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Council of Europe @coe.int · 30/09/2026
The Register of Damage for Ukraine is now fully open, with all 43 categories of claims available for submission. Claims can now be registered for people’s loss of access to healthcare and education, and damage to the country’s environment and natural resources. www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here we go: the online #scam industry (combined with trafficking in human beings) has reached Papua New Guinea. In February this year we still thought this would be a potential future risk for #PNG www.occrp.org/en/news/huma...
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Human Trafficking Raid Exposes Suspected Cyber Scam Operation in Papua New Guinea
The discovery of 39 suspected trafficked workers in a Port Moresby home highlights warnings that global cybercrime syndicates are expanding.
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Did the US make the Romanian government collapse? Would be consistent with its National Security Strategy, i.e. to bring far right populists into power. Perhaps one needs to have another look at recent German elections as well ... www.romaniajournal.ro/politics/wsj...
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WSJ: US Envoy in Greece Made Remark Before Bolojan Fall - The Romania Journal
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the US ambassador to Greece, allegedly suggested that the US had been involved in the ouster of the Bolojan government.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Streisand Effect, Activate.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ROGAN: “90% of Gaza’s gone. It looks like a hydrogen 💣 detonated. Everything’s flattened. Most young people are fucking horrified. It’s people that justify it somehow that are really scary.” (As his guy Trump hands 🇮🇱 $2.8 Billion more in 2000lb bombs)
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Re AI hallucination and P(doom): Would humanity have escaped from nuclear doom if an AI system had been in the place of Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov? www.alexnotes.net/notes/#Sep-2... #AI #Pdoom
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Justice democracy cybercrime
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis, Russian naval officer Vasili Arkhipov stopped the launch of nuclear missiles (and with that probably a global nuclear war). What would have happened if artificial intelligence had been in charge of the decision-making? #AI #p(doom)
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18/09/2026
Ovechkin on why he agreed to promote Putin’s party: “I’m Russian, I support my country.” Then repeats “peace and love” 3x
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/09/2026
⚡ Russian forces have committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, according to a new UN report. kyivindependent.com/abhorrent-ac...
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'Abhorrent acts' - Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since full-scale invasion, UN reports
Russian forces are responsible for the vast majority of sexual violence in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced in a new report.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More than 4 years on, Russia Today is still busy trying to deny the Bucha massacre, despite multiple investigations by human rights organisations, international bodies, and investigative journalists that showed Russia's responsibilities.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 15/09/2026
Russia’s ruling political party has enlisted NHL star Alexander Ovechkin for its election campaign. The Washington Capitals captain appeared in a video with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ahead of the Sept. 18–20 Duma vote. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin appears in a campaign video for Russia’s ruling United Russia party alongside Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov — Meduza
Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin joined a campaign video for United Russia ahead of the country’s September parliamentary elections. He appeared in a video centered on Russian Foreign…
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ekram Imamoglu has been sentenced to more than 2 years in prison. More evidence of Türkiye's race to the bottom. stockholmcf.org/jailed-istan... lnkd.in/p/ectBzXpj
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Türkiye vs. democracy: a race to the bottom | Alexander Seger
Türkiye vs. human rights, democracy and the rule of law ➡️ A race to the bottom   Ten years after the attempted coup of 15 July 2016, and following the exclusion of Russia from the Council of Europe i...
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taz @taz.de · 09/09/2026
Niemand, der die AfD wählt, soll sich auf Frustration und Zukunftsängste berufen. Wer Faschisten wählt, nimmt freudig die Jagd auf Andersdenkende auf.
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Wahlverhalten in Sachsen-Anhalt: Es sind Faschisten – und nicht bloß unglückliche Dödel
Niemand, der die AfD wählt, soll sich auf Frustration und Zukunftsängste berufen. Wer Faschisten wählt, nimmt freudig die Jagd auf Andersdenkende auf.
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taz @taz.de · 08/09/2026
Mitten im Wahlkampf zeigt eine Recherche der Zeitung „Ha’aretz“: Netanjahu wurde auf höchster Ebene vor einem Hamas-Angriff gewarnt – und blieb untätig.
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Vorwürfe gegen israelischen Premier: Netanjahu ignorierte Warnungen vor dem 7. Oktober
Mitten im Wahlkampf zeigt eine Recherche der Zeitung „Ha’aretz“: Netanjahu wurde auf höchster Ebene vor einem Hamas-Angriff gewarnt – und blieb untätig.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We couldn't have done it without you. German Neo Nazi leaders salute Elon Musk, the man who made their victory in Saxony-Anhalt possible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Elon Musk thanked by German far-right leader after landmark election win praised by Russia | First Thing
The populist, far-right, anti-immigration AfD won the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Der Nationalpopulismus der #AfD ist die Vorstufe von was richtig Schrecklichem.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’
Lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes further ‘strong’ cooperation with Musk as French minister says ‘we cannot forget our history’
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Der Wäller @der-waeller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reichelt & Co.: Das AfD-Vorfeldmedium NIUS Live hat sich heute Morgen wieder ordentlich ins Zeug gelegt, um mittels übelstem Framing, billigstem Populismus und Halbwahrheiten dem rechtsextremen Siegmund mit seinen Neonazi- und Putinfreunden noch einmal einen Push zu geben. #NoAfD
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 04/09/2026
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Wahl am Sonntag: Ulrich Siegmund 30 Minuten im Kinderkanal
»Wir können uns nicht immer nur für unsere Geschichte schämen«: Der Kinderkanal hat eine Schülerin 30 Minuten lang den AfD-Spitzenkandidaten für die Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt interviewen lassen. ...
