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Roman A.

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Investigate disinformation, extremism and other fun things. Former EU DisinfoLab and ISD Global Analyst. Repost≠endorsement. Opinions are strictly my own.

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Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 13h
🇧🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪 A French and German delegation travelled this month to Brasilia, where intelligence officials briefed them on alleged US and Russian interference before Brazil's election, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/americ... #USA #Russia
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Brazil briefed French, German officials on alleged US, Russian election interference
A French and German delegation travelled this month to Brasilia, where intelligence officials briefed them on alleged ​US and Russian interference before Brazil's election, according to sources and do...
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 2h
FSB Focuses Crosshairs on Russian Exiles | "The Kremlin’s campaign to harass, intimidate, and murder opponents takes another major step back to the days of Stalin." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan cepa.org/article/fsb-focuses-crossh…
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FSB Focuses Crosshairs on Russian Exiles
The Kremlin’s campaign to harass, intimidate and murder opponents and exiles takes another major step back to the days of Stalin.
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Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social · 10h
A joint investigation by CivilNetCheck and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) traced how the fabricated claim, attributed to Politico, spread from Russian-language Telegram to audiences in 18 languages within 29 hours. civilnet.am/en/news/1014...
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How a false story about Armenian tomatoes spread in 18 languages
by Ani Grigoryan, Givi Gigitashvili (DFRLab), Sopo Gelava (DFRLab) Russia’s restrictions on Armenian agricultural imports, introduced in late May 2026 ahead...
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Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social · 10h
Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad
Support for white Afrikaners, anti-communism and others reveals how US redefining what qualifies as human rights
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 13h
Russia’s system for the unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children has now reached North Korea. The EU has sanctioned the state-run Songdowon International Children’s Camp for participating in programmes involving Ukrainian children transferred from occupied territories.
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 14h
Ponomaryov declined to confirm or deny whether he had been tipped off, but said that the allegations mark “a new level of escalation” by Russia.
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Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomaryov Targeted in Alleged Assassination Plot in U.S., Report Says - The Moscow Times
A Russian intelligence network planned to assassinate exiled opposition figures Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomaryov in the United States this summer, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported Tuesday.
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The Insider @theins.press · 15h
Putin hands out state honors to 51 Channel One employees, including sanctioned propagandists and authors of fake news reports Dimitri Simes, charged in the U.S. with violating sanctions and money laundering, received the Order of Friendship.
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Putin hands out state honors to 51 Channel One employees, including sanctioned propagandists and authors of fake news reports
Vladimir Putin has bestowed state honors on 51 employees of Russia’s state-run Pervy Kanal (Channel One), the result of a decree dated Sept. 29. Among the…
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Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When two-thirds of your advisory board dealing with counter-terrorism issues resign, it says plenty about how seriously you take digital safety. Spoiler alert: you clearly don’t.
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Charles McPhedran @charliekreuz.bsky.social · 20h
Inside activists’ desperate search for the Ukrainian children stolen by Russia: Kathryn Diss’ film is distressing but compelling viewing. One news line out of it: Yale researchers say they have tracked the movement of some 35,000 children, many more than the official Ukrainian estimate of ~20,000.
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The Children Russia Stole: The undercover network bringing Ukraine's kids home | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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The Insider @theins.press · 29/09/2026
EU weighs NATO Article 4-style mechanism to coordinate response to hybrid attacks “The protocol can be compared to an alarm button: one country reports a threat, and the others coordinate a joint response,” EU policy expert Petar Tanev told The Insider.
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EU weighs NATO Article 4-style mechanism to coordinate response to hybrid attacks
European Union defense ministers have discussed creating an emergency consultation mechanism in response to growing hybrid threats from Russia, according to a…
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Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When two-thirds of your advisory board dealing with counter-terrorism issues resign, it says plenty about how seriously you take digital safety. Spoiler alert: you clearly don’t.
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Actualités françaises 🇫🇷 @news-flows-fr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Comment l'ingérence étrangère en Europe passe aussi par la désinformation sur la santé et les vaccins La désinformation étrangère alimente la méfiance envers la vaccination, sape la confiance dans la santé publique et contribue à la résurgence de la rougeole en Europe, où les taux de...
