3,319 Russian arrests vs 12,000 UK arrests for speech. Tucker Carlson implies Russia is as democratic as Britain—if not more. 🧵It's not. Here's what he is leaving out

Europe seems to be tied to the idea that sanctions alone can stop Putin’s war 🧵In reality, they will never be enough Without a credible military posture, sanctions are only an inconvenience (Read on)

BEYOND DOUBT: The Putin regime runs a state-sponsored program to assassinate political opponents with military-grade chemical weapons. 🧵 Navalny's death was part of it, and the Dossier Center findings suggest his 2020 poisoner finished the job in prison

There are thousands of Russians in U.S. immigration detention Several hundred anti-war activists among them face grave danger if deported to Russia. 🧵 We're ready to help identify those most at risk

As the Kremlin prepares to block WhatsApp for 100 million users, it’s launching a state messenger called MAX. It's a mandatory platform designed with a deliberate flaw: zero privacy from security services. 🧵Here's how it links every message to a citizen's state ID:

The drone attack on Polish territory is a test of NATO - something I (and others) have warned about many times. If there’s no forceful response, there will be repetition and then war spreading into “old” Europe.

The diplomatic chaos around Ukraine is what happens when all sides realize their positions have become unsustainable. Every major actor has hit their limit. 🧵Here’s why I believe a path to Peace in Ukraine is real:

When Russian model Guzel Ganieva threatened Epstein's network in 2015, he turned to an unusual source: Sergei Belyakov, the FSB-trained official running Putin's St. Petersburg Economic Forum. 🧵Here's how Epstein worked with Putin's regime:

Putin's "Christianity" at full display: a 63-year-old pastor sentenced for preaching peace. Nikolai Romanyuk called war a sin and urged believers to refuse the draft. 🧵For this, a Russian court sentenced him to 4 years under laws against "threats to state security."

This is Nikolai Romanyuk, pastor of the Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity in Moscow. How many years in prison do you think he got for this speech?

10 months in U.S. immigration detention made a Russian antiwar activist do the unthinkable: ask to be sent back to Putin's Russia, knowing terrorism charges awaited him. 🧵The U.S. Immigration system broke Leonid Melekhin so completely that a Russian prison seemed like mercy

The United States is now Putin's deportation partner. Russian political refugees who sought safety in the U.S. are being returned on charter flights. Upon return, they face hours-long interrogations by security services. 🧵Here's what is known about the latest flight:

I spent 10 years in Putin's prisons for the crime of political participation. Now he's counseling Trump about "rigged" elections. 🧵It's not my business to tell Americans how to conduct elections, but taking Putin's advice here is like taking fire safety tips from an arsonist

Everyone asks if Putin is winning. Wrong question. He's won for himself while losing for Russia. 🧵Let me explain

Putin's Russia jails journalists, labels NGOs ‘foreign agents’, and drives dissenters into exile. But activism hasn’t died. It's become fragmented and hidden, re-emerging in surprising forms. (Read on)

It's utterly fascinating to watch the Kremlin propaganda lurch from "we'll wipe America off the face of the Earth" to sampling "Whitcoff's cheburek" on live TV and then this sort of hokum about boundless friendship: "We're building the future together"

Right now, Trump faces Putin with the world watching. Get this wrong, and every dictator on Earth gets the same message: America is weak. Statement by The Anti-War Committee — RT encouraged

He orchestrated the annexation of Crimea. He predicts NATO's death. He funds European extremists and works with expelled Russian spies. Right now, he's in Geneva as a legitimate "parliamentarian" 🧵 Here’s what you should know about Leonid Slutsky

Whistleblower recruited by Russian intelligence exposes how Putin's spies pose as Ukrainian officials to trap dissidents. @dossier_center publishes his firsthand account and the list of fake accounts and channels

I'm glad President Trump is finally recognizing Putin for who he is: a bandit who mistakes diplomacy for weakness when it's not backed by force.

Another Putin official dead: Roman Starovoit, ex-Transport Minister, allegedly shot himself. Since 2022, over 20 high-ranking officials have died: falling from windows, "suicides," mysterious heart attacks. 1/19 🧵Here's the long list of names

After 4 months bouncing between detention centers in Vermont, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island, Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova is back in Boston. She still faces charges over undeclared frog embryos. But at least she's been released and is now home.

