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Barbara von Ow-Freytag🇺🇦🇪🇺

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Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia. Human & civic rights. Civil Society🌀

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Terje Helland @terjehelland.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
🇬🇪GEORGIA WARNING: What’s happening is no longer a temporary backslide. It’s a coordinated campaign to dismantle democracy, capture institutions, and reorient Georgia’s geopolitical future. 🧵And Europeans politely ask them to “return to the European path" ... 1/22
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Terje Helland @terjehelland.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
🇬🇪Western diplomats must recognize a hard truth: any symbolic recognition—whether intentional or not—emboldens the Georgian Dream (GD) regime. 🧵Recent missteps show how GD exploits these moments to fake legitimacy while doubling down on repression. 1/10
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The Insider @theins.press · 31/01/2025
Kremlin-run bot network uses spoof websites to spread articles on "catastrophe" awaiting Europe after U.S. cuts aid to Kyiv The "opinion pieces" posted on fake Der Spiegel and Le Parisien websites were shared with The Insider by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
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Kremlin-run bot network uses spoof websites to spread articles on “catastrophe” awaiting Europe after U.S. cuts aid to Kyiv
The Kremlin’s “Doppelgänger” bot network has launched a campaign to spread pseudo-journalistic articles claiming that the decision of newly sworn in U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze aid programs ...
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The Insider @theins.press · 30/01/2025
Trump’s decision to halt USAID funding to Ukraine freezes war crime monitoring projects, IDP assistance, and work of the media @hromadske.bsky.social, Hromadske Radio, Realna Gazeta, and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union comment on the consequences of the move.
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Trump’s decision to halt USAID funding to Ukraine freezes war crime monitoring projects, IDP assistance, and work of the media
The administration of Donald Trump has suspended all U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine, leading to the shutdown of numerous programs — ranging from veteran rehabilitation and support for independent media t...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/01/2025
Humanitarian workers across Ukraine were told to stop working today after the Trump administration froze (Congressionally approved) foreign aid open.substack.com/pub/countero...
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NEWSFLASH: Trump foreign aid freeze blow to Ukraine civil society
The sudden policy change under the new administration is likely to be felt more strongly in Ukraine than anywhere else in the world.
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