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ICIJ @icij.org · 20/09/2026

ICIJ is gravely concerned for the safety of our colleague Micah Reddy, ICIJ's Africa coordinator, and local journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael (“Kooki Mahmoud”). Read ICIJ's statement: buff.ly/F3e4mef

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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

@karlbode.com with a blunt, visceral assessment of SpaceX and (lack of) journalistic integrity in its reporting. Perhaps hyperbolic, but key points land, IMO: Valuation rests on highly uncertain, if not fantasy, future outcomes. Journalists are fawning & failing. karlbode.com/the-spacex-i...

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The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By An Overt White Supremacist Huckster

Once again a broken U.S. press couldn't bother to convey the truth to the public when it comes to America's shittiest rich person.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Cypriot police say Sandy was employed by "various companies" between 2001 and 2023 which makes less likely that she had travelled abroad. Now, if they really wanted to get a confirmation about her journeys, they should have asked German authorities. This is what MLATs are for.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The account in question was deleted about a week ago.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Contrary to what Cyprus's police are saying, Sandy indeed left the island in March 2021 to find refuge at a women's shelter in Germany. Curiously, about a week ago, one of her 3 Signal accounts she was using when I shared a list of shelters, was deleted. www.documentonews.gr/article/ena-...

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Ένα συγκλονιστικό ηχητικό με τη «Σάντη» που επιβεβαιώνει τις αποκαλύψεις - Documento

«Το συμπέρασμα της κυπριακής αστυνομίας πως η Σάντη δεν ταξίδεψε ποτέ στη Γερμανία είναι λανθασμένο».

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Η Σάντη ταξίδεψε στη Γερμανία για να φιλοξενηθεί σε καταφύγιο θυμάτων βίας κατά των γυναικών, σε αντίθεση με το τί ισχυρίζονται στην αστυνομία. Ο λογαριασμός Signal που της έστειλα συμβουλές για το καταφύγιο συμπτωματικά "σβήστηκε" πριν μερικές μέρες. www.documentonews.gr/article/ena-...

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Ένα συγκλονιστικό ηχητικό με τη «Σάντη» που επιβεβαιώνει τις αποκαλύψεις - Documento

«Το συμπέρασμα της κυπριακής αστυνομίας πως η Σάντη δεν ταξίδεψε ποτέ στη Γερμανία είναι λανθασμένο».

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A friend in Cyprus told me earlier today that the silence of women's rights groups on the island following recent reports about Sandy's alleged rape when she was 13, remains deafening. But it's not surprising. The government controls civil society with grants conditional to benevolent behaviour.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The only purpose served by the killing of journalists in conflict zones I can think of is the elimination of evidence of war crimes.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If Cypriot authorities investigated crime with the same zeal they cover it up, crime in Cyprus would be the lowest in the world.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Cypriot lawyer Nicos Clerides's electronic devices seized by police contained sensitive client communications, including the case of a mother accusing the government of covering up her son's murder in 2005 while he was serving in the army. www.reporter.com.cy/article/1407...

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I explain how I got to know "Sandy", how Sandy left Cyprus to seek refuge in a women's shelter in Germany as she felt threatened at the time. She repeatedly sought to report her case to police. Her complaints were ignored. She ultimately returned to Cyprus, most likely under durress.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I have been advised that during the search at lawyer Nicos Clerides's home and office, the police was searching electronic devices with keywords mostly related to controversial financial and political scandals in Cyprus. Another keyword they used was my name.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Σήμερα δημοσιεύτηκε η δική μου μαρτυρία στην υπόθεση της Σάντης που προκαλεί τριγμούς σε Κύπρο & Ελλάδα. Σε συνεντεύξεις της το 2020/21 μου είχε αναφέρει πώς κινδύνευε. Απέδρασε από το περιβάλλον κακοποίησης μόνο για να επιστρέψει μήνες αργότερα. www.documentonews.gr/article/sant...

