The GRU, again. French investigators believe Russia involved in dumping of pig heads at mosques www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

Alla Pugacheva clocked up nearly 19m views in a week, and 150,000 comments from people across the world. Russia’s biggest pop star for 50 years crossed front lines and cut through official narratives in an interview. We explain why econ.st/4nhCnBE Photo: Bridgeman Images

Russia designated the 'LGBT Movement' as a terrorist organisation. They know there is no such group; that's the point. It means they can choose to arrest ANYONE with any association with LGBT issues and treat them as a terrorist. The fact that 'antifa' is not a group should not be a comfort here.

pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

Free speech is non-negotiable for these guys.

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

U.S. deports at least 30 people to Russia in a single day, Russian rights activists report Many were met with criminal charges — from desertion to high treason — after returning “home.”

The Russian population is weary of the war, and many are pinning their hopes on a quick truce. The Insider spoke with volunteers who, since 2022, have been buying equipment, gear, and other aid for the army, and they can't hide their disappointment.

Citizen by gender: How transgender people fought discrimination in the USSR Between Stalin's ban on sexuality studies and Putin's crackdown on LGBTQ+, there have been successful cases of gender-affirming surgery and even times of relative freedom.

Shame, Netherlands! 26 suicides of asylum seekers in refugee camps of so wealthy country out of negligence and cruelty!

Our joint investigation of The Insider with CBS's 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel into the Havana Syndrome just got an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative News Coverage!

Despite all the assurances of friendship and partnership, Iran and Russia are waging a real spy war against each other, secret documents from Russian intelligence testify

How social media Algorithms promote the far right agenda

THIS is investigative journalism!

Superb from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and the @theins.press . The gold standard of investigative teams is at it again. Giv them the Pulitzer pls. Honestly, they have a better understanding of 29155 than the US IC.

new amazing investigation about idiots who work as hackers in Russian intelligence

‼️ Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia's most notorious kill squad As The Insider discovered, Unit 29155, the Kremlin’s most notorious black ops squad, also fielded a team of hackers that tried to destabilize Ukraine before Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Spanish Córdoba is one of the prettiest cities in Europe, hugely underestimated, with extensive old center, very well kept.

Montefrio, pueblo blanco 50km from Granada with celebrated views on itself ⛰️🏘️

Migrant Libel: Explaining and debunking the myth about immigration driving up crime rates Despite politicians' rhetoric linking a rise in immigration to an increase in crime, statistics show an absence of so much as a correlation.

Spring Granada🌸🌿

Revealed: second Kremlin spy ring targeting Russian dissidents discovered in UK

"Vladimir Putin doesn't understand messages in words, only in actions," Dobrokhotov said. "So he understands messages like, for example, Ukraine got long-range missiles. That's a message that he can understand. 1/2 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fun story about how FSB hired Bulgarians to kidnap and kill me and @christogrozev.bsky.social

A long, riveting account of the activities of the Bulgarian spies convicted today at the Old Bailey, by one of their main targets, @christogrozev.bsky.social He conveys both their farcical bungling & incompetence and the grotesque details of proposed methods of killing him & Roman Dobrokhotov

‼️How Kremlin planned to kidnap and kill our editor-in- chief Roman Dobrokhotov and chief investigator Christo Grozev. Exclusive report.

How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar

Almond bloom season started in Andalucia, beautiful couple of weeks ahead 🌸

Rise of the broligarch: The evolution of Elon Musk Effectively the second most powerful figure in the White House, Musk is already exerting significant influence over both domestic and foreign policy — even without any official constitutional authority.

“For the first time in years, I feel hopeful”: Reporting from Lebanon, a nation with a new president and without Hezbollah The election resolved a two-year-long political crisis, but fears of a new war are growing among Sunnis, Shiites, and Christians.

Keep Elon Musk’s hands out of my Medicare: Why Europe isn’t rushing to be like America Not even the European far-right is enthusiastic about the idea of American-style cuts to their social welfare programs.

Remarkable: Spain's post-2008 GDP has now grown more in % terms than Germany's, mainly thanks to the last three years (h/t @danielkral.bsky.social).

Today's wet and cloudy Cordoba

Russian security forces have begun collecting data on LGBTQ Russians after the Russian Supreme Court declared the non-existent “LGBT movement” extremist and banned it. Such a database would create unlimited opportunities for blackmail and persecution of queer people. meduza.io/feature/2025...

Featured story: “The closet is a very dangerous place for people who use drugs. It’s where stadiums full of people die every year.”

Top scientist calls Black Sea oil spill Russia’s worst environmental disaster of the 21st century The wreck of two tankers in the Kerch Strait in December 2024 released thousands of tons of fuel oil into the water, polluting surrounding coastlines and killing wildlife.

“I knew immediately that the Turks would launch an operation”: Syrian Kurds bracing for war of survival after fall of Assad It remains unclear whether Washington is willing to support its partners in the event of a direct confrontation with Turkey.

We continue reporting from Syrian Kurdistan While much of Syria celebrates the fall of the Assad regime, the mood in the country’s north is grim. Seizing the moment of chaos, Turkey and its proxies, have launched a large-scale offensive against the region’s Kurds. theins.press/en/politics/...

Elon Musk's recent interventions in the UK and Germany have gone down poorly in both countries - Net Musk favourability: 🇩🇪-52 / 🇬🇧 -53 -saying Musk trying to influence national politics is unacceptable: 🇩🇪73% / 🇬🇧 69% -who think Musk knows little to nothing about issues in their country: 🇩🇪63% / 🇬🇧 63%

British people now dislike Elon Musk more than ever with more than 7 in 10 having an unfavourable opinion of him. Even Reform voters are now turning against him

Nice sunny Sunday in Granada 🌞

Spanish pride. The economic benefits of a lenient migration policy The secret of Spain's impressive growth involves a robust labor market that features a high share of migrants. Recent reforms have rendered the immigration process even more accessible.

🇪🇸Spanish pride. The economic benefits of a lenient migration policy The secret of Spain's impressive growth involves a robust labor market that features a high share of migrants. Recent reforms have rendered the immigration process even more accessible. theins.press/en/economics...

How russia hired the taliban to kill Americans. You might not be at war with Russia, but it’s at war with you, umpteenth example ….remarkable investigative journalism from @theins.press @michaeldweiss.bsky.social

🚨 Amazing investigative report by @InsiderEng uncovering evidence that Russia’s military intelligence paid tens of millions of dollars to the Taliban to target and kill American soldiers in Afghanistan from 2015-2020.

This is an utterly phenomenal read. #nafo #fellas

Nein, doch, oh! Als Obfrau des Untersuchungsausschuss Afghanistan kann ich nur sagen: lest das!! theins.ru/en/politics/... Russland hat schon sehr lange sehr feindliche Absichten ggü „dem Westen“ und Europa ist nicht der einzige Schauplatz!

🇺🇸⚠️ $200,000 for every American killed. How the Russian GRU paid the Taliban for terrorist attacks, - The Insider The Insider was able to not only find evidence of the existence of such a program, but also identify specific GRU officers who were involved in it.

New evidence has emerged from The Insider that Russia did indeed offer bounties to kill US and coalition troops in Afghanistan. A reminder that Trump downplayed and protected Russia in 2020 when the NYT broke the story

‼️ Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war The GRU funded Afghan attacks on U.S. troops via a gemstone trading company. The Insider was able to ID the network's key players.