russia's recent belicose rhetoric and threats are a sure sign of desperation. The more russians rant and rave, declare their strength, reveals how weak they are and feel.

🇪🇺 European Commission proposes tougher sanctions against Russia, — Ursula von der Leyen "We are no longer approaching sanctions gradually, but are proposing much tougher measures on energy, financial services and trade. 19th package is currently under consideration."

This week's russia disinformation review. Normally, intelligence services operate quietly in the background. But lately, russia's SVR has done something unusual: it’s been putting out official public statements to amplify the aims of its covert operations. euvsdisinfo.eu/the-shadowy-...

Volodymyr Z? Really? Now this is REALLY looking like a false flag. russians have never been known for high subtlety, so this would be par for the course. LOL!

Makes a lot of sense.

The siphoning off of state assets to Orbán loyalists and people connected to his Fidesz party has become more and more common. This is a direct threat to EU taxpayer money, and to EU Member States' defence. www.ftm.eu/articles/vik...

Biking while brown is now illegal in Chicago.

I care about Kirk's death as much as MAGA cares about school shootings' children's deaths.

Latest russian disinformation review: RU drones penetrated Polish airspace and then RU vomited disinfo about the incursions. As usual, they said anything, everywhere, all at the once, as long as what was said served to deny and distract from Russian responsibility. euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlin-...

Russia makes threatening and provocative military moves on NATO's borders. There. Fixed the headline. www.euronews.com/2025/09/12/r...

Trump can get NATO countries to stop buying russian oil by simply telling his allies Hungary and Slovakia to stop buying russian oil. Problem solved.

This week's russia disinformation review: The UN opened its 80th session with familiar themes: peace, development, and human rights. Enter the Kremlin’s propaganda machine, loudly proclaiming support for those noble ideals while working tirelessly to subvert them. euvsdisinfo.eu/please-mind-...

The kids shot in the Denver school shooting deserve more media attention than hate-spreader Kirk.

State of the European Union. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu mentioned the Baltics' Forest Brothers who fought for freedom from russian oppression. @dankaszeta.bsky.social wrote a wonderful book about them (maybe the Commission President read it and was inspired). Highly recommend both. Links below.

A wonderful episode of @snellarthur.bsky.social with @dankaszeta.bsky.social about the Baltics, their history with russia, Germany, and the neighborhood. Highly recommend. open.spotify.com/show/4bpdB1i...

This week's russia disinformation review: This past week, Russian officials and foreign manipulation and interference outlets staged ‘offers of dialogue’ for Western audiences, but russia has no intention to negotiate. euvsdisinfo.eu/russias-narr...

Another "delay" in holding russia to account. Another two weeks of russia murdering civilians in Ukraine. Another example of where Trump shows that he's a weak coward. Image is in language MAGA can understand.

🇺🇦 Zelensky: This night, the Russian army set one of its crazy anti-records. They spent several cruise missiles against an American enterprise in Transcarpathia. It was an ordinary civilian enterprise, an American investment. They produced such familiar household items as coffee machines.

Pre-Alaska russian disinfo review: The upcoming Alaska summit is being spun by russia as a display of global order. Of two global powers deciding all of our fate. In reality, it's a shitshow orchestrated by a failing state, desperate to get its narrative out. euvsdisinfo.eu/alaska-and-t...

Caught up on the latest episodes of @sturdyalex.bsky.social Podcast @alexpodyssey.bsky.social on Aesop, walking the empty shores of the Baltic. A wonderful way to spend a couple of hours! The dulcet tones of the host's voice, and the timeless AND topical subject make for a great listen. Recommend!

@safety.bsky.app Why has Mira of Kyiv (@reshetz.bsky.social) been suspended? My info is that she is a local news reporter. I have never seen a post that violated Bluesky rules. Her voice is important to bring Ukrainian news to the broad audience. #NAFOarticle5

This week's russian disinformation review. In the reality that russia creates, russian society is granted terrible freedoms: freedom from liberties, the burden of protest, the complexities of choice, responsibility of holding power to account, & from life itself. euvsdisinfo.eu/freedom-from...

This report analyses the networks of Russian influence within Germany's political, economic and social structures. Using the Kremlin Playbook framework, it identifies the mechanisms through which Russia exerts influence over German decision-makers and public debate. shop.freiheit.org#!/Publikatio...

Russians linked to Wagner trained people in paramilitary camps in Bosnia and Serbia to disrupt the Moldovan elections, learning "how to organise mass riots and how to provoke the police into a violent reaction” balkaninsight.com/2025/07/15/d...

EU Finance Podcast host Aidas Palubinskas chats with Anshula Kant about the World Bank. Anshula Kant is Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer. www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

This week's russia disinformation review: Moscow pays lip service to peace, yet its disinformation peddlers talk constantly of war. This is no accident. Europe EU Ukraine UA euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlins...

There are two countries in this world that I know it's madness to travel to. russia and USA. russia would 100% mean arrest. USA would most likely mean denial of entry and stupid expenses (though arrest and deportation to a concentration camp can't be ruled out).

