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Watching the Clash of Civilizations, the Fall of Russia and the U.S. Four and a half decades of Foreign Policy & International Security, Intelligence, Crude Oil, Energy. Inside knowledge. All retired or not much.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 5h
Today in Russian Disinformation/AI Cringe, Russia's ongoing disinformation campaign is now using fake ChatGPT screenshots to "verify" the fake news clips it's distributing on X and TikTok.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15h
"He doesn’t understand the people. He is a true Soviet KGB officer. A bit of an antisemite, a bit of a fascist. Not very intelligent. And he does not understand that people have rights. He is a president who simply doesn’t give a damn about his own citizens."
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 1h
1. www.reuters.com/business/ene... 2. Korea Gas Corporation has been importing 1.5 million tons of Russian LNG annually under a long-term contract since 2008. The contract is set to expire in March 2028.
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Russia's Arctic LNG 2 seeks $1 billion in damages from South Korea's Hanwha
Arctic LNG 2, a liquefied natural gas project led by Russia's Novatek , is seeking ​about $1 billion in damages from South Korean shipbuilder ‌Hanwha Ocean over cancelled tanker construction contracts...
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 1h
tadviser.com/index.php/Ar...
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Imports of used cars from South Korea to Russia over the year increased by 99% and reached 110.7 thousand units. Most popular models
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 1h
and argues a lot. The forces of authoritarianism carry out orders.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 1h
36%. A minority may well win if it is organized, armed and has fighting units. This is how the Bolsheviks won in Russia in 1917 by carrying out a coup, this is how the Nazis in Germany went to victory in the elections. Democracy, as a rule, is not able to defend itself. It is poorly organized
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Curtis Yarvin, a major influence on Vice President JD Vance, is openly fantasizing about Hitler again. Extremism isn’t fringe on the right.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 2h
Kissing Putin's ass
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 2h
Just ban algorithmic trading with all energy (better with all commodity) derivatives and you'll immediately see what happens. Derivatives pricing system (electronic commodity pricing) has nothing to do with the real commodity supply/demand balance. www.ft.com/content/69f8...
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Italy sets up fight with Brussels over carbon costs
Rome wants to lower electricity prices by reimbursing gas plants for the price of buying EU emissions permits
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 2h
www.cbsnews.com/news/fec-mid...
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Weeks before Election Day, the nation's campaign finance regulator can't enforce the law
The Federal Election Commission is down to just two members ahead of what's projected to be the most expensive election cycle on record.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 2h
Democracy twists www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Meloni’s electoral reform faces final parliamentary hurdle
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government faces a crucial final vote on Thursday on a contentious electoral reform that could have significant consequences for her political future. Her gover...
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 4h
🚨🚨 #Russia’s state nuclear giant #Rosatom privately prepared to cut ties with a company building a #Hungarian nuclear power plant after publicly saying the subcontractor’s work was proceeding as planned. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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Russia’s Rosatom hid concerns over Hungarian nuclear project contractor
Internal documents show Rosatom had publicly defended Moscow-based Orgenergostroy.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 4h
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Nord Stream 2 pipeline owner sues EU over Russian gas ban
The owner of the Gazprom-controlled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is ​suing the European Union in the bloc's second-highest court, seeking to annul the EU's ‌binding phase-out of gas imports from Russia,...
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 4h
A part of the plan: www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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EXCLUSIVE: US, Russia explore gas sale to Europe amid Ukraine war, say sources
Top Russian and US officials, including Special Envoy Jared Kushner, have held talks about bringing a US investor into the Nord Stream pipelines that delivered gas to Germany before Russia invaded Ukr...
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 4h
This is not just a demonstration of loyalty. There's an action plan. The AfD is now secretly discussing with Russians legal options for circumventing sanctions to develop trade and economic relations in the interests of SA on very favorable terms for it, which should become a show case for Germany.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 15h
First joint motion by the BSW and AfD in the state parliament: aid to Ukraine is to be halted and sanctions against Russia lifted.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 15h
It is high time to call doctors and send him to a mental hospital, he has lost the remnants of his brain.
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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 16h
Someone tried to grade Europe on 'liberal world order' and I realized that anything between 0 and 10 is appropriate. 10 because the EU is unparalleled. 0 because Russia has committed over 200,000 war crimes in Eastern Europe, and Europe, collectively, is unable or unwilling to put a stop it.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22h
When it comes to one of Trump’s objectives, he won it a long time ago. We normalized Trump’s horribleness a long time ago. And it’s too late to ever “un normalize” it. And that’s a really bad thing. Today’s meltdown.👇 socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com/p/its-too-la...