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Comment l'ingérence étrangère en Europe passe aussi par la désinformation sur la santé et les vaccins
La désinformation étrangère alimente la méfiance envers la vaccination, sape la confiance dans la santé publique et contribue à la résurgence de la rougeole en Europe, où les taux de vaccination reste...
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
Six of the nine independent experts on the advisory board of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism—a consortium run by several of the biggest US tech companies—resigned on Monday, according to a letter seen by WIRED and interviews with three of the people.
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Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor...
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SCOOP A Pentagon influencer called liberal women a "pestilence" who will end western civilization. He's also: • Praised dictators like Franco and Pinochet • Said people without kids should not be allowed vote • Called immigrants "semihuman savages" www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization
Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.
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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The True Meaning of Russia’s Sham Election foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/r...
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The True Meaning of Russia’s Sham Election
Even rigged elections used to be an outlet for discontent. That avenue is now closed.
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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the Russian campaigns currently running on this platform to convince the electorates of France, Netherlands and Germany to scale down their militaries.
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Over 3,000 North Korean troops who fought in Ukraine have gone home as military instructors. Pyongyang is converting a year of combat into doctrine and training programs. warontherocks.com/north-koreas...
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North Korea’s Irregular Warfare After Ukraine
Pyongyang has a long history of conducting irregular warfare and asymmetric operations: Look no further than the 1968 Blue House raid or the 1996
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 29/09/2026
Amnesty says Malian forces and Russia’s Wagner mercenaries committed war crimes against civilians, documenting at least 34 unlawful killings, drone strikes that killed 23 people — including children — and torture at military bases. www.kyivpost.com/post/85615
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Amnesty Says Mali Forces, Wagner Committed War Crimes Against Civilians
Amnesty says Malian forces and Wagner killed and tortured civilians during joint operations, documenting at least 34 unlawful deaths.
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Le Monde Afrique @afrique.lemonde.fr · 29/09/2026
Mali : Amnesty International accuse l’armée et le Groupe Wagner de « crimes de guerre »
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Mali : Amnesty International accuse l’armée et le Groupe Wagner de « crimes de guerre »
Les forces armées maliennes et les paramilitaires russes ont été plusieurs fois accusés d’avoir tué des civils lors d’opérations ces dernières années.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/09/2026
A Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv on Monday killed at least one person and injured six, local officials said. nyti.ms/4ddood4
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 28/09/2026
Activists told The Moscow Times that the renewed speculation about another mobilization “echoes with pain” — and that a new call-up could be faster and harder to evade than the one in 2022.
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As Fears of Post-Election Mobilization Swirl, Russian Activists Prepare for the Worst - The Moscow Times
Rumors that the Kremlin could order another mobilization to sustain its invasion of Ukraine after this month’s parliamentary elections have circulated in Russian media for months.
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The Insider @theins.press · 28/09/2026
Russian-Israeli couple detained in Montenegro with 19 suitcases, police find €1 million in cash and surveillance gear at their apartment The couple were detained on Sept. 23 at Tivat airport while trying to fly to Tel Aviv.
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Russian-Israeli couple detained in Montenegro with 19 suitcases, police find €1 million in cash and surveillance gear at their apartment
A married couple with Russian and Israeli citizenship, Alexander Kruglyansky and Alexandra Kruglyanskaya, have been arrested in Montenegro, where they will be…
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FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 28/09/2026
Allemagne : une ville interdit les Stolpersteine, pavés dédiés aux victimes du nazisme
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Allemagne : une ville interdit les Stolpersteine, pavés dédiés aux victimes du nazisme
La ville d'Heidenau, dans ​le centre-est de l'Allemagne, a approuvé une motion des partis d'extrême droite Alternative pour ​l'Allemagne (AfD) et de l'Union chrétienne-démocrate (CDU) interdisant l'installation prévue de Stolpersteine, ces pavés de la mémoire rendant hommage aux victimes du nazisme. Une décision qui provoque un tollé outre-Rhin.
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Le Gorafi @legorafi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
« Les banques contrôlent tout », par votre ami sur le point de dire un truc antisémite www.legorafi.fr/2016/09/29/les-banq…
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« Les banques contrôlent tout », par votre ami sur le point de dire un truc antisémite
« Et les banques, c'est contrôlé par qui ? Bah oui, vous savez de qui je parle », dit-il dans son discours sans trop oser rentrer dans les détails.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The majority (63%) of citizens trust scientists. Only 5% distrust scientists. There is less trust for politicized topics (climate science) and of government or business scientists It's critical to support science at universities, where people trust the results www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Edwy Plenel @edwyplenel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
« Les banques sont toutes détenues par des juifs » : Jordan Bardella face à ses écrits antisémites. @mediapart.fr a mis la main sur des échanges de l’actuel président du RN, au début de sa carrière politique, qui témoignent d’un antisémitisme obsessionnel. www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...
