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Paladino

@paladino.eurosky.social
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European, atheist, moralist, optimist | Passionate about #EverCloserUnion 🇪🇺 EU & #democracy | Historian | Current affairs | Geopolitics | Russia, CEE, CSTO watcher

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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026
Dear followers, I’m putting my @paladino.eurosky.social handle on hold in favour of the verified @paladino.wsocial.eu (⚠️FOLLOW ME THERE⚠️) - managed via the @wsocial.eu app). Both use the AT Protocol, so you can still follow me on @bsky.app.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 07/06/2026
If you think like me and you want to make our European identity more visible through common passport, sign this European Citizens' Initiative 💙🇪🇺 eci.ec.europa.eu/060/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 14/05/2026
Europe's sovereignty and prosperity depends on our ability to work as one That is why Russia, USA and China are so dismissive of the EU: a united Europe is a world power, a divided one will be gobbled up by giants, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social reminds us youtube.com/live/WEnUruu...
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A Speech to Europe 2026 by Anne Applebaum
YouTube video by ERSTE Foundation
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 21/04/2026
ECJ says law passed in 2021 discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the Union.' Curious to see how Magyar will balance his conservative background and European positioning www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values
ECJ says law passed in 2021 discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for incoming PM
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026
With over 80% of the votes counted, Peter Magyar and #tisza look on their way to a constitutional majority that allows them to make sweeping changes (133 seats needed - last forecast is 137) vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026 #Magyarország #Hungary 🇭🇺
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 06/04/2026
European #DigitalSovereignty comes one step at a time! Today I moved my Bkuesky handle to the @eurosky.social server. ✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative ✅ Hosted on European cloud ✅ Governed by European law 💙🇪🇺
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 06/04/2026
This US President lacks a basic understanding of today's world ... and as he replaced all experts by sycophants, there is nobody to tell him. He doesn't understand Iran He is unaware of asymmetrical warfare He didn't mind getting allies on board Incapable www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s chaotic war on Iran has dragged into its sixth week because he is fighting an adversary he doesn’t understand | Nesrine Malik
Ignorance and arrogance were his drivers. The idea that the regime plays by different rules, with its own goals, never occurred to him, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 15/03/2026
"The Trump administration has assisted the Chinese narrative by acting like a bully” Many Europeans 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 and Canadians 🇨🇦 now view China as a more reliable partner than Trump's USA. China is still a challenge to us, but at least you know what to prepare for ... www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Poll: Trump era tilts US allies toward Beijing
European allies broadly support building closer ties to China — and believe America's role as a global superpower is fading.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Winter may be over, but for Ukraine’s energy workers, the work never stops. Roman never planned to live in #Kyiv. His life was in Mariupol. After surviving more than a month under russian occupation with no food, no water, and constant shelling, he evacuated his family.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 06/03/2026
Turning point?
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 11/01/2026
In case you needed evidence that Trump has completely sidelined Congress and rules by decree
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/01/2026
try to make sense of it
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 27/12/2025
Poland 🇵🇱 builds an anti drone wall. "As long as Ukraine is defending itself and fighting Russia, Europe is not at risk of war in the strict sense of the word. But we will face instead provocations & acts of sabotage” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Poland preparing €2bn anti-drone fortifications along its eastern border amid Russian threat | Poland | The Guardian
Deputy defence minister says new air defence systems will be completed in 24 months
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
According to British intelligence, Russia’s losses since the beginning of the war have exceeded 400,000 killed and wounded. x.com/DefenceHQ/st...
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 24/12/2025
To our American friends: "censorship isn’t where you think it is.” #disinformation www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Macron and EU condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates
Washington accused of ‘coercion and intimidation’ after five Europeans behind campaign to regulate US tech giants targeted
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 20/12/2025
The Adler, a 🇷🇺 sanctioned ship is anchored in Sweden (technical difficulties?) 🇸🇪 can now inspect and potentially detain it. EU sanctions should be much stronger, e.g. forbid all sanctioned ships to pass through EU territorial waters. That would stop all oil transports from Ust Luga / St Petersburg
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 19/12/2025
Russia's immense power & advantage over Ukraine are a myth. Let's face it: 🇷🇺 is a petrol station with an army. The country has the economy of a African nation (dependency on raw materials, small services economy), but less promising: denied market access, shrinking population, growing deficit.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 16/12/2025
Contrary to Belgium's claimd, legal opinions argue that 🇧🇪 would not be on the hook to pay damages to Moscow. Russia cannot start case at e.g. the EU Court of Justice or the International Court of Justice as 🇷🇺 doesn't accept their jurisdiction (we all know why...) www.politico.eu/article/lega...