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It’s Too Late. Trump Won. We Normalized Him a LONG TIME Ago.
A Stream of Consciousness Rant For This Week’s Midweek Meltdown
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 16h
THIS: www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Denmark says Russia has conducted sabotage attacks against its defense firms
Russia has begun sabotage operations against Danish companies supplying Ukraine after concluding that broader disruption ​efforts failed to curb Western military support for the country, a Danish ‌int...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 21h
David Ellison now controls CBS News, CNN and Warner Bros. after a $111 billion merger. The first board pick he announced was a former video game CEO whose emails with Jeffrey Epstein are in Justice Department files.
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'Oh God no!' Horror as Trump ally assembles 'deeply evil' team with Epstein-linked hire
Critics reacted with horror after billionaire David Ellison, a strong ally to President Donald Trump, tapped a controversial figure to help lead his newly formed megacompany Skydance.“Deeply evil stuff happening [right now],” wrote writer and programmer Reyna Cervantes Tuesday night in a social medi...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20h
18 people are known to have been killed by Russia in Pryluky, including four children. One-year-olds Kyrylo, Serhii, and Oleksandr, and eight-year-old Maksym are among them. Fifty-five more people were injured, including seven children.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 20h
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov: At the moment there are no plans to hold a trilateral meeting Russia-US-Ukraine.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 20h
to understand what proposals Zelensky will send with his negotiators. The American side took note of our argument with understanding." This means: "Is Ukraine ready to accept all our conditions or not?"
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 20h
All these proposals - by India, Turkey and Egypt, etc. (five or so), are absolutely meaningless, since Russia continues to take a position and put forward conditions that are unacceptable either for Kyiv or for Europe (the lifting of energy and some other sanctions). Lavrov said today: "We want >>>
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Still amazing how few Americans have read key pieces of the Epstein files. Like EFTA01250883.pdf.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This paragraph builds and builds the insane comedy but you're not ready for the kicker.
Atelier Missor, active since 2021, describes itself on X as a “classical foundry in Paris, on its way to building a new Rome.” Its founder, Missor Movahed Ghaleh Nouri, has claimed he was drawn to pursue classical sculpture after receiving a vision of Napoleon I while wandering the Place Vendôme in Paris. His staff wear identical tan suspenders, billowy shirts, and unkempt facial hair, and—per previous versions of their website—spent much of the first half of the 2020s producing bronze and clay busts of such figures as (of course) Napoleon, Nietzsche, and Jordan Peterson.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nevada Republican politician Michele Fiore, nicknamed “Lady Trump,” collected money for a memorial to 2 fallen police officers but spent it on plastic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding. A jury convicted her of fraud. Trump pardoned her because he’s pro-criminal. Vote against all Republicans.
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‘Lady Trump’ was convicted for fraud and then pardoned by the president. The White House didn’t say why.
“Justice Interrupted”: The latest installment in MS NOW’s series examining the clemencies and pardons by Donald Trump — and the fallout from them.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 21h
Wtf... www.dw.com/en/germany-d...
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Germany: Did CDU lawmakers support the far-right AfD?
Lawmakers of the center-right CDU may have voted for the far-right AfD candidate for parliamentary speaker in Saxony-Anhalt. Germany's Social Democrats warn of a "unique breach of taboos."
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 23h
🚨🚨Brave, courageous and just wonderful artistry.
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CYNC Verity Media @cvmedia.bsky.social · 23h
Iran’s hardliners are moving to impeach Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi over talks with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff—exposing a widening internal struggle over whether Tehran should negotiate with Washington. #Iran #Diplomacy www.euronews.com/2026/10/07/h...
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Hardline Iranian MPs move to impeach foreign minister over US talks
The motion, filed by MPs aligned with the Paydari Front, accuses Araghchi of meeting US envoy Steve Witkoff at the UN General Assembly without authorisation, a claim directly opposed by Supreme Nation...
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CYNC Verity Media @cvmedia.bsky.social · 23h
North American banks are pulling ahead in the AI race. UBS is now Europe’s only top-10 bank, while JPMorgan leads as AI moves from experimentation to large-scale deployment across finance. #AI #Banking www.euronews.com/2026/10/07/u...
