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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 5h

🇵🇱 My @thetimes column: Poland’s economic miracle

12 out of 17 Polish regions are now richer than West Wales. It has faster internet, cheaper electricity and more high speed rail than Britain

When it comes to regional development it’s the UK, not Poland, that needs to catch up

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 4h

Well, Trump is in favor of trashing Putins oil. He got his feelings hurt after Alaska and its business plan he can understand leaving US more options to sell

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 5h

He did, he was also mass murderering psychopath

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h

And offcourse its reta*dely close.

www.politico.eu/europe-poll-...

POLITICO Poll of Polls — Hungarian polls, trends and election news for Hungary

POLLING FROM ACROSS EUROPE. UPDATED DAILY. Hungary — National parliament voting intention What is Poll of Polls and how does it work? Read more here. Hungary — European election 2024 results C…

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h

Funny thing, out of the 4 groups from Afganistan who have extremely small but not zero chance of this, Taliban is the most reasonable. Gives perspective, neh

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 20h

The guy who planted the first flag on the Reichstag (not the propaganda photo) was a Kazakh

He was never awarded Hero of the Soviet Union for exactly the reasons you might expect

Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 20h

The reason why I get so furious at the people who use "Soviet" and "Russian" interchangeably is because there were a lot of non-Russian Soviets who fought in the Red Army and the Russian Federation wants you to think they're all Russians

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h

And lets not even go to the state of and security of their nuclear arsenal

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 9h

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.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

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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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h

Map

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 6h

Reverse is also true, Putins meddeling in ME is directly related to his wish to keep oil prices high

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 11h

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The Economist @economist.com · 9h

As loudly as the outside world might protest Russia’s flouting of human-rights law, Ukraine’s only means of helping captives is prisoner exchanges. Swaps are proceeding slowly

Russia is torturing its Ukrainian captives

“Worse than the worst horror film” says the former mayor of Kherson

econ.st

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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 8h

*this* is how to legally and humanly deal with suspected drug smuggling vessels

UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 9h

Royal Marine snipers aboard a Wildcat fired a precision shot to stop a high-speed drugs boat in the Gulf of Oman, as HMS Lancaster seized £35 million worth of illegal narcotics.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-marine...

Royal Marines sniper halts £35m drug boat in Gulf of Oman

Royal Marine snipers aboard a Wildcat fired a precision shot to stop a high-speed drugs boat in the Gulf of Oman, as HMS Lancaster seized £35 million worth of illegal narcotics.

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 19h

Largest political parties in Europe according to polls

⚫ Far-right
🔵 Center-right
🟡 Center-liberal
🔴 Left

Antti Metsänkylä @antmetsa.bsky.social · 1d

Ei hyvältä näytä.

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Yksi kuva näyttää, kuinka laitaoikeistosta tuli Euroopan suurin voima

Ääriliikkeet kasvavat sosiaalisessa mediassa ja digialustoilla. Niiden kautta amerikkalaiset kulttuurisodat siirtyvät Eurooppaankin.

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 7h

1/ Russia is reportedly preparing to carry out a "sanitisation of the state" to purge "officials, military personnel, and members of the media and public" who are suspected of undermining the war against Ukraine. ⬇️

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 7h

Insert doubt into the casulty numbers but its indeed flaring up. Cynic in me would say something about 🇵🇰 long support for islamist groups. But nobody wants another war

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 7h

The Taliban government in Afghanistan said on Sunday its forces killed "58 Pakistani troops" in border clashes that erupted between the neighbouring countries overnight, while nine Taliban troops were also killed ➡️ u.afp.com/Sma7

Taliban security personnel patrol in Humvees in the Mazal area of Shorabak district near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on October 12, 2025

Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul on October 12, 2025

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 7h

See rändesurve on nagu juustust kuu, mitte päris

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 1d

Total numbers seem surprisingly low? 77K-ish per 450 million is like 0,01%. I thought we were getting overrun. The far right lies? No way...

Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 1d

EU external borders: irregular crossings fall 22% in the first 9 months of 2025

www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 7h

Germany trained Russian troops and nearly placed officers inside each other's military commands just before Russia's 2014 Crimea annexation, Spiegel reports.

Rheinmetall’s tech was central to Russia’s modern war games complex in Mulino.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/s...

Spiegel: Merkel-era Germany trained Russian troops just before Russia’s 2014 Crimea invasion

German officers and Rheinmetall helped develop Russia’s war simulation centers months before Putin seized Crimea.

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Ragnar Bjartur Gudmundsson 🇺🇦 @ragnarbjartur.bsky.social · 7h

⚡️ WAR IN UKRAINE & RUSSIA — OCT 12, 2025 (1/2)

■ Most casualties since mid-July; engagements remain above 200
■ Considerable losses of unarmored vehicles
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📈 See dashboard for full data:
lookerstudio.google.com/s/gXBGbWj7fGs

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 1d

Do not read how her body looked. Or do. That's what russian mir (peace/world) is. This is not a one off, this is centuries long murde show. Help Ukraine, help us. By listening, by growing a spine!

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 8h

Kagus mängib rolli. Aga ka poliitline keskkond ja lähedus Vahemerele(turistid)

Info mõttes, nii Prantsusmaa kui Itaalia panus on alaloetud (neil seadusest tulenevad piirangud mis ei lase võõrastel abi suurust täpsemalt lugeda)

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 8h

US dollar is having a worse year jn decades. I wonder what event from January could be the underlying reason? 🤔

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 8h

See et jänkid luurega on agressiivselt aidanud vääriks ka mainimist. Pare minimum aga abiks ikka

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 8h

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Wolf-man main bastard Nafo @wolf-man.bsky.social · 1d

The Russian government has planned to reduce costs for the production of aircraft and helicopters. In 2026, funding for the relevant federal project will decrease by more than one and a half times - from 139 to 85 billion rubles (≈ $1.47 and $0.90 billion, respectively).
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