Russians trust Trump more than Americans do. Not long ago, I would have said they trust him even more than Putin. It's unprecedented soft power: will he use it for good? @globsec.bsky.social

Russia is recruiting African women as young as 17 to build Iranian-designed drones. They come for "hospitality training", but end up on drone assembly lines. 🧵Several have already been wounded in Ukrainian attacks

The Russian Anti-War Committee demands an immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine to stop the senseless bloodshed. But let's be clear: stopping the fighting doesn't end the war. The war comes from the very nature of Putin's regime. 🧵Russian opposition's warning to the world (1/9)

A Moscow court sentenced Anastasia Burakova to 7.5 years in prison in absentia. The Ark — the organization she runs — housed 4,000+ Russians fleeing mobilization and helped 160,000 navigate emigration since 2022. Russia wanted her on Interpol's list. Interpol said no. (Read on)

"Needles under fingernails is the mildest thing you'll face." Former Ukrainian POW Evgeny Malik exposes the torture system Putin created. His testimony at the Russian Antiwar Committee forum:

After three years of war, it's time to accept reality: tanks can only be stopped with tanks. My message to anyone who cares about global security is astonishingly simple.

Desperate anti-Putin protests in Moscow: a 68-year-old man just jumped into a freezing river with a "Putin = Hitler" sign from the bridge where Putin's critic Boris Nemtsov was assassinated in 2015. 1/4

Putin's spies are building a hit list of journalists, politicians, and public figures across Europe. GRU agents are ordered to collect home addresses of Kremlin critics for potential "active measures," investigative Dossirt Center reveals 🧵Here’s why they’re doing it — and please RT

About Putin’s 3-day ceasefire: don’t let him fool you. Here’s why he’s really doing it 👇

In a shocking public statement, Putin on record confessed to the Sumy missile strike that killed 35 civilians: "Is it a civilian object? Yes..."

Trump made it clear: "We're talking to Russia. We'd like him to stop. I don't like the bombing." As the US pushes for peace, Putin responds with strikes on Zelensky's hometown — and shows what he truly fears: diplomacy, not sanctions.

As I've warned all along: Putin is a bandit. When talking to bandits, you must always show the club behind your back. Because if you don't, they think you have none. 🧵Read on to understand how he thinks

As Putin proposes "external administration" for Ukraine, he's not seeking territory—he's measuring how far he can go while America contemplates its role in the conflict. 🧵Here are 3 things that stand out—and what they mean going forward.

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Putin says he supports peace 'in general' while his military keeps fighting. It's nothing new - his actions often do not align with his promises. We need to be straightforward about this reality. 🧵Here's what's been taking place in the last ~10 days on the ground:

Russia's secret fleet: How "floating scrap" tankers are evading sanctions and creating an environmental time bomb. 🧵Dossier Center investigation exposes the dangerous shell game playing out in international waters

The Soviet regime couldn't break him with forced psychiatry. Now Putin's Russia has sentenced 67-year-old Alexander Skobkov to 16 years. 🧵Here's his story

In 2022, Putin bombed Mariupol theater where women and children sheltered. Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko wrote about it on Telegram, got 6 years. 🧵 But even that wasn't enough. Now she's on the verge of killing herself because of mistreatment when in prison

Putin thinks he's winning in Ukraine. And his response to the proposed ceasefire proves it. 🧵Read on to understand his real strategy and goals

The concrete outcome of the Trump-Putin negotiations: it looks like a ceasefire in Ukraine will start in a week. Anything else is a matter of interpretation. Beyond that—the possibility of renewed fighting. But the first step has been taken. 🧵 1/3

We’re not U.S. taxpayers, so it’s not our place to say how they should spend their money. But it is impossible to ignore the role that Voice of America played for those searching for independent information. 1/5

As expected, Putin has voiced approval of US efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, which no doubt was agreed with him in advance. 🧵However, he has given himself a lot of room to act ahead the closed talks with Witkoff 1/4

3 years since it began. Bucha. Irpin. Mariupol. Izyum. Kharkiv. Bakhmut. We've all seen the haunting images. We know what happened. The real question is: What was and is being done to stop it? The choices we make today will determine our collective future tomorrow.

Today marks one year without Alexei Navalny. I've said this one year ago and would like to say it again: Alexei was murdered. Murdered by Putin. 1/4

Putin desperately wants Trump at Moscow’s May 9 Victory Day parade. This would be a gigantic gift to him—one with major geopolitical consequences. Here’s why: 🧵 #MSC2025 @munsecconf.bsky.social

All eyes on #MSC2025 and President Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine. Any deal must account for not just U.S. and Russian interests, but also Europe’s—and most importantly, Ukraine’s. If Europe is expected to guarantee security, it must have an equal seat at the table. #MunichSecurityConference

Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you how you’ll end up. Assad has joined Moscow’s club of former dictators, where Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych already has a seat

Moscow spent 8 years building influence in Syria. It took just 72 hours to lose it all. 🧵Here’re 3 crucial lessons that reveal Putin's strategic collapse (1/15)