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Russian shadowfleet tanker suspected of launching drones over Denmark which was stopped by the French Navy has been allowed to continue its voyage www.spiegel.de/ausland/scha...

Russia murdered French photojournalist Antoni Lallican with an FPV drone. During the attack, Ukrainian photojournalist Heorhii Ivanchenko was with him and sustained serious injuries. Both journalists were clearly marked with “PRESS,” but that did not stop Russians.

In the newest addition to my newsletter, I wrote about @associationruta.bsky.social, a new academic association challenging the traditional Russocentrism in our field. A huge shoutout and thank you to @terezahendl.bsky.social for curating this year's amazing conference programme!

This was such an insightful discussion about the need to more closely get to know our socio-historical contexts and struggles, strengthen our solidarities and antiracist movements, and translate our work on russian imperialism into more languages, including Spanish and for Latin American audiences

What an amazing panel we just had at @associationruta.bsky.social annual conference abt unequal citizenship within and outside of Ukraine! We talked abt Ukr Roma experiences as IDP & forced migrants in Poland, with our colleaques, co-workers and co-thinkers, very grateful for all contributions! 💙❤️💚

"Ninety per cent of our way of life, everything from you being able to do your orders online for your food, to your ability to function at work would be taken out by a massive strike on all of the power grid.” www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...

I want to ask you all for your contribution to this important goal: a rehabilitation centre for Ukrainian women who got out Russian imprisonment. They survived abuse, torture, starvation, and sexual violence. Now they need a place to become human again. donio.cz/pribeh/26346...

Bloomberg citing its sources writes that Putin is confident his troops will breach 🇺🇦 defenses by year-end to control four claimed regions, suggesting he won't rush a deal or offer Trump significant concessions during their conversation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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We are founding a new interdisciplinary Institute for Slavic and Eastern European Studies (ISOS) at the University of Zurich. Please apply to our Inaugural Conference "Eastern Europe's Invisibilities: Politics, Epistmics, Arts" at the University of Zurich, May 6-8, 2026.

Russia‘s war is ideological and academic production on Eastern Europe suffered from buying into Russian colonial narratives on the region. How to teach Eastern Europe today? Read these important insights curated by brilliant @oksanadudko.bsky.social and @ankahajkova.bsky.social

„The book claims that the Lithuanian nation and language do not exist.“ This is the Russian playbook. This is the exact same narrative with which Russia prepared its attack on Ukraine.

Kharkiv right now! Russia yet again attacked our city with drones. Several households and businesses are on fire

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Unlike classic fascism, #MemeFascism doesn't even try to produce a coherent narrative. Like Bukele with his torture camps, it can simultaneously celebrate and deny the crimes it commits. Its followers do not want to be seduced, they want to be entertained. And they are entertained by our outrage 1/

Her name was Olena. A Russian missile killed her today in 🇺🇦 Sumy. One of 34 dead (so far). #StandWithUkraine

NEW: Russian officials continue to advertise programs that deport and Russify Ukrainian children and teenagers. Read more in the April 17 Russian Occupation Update from @karolinahird.bsky.social: isw.pub/OccupationUp...

“Kara-Murza's statement also denies self-determination to Ukrainians themselves, whom he, in the best traditions of Russian colonial thought, calls “practically one people” with Russians” www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/15/a...

„Ein gemeinsames Erinnern mit Russland ist derzeit nicht möglich.“ – DUG-Präsidentin @efdavies.bsky.social über das Gedenken des Endes des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Zum Interview: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...

"I asked whether it would include the voices of minorities living in Russia – Buryats, Yakuts or Chuvash, for example. Genuinely puzzled at my question, he responded that such minorities do not produce poetry." voxeurop.eu/en/olha-mukh...

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

No, russia's attack on Sumy wasn't 'a mistake.' No one accidentally uses a cluster munition warhead against a crowded city center on a major holiday. Neither was the bombing of the Kryvyi Rih playground a mistake, nor were the filmed murders of POWs. russia systematically uses terrorism as a weapon.

“There is simply no way that Kara-Murza does not know how utterly disrespectful the „one people“ ideology is towards Ukrainians... Russians are committing the most horrific crimes in the name of this colonial myth” efdavies.substack.com/p/vladimir-t...

Russia just killed dozens of Ukrainians in a missile strike on Palm Sunday, a day after Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin, shook hands and posed for cameras. Witkoff visited an Orthodox Christian cathedral. Today church-goers were targeted. Report w/ @maxseddon.bsky.social on.ft.com/42k2tuc

Kara-Murza wird im Westen als Held gefeiert, er reist durch die Welt und schüttelt die Hände von Spitzen-Poliker:innen. Sein imperiales, rassistisches Weltbild offenbart sich hier einmal mehr. Wann hört diese Romantisierung im Westen auf? Es ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht der Ukrainer:innen. 3/4

An interview with one of the most thoughtful analysts of Russian imperialism. @kassymbekova.bsky.social explains why decolonialization is contingent on Ukraine’s victory and is essential for Russia’s future. The whole interview is worth reading for its clarity ukrainian-studies.ca/2025/03/16/i...

