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Alanna Novetsky

@alannanov.bsky.social
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Comms & media freedom for @helsinkicomm.bsky.social🌻 SAIS grad. Wannabe Baltimore historian. New York Yankees apologist. Views my own.

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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🚨UPCOMING BRIEFING🚨 📅Dec. 10 🕑2pm 🏛️Rayburn 2358-C Join us for a discussion about innovations in defense procurement that allow allies to identify & invest directly in Ukrainian firms that produce systems and ammunition necessary for Ukraine's defense. More information: www.csce.gov/press-releas...
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Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Putin just told reporters that Russia is ready to fight till the “last Ukrainian”. Peace is what Moscow wants, they say. 🤫🤔
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Alanna Novetsky @alannanov.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Looking forward to moderating this briefing and learning from these incredible panelists. Join us.
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
UPCOMING BRIEFING—The MAX App: Russia’s Pocket-Sized Approach to Mass Surveillance 📅Dec. 2 🕑2pm 🏛️Rayburn 2358-C Join us to explore the implications of Russia’s approach to digital surveillance, including prospects for access to the open internet in Russia & occupied Ukraine. (1/3)
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
NEW: RU law enforcement and the MoD may have coerced at least 20,000 Central Asian migrants to fight in Ukraine within the Russian military. Russian Force Generation and Technological Adaptations Update, August 13, 2025: isw.pub/ForceGenUpda... Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵 (1/7)
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
As Putin wages war on Ukraine, he intensifies his repression of the Russian people. Banning private messaging apps & forcing Russians to use MAX will increase surveillance while further limiting their access to information about the outside world.
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Justin Sherman @jshermcyber.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Russia is pushing a “super app” messenger for all citizens — including so it can ban WhatsApp and reduce reliance on Telegram. What could possibly go wrong? My 5-minute breakdown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Putin's MAX app could snoop on Russians - ABC listen
With almost 100 million users, WhatsApp is Russia's most popular messaging service. But that's about to change. The service - which is owned by Facebook's parent company Meta is widely expected to be...
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
On August 1, 1975, 35 countries signed the Helsinki Final Act, enshrining respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity & human rights as a basis for relations among states. Today, bipartisan Commission leadership reaffirmed their commitment to these principles. 🧵(1/3)
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Russia continues to launch combined missile and drone attacks on mostly civilian targets in Ukraine in order to terrorize the civilian population. 🧵 (1/2)
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Georgian Dream is attempting to hide their corruption and crimes against the Georgian people by cracking down on free press. They have tried to silence journalist Mzia Amaglobeli who has been in pre-trial detention since January on politically motivated charges. 🧵(1/2)
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
UPCOMING BRIEFING—Intercepting Terror: Strengthening Ukrainian Air Defense 📅July 24 🕑2pm 🏛️Cannon 210 Join our expert panel to discuss challenges Ukraine faces in defending against Russia's aerial attacks on cities and what allies can do to help stop the nightly assaults.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Russian and Ukrainian drones use cellphone internet networks to operate, so shutdowns are one way authorities try to counter the attacks, said @katstepanenko.bsky.social, a Russia analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Ukraine is fighting not only for its own survival, but for freedom and security around the world. Join us this Thursday for a hearing to discuss the regional risks of a bad deal in Ukraine. For more information and to stream live, please visit: www.csce.gov/press-releas...
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Alanna Novetsky @alannanov.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
These are types of bombers that Russia has been using to launch KH-101 cruise missiles at civilian areas across Ukraine, including in the attack that destroyed Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital last summer. Huge strategic win + countless innocent Ukrainian lives saved. 🇺🇦
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Alanna Novetsky @alannanov.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Boggles my mind that Viktoria was just two years older than me when she was killed. She sacrificed everything to travel in & out of Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine to show the world the daily terrors of life under Russian occupation. Will be in my thoughts Shabbat, also World Press Freedom Day. 💔
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Antoinette Nikolova @antoinettenikol.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Just out on @POLITICOEurope: My op-ed on how some of the EU’s most influential members are setting a dangerous precedent when it comes to media freedom. It’s time to call out the provocateurs www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
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If the EU is to support media freedom, its members must lead by example
If the bloc hopes to influence the aspiring autocrats in candidate countries, it must establish a strong culture of independent media within its own borders.