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« Les banques sont toutes détenues par des juifs » : Jordan Bardella face à ses écrits antisémites
« Mediapart » a mis la main sur des échanges de l’actuel président du RN, au début de sa carrière politique. On y découvre l’antisémitisme obsessionnel de celui qui rêve de devenir premier ministre. …
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today one Russian newspaper writes: “The parliamentary elections are over. The time has come for unpopular measures.” Another reports on contacts between the Kremlin and Germany's far-right AfD. #ReadingRussia
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Russian paper: “The election’s over. It’s time for unpopular measures.”
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 28/09/2026
The EU has sanctioned an additional 37 individuals and entities responsible for the: 🚫 deportation 🚫 forcible transfer 🚫 forced assimilation of Ukrainian children. The EU is committed to bringing every child unlawfully taken by Russia back home. More: link.europa.eu/rcTJX9
Photo of a child  seen from behind, holding a large Ukrainian flag, running  towards a flat, yellow, sun-like disc.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28/09/2026
EU defense ministers want the bloc to develop a common response to the growing wave of Russian hybrid attacks.
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EU seeks NATO-style response to Russian hybrid attacks
The bloc’s defense ministers will consider an emergency security protocol amid Moscow’s growing threats across Europe.
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Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
While the US government portrays digital risks as a nonexistent threat and a pretext for censorship, decisions by US state courts repeatedly tell us a very different story.
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Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Voir Sergey Lavrov utiliser sa rencontre avec le ministre des affaires étrangères allemand pour faire de la négation des massacres de civils #ukrainiens à Boucha vous donne une bonne idée du niveau d'intérêt de la #Russie pour la diplomatie et des négociations de paix de bonne foi.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 27/09/2026
Swiss voters appear to have rejected a proposal to introduce a more rigid enforcement of the country's neutrality principle — repudiating an idea which would have made imposing sanctions against Moscow more difficult.
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Swiss say no to hardening neutrality principle, safeguarding sanctions on Russia
The Kremlin backed the referendum proposal, which was opposed by the Swiss government.
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 27/09/2026
🇨🇭 Les Suisses ont balayé dimanche sans surprise une initiative populaire visant à durcir la neutralité du pays, un texte porté par la droite nationaliste et qualifié de prorusse par ses opposants, selon une première projection à la sortie des urnes.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 27/09/2026
"X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula" paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 27/09/2026
🔴 "Moscow has no intention of stopping escalation." German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stated after talks with Lavrov that his de-escalation proposals regarding Ukraine fell on deaf ears.
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Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Voir Sergey Lavrov utiliser sa rencontre avec le ministre des affaires étrangères allemand pour faire de la négation des massacres de civils #ukrainiens à Boucha vous donne une bonne idée du niveau d'intérêt de la #Russie pour la diplomatie et des négociations de paix de bonne foi.
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Olivier Clairouin @oclairouin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
« Pendant qu’experts et éditorialistes de plateau glosent sur des dangers hautement hypothétiques dont nul n’a en réalité la moindre idée, les risques environnementaux, sociaux et politiques de l’IA disparaissent fort commodément du tableau. » www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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« L’IApocalypse est une chimère qui nous fait oublier que le développement de l’intelligence artificielle est insoutenable à tous points de vue »
CHRONIQUE. Les dangers hautement hypothétiques de l’IA font disparaître la question des risques environnementaux, sociaux et politiques, observe, dans sa chronique, Stéphane Foucart, journaliste au se...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 27/09/2026
At Lavrov’s NYC meeting with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Russia’s Foreign Ministry shared a report (in English) claiming that Kyiv staged the Bucha massacre. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova later teased Wadephul for covering it with a notebook. t.me/MariaVladimi...