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Council of Europe @coe.int · 04/09/2026
📢 GREVIO's baseline report on Ukraine is out. Despite the war, Ukraine shows strong political will to implement the #IstanbulConvention. While women’s exposure to gender-based violence has grown because of the war, significant measures have been taken. www.coe.int/en/web/istan...
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Ukraine: Council of Europe highlights measures boosting women’s protection from violence amidst challenges arising from Russia's war - Istanbul Convention Action against violence against women and dom...
MONITORING Strasbourg, France 4 September 2026
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Gereon Asmuth @gereonas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Taktisch wählen. Warum das wichtig ist. Wie es geht. Und wer hinter der Initiatjve steht. Erklärt von David Muschenich und @tschlze.bsky.social @taz.de taz.de/Kampagne-Tak...
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Kampagne „Taktisch Wählen“ in Sachsen-Anhalt: Wer dahinter steht und woher die Finanzierung kommt
Die Fünfprozenthürde könnte entscheiden, ob die AfD regiert oder nicht. Eine Kampagne wirbt deshalb für kleine Parteien. Doch wer finanziert sie?
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Farage told Congress last year that he never bans journalists from his events. He spoke at the behest of an anti-abortion group, the ADF. It's ironic, and pretty revolting, that Reform banned me from its conference after I reported that three anti-abortion groups are speaking at this year's event
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Farage lies to Congress
His jaunt to Washington didn’t go exactly as planned...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's a death cult. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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JD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’
Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Milo Yiannopoulos, a supporter of Trump’s deportation policies, is getting his wish. He faces a final order of removal himself. He has claimed to be in the US on an O-1 “extraordinary ability” visa. www.cbsnews.com/news/milo-yi...
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/08/2026
Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation says it traced a stake purchase in Russia's 2nd-largest online marketplace to Putin's inner circle: a 51B-ruble loan reached a firm of Ozon's biggest shareholder from billionaire Gennady Timchenko's company. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Who owns Ozon, Russia’s second-largest online marketplace? Team Navalny traced the money behind its biggest shareholder to Putin’s friend Gennady Timchenko. — Meduza
Alexander Chachava, an investor and Ozon’s largest shareholder, bought his stake in the company with money from entities controlled by Gennady Timchenko, a billionaire and friend of Russian President…
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Warum sind Nationalpopulisten eigentlich so unbekümmert korrupt? (#AFD #MAGA #REDORM #RN etc)
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European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int · 26/08/2026
📽️ Watch a video explainer on the case of Kavala v. Türkiye (no. 2) 📽️ Regardez la vidéo explicative sur l'affaire Kavala c. Türkiye (n° 2)
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taz @taz.de · 25/08/2026
Ein türkisches Gericht verurteilt mehrere CHP-Bürgermeister zu hohen Haftstrafen. Für KritikerInnen ist klar: Das war nicht Erdoğans letzter Streich.
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Repression in der Türkei: Hohe Haftstrafen für Oppositions-Bürgermeister
Ein türkisches Gericht verurteilt mehrere CHP-Bürgermeister zu hohen Haftstrafen. Für KritikerInnen ist klar: Das war nicht Erdoğans letzter Streich.
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taz @taz.de · 25/08/2026
Hauptsache Shit-Show 💩 Bei den AfD-Sommerinterviews mit Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla kommt jeder Faktencheck an seine Grenzen 👉️ taz.de/!6206775/
Text im Bild: „Flood the zone with shit“. Darunter: „Die AfD-Chefs Tino Chrupalla und Alice Weidel liefern in den Sommerinterviews eine Shit-Show ab. Da ist jeder Faktencheck zum Scheitern verurteilt, schreibt taz-Redakteur Gareth Joswig“. Grafik zeigt: Porträt von Alice Weidel, blondes Haar, grinsend, in gestreiftem Blazer und Perlenkette.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Kremlin seems quite obsessed with Gabriel Attal. Since this was posted two weeks ago there's been new videos pretty much everyday produced by the campaign attacking Attal. They seem to get zero authentic engagement though, per usual.
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
More cyber proxies, militias and privateers: Cyberspace is fast becoming even more dangerous. edition.cnn.com/2026/08/13/p...
