@ruslantrad.bsky.social
Researcher on info ops, narratives, security-related topics, and hybrid warfare from Syria to Eurasia. Editor, Security and Defense, Capital. Non-Resident Fellow at DFRLab. DRM Journal co-founder. https://bio.link/ruslantrad
An Israeli attack on Hezbollah is expected in Lebanon.
30.10.2025 20:12 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2Agree. Not the best choice
29.10.2025 22:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Syriaโs National Commission for Transitional Justice is discussing with Rwanda ways to strengthen cooperation in transitional justice to support Syriaโs transitional justice process and to entrench concepts of national reconciliation and civil peace.
29.10.2025 22:12 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Another gruesome episode of the Sudanese history. A massacre - one of many - of civilians, including hundreds of patients at a local hospital in El-Fasher.
29.10.2025 17:17 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โRising global heat is now killing one person a minute around the world, a major report on the health impact of the climate crisis has revealed.โ
29.10.2025 11:56 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hidden behind shell companies, Russia acquired advanced Western technologies to build a secret underwater network designed to protect its nuclear weapons in the Arctic. The incident raises questions about Europe's ability to prevent the export of sensitive technologies to Moscow.
23.10.2025 09:58 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Russia will not agree to a ceasefire "until the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine are resolved," said Segrei Lavrov. I.e., the very existence of Ukraine as a state.
21.10.2025 18:12 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1โI saw a handicapped woman on the ground who physically couldnโt get up, and they shot her repeatedly with pepper balls to the point that, by the time we could get her back to a safe place, we had to call an ambulance for her.โ
20.10.2025 14:21 โ ๐ 117 ๐ 77 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 6A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
โAssad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation findsโ: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Big Alcohol has lobbied intensely against the Irish governmentโs plans to introduce cigarette-style health warning labels on alcohol. Alcohol producers feared that the Irish proposal would inspire other EU countries to introduce similar labels.
14.10.2025 12:34 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The radical right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has fired its head of parliamentary security after it was discovered that he had been convicted of menacing two Syrian children with a gun.
07.10.2025 22:25 โ ๐ 53 ๐ 23 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 5Interview for the Spanish publication El Confidencial about the drone wall that is being discussed and is expected to be built in Europe. The eastern borders are being militarized, and it was time for the EU to realize the realities.
07.10.2025 08:30 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I didn't expect much, but even by these low standards, the foreign press coverage of the first elections in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime is abysmal.
06.10.2025 23:47 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Chinaโs infowar in the Philippines. Reuters is shedding light on a 2021 campaign by a Chinese company that created fake social-media accounts to push narratives as Beijingโs naval forces ramped up efforts against the archipelagic nationโand worked to drive a wedge between Manila and Washington.
06.10.2025 17:54 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Apache reported that the European Investment Fund committed โฌ21.2 million in 2020 to a venture fund that invests in Paragon Solutions, an Israeli spyware company co-founded by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
05.10.2025 21:35 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Mediapart has identified at least nine former members or candidates of Marine Le Penโs National Rally party implicated in far-right terrorism cases, including a trial concerning the Islamophobic group Action des Forces Opรฉrationnelles (AFO).
05.10.2025 21:33 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Brussels has called such practices โvery likely violations of sanctionsโ and imposed duties on Kazakh and Turkish plywood, but critics say enforcement remains weak โ allowing sanctioned Russian wood to keep flowing into European homes.
05.10.2025 21:30 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0EU imports of Kazakh plywood jumped from zero to nearly 100,000 cubic meters after 2022, mirroring a surge in Russian exports to Kazakhstan. Georgian suppliers are also accused of mixing in Russian wood while self-certifying its origin under EU trade rules.
05.10.2025 21:30 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Despite sanctions, Russian timber is reaching Europe. @vsquare.bsky.social found that birch plywood is being rebranded and rerouted through Kazakhstan and Georgia, then sold on EU markets.
05.10.2025 21:30 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A joint investigation by the OCCRP, iStories, All Eyes On Wagner, Slidstvo.Info, and the Belarusian Investigative Center found that the Oleinikova family, owners of a trendy tapas bar in Barcelona, is under investigation for smuggling EU-sanctioned chemicals to Russia.
05.10.2025 21:22 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired on Tuesday. For 25 years, the trade pact offered many African countries duty-free access to the U.S. market. Its termination could impact more than a million jobs across the continent.
02.10.2025 20:57 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โI wonโt do it again,โ Putin responded to accusations against Russia of launching drones into EU airspace.
02.10.2025 18:34 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Recorded Future uncovers new details of a CopyCop operation (widely known as Storm-1516). Since March, the network has launched more than 200 fake websites (totalling over 300 domains).
02.10.2025 09:06 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1ISD reveals how a Czech-language community of 70 accounts on X systematically spreads Kremlin-aligned messages ahead of the parliamentary elections.
02.10.2025 09:05 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A suspected scam network operating out of Serbia duped an estimated 70,000 people worldwide into making bogus investments, profiting โฌ250 million in the process. The transnational scheme involved a former Premier League team sponsor and a convicted money launderer.
01.10.2025 21:38 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Read this text carefully. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
01.10.2025 21:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Europeโs favourite farmed fish, such as salmon and sea bass, are carnivorous and most are fed fishmeal made from other species through complex and opaque global supply chains. For instance, Senegalese sardinella is a staple fish for local communities.
01.10.2025 20:55 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0