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Myths and facts about Russia's war on Ukraine:
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today, the bipartisan leadership of the US Helsinki Commission issued a statement responding to Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik's destabilizing and secessionist actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
that major league baseball isn't called "major league baseballs" is a perpetuation of the one-baseball myth, one easily dispelled in the age of streaming. one can now simultaneously watch two games, in different cities, played with different baseballs. mlb does not use one ball and hasn't since 1997
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New Eastern Europe @neweasterneurope.eu · 18/03/2025
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As a major military power, Ukraine has options - New Eastern Europe
The growing ambivalence in Washington toward Ukraine’s plight is not just a tactical mistake; it is a historic miscalculation.
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Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The Serbian authorities denied having used a sonic weapon against protesters, even blaming protesters for it:
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Serbian officials deny illegal sonic weapon attack on peaceful protesters
Serbian officials denied Sunday that the country's security forces used a military-grade sonic weapon to disperse and scare protesters at a huge anti-government rally in the capital. Serbia has not d...
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The Kremlin is likely preparing to intensify a narrative that accuses Ukrainian forces of war crimes in Kursk in an attempt to discredit the Ukrainian military, erode Western support for Ukraine, and spoil or delay straightforward discussions about the 30-day ceasefire that Trump proposed to Putin.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
MORE: Putin is offering an alternative ceasefire agreement that is contrary to the intentions and goals of the US-Ukrainian ceasefire proposal. It would grant Russia greatly disproportionate advantages and set conditions for the Kremlin to renew hostilities on terms extremely favorable to Russia.
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Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Putin's "postwar goal is to leave Ukraine in a weakened state that isn’t aligned with the West and is ripe for his next imperial assault. He wants to own or dominate Ukraine, full stop." www.wsj.com/opinion/russ...
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Opinion | The Kremlin Keeps Escalating
Russia responds to Trump by raising its ‘peace’ demands.
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Democratic Security Institute @demsecinstitute.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🆕 Check out Nina Kuriata's newest article - Odesa’s true identity: countering Russian propaganda and imperialist myths 🔗Read it here: demsecinstitute.org?p=1240
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Odesa’s true identity: countering Russian propaganda and imperialist myths - Democratic Security Institute
While behind Ukraine’s physical front line, the port city of Odesa has become a focal point for the memory war now being waged by Moscow. The varied realities of life in the city over the past few cen...
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Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Russia is once again amending and expanding its Foreign Agents Law, which has been updated roughly every two years since its introduction in 2012. Unsurprisingly, each amendment has become more repressive and brutal, targeting an increasingly broad range of groups. 1/3
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Alanna Novetsky @alannanov.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Thank you, Ukraine.
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
For more, please visit: www.csce.gov/statements/b...
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Bipartisan Helsinki Commission Leadership Marks Solemn Anniversary of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine - CSCE
WASHINGTON—Today, the bipartisan leadership of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Chairman Senator Roger Wicker (MS), Co-Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member Senator Sheldon Whitehous...
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Today, the bipartisan leadership of the U.S. Helsinki Commission Senator Roger Wicker, Representative Joe Wilson, @whitehouse.senate.gov & @repcohen.bsky.social issued the following statement marking the solemn anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked, criminal invasion of Ukraine:
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Today, Representative Marc Veasey addressed European parliamentarians assembled for the OSCE PA Winter Meeting. His message: Ukraine is not Putin's final target. If he is not stopped in Ukraine, he will continue his broader effort to resurrect the Russian empire.