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Legal opinions contradict Belgium’s claims over Russian assets
Belgium would not be on the hook to pay damages to Moscow as it would be near impossible for Russia to find a jurisdiction that would hear and enforce the case, the lawyers argue.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 15/12/2025
In a world first, Ukrainian underwater drones struck & disabled a Russian #Kilo-class attack submarine. Following Ukraine’s repeated attacks, the 🇷🇺 navy moved from Sevastopol to the port of Novorossiysk ...but Ukraine 🇺🇦 can now reach them there as well. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Ukraine hits Russian submarine in first underwater drone attack
Ukrainian underwater drones struck and disabled a Russian Kilo-class attack submarine in the Russian navy's most important remaining Black Sea base, in the first operation of its kind, Ukrainian offic...
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 04/12/2025
There is overwhelming evidence that Russia 🇷🇺 - with Putin's knowledge- planned the attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal that led to Sturgess’s death in 2018, due to #novichok disguised as a Nina Ricci perfume www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Putin is ‘morally responsible’ for Dawn Sturgess’s novichok death, inquiry finds
‘Overwhelming’ evidence that Russian state planned attack on former spy Sergei Skripal that led to Sturgess’s death in 2018, says chair
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 30/11/2025
Hit Putin where it hurts! Ukraine 🇺🇦 can stop passage through Black Sea for sanctioned Russian oil tankers EU 🇪🇺 @kajakallas.bsky.social must BLOCK passage through Great Belt & other 🇩🇰 straights (60%of 🇷🇺 seaborne oil exports) in the next EU sanctions package www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Ukraine drones strike Russian oil tankers in Black Sea
Sea Baby naval drones had disabled vessels capable of transporting oil worth almost $70 million
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 06/09/2025
"This one (🇷🇺 war in 🇺🇦 ) is more difficult than I thought" he said. He had no clue. He still hasn't.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 06/09/2025
We see a new level in Russia's aggression against Europe as a whole, writes @alanderminna.bsky.social It's clear that Putin is "boiling the frog" and checking how far he can go. We need to unite and call his bluff, but EU politicians act too little, too slow 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Schrödinger’s GPS Jamming and Not So Hybrid Warfare
Russia may or may not have GPS-jammed the EU Commission president's plane. In any case there was no response, Minna Ålander recounts in the Europe Dispatch.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 21/08/2025
This is not normal. (Nothing in 🇺🇸 or 🇷🇺 is these days)
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 21/08/2025
Lavrov: "Sending European troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees would amount to foreign military intervention, which Moscow won't support." Well, f*ck it - we didn't support Russia's military invasion in Ukraine either! kyivindependent.com/russia-oppos...
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Russia opposes European troops in Ukraine under Trump-backed security guarantees, Lavrov says
Sending European troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees would amount to "foreign military intervention," which Moscow won't support, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Aug. 21.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 20/08/2025
Isn't it about time that, instead of responding to Russian proposals and vetos, the West pushes ITS proposals for a ceasefire, ELSE (secondary) sanctions expand, etc? Only a show of force can move Putin!
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 18/08/2025
Some poor African soldiers or even better, Chinese or North Korean, are certainly a great security security guarantee for Ukraine ☠ This is where NEGOTIATIONS should start - but not where they will finish
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 17/08/2025
Nothing good happened in Anchorage The U.S. has no cards because Trump had been giving them away. To bring peace, 🇺🇸 needs to arm Ukraine, expand sanctions, stop the drone swarms, break the Russian economy & win the war, says @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump Has No Cards - The Atlantic
Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 16/08/2025
How to solve the Gordian knot? A quick look at a first step to reconcile the unreconciliable Ukraine 🇺🇦 objectives Restore pre 2014 borders EU & NATO membership Russia 🇷🇺 objectives Recognize Crimea + ALL Kherson/Zaporizhzhia/Donetsk/Luhansk as RU Demilitarize UA No UA membership NATO A few ideas ⤵️
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
"Putin is in love with a legend. Historically speaking, this is very familiar: new regimes, such as Putin's, seek compensation in myths of ancient origin."
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 15/08/2025
Nobody can still pretend that ICE is "just immigration control." It is becoming a tool for the President to exercise power and intimidate opppnents when no such power legally exists. Call it Godwin's Law if you must, the list of actions/statements that link Trump to Hitler's playbook is growing.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 14/08/2025
Interesting summer reading onbthe extraordinary influence Robert Moses had on NY state & City. One quote that struck me: "he is a liar the way Hitler was a liar. He doesn't lie because he can't help it. He lies as a matter of policy." The same can be said of today's U.S. President.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 14/08/2025
America's lost separation of powers, as it happens. An essential part of being a #democracy is no more, taken over by a strongman with "a mandate from the people " (just as Adolf Hiitler claimed ...)