Teil des westlichen, insbesondere des 🇩🇪, "Russland-Komplexes", der Überhöhung Russlands, ist die Romantisierung von Gorbatschow. Er gilt als Wegbereiter der deutschen Einheit, als Architekt des angeblich friedlichen Zusammenbruchs der Sowjetunion. In diesem Text zeige ich, dass dies ein Myhtos ist.

"Europäische Perspektiven – Ukraine, Republik Moldau und Georgien" Podiumsdiskussion mit @ljudmylamelnyk.bsky.social , Andrei Avram und Zaal Andronikashvili Moderation: @kassymbekova.bsky.social 20. März 2025; 18.15 – 19.45 Uhr Universität Zürich, Hauptgebäude rgow.eu/veranstaltun...

Der ukrainische Dichter Vaysl Stus starb 1985 im sowjetischen Gulag in Russland an den Folgen seiner Haft. Thema seines Lebens und seines jahrzehntelangen Widerstands gegen die sowjetische Macht war das Recht der Ukraine auf ihre eigene Kultur, Sprache und Literatur gewesen. 1/4

The Kremlin may be setting information conditions for a false flag in the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria likely in a continued attempt to destabilize Moldova and hinder its integration into European Union (EU).

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🔻EXCLUSIVE🔻 Russian military intelligence (GRU) ran a campaign to intimidate and silence Russia’s critics in Estonia. Targets included the interior minister, who was surveilled, and whose family car’s windows were smashed near his home. This is important! 🧵👇 theins.ru/en/politics/...

Tbilisi 🇬🇪🎉🙏

💓 Eight Ukrainian children aged 6 to 16 have been safely returned from occupied territories, thanks to Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

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1/ Es ist soweit: Die Deutsch-Ukrainische Gesellschaft (DUG) startet offiziell! 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 Nach einem Jahr intensiver Vorbereitung nehmen wir, die Deutsch-Ukrainische Gesellschaft – Für unsere und eure Arbeit e.V., unsere Arbeit auf. Wer wir sind & was wir vorhaben, erfahrt ihr in diesem Thread. 🧵

Ukraine has made a significant declaration regarding Polish-Ukrainian relations. In a joint statement by the foreign ministers of 🇵🇱 and 🇺🇦, 🇺🇦 has officially stated there are no obstacles to conducting searches and exhumations of Volhynia massacre victims. This could mark a breakthrough.🧵

Notice how Ru’s nuclear sabre rattling always tracks various Western decisions; it never follows Ukr actions— Kerch bridge attack, drones in Moscow, Kursk incursion, etc. Illustrates that Ru knows that Ukr knows it’s a bluff; the fear-mongering only works on the gullible West.

What russians are doing seems like a deliberate massive demonstrative campaign of killing Ukrainian PoWs. Five more Ukrainian soldiers executed in Donbas. @UN @amnesty @hrw #RussianWarCrimes #UkraineRussiaWar #StandWithUkraine

I felt my anger rising as I watched Angela Merkel being interviewed on BBC News tonight. She may speak Russian, but she certainly didn't understand Putin, & she doesn't admit any errors in her approach to him & her willingness to appease him at Ukraine’s expense. A very tarnished legacy.

The way Ukrainian defenders evacuate their wounded comrades without even flinching at a nearby explosion isn't some next-level resolve; it's the result of being on the frontline for far too long and being utterly exhausted by it imo

Some keep saying that Pu just wants a "friendly Ukraine". This is what happens in "friendly Ukraine" and will happen all over the country if Ru manages to occupy it.

⚠️power is reported down in Ternopil, Ukraine , after russian attack tonight

A professor based in Western Europe sharing lies about „zones of reach“, and a map, where Ukraine is presented as an agressor, Ukraine is classified as „territories under control of Ukrainian forces“ and where Crimea is marked as Russian☝️

Kennt ihr unsere Aktion "33 Bücher für ein anderes Belarus"? In Belarus wurden all unabhängigen Verlage zwangsliquidiert, wir versuchen, Bücher, die schon fast publikationsfertig waren, in europäischen Verlagen unterzubringen. Unterstützung ist sehr willkommen. www.33booksforanotherbelarus.ch

Wer war Stalin? Was ist Stalinismus? Über eine der fürchterlichsten Personen des vergangenen Jahrhunderts und ihre höchst vitale ideologische Hinterlassenschaft sprechen @efdavies.bsky.social, Gabi Woidelko, @gresselgustav.bsky.social & @jcbehrends.bsky.social www.salonkolumnisten.com/ostausschuss/

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Russischer Nationalismus wird für den Westen gerne als ‚iliberal‘ oder ‚konservativ‘ getarnt, dabei gehört er zur Ideologie des heutigen Russland. Am Tag des Erzengels Michael feiern Dugin und Malofejew die 1907 gegründete gleichnamige Partei der protofaschistischen „Schwarzen Hundert“.