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UBS only European bank in AI adoption top 10 led by JPMorgan Chase
UBS is now the only European lender among the top 10 banks judged most advanced in adopting artificial intelligence, after HSBC dropped out of the top tier of the Evident AI Index, while JPMorgan Chas...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🛡🇺🇦 NATO Military Committee arrives in Kyiv According to Dragone, the visit was the fulfillment of a promise made to the Commander-in-Chief Drapatyi. NATO representatives plan to assess the situation on the battlefield and discuss expanding support for Ukraine.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Recently, Algerian military transport aircraft were detected flying over Polish airspace en route to russia. This is not the first time that Poland has noticed similar flights, leading to speculation about the possible transport of weapons. defence24.com/geopolitics/...
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Russia is transporting weapons over Poland. The plane landed in Moscow
On Tuesday, 6 October, an Algerian Air Force aircraft appeared over Poland once again. It was heading for Moscow-Vnukovo Airport in Russia. In recent days, the number of military flights from Algeria ...
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Missiles manufactured by Ukrainian entities". Which are bombed. Instead of starting the production of Ukrainian missiles in all the leading European industrial countries. En masse. Both for Ukraine and for themselves. That's Europe. What's wrong with them? "We are so afraid to be bombed".
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The 7 stages of Western "concern" 1 This is concerning 2 This is increasingly concerning 3 We are now deeply concerned 4 We are now gravely concerned 5 There will be consequences 6 We demand answers 7 It is important not to escalate the situation
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Is it so? Putin was preparing a war against Europe since 2007. Now he has an authoritarian system of power and a mobilization economy, where everyone follows orders vs endless discussions, disagreements, the growing influence of pro-Russian political forces in the democratic system. Perspective?
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amidst the increasing acceptance of both, the neo-Nazi AfD parties racism and the anti-Semitism within the left-wing Die Linke party, the fact that the AfD has become the first far-right party to secure the position of speaker in a German regional parliament since World War II almost went unnoticed.
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State parliament elects Germany’s first far-right speaker since second world war
Tobias Rausch secures role of president in Saxony-Anhalt after AfD’s election breakthrough
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Le Cueilleur @lecueilleur.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The spy case involving former #BND President August Hanning and his former chief of staff could develop into one of the biggest scandals involving Germany’s intelligence services since the Cold War 🧵 1/9
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That's when it all began. The result is obvious. We heard it yesterday from Trump. Let them take out Los Angeles and San Diego, it's a small price to pay. Applause.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wild news from the NYT: Two of Trump’s top political strategists, Chris LaCivita and James Blair, took in hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide election consulting to the pro-russia authoritarian leadership of Republika Srpska www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government
James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
more and better. Otherwise Europe will lose. Time is on Putin's side. As he said the other day, "We don't need to ruin them, they will fall apart on their own." AfD-Le Pen-Reform-Trump. These are Putin's trump cards.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Russia claims that it struck the entire production chain of Ukrainian ballistic missiles and drones. Not the first time. It doesn't matter what is true or not, the raid was massive. This is a European war. Putin will not stop if he is not stopped. Europe is not doing enough to stop Putin, it can do
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is worth reading.
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Phil Gurski @borealissaves.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
At a rare public hearing Germany's intelligence agencies identified Russia as the country's most dangerous adversary. The threat from China is also coming into focus. And the homegrown far right also poses a challenge. Um, what about jihadis?? www.dw.com/en/germany-f...
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Germany faces a triple threat from Russia, China and domestic far-right extremists
At a rare public hearing Germany's intelligence agencies identified Russia as the country's most dangerous adversary. The threat from China is also coming into focus. And the homegrown far right also ...
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A very good long read on the intensified Russian campaign targeting Ukrainian railway logistics - same objective but different means within and outside Ukraine’s borders, from @defence24pl.bsky.social:
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From drone strikes to sabotage: Russia targets the rail corridor linking Ukraine and Poland
Russia is attacking one transport system with two different sets of tools. Inside Ukraine, it can openly use drones and missiles against locomotives, railway stations, and transport infrastructure. Ac...
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Exactly. Attacks do not mean invasion. Putin is not going to invade, he can't. But he will proceed with attacks and will escalate because Europe does not respond although there are ways and means to do it.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One psychiatrist friend once told me to never underestimate the "three prime drivers of human behavior" - greed, fear and stupidity
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If such statements by the US president remain without consequences for him, then, of course, Watergate was just a childish prank. It is time for Americans to rehabilitate Nixon.
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CDL Associates @cdlassociates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In 1999 Liberty Bridge, the main bridge over the Danube in the city of Novi Sad, in what is now Serbia, was completely broken after NATO bombardment. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty...
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Liberty Bridge, Novi Sad - Wikipedia
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