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Alex Raufoglu @ralexdc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
When pressed by reporters about assertion that putin wants peace, Wicker dismissed the idea, stating, "What we can trust the russians to do is.. anything to their advantage" "Putin has violated every tenant of international law and should be indicted and prosecuted and jailed, possibly executed."
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Alex Raufoglu @ralexdc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
SPOT ON!!! @www.csce.gov Chair Senator Wicker when asked if putin can be trusted in Ukraine talks: 👇🏻 “No. Putin is a war criminal who should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed.”
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
One year ago, Alexei Navalny was murdered in prison for his years of work exposing the corruption and violence of Putin and his cronies. 🧵1/2
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Freedom House @freedomhouse.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Authorities in both democracies and autocracies have collaborated with perpetrator states to detain, deport, or extradite targeted dissidents. Detention is the most common tactic of direct, physical #transnationalrepression, accounting for 503 cases (41%) in our database.
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 07/02/2025
Lots of really great work from my team at the @dfrlab.bsky.social this week. Some of the highlights:
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Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
BBC article on the situation in Georgia and the hunger strike of Mzia Amaghlobeli. #TerrorinGeorgia
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Hunger-striking journalist challenges Georgia's government from jail
Mzia Amaglobeli is accused of slapping a police chief but her detention has made her a symbol of resistance.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 03/02/2025
Neo-Nazi leader found guilty of plotting to attack Maryland power grid
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Neo-Nazi leader found guilty of plotting to attack Maryland power grid
A founder of a neo-Nazi group was found guilty on Monday of plotting to attack electrical substations in Maryland, with the goal of creating a failure in the power grid.
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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Happy birthday to the absolute king, and also, that radar never said 107 MPH
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Alanna Novetsky @alannanov.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The international community choosing the anniversary of Soviet soldiers liberating Auschwitz to commemorate the Holocaust has always felt awfully self-soothing and self-congratulatory to me. 1/2
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Elisheva Avital @elisheva.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
there's literally no point of the ADL if this is what it does
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The Battle Hymn of the Republic first appeared in the Atlantic in February 1862. Just saying. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The lyrics to Julia Ward Howe’s patriotic classic premiered in the February 1862 issue of The Atlantic.
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Alanna Novetsky @alannanov.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
To the Hague
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This is such a bizarre piece. "It's not sabotage" say anonymous sources Finlands former head of military intelligence says it is, as does an expert at Janes. Sounds more like no government wants to deal with the implications so they down play it. But anonymously of course. Do better, WaPo.
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🇺🇦 Last week, @repcohen.bsky.social & Rep. Joe Wilson reintroduced a resolution recognizing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide. It describes the ways in which 🇷🇺 war crimes constitute genocide, including indiscriminate killing of civilians & forcible transfer of millions of Ukrainians.
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Engelsberg Ideas @engelsbergideas.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
A team of rivals empowers a president | @davidpriess.bsky.social & @kschake.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/notebook/a-t...
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A team of rivals empowers a president
It was Abraham Lincoln who first harnessed the competing powers of political rivals in order to shape his presidency. His example should guide the statecraft of modern presidents.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 13/01/2025
Erica Resende argues that the term “post-Soviet” frames Central-Eastern Europe as an “area of influence of a defunct political entity” and allows Russian President Vladimir Putin to legitimize his imperialistic plans.
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Contested Memories and the Social Construction of the Term ‘Post-Soviet’
A post-colonial critique of imperialist language.
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U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Today is Freedom Defenders' Day in Lithuania! 34 years ago, Lithuanians stood up to Soviet forces sent to forcibly stop Lithuania from asserting its independence. When protestors attempted to block Soviet tanks from seizing Lithuania’s TV station, soldiers opened fire, killing 14. 🧵1/4
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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
This is surely overdue, but I'm bitterly disappointed at the way evidence of genocide in Ukraine has mounted to the point of analytical consensus, and yet the Biden Administration has obstinately refused to make that determination.
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Alanna Novetsky @alannanov.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
David Rubenstein, Medal of Honor recipient.
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