.2025 06:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 201    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Deutschland muss handeln: Ein Appell aus Georgien Deutschland lรคhmt sich selbst. Das zeigt sich insbesondere in seiner AuรŸenpolitik zu Georgien. Von einer Zeitenwende scheint man hier weit entfernt. Das muss sich dringlich รคndern, auch damit Deutschl...

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29.07.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There is only one warmonger on the European stage: Vladimir Putin | Letter Letter: Experts on Russia, Ukraine and international security respond to a letter that criticised Fiona Hill for her assessment of the Russian threat to Britain

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

20.06.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SPD und Russland: Manifest von einem anderen Stern Die Abgeordneten Mรผtzenich und Stegner fordern zusammen mit weiteren Sozialdemokraten eine andere Russlandpolitik. Nur: Die Welt ist nicht so schรถn, wie sie behaupten.

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14.06.2025 07:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Autokratie in Georgien โ€“ eine ernsthafte Gefahr fรผr Europas Demokratie Was sich derzeit in Georgien abspielt, ist weit mehr als eine innenpolitische Krise. Es ist ein strategisch orchestriertes Experiment seitens der russischen Fรถderation โ€“ und damit eine ernsthafte Gefa...

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12.06.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man solle doch Vertreter:innen deutsch-russischer Freundschaftsgellschaften zur Gedenkfeier zu 80 Jahren Weltkriegsende einladen, sagt @vanaken.bsky.social im DLF. Ich wรผsste gern, an wen er da konkret denkt?
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03.05.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trevelyan Lecture 2025: Vladimir Kara-Murza | Faculty of History University of Cambridge

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28.04.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The pro-European, anti-Russian protests have varied in sizeโ€”sometimes more crowded, sometimes lessโ€”but for 136 days now, not a single day has passed without them.

#GeorgiaProtests
Day 136

14.04.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.

Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...

01.04.2025 06:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 417    ๐Ÿ” 259    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78
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Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Torontoโ€™s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.

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27.03.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...

www.spiegel.de/internationa...

26.03.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Goodbye Lenin: Finnish museum reinvents itself in response to shifting relations with Russia Former Lenin Museum in Tampere, which opened in 1946 as a symbol of Finnish-Russian friendship, has rebranded amid Ukraine war

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

10.03.2025 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DAY 100 of continuous protests in Georgia!

The crisis will only get worse without new, free and fair elections, and the release of the regime prisoners.

I came rather late, regretfully, and many were already leaving. #GeorgiaProtests

07.03.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 393    ๐Ÿ” 120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Europeโ€™s powerful tool against Russia? Seizing its frozen assets If European leaders want to truly support Ukraine they must seize the moment by seizing $220bn in assets

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

06.03.2025 06:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"NATO is not the thing that Russia is afraid of. Russia is afraid of democracy expanding to Russia. Why are we in NATO? It is because we are afraid of Russia. And the only thing that really works โ€“ the only security guarantee that works โ€“ is NATO's umbrella,"

- Kaja Kallas

28.02.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5088    ๐Ÿ” 1131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) America hurt itself badly today.

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28.02.2025 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We will not be silent in the face of Trumpโ€™s assault on truth and democracy Editorial: The US president is pedalling dangerous misinformation about Zelensky and Ukraine โ€“ now is the time to tell the truth and stand up to the bully in the White House

EDITORIAL | Why The Independent will not be silent in the face of Trumpโ€™s assault on truth and democracy

21.02.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 337    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
The Daily Telegraph front page tomorrow (MONDAY 17 FEB). The headline says Starmer: Iโ€™m ready to put troops in Ukraine.

The Daily Telegraph front page tomorrow (MONDAY 17 FEB). The headline says Starmer: Iโ€™m ready to put troops in Ukraine.

NEW: UK PM Keir Starmer writes in The Daily Telegraph, MONDAY.

The UK is willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine as a security guarantee.

A huge move. It could trigger a European-wide military deployment.

16.02.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 822    ๐Ÿ” 208    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42

Wir waren mehr als 300000 heute. Die Polizeizahlen sind traditionsgemรครŸ ziemlich untertrieben.

08.02.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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73rd day of the protest. Itโ€™s raining in Tbilisi, but people are carrying fancy umbrellas, so itโ€™s okay ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

08.02.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 137    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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More than 300,000 in Munich today demonstrating against the far right and for human rights and inclusiveness. Mรผnchen ist bunt!

08.02.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Mzia Amaghlobeli is a political prisoner The authorities in Georgia go to extreme lengths to pursue opponents of the government, while giving tacit approval to those who attack such opponents.

"Amaghlobeliโ€™s case perfectly illustrates how at every level...the authorities in #Georgia go to extreme lengths to pursue opponents of the government, while giving tacit approval to those who attack such opponents." @mariamnikuradze.bsky.social @ocmedia.bsky.social oc-media.org/opinion-mzia...

08.02.2025 07:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช TERROR IN GEORGIA!
Georgian Dream and Bidzina Ivanishvili still rely on extreme violence to eliminate their โ€˜problem.โ€™
They will never back down as long as the UK, EU member states, and the US refuse to impose individual sanctions on their power structure and propaganda apparatus.

02.02.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 111    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The regime police surrounded and began beating a cat that honked in solidarity with protesters trying to block the Tbilisi city exit, which the regime preemptively criminalized a couple of days ago. More than 10 people are detained. #terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests

02.02.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 125    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Georgien: Ex-Bรผrgermeister Gigi Ugulawa bei Protesten festgenommen In der georgischen Hauptstadt Tiflis protestieren erneut Tausende gegen den Kurs der Regierung. Zwei prominente Politiker werden festgenommen, darunter Gigi Ugulawa, der ehemalige Bรผrgermeister der St...

www.spiegel.de/ausland/geor...

02.02.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tesla boycott is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk's meddling in politics A boycott of Tesla vehicles is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Muskโ€™s consistent meddling in the countryโ€™s politics...

Elon Musk / Tesla boycott is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Muskโ€™s meddling in European politics and now his Nazi salutes.

24.01.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5321    ๐Ÿ” 1308    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 219    ๐Ÿ“Œ 101
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The People vs. Bidzina Ivanishvili. Who Will Win in 2025? - PONARS Eurasia Image credit/license ponars eurasia policy memo no. 926 (pdf) Georgia is not only at a geographical crossroads: In 2024, it arrived at a political one. As 2024 came to an end in Georgia, two rival cla...

www.ponarseurasia.org/the-people-v...

22.01.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜One-in-a-billionโ€™ round egg found at farm in Devon to be auctioned Rare spherical egg could fetch in region of ยฃ200, with proceeds of sale going to charity

On a lighter, 'rounder' note www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...

17.01.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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