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 26/09/2026
"Russia has maintained plausible deniability in connection to each sabotage incident—but together, they add up to a pattern of low-level warfare to which European democracies must respond." @apolyakova.bsky.social & Christopher Walker
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Russia’s Intensifying Shadow War Against Europe
Russia has maintained plausible deniability in connection to each sabotage incident—but together, they add up to a pattern of low-level warfare to which European democracies must respond.
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Paul Gogo @paugog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Retour sur les élections russes du week-end dernier dans ma newsletter :
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Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
While the US government portrays digital risks as a nonexistent threat and a pretext for censorship, decisions by US state courts repeatedly tell us a very different story.
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The Insider @theins.press · 26/09/2026
From Russia with “Russophobia”: Kremlin propaganda accounts are posing as “angry Latvians” to influence the country’s Telegram communities The Insider identifies key players in the the pro-Russian network, like ex-Saiema MP Aleksejs Rosļikovs, the Baltnews channel, and “Baltic Antifascists.”
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From Russia with “Russophobia”: Kremlin propaganda accounts are posing as “angry Latvians” to influence the country’s Telegram communities
After Latvia banned broadcasts by Russian federal television channels, Telegram became a key platform for Kremlin propaganda in the country. The Insider…
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Italy raids neo-Nazi network over synagogue attack plot, finds bomb manuals & weapons The groups praised Hitler & SS, spread antisemitic, racist & homophobic propaganda, shared mass killers’ manifestos, denied the Holocaust and recruited members through Telegram www.ynetnews.com/article/r1qr...
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Italy raids neo-Nazi network over synagogue attack plot, finds bomb manuals and weapons
Fourteen of the 17 suspects are minors; investigators say the groups praised Hitler and the SS, spread antisemitic, racist and homophobic propaganda, shared mass killers’ manifestos, denied the Holoca...
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Télérama @telerama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Après Meta, TikTok accepte à son tour de limiter à deux heures par jour son utilisation par les adolescents, dans un accord avec l’Alabama calqué sur celui du propriétaire d’Instagram et conclu trois jours avant l’ouverture du procès.
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Protection des mineurs : TikTok verse au moins 100 millions de dollars à l’Alabama pour éviter un procès
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Euronews @euronews.com · 26/09/2026
Russia's recruitment drive targeting Belarusians has become a key tool to boost manpower on the battlefield and exploits economic hardship and isolation.
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How is Russia recruiting Belarusians to fight in the war in Ukraine?
Russia's recruitment drive targeting Belarusians has become a key tool to boost manpower on the battlefield and exploits economic hardship and isolation.
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AFP Factuel @factuel.afp.com · 25/09/2026
🇺🇦 Une vidéo et une photo de soldats ukrainiens menottés à bord d'un autobus ? ❌ C'est faux : ces images ont été générées par IA ⤵️ u.afp.com/S9G3
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Ces images censées montrer des soldats ukrainiens menottés à bord d'un autobus ont été générées par IA
Plus de quatre ans après le début de la guerre déclenchée par l'invasion militaire russe, l'Ukraine peine à recruter de nouveaux soldats. Dans ce contexte, début septembre 2026, des internautes ont…
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Anton Barbashin @abarbashin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As soon as elections have passed, Russian Ministry of Economic Development has revised down their baseline forecast for 2027 from 2% to 0.2% The Bank of Russia has likewise lowered its 2026 GDP growth forecast to 0−1%, from 0.5−1.5% What comes next? @ruboyinthehood.bsky.social ridl.io/the-hangover/
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The Hangover – Riddle Russia
Nicholas Trickett’s economic summary of the week (September 21 — 25)
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The Insider @theins.press · 25/09/2026
Bulgarians detained over Munich arson were part of GRU-linked group operating from Slovakia Investigators have linked both the Munich attack and the Aug. 4 sabotage attempt at Leipzig airport to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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Bulgarians detained over Munich arson were part of GRU-linked group operating from Slovakia
A Bulgarian man and woman detained after a Sept. 3 arson attack in Munich were part of a group linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency that was…
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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 25/09/2026
The gasoline supply in St Petersburg is back to normal, but now there are new problems in Kaluga and Nizhny Novgorod. There are also signs of stress in other regions around Moscow (Tula, Ryazan, Vladimir).
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 25/09/2026
A recent CSIS report estimates Russia’s battlefield casualties in Ukraine at 1.4 million. That is 28 times the total Soviet casualties in Afghanistan and 18 times Russia’s losses in the two Chechen wars combined.
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