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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · 1d

Hungary and Slovakia have remained major recipients of Russian oil and gas.

But a total of 7 EU members increased their imports of Russian energy in 2025 compared with last year:

France, Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Portugal and Hungary.

#Russia

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7 EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports

Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Be...

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · 1d

Hungary and Slovakia have remained major recipients of Russian oil and gas.

But a total of 7 EU members increased their imports of Russian energy in 2025 compared with last year:

France, Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Portugal and Hungary.

#Russia

kyivindependent.com/seven-eu-sta...

7 EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports

Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Be...

kyivindependent.com

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Anton Barbashin @abarbashin.bsky.social · 9d

After the parliamentary elections in #Moldova, the key focus for pro-EU forces should be providing economic growth - otherwise Euroscepticism fueled by Russia will weaken Moldova's European future
@dioniscenusa.bsky.social
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Moldova’s Pro-EU Path Unchanged After Elections: What Are Russia’s Next Steps? – Riddle Russia

Denis Cenușă on What a More Empowered Opposition in Parliament Means for Moldova’s Pro-EU Movement

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 13d

🇲🇩🗳️ 🇪🇺 Astonishingly, it's Moldova that proves that a democratic rebound is sustainable, even in the face of massive interference from a malicious superpower. Maia Sandu's PAS needs to improve its delivery of promises, but voters haven't given up on Moldova's European dream. 1/

Anastasia Pociumban @pociumban.bsky.social · 13d

Moldova has voted: PAS wins with 50.15%, beating the polls despite Russian interference.

The people chose a pro-EU, reform path. Meanwhile, the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc (24%) calls for protests. PAS must now deliver reforms & lead Moldova toward EU accession.

#Moldova #Elections #EU

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24d

Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Aug 24

Wizzair:
You are not obliged to share data
(unless you make the mistake of trying not to..)

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Aug 21

Can you imagine a US envoy handing a Nazi medal to the family of an American who died fighting for Hitler? Because this just happened:
www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...

Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN Politics

US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

www.cnn.com

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Aug 19

2/ What wasn't spoken about in Alaska+Washington:

How to secure personal accountability the thousands of documented war crimes: the torture, killing of civilians and mistreatment of POWs.

www.rferl.org/russia-ukraine-war-crimes/33336084.html

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Aug 19

1/ What wasn't spoken about in Alaska+Washington:

How to ensure Russia pays the est half a trillion USD in reconstruction costs after intentionally wrecking havoc and destruction on Ukraine
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...

Updated Ukraine Recovery and Reconstruction Needs Assessment Released

An updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment estimates that as of 31 December 2024, the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is $524 billion over the next decade.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Aug 16

Ukraine’s president endured a public shaming. Russia’s was pampered. Both episodes were disgraceful.

Editorial: That meeting was sickening. Putin loved it

Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless. Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold. On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a roy...

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Iryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · Aug 15

While Putin and Trump trade smiles, russian drones are attacking Ukraine! My blood boils at this vile hypocrisy!

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · Aug 15

Happily greeting a war criminal on a red carpet. What an embarrassing moment for the United States.

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Aug 14

Other groups recently added to the list of "undesirable organisations" include (Warsaw-based) Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Amnesty Intentional, the British Council, Norwegian Helinski Committee and Yale University.

#Russia

Mediazona English @en.zona.media · Aug 14

Russia’s Justice Ministry has just designated Reporters Without Borders (@rsf.org‬) as an “undesirable organisation,” effectively banning and criminalising any affiliation with it.

RSF is a Paris-based org advocating press freedom worldwide

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · Aug 13

Op-ed from the foreign ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, arguing that any territorial swaps with Russia won’t be temporary: “To entertain the idea of trading land for a fragile truce is to repeat the mistakes of the past — and to invite history’s darkest chapters to be repeated.”

Baltic states know Russian occupation is never temporary

Land swaps and de facto annexation in Ukraine won’t bring peace and could lead to decades of brutal subjugation

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Mediazona English @en.zona.media · Aug 13

Throttling WhatsApp and Telegram calls to “stop fraud” is just one part of Russia’s escalating crackdown, which pairs new laws against accessing banned content with plans for an internet “whitelist”

Read the report: en.zona.media/article/2025...

No country for calls. Russian censorship agency confirms throttling voice calls on WhatsApp and Telegram to “fight crime”

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s state censorship agency, has officially confirmed it is restricting voice calls on the “foreign” messaging applications WhatsApp and Telegram, a move it clai...

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Aug 10

It's hard to have sympathy with these losses - but these are huge numbers.
And it is still incredible how much support Russia's war still maintains in Russian society despite this

#RussiaUkraineWar

www.thetimes.com/article/5561...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Aug 9

The art of the deal.. or something like that..

#RussiaUkraineWar

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Aug 9

⚡️Russian attacks kill 8, injure 24, including 2 children, over past day.

Russian forces launched 47 Shahed-type drones and decoys, as well as two Iskander-K missiles against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

Russian attacks kill 8, injure 24, including 2 children, over past day

Russian forces launched 47 Shahed-type drones and decoys, as well as two Iskander-K missiles against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · Jul 10

Central kyiv wreathed in smoke from fires from multiple drone strikes overnight on July 9-10. Even in the west of the city, where the skies are now clear, there is a strong smell of smoke in the air. 2 dead, 14 reported injured after 10 hour attack with 400-500 drones +missiles.

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Jun 18

#RussiaUkraineWar

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Jun 17

15 confirmed dead, 68 in hospital, after overnight Russian bombing in Kyiv.
Tomorrow has been announced a day of mourning in the city

#RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine

📸AP

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Jun 17

15 confirmed dead, 68 in hospital, after overnight Russian bombing in Kyiv.
Tomorrow has been announced a day of mourning in the city

#RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine

📸AP

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · Jun 11

Another new memorial to Stalin unveiled in #Russia- but this time in the centre of Moscow.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/21/s...

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Meduza in English @meduza.io · Jun 11

Russian forces launched an overnight drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing two people and injuring at least 60 others, according to the latest figures from local authorities.
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Russian overnight drone strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv kills two, injures 60 — Meduza

Russian forces launched an overnight drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing two people and injuring more than 50 others, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov.

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