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Σάντη, σήκω φύγε. Τώρα - Documento

Ο δημοσιογράφος Στέλιος Ορφανίδης με τον οποίο ήρθε πρώτα σε επαφή η Σαντη για να καταγγείλει τους βιασμούς αλλά και το κύκλωμα διαφθοράς στην Κύπρο, περιγράφει όσα έζησε.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Orban may be flushed down the drain of history but his xenophobic, authoritiarian legacy will most likely persist.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

BREAKING: On Saturday morning, Cyprus's police raided the residence & is currently heading to the office of lawyer Nicos Clerides with a search warrant. The search is following a brisant report published by investigative journalist Makarios Drousiotis about a child rape case from the 90s.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10/04/2026

I wanna point out something serious. The admin has been complaining about Iran winning the information war. This same administration shut down Voice of America, and other information operations the US govt does. It’s a self goal. Actions have consequences

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Is the failure of investigating the murder of this journalist the result of incompetence or reluctance or even a combination of both? If I had to place a bet, I would not rule out a cover-up.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Trump and Netanyahu lost the war. Today it is the beginning of a new era in the Middle East with Iran emerging not only as the victor but also as the legitimized leader of the axis of resistance which foreshadows more turbulent times. All thanks to Trump and Netanyahu.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I am sure he thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for this and if he doesn't get it, he will still feel justified to attack Greenland.

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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

And some people gave us shit for Don’t Look Up being too over the top. Man oh man do I wish it was.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If there's a trace of dignity and sense of responsibility among Republicans, it should be them who should initiate his impeachment and removal this time around.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Dear American voters, shouldn't you start considering seriously whether you should grant the international community a say in selecting your presidents in the future to so offset your evident lack of maturity and judgement?

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The prestigeous 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament is currently held at the Cap St Georges Resort in Cyprus which was built with bloodmoney. A 2023 investigation exposed its ties to Russian crime boss Dmitry Kluyev and environmental malpractices. www.fide.com/cap-st-georg...

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Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort becomes an official FIDE Partner for the 2026 Candidates – International Chess Federation

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I won't be surprised if it turned out that Luk does go to war but not to help out comrade Vova or supreme leader Kim Jong Un but instead to help the machinations of Con Don and secretary of state Marco von Rubintrop.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Yes, they can. Just like snakes they can resort to molting i.e discard their old skin. The EU countries fed up with Orban and Fico could leave the current EU to set up a reformed union of European countries with different rules with no place for Putin's clowns (or Trump's clowns for this matter).

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Dmitry Klyuev, believed to have masterminded the $230 fraudulent tax refund using Hermitage Capital subsidiaries in 2007, is put on trial in absentia for money laundering in Paris in a world-wide first. #MagnitskyAffair #Russia www.icij.org/news/2026/03...

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France to try alleged Magnitsky Affair mastermind Dimitry Klyuev in absentia - ICIJ

Prosecutors are set to unseal "aggravated money laundering" charges against Klyuev in one of the most prominent cases tied to the alleged tax fraud scheme.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I too decided today not to fall out of the window of a 10-floor building.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It somehow reminds me the following verses from Goethe's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice": "Sir, my need is sore. Spirits that I've cited My commands ignore".

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Are there any other convicted criminals @politico.com might want to treat as experts on business and finance?

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The 16:31 passage applies not only to Putin: "...the government and the parliament are already completely stripped of their power..." (die Regierung und das Parlament sind bereits total entmachtet). It also reminds of the current situation in the US, where a criminal is calling the shots.

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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Putin is apparently so spooked by reports that Israelis hacked Tehran's traffic cameras to kill Khamenei, that he has stopped coming to the Kremlin, started taking his meetings virtually, and shut down cell service in Moscow. My latest. puck.news/putins-post-...

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Putin’s Post-Iran Paranoia

The Russian president has curtailed his schedule, and Moscow has virtually no cell service. The official explanation is about Ukrainian drones, but Putin is clearly spooked by the attacks on his old a...

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Americans must be tired of winning.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

If you can't beat them, join them. www.axios.com/2026/03/19/t...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/03/2026

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The Kremlin media failed to cover news about the "Mr. Nobody against Putin" which revolved about Kremlin propaganda in education, by whitewashing news as part of the Kremlin's traditional propaganda handbook.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Coincidentally, I watched this documentary just yesterday. First account truth-telling could not be more impressive.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 16/03/2026

Mr Nobody Against Putin, a primary school teacher’s record of the indoctrination of his pupils to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has won the Oscar for best documentary

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Mr Nobody Against Putin wins the best documentary Oscar

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Is he implying that it only remains for Iran to run out of targets? 😏

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A song from the 1980s reflects the situation more accurately. www.youtube.com/watch?v=on-y...

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The Putinisation of the US military continues.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

When you suck as a Nobel Peace Prize candidate, why not try your luck in regime change wars?

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

While this ruling is a milestone in the chronicles of Greece's justice, it remains a compromise of a compromise following an extensive cover-up by political office holders to protect the masterminds.

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Stelios Orphanides @stylian65.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

At the end of the day, the Supreme Court did Trump a favour ahead of the midterms.

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