Just got the news that my EU Finance Podcast (which I host) is the NUMBER 1 EU Commission podcast in follower numbers. What a great way to start the day! :) finance.ec.europa.eu/eu-finance-p...

Latest russia disinformation review: russia follows a simple motto: never let a good crisis or tragedy go to waste. In natural disasters, political upheavals, or ongoing armed conflicts, the Kremlin propagandists see an opportunity where others see suffering. euvsdisinfo.eu/never-let-a-...

Under trump, the United States has made itself a bother (it's too powerful to be irrelevant) that has to be taken into account as a distraction, rather than as a powerful problem-solver. The USA has gone from being the indispensable patriarch to the crazy drunk uncle at the family reunion.

I think I've come to the understanding that I'll never see the United States with my own eyes again. While my skin color seems to be ok for them (tanned white boy), my social media feed is too subversive. I'll never see those deserts again. Those Rockies. It saddens me.

In much of Ukraine, daily life pushes forward, away from the front lines & for large parts of the day, you’d barely know a war is raging. And most importantly, with Russia hitting its one-millionth casualty in Ukraine, one thing is certain: Putin is not winning. Stay strong 🇺🇦💪

Europe is putting Nord Stream 1 & 2 behind for good. We also propose to lower the oil price cap from 60 to 45 $ per barrel. Oil is one third of Russia’s government revenues. We need to cut this source. We'll discuss how to best coordinate with partners at the G7 Summit ↓ europa.eu/!qG9bx3

My newest pod. On how the EU is helping EU SMEs to be sanctions compliant. Basically, it's a FREE helpdesk that acts as in-house counsel for small and medium EU enterprises to be in line with EU sanctions. Especially regarding russia sanctions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ek...

Russia’s goal is not peace. Today, we're ramping up pressure on Russia with an 18th package of hard-biting sanctions. Targeting Russia’s energy and banking sectors. → europa.eu/!qG9bx3

russia manipulating information is only the first step in gaining advantages in its war against the West. The second, and MORE IMPORTANT step is getting that disinformation into eyeballs. They do that great. My question is "why can't the good guys find parity in getting the truth into eyeballs"?

The police are definitely trying instigate violence.

Clearly the police are trying to start some serious violence.

This week's russia disinformation review: The Kremlin downplays Ukraine’s devastating attack on Russian military airfields, looking for distractions and feebly recycling old lies about terrorism and Anglo-Saxons instead. euvsdisinfo.eu/an-unpleasan...

Ukraine destroyed Russian Black Sea fleet without a navy. It's now destroying Russian aviation fleet without planes. You can't convince me that Ukraine isn't the most badass and innovative nation on earth. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 💪

Ukraine's divulging HOW it achieved Spiderweb is ANOTHER brilliant strategy. It would have been figured out/pieced together, even by the russians. Eventually. By disclosing how it was done, Ukraine achieves another goal - making russia paranoid about EVERY russian truck, every russian driver.

35% of russia strategic bomber fleet destroyed. Over 7 billion USD in damage. The world owes Ukraine. They're making all of us much much safer. Slava Ukraini! Brilliant. Absolutely mind-blowingly brilliant planning and execution. I'm glad they're on the side of Good.

🇺🇦 Security Service managed to hit more than 40 Russia’s strategic bombers in a highly sophisticated drone attack. Once again, Ukrainians show not only to Putin how powerful and inventive they are, but also remind Europeans how much we can learn from them. Slava Ukraini!

35% of russia strategic bomber fleet destroyed. Over 7 billion USD in damage. The world owes Ukraine. They're making all of us much much safer. Slava Ukraini! Brilliant. Absolutely mind-blowingly brilliant planning and execution. I'm glad they're on the side of Good.

This week's russia Disinformation Review: When the Kremlin talks about ‘root causes’, it is not seeking peace. It is demanding Ukraine’s capitulation in a poorly veiled diplomatic disguise. euvsdisinfo.eu/root-causes/

Watching Trump is watching deterioration in real time. He's clearly not in charge of his faculties. He says one thing, does another. It used to be predictable when one took his financial interests into account. Now, it's just random.

Looks like Romania is still in the western fold. Poland has to hold the wall. Democracy might be making a comeback. russia efforts are coming close to winning, but it looks like we still have the majority of the people.

Latest EU russia-disinformation review. An Eternal War with the stench of a death cult. #russiaisaterroriststate #EU #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini @euvsdisinfo.eu euvsdisinfo.eu/celebrating-...

You fought for habeas corpus, put it in your constitution, and now you’re just gonna let a game show host take it away? You’re not losing your rights. You’re handing them over.

We are upping the pressure on Russia to end its war. I welcome the agreement on the 17th package of sanctions. It will target more of Russia’s shadow fleet, which is illegally shipping oil for revenues to fund Putin’s aggression. Sanctions drain Russia’s war chest.