Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.francesconicoli.eu/writing/why-...francesconicoli.euFrancesco Nicoli — Political EconomyResearch, teaching, public scholarship, and policy contributions by Francesco Nicoli. 010
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 26/09/2026Fourteen US senators from both parties urged Trump to withdraw Putin’s invitation to the G20 summit in Miami on Dec. 14-15 and bar other sanctioned Russian officials. The lawmakers argued Putin’s participation could legitimize Russia’s government amid the war in Ukraine. #US 21438107
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🇩🇪 In Germany, three Bundeswehr trucks have caught fire at the MAN plant near Magdeburg. Police do not rule out that the equipment could have been set on fire intentionally. 817961
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s been 6 months since I sold all of my individual stocks and a week since I called on my opponent to do the same, but he has refused. 301762476
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Amy @cherriehomes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Why not buy it from Ukraine? It’s just as far. Belarus: $2. lb + $70. lb shipping. Canada: $3. lb + $9. lb shipping. He’s a genius! 2273
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Stephen Smith @gsds3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Will this mean there’s a trade deficit and there’ll now have to be sanctions? Hard to keep up with whether trading with the US is good or bad 1691
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just joining the Russian economic sphere I guess. 1321741364
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦 European leaders plan to ask Donald Trump to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot missiles, - Bloomberg On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, European leaders also intend to appeal to other allies, including the UK and Japan, to provide additional financial support to Kyiv. 417828
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428101169
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Euronews @euronews.com · 19/09/2026EU fuel prices hit records; ECB experts say diesel margins yet to peak ➡️ l.euronews.com/Ai3Y 01713
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓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...kyivindependent.com'Abhorrent acts' - Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since full-scale invasion, UN reportsRussian 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. 27466254
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Putin has put Nestlé and Auchan’s Russian operations under “temporary administration.” Western firms still in Russia should have seen this coming. IT’S TIME TO USE FROZEN ASSETS to rebuild what Russia destroyed and thieved, like our home. 1419430
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026⚡️🇺🇸 U.S. House advances the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 829046
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16/09/2026⚡️US House approves Graham's Russia sanctions bill. The U.S. House of Representatives approved sweeping legislation that would impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries that buy Russian oil and gas, in a final vote on Sept. 16.kyivindependent.comUS House approves Graham's Russia sanctions billThe U.S. House of Representatives approved sweeping legislation that would impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries that buy Russian oil and gas, in a final vote on Sept. 16. The bipartisan bill, ch... 1324550
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Edward Harrison @edwardnh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026That means we are likely to see yields go a lot higher before this ends unless either the AI boom blows up or deficits shrink. Be prepared for a 10-year Treasury bond at 5 1/2 or 6% when this ends. Those dynamics speak to a sudden stop rather than a gentle cooling when things come back to earth/END 275
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Roger Coleman @rogerc44.bsky.social · 15/09/2026you smell the stench of Russian interference from here 0131
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 15/09/2026This is the enemy 27615
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Annemiek 🇺🇦 🇳🇱 🇮🇹 🇵🇸 @annemiekvanmoorst.bsky.social · 14/09/2026WOW substack.com/@marijnmarku...substack.comMarijn Markus (@marijnmarkus)💥 This drone intercept video holds a special place in my heart. Because I know who helped 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 it. This FDM printed interceptor drone took down a russian Zala MB-35 drone that costs roughly $22.000... 122
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Before #Trump, Bessent and Wright had already accused Ukraine of the same thing. I guess this is the party’s new line ahead of the elections. 13611
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026So, in short, it’s clear: there never was, and still isn’t, any mutual agreement to stop strikes on energy infrastructure and oil facilities and Donald Trump, as usual, is just brimming with imaginary victories. 17655127
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It’s not a Hybrid War….. It’s just War Stop using niceties, you will prepare better. 716132
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 12/09/2026⚡️Explosion at Bulgarian ammunition depot supplying Ukraine sparks massive fire, sabotage probe. The latest incident comes amid broader concern over fires, explosions, and suspected sabotage at European defense facilities supplying Ukraine.kyivindependent.comExplosion at Bulgarian ammunition depot supplying Ukraine sparks massive fire, sabotage probeThe latest incident comes amid broader concern over fires, explosions, and suspected sabotage at European defense facilities supplying Ukraine. 15249104
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 10/09/20261/ Even as Russian state propaganda hails Ukraine war veterans as heroes, Russia's security forces are reported to be quietly stepping up surveillance of a group that they regard as a growing threat. War veterans are already reportedly forming criminal networks. ⬇️ 729171
Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Why are OpenAI, Anthropic and others racing to develop Artificial Super Intelligence, even though signs are mounting (and they speak openly about it) that it may really end up destroying our world? Simple explanation: game theory. 241
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The strategic position of the USA would’ve been immeasurably better if it had not started this ludicrous war with Iran and instead given the Patriot interceptors its wasted to Ukraine, to defend Ukr against Russia. What the USA has done, insanely, is strengthen China and Russia. 2335293
