Wie tief steckt die AfD im Russland-Sumpf?
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I find it interesting that American news orgs are comfortable referring to European lawmakers as “pro-Russia” or “pro-Kremlin” but when #MAGA chuds spout undiluted Russian #propaganda and run interference for #Putin at every turn they’re called “isolationists.”
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/maga-republican-mtg-ukraine-aid-rcna146918
The House has passed $60.8 billion in aid to #Ukraine!
All #Democrats voted for the bill.
More than half of #Republicans voted against it, because they support #Putin.
Alex Finley looks at the revelation that the Russians have been paying a wide network of European politicians to spout pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine rhetoric and asks if this can be happening in the US, too. He concludes:
"It is naïve to think the same pattern does not exist in the United States, given the ample evidence of coordinated pro-Russian talking points from several Republican politicians."
#Russia #Putin #Republicans #MarjorieTaylorGreene #MikeJohnson
https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america
Der Beginn einer wunderbaren Partnerschaft
Here's what we are reading today:
#Putin is open to negotiate a #ceasefire that would freeze the conflict along the current battlefield lines, sources told Reuters.
But some Western analysts believe that Russia’s DefMin appointment shows #Russia readying the economy for a longer war.
Russian prosecutors announced Thurs they had finalized the #espionage indictment against #EvanGershkovich, the imprisoned American WSJ #journalist, & that he would be tried in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, where he was arrested more than a year ago.
[you have to wonder if #Trump had a heads up, given his very recent statements]
#NationalSecurity #Russia #Putin #Terrorism #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/13/world/europe/evan-gershkovich-russia-indictment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
“The gas giant #Gazprom, which has been an engine of Russia's economy, will pay a decadelong price for Russian leader Vladimir #Putin's invasion of #Ukraine.
The U.K. newspaper Financial Times reported Wednesday that it had seen research commissioned by the energy group's leaders that predicted Gazprom probably will not be able to recover for years the gas sales it lost due to the war started by Putin.”
https://www.newsweek.com/gas-gazprom-putin-war-costly-impact-1908467
this fucking evil bullshit
please world, know and understand, clearly, and do not forget it, what you are dealing with in regards to the contemporary state of #russia
"Russia sentences 15-year-old schoolboy to 5 years for criticizing #Putin regime and war against #Ukraine"
So #Putin offers us “peace” if we surrender four regions completely, including Kherson and Zaporizhe.
This is insane, since he wants #Ukraine to submit even two large cities #Russia doesn’t control.
We also have to promise not to join #NATO
This is not a peace offer, this is basically a demand for unconditional surrender. But my point is different.
Watch everybody in the coming days who say Russia wants peace. They are either idiots or russian assets.
Pls boost.
Friedenstaube
President Vladimir #Putin plans to visit #NorthKorea for the first time in nearly a quarter century, as he seeks arms for #Russia’s war in #Ukraine -NYT
Ukraine has gotten a lot of attention for its army’s shocking incursion into Russian territory, a risky and potentially game-changing move. But Ukraine is fighting its war with Russia over 600 miles of front lines and in three different directions. NPR has a breakdown of how the war is going on each front.
Takes an impressive lack of self-awareness to refer to "true patriots" defecting to a hostile adversary cuz the gays are icky.
Anyway, let me know if you see a GoFundMe to help with their travel costs.
Add #AlsuKurmasheva to the list of American #journalists jailed in #Russia
The #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty editor was detained in 2023. Her husband & daughters came to Washington to raise awareness & ask for help.
#InternationalLaw #law #Putin #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #HumanRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/07/29/alsu-kurmasheva-journalist-russia-detained/
Russia struggles to repel deep incursion by Ukraine.
"Reports suggest that Ukrainian troops are operating more than 10km (six miles) inside Russia - the deepest cross-border advance by Kyiv since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022," according to BBC News.
For ongoing coverage, follow @ukraine-thenewsdesk
"This is Putin’s war against Russia. And if he doesn’t like it, if it’s making him a little uncomfortable, then there’s an easy solution: He can just get the hell out of Ukraine and call it a day."
- White House national security spokesperson John Kirby
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin
#StephenFry visits #Ukraine. Tells a #joke to #Zelensky:
"If #Putin and #Medvedev were at the top of St. Basil's Cathedral and fell off, which one would hit the ground first?
...
Who gives a fuck"
Full video of trip:
"...#Putin propaganda here, and he’s been clinging to it since the beginning of the war: that he had to go into #Ukraine, #NATO is surrounding him, and that NATO support and #USA support for Ukraine just proves it’s the #West versus #Russia; it’s NATO versus Russia; it’s the US versus Russia. And it’s all a bunch of horse-hockey. There’s nothing to it. This is Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, pure and simple..."
yup
anyone who differs is a troll or an idiot