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 14/08/2025
Trump's new definition of #HumanRights is a fraud El Salvador 🇸🇻 gets whitewashed Brazil 🇧🇷 is called "antisemitic" for calling Gaza a genocide Germany 🇩🇪 has " #FreedomOfSpeech issues" for keeping social media platforms responsible for hate speech www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights - The Atlantic
State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 13/08/2025
The rumour is the Putin wants ALL of Donbas (Luhansk + Donetsk) as the price for a ceasefire. That would destroy Ukraine's strong defensive "fortress belt" & is an open invitation to a new attack in the future. It's unacceptable. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 13/08/2025
This If Putin is willing to sit down now to negotiate anything, that's not due his good nature. It is because a thousand Russians get killed by Ukrainian defenders every day, and because of the resolve of 🇺🇦 's allies to provide weapons & slap sanctions on Russia that bite. 🇪🇺 🤝 🇺🇦
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 13/08/2025
Satellite images show at least 12 air defense units — mostly Pantsir-S1 systems — positioned near Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in Valdai. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
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Satellite images show 12 air defense systems near Putin’s Valdai residence — Meduza
Satellite images show at least 12 air defense units — mostly Pantsir-S1 systems — positioned near Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in Valdai, in the Novgorod region, Radio Free…
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 11/08/2025
Has China's Wirtschaftswunder run out of steam? From a peak of 18.5% of world GDP in 2021, China 🇨🇳 is back to 16.5%. After raising millions from poverty to the middle-income, macro-economic hiccups stall the rise. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Why Peak China may finally have arrived | George Magnus | The Guardian
The technological and strategic brilliance of its world-class companies are being swamped by macroeconomic troubles
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 11/08/2025
The swapping of territories Trump alluded to is still a mystery. I think this is will be offered: a) Kherson & Zaporizhzhia: frontline as is b) Sumy & Kharkiv, return to the intl border c) in return for (b), Putin asks all of Donetsk & Luhansk, incl de iure. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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European allies rally behind Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin summit
Forceful show of support comes amid scramble to counter Trump’s suggestion of a land swap to end the war.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 06/08/2025
Pessimism As a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? When you look better, we're not doing that bad, says @alanderminna.bsky.social: Europe has the money, the know-how, and the industry to tackle the challenge. The only thing stopping Europe is lack of faith. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 06/08/2025
Overproduction is the structural flaw in China’s economic model. To solve the issues this brings at home & abroad, 🇨🇳 needs to switch to a more consumer- and services-based model - but that's unlikely to happen under Xi's Leninist/mercantilist policies. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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China’s industrial policy is creating instability at home and abroad | George Magnus | The Guardian
Overcapacity – from electric vehicles to high-speed rail to housing – is destroying profits as well as GDP
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/08/2025
The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
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Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 02/08/2025
. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social rightly states that the West does not yet fully understand how broad Putin's goals are. "If you really want peace, you must arm Ukraine and defend it until Putin releases the war is over & he CANNOT win it."
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 31/07/2025
#Israel must #StopGenocide in Gaza, even if Hamas committed horrific crimes on 7 Oct  2023. The only peaceful way forward—for both Jews & Palestinians—is a #TwoStateSolution.⁣ Worldwide voices insist: end this war, recognise #Palestine & secure a lasting peace.🇮🇱🇵🇸 apnews.com/article/un-i...
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UN conference backs two-state solution, calls on Israel to commit to a Palestinian state
A high-level U.N. conference gave “unwavering support” to a two-state solution and called on Israel to commit to a Palestinian state.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 25/07/2025
You have to admire the Scots ....
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 25/07/2025
Since the end of the Cold War, the centre of power in Europe has shifted - for the better. Not only do the Nordic-Baltic 8 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴🇮🇸 recognize the risk of Russia next-door, Poland 🇵🇱 is also becoming a heavyweight in its own right + as a partner of 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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The Long Process of European Unity
Leadership in Europe today goes beyond the big three Western European countries - France, Germany and the UK. Poland is now an important power that cannot be ignored.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/07/2025
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 22/07/2025
Crazy sycophants Apart from suggesting to rename the Kennedy Center after Melania Trump, Republicans introduced legislation to rename the Washington Dulles Int'' Airport after Trump, get his face on the $100 bill & turn his birthday into an international holiday. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Republicans want to rename Kennedy Center’s opera house after Melania Trump
House appropriators voted to make most of the Kennedy Center’s funding contingent on the name change in their markup of the fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment spending bill.
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Paladino @paladino.eurosky.social · 22/07/2025
Europe 🇪🇺 should take pride in our unique balance of #freedom, #justice & knowledge - our #civilisation. "To speak in the name of European civilization thus becomes, at the same time, a way for China to take its interlocutor seriously and to recognize it as a peer." big-europe.eu/publications...
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China, civilization and political discourse
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 21/07/2025
A thoroughly depressing story: Russia's military-industrial complex is pulling young people out of high school so they can build instruments of death. For motivation, they're telling these teenagers that "Stalin's DNA" courses through their veins. Poor kids. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
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Russian state TV touts ‘boys and girls’ assembling attack drones bound for Ukraine — Meduza
The Russian Defense Ministry’s television channel, Zvezda, recently reported that “boys and girls” who left school after ninth grade for vocational college are now working on attack drone assembly in ...
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