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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21h

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

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Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 1d

She stressed that Moldovan citizens voted for democracy, Europe and peace, but the victory is temporary.

"If authoritarian regimes adapt faster than democracies, freedom will be lost," - the president said.

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Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · 5d

Shields matter little to an opponent willing to throw bodies at it until it breaks. Swords are the only true deterrence. Especially explosive swords that can be launched at great distances at enemy troop concentrations.

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Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · 12d

Plus, it will now be politically nearly impossible for any country that still adheres to the rules of war to take part in US led military operations.

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Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · 12d

If the war cannot be won on the battlefield, then how can russia have already won?

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 16d

1/ A Russian soldier has spoken of hellish conditions on the front line in Ukraine, with no evacuations of the wounded, rotting bodies lying around, no food or water for anybody, no pay, constant Ukrainian drone and mortar attacks, and suicidal orders from corrupt commanders. ⬇️

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 16d

The terror against Kherson does not cease for even a single day.
Today, the Russian army dropped 15 aerial bombs on Kherson, shelled the city center with artillery and multiple rocket launchers. Russian forces killed a 74-year-old woman and injured eight others.

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 16d

Huge. Just huge. This is Eurobonds for Ukraine and it’s exactly what is needed. German leadership in Europe appears back. Credit to Merz.

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A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine

We need the mobilisation of resources on a scale that will secure Kyiv’s military resilience

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 21d

🤬 Russian drones have started dropping explosives directly onto the streets of Ukrainian cities. One such incident occurred the day before yesterday in Nizhyn.

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Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · Sep 11

Enig, medmindre de vurderede at der var større fare forbundet med nedskydning i form af vragrester f.eks.
Men: Det er kun fordi jeg håber inderligt på, at det pauvre resultat ikke skyldes inkompetence - eller politiske hensyn.

Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · Sep 11

[har endnu ikke læst artiklen]
Jeg håber virkelig der ligger virkeligt gode trusselsanalyser bag valget af droner, man ikke skød ned. Og at det i det hele taget var bevidst, at kun enkelte blev skudt ned. Ellers er det ikke kun en 🇷🇺 test af NATO men en afsløring af NATO inkompetence.

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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · Sep 4

Merz says again that no troops would deploy to Ukraine until a ceasefire, & even then only with reservations.
@bundeskanzler thinks he’s reassuring his voters, but he’s actually reassuring the Kremlin: You have nothing to fear as long as you keep the war going. We won’t stop you.

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Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yes, waiting for you to come back!

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · Aug 28

They were in the hallway when a Shahed drone flew into the apartment in Kyiv: a camera captured the strike from inside the home.

Despite the extensive destruction in the apartment, bottles of champagne survived.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · Aug 25

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, denies it’s a duck, demands you prove it's a duck, accuses you of being a duck, says your dog is a duck, and that it won't shit on your grass anymore if you just give it your garden, it’s a Kremlin duck 🦆

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Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · Aug 25

Agree, Graham is the MAGA "safety valve", releasing the hottest air possible but never following through, thereby making it possible for Republicans to hide behind his rhetoric without actually doing anything.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Aug 22

The crime was committed by drone operators of the Russian group “Doomsday”, who do not even hide that they are attacking civilians.

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Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · Aug 22

Someone should tell him that goes for him, too.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · Aug 20

The amazing thing is that while Europeans are slapping themselves on the back for their dealings with Trump, what he has done is take sanctions on Russia off the table and put giving Ukrainian territory to Russia very much on the table.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Aug 18

"An entire family - our neighbors from the sixth floor - was killed..."

Oksana, a resident of an apartment building in #Kharkiv attacked by Russian drones, told that this morning, Russia killed her neighbors: a father, a mother, their two-year-old daughter, and their 16-year-old son.

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · Aug 18

🤬Kharkiv... The attack was targeted - five enemy "Shaheds" approached it from different sides and hit people who were sleeping peacefully at five in the morning.

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Esben Ridder @esbenridder.bsky.social · Aug 13

Respekt for din selvbeherskelse i P1 Orientering lige nu. Jeg havde dælme ikke kunne holde så pæn en tone.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · Jul 31

Ukrainian commander says no NATO country could protect its cities from 300 Russian-Iranian drones a day.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Jul 29

The hopelessness of the situation is not that there is no way to deliver water - because of leaky pipes, destroyed water intakes, and pumping stations. The real disaster is that the water itself has physically run out.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · Jul 22

🇺🇦❗️Ukraine’s parliament has backed a push by Kyiv’s presidential office for greater control over the country’s independent anti-corruption bodies, in a move that critics warn would hand Zelenskyy’s circle more influence over investigations, - FT

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