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Kane Korso @godevils2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Krasnov is THE Traitor to America. There's no doubt about it at all. Anyone who doesn't see it needs to open their eyes 0205
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Angelina Jolie visited boxing club in Kharkiv with her son, Knox, who joined Ukrainian soldiers for a Muay Thai training session, Ukrainian Boxing Federation shared. Visiting Kharkiv, just 35 km from Russia, takes bravery, and I’m saying this as someone who lives here. Thank you for visiting us! 950095
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026These are the sorts of numbers you get when you abandon the political playing field. Mask men dressed in black seen as not legitimate by by only 38% to 31%. 1310322
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It’s a terrible idea for European Commission President von der Leyen to visit Serbia in October, just weeks after a quasi-state funeral for a man convicted of genocide and on the eve of a general election. My comments for @rferl.org.web.brid.gy (in Serbian) www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/srbija-eu-...slobodnaevropa.orgDa li je zbog Srbije dovedena u pitanje regionalna turneja Fon der Lajen? 1177
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Two thirds of problems of Europe have a sole source: Russia, and our inability/lack of will to resolutely deal with it and with its proxies in Europe. We are the live demonstration Popper was right. 1144
Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Two thirds of problems of Europe have a sole source: Russia, and our inability/lack of will to resolutely deal with it and with its proxies in Europe. We are the live demonstration Popper was right. 1144
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Here comes the ceasefire 🤷♂️ Alarm in Kyiv over drones. 425444
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Texans, remember those long lines in Georgia in the cold and dark to vote for Obama? Well, It’s now time to overcome voter suppression and stand in the lines in the heat and light for Talarico. 261092312
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026You don't respond to a military attack on your territory by a marginal decrease on the scale of diplomatic niceties. And if you do, you will only succeed in signalling how pathetically afraid you are. The Kremlin is having a good laugh tonight. 1216
Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Hei Brussels, I love you, but please, please stop this performative ascetism. Healthy is good, but excessive healthness for the sake of social obedience is sick. Kalos kagathos has been tried and failed; it conveys the wrong societal information. 010
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 02/09/2026The Atlantic's Simon Shuster says Zelensky has officially announced the start of Operation M&Ms, adding that a source behind his original report confirmed "this is it." Shuster previously reported that the plan aimed to swarm Moscow airports with AI-guided drones and pressure Putin into a truce. 830254
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Less than 24h after the terrorist attack in Brandenburg, another electrical substation has been attacked, this time in Bergheim, NRW, Germany. The police suspects sabotage. 26543140
Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Full room at the 2026 @bruegel.org Annual Meeting. 140
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The roar of fighter jets often rolls across the sky above the clouds. The pilots over the Kyiv region must be working themselves to exhaustion right now. It’s worth once again thanking the nations that generously provided Ukraine with fighter jets, they are saving lives and our future in peace. 1266992
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Oh no, now Russia will retaliate™ by bombing our airports to the ground, raining missiles down on our cities, and cutting us off from all civilian air travel for years. Oh, wait. Russia has already been doing all of that for years — with complete impunity. 101009198
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓JP Ahonen 🇪🇺 @jpahonen.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026I’d be curious to know how would Putin react if Germany carried out a calibrated relatiotory strike *without* evoking Articla 5? The whole “big bad NATO is attacking us” would become yet again more feeble. 021
Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026You don't respond to a military attack on your territory by a marginal decrease on the scale of diplomatic niceties. And if you do, you will only succeed in signalling how pathetically afraid you are. The Kremlin is having a good laugh tonight. 1216
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The biggest killer of Christians since Hitler and Stalin shakes hands with his enabler, Xi Jinping Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 211032
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Footage shows debris from a Russian Shahed drone falling in a park in Kyiv’s Obolon district during yesterday’s attack. A 2-year-old girl was killed. 📹Telegram channels 14416
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Russia's Marine Le Pen congratulates #Iceland on rejecting EU membership talks. 52413
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is a worst case scenario that we need to prepare for by transferring Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine 57320
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/08/2026‼️⚠️ WSJ: Western officials say Russia has captured Ukrainian drones and could potentially use them in false-flag attacks on NATO countries, making the attacks appear to have originated from Ukraine and sowing confusion or political pressure within the alliance. 715444
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Rather looks like the Irish Government might be covering up evidence of #Ireland aiding Russia's war machine and breaking EU sanctions doesn't it @micheal-martin.bsky.social @simonharrisireland.bsky.social? 🤔 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.euthejournal.ieGovernment won't release confidential email on Aughinish sanctions over 'commercial sensitivity'The controversial Russian-owned refinery has faced a major campaign against it because of claims it is involved in the country’s war effort in Ukraine. 12516
Reposted by Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Iceland votes No to EU accession talks. Cue weeks of triumphant, deeply ignorant, bad faith takes from the Brexit right - every single one of which will ignore the relationship Iceland currently has with the EU. 514632