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‘Cyber privateers’: Trump issues order allowing US companies to hack overseas groups under certain conditions | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is enlisting private companies to conduct cyberattacks on foreign cybercriminals in a major policy shift that experts say could come with legal risk for the companies.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 14/08/2026
Larisa Mikhailova covered a mass slaughter of livestock in Russia’s Novosibirsk region and helped local farmers fight for their rights. On Aug 13, she was jailed in a terrorism case that her daughter calls “payback” for her activism. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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The song that stopped being the USSR’s anthem in 1944 is now landing Russian activists in prison for ‘terrorism’ — Meduza
The Central District Court of Novosibirsk ordered activist and human rights advocate Larisa Mikhailova held for two months, the Telegram channel of the Agrarian Council movement reported. The hearing…
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/08/2026
UN: Five years after the Taliban seized power, women and girls in Afghanistan have been systematically stripped of their rights. De facto authorities have issued more than 100 decrees curbing education, work and freedom of movement – restrictions now compounded by deep cuts to aid on the ground.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 12/08/2026
Russia’s Supreme Court removed Yabloko, the only party running on an antiwar platform, from September’s parliamentary election. Meduza collected reactions from 16 figures, from Yabloko’s founder to a neo-Nazi paramilitary group. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Yabloko is off the ballot. Here’s how Russia’s exiled opposition, its political analysts, and its pro-war bloggers explain the decision. — Meduza
On August 10, Russia’s Supreme Court removed Yabloko — the only party campaigning on an antiwar platform — from the upcoming State Duma election. The formal pretext was a lawsuit from the Rodina…
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Cybercrime and Russia: 2490+ convictions for cybercrime in Russia. What does that mean? www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 03/08/2026
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill said nuclear weapons “saved our people and country from terrible destruction.” meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill calls Russian nuclear weapons ‘God’s grace’ — Meduza
Speaking to worshippers at the Holy Trinity Saint Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, Patriarch Kirill commented on why Russia’s nuclear weapons were created.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/08/2026
French far right media is featuring Zelenskyy’s ex spokesperson, who recites Kremlin propaganda. Previously, she was on Carlson’s podcast.
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EXCLUSIVE. Corruption, authoritarian drift: luliia Mendel, Zelensky's former spokesperson, opens up to JDD
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Trump’s corruption scandals are piling up faster than ever From the DOJ slush fund to crypto payoffs to foreign business deals, the pattern is clear: Trump is using the presidency to serve himself & his allies I break down the top 10 scandals in my publisher's note 👇 -TN
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Trump & Cronies’ Top 10 Corruption Scandals (Round 4)
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Trump Organization: money laundering? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Re #FIFA investment plans: perhaps #football fans around the world should stand up against Infantino and FIFA like Albanians do against another Kushner investment via the "Flamingo revolution". Could be extended to oligarchs and autocrats taking over football ⚽️ in general ...
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup and the Club World Cup Because the non-profit FIFA wants to hand over influence to private investors There are 55 members in UEFA
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UEFA Considering Boycott of FIFA Tournaments in Brewing Feud
UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 25/07/2026
St. Petersburg’s election commission has refused to register Yabloko party candidates for the city’s legislative assembly elections. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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St. Petersburg election commission denies Yabloko registration for city legislature race — Meduza
St. Petersburg’s election commission has refused to register Yabloko party candidates for the city’s legislative assembly elections, the St. Petersburg-based news outlet Fontanka reported. Officials…
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The Insider @theins.press · 23/07/2026
GRU officer who procured military technology in Japan for Russia leaves Tokyo after being exposed by investigations Flight registrations reviewed by The Insider show that Maxim Filchenkov likely flew from Tokyo to Shanghai and from there to Moscow.
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GRU officer who procured military technology in Japan for Russia leaves Tokyo after being exposed by investigations
Maxim Filchenkov, an officer of Russia’s GRU military intelligence directorate who posed as an Aeroflot employee, has left Japan, where he had been involved in…
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/07/2026
“Where is the money? There is no transparency and the US government does not inform us.” From @financialtimes.com, on Venezuela giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
25 years ago in Budapest, the world got its first - and still most relevant - #cybercrime treaty. See my assessment of its performance 2001 - 2026. www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...
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Budapest Convention on Cybercrime at 25 | Alexander Seger
The Convention on Cybercrime turns 25 🎂!   Twenty-five years ago – on 23 November 2001 in Budapest to be precise – the world got its first international treaty on cybercrime.    The Council of Europe ...
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alexanderseger.bsky.social @alexanderseger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
So good to wake up on a Sunday morning to good news for once: Tate brothers arrested in Miami:) Just hope that Trump will not interfere... www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrested in US after more UK charges laid
The Crown Prosecution Service says it has requested their extradition from the US, while their lawyer says they are "innocent".
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 17/07/2026
In April, pro-Kremlin blogger Ilya Remeslo predicted Putin would soon lose power in "something like a palace coup." 3 months later, it's Remeslo facing prosecution: the authorities arrested him today on charges of spreading "fake news" about Russia's army. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Ilya Remeslo, the informant who helped put Navalny in legal jeopardy, just learned what it costs to call Putin a war criminal — Meduza
Ilya Remeslo, a pro-Kremlin blogger and informant, publishes a lengthy post on his Telegram channel sharply criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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