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Katri Pynnöniemi
@katri.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, Mannerheim Chair of Russian Security Studies, University of Helsinki and National Defence University of Finland
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ECFR @ecfr.eu · 4m
Vladimir Putin has finally said the quiet part out loud. For the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he has explicitly blamed Europe for the war, writes @abarbashin.bsky.social @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/46PIkhV
Enemy number one: What Putin’s foreign policy speech says about Europe
At this year’s Valdai club, Vladimir Putin gave his most anti-EU speech yet, citing his determination to see new anti-establishment politicians to come to power and improve Europe’s relations with…
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 19h
Hi from a candlelit apartment as power's out in Kyiv and emergency power outages have been introduced in most regions of the Ukraine...

Kyiv Mayor Klitschko warns another Russian attack expected in coming days, tells Kyivans stock up on water, food, charge power banks, gather warm clothes.
Віталій Кличко
У результаті масованої атаки ворога, який бив по обʼєктах критичної інфраструктури України, наразі запроваджені екстрені відключення електрики в більшості областей країни. Київ пережив одну з найскла...
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Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 2d
"(...)the narrative construction of Russia as a victim, draws attention from what Russia does, by way of creating a false image of a threat towards Russian territorial integrity and sovereignty"

Excellent analysis by @katri.bsky.social and @atolvin.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reconstructing Kremlin strategic deception: the logic of disinformation narratives during the first phase of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Official Kremlin rhetoric about the ‘special military operation’ produces clashing, often contrasting interpretations of reality. This article applies perspectives from Soviet ideological language ...
www.tandfonline.com
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1d
Great new Europe Dispatch column by @alanderminna.bsky.social just appeared (all free). This week she discusses the challenges in implementing a Deterrence by Punishment policy towards Russia--though that of course does not mean it should not be tried. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Easier Said Than Done: Hybrid Deterrence By Punishment
This week, Minna Ålander turns to the question of how to move from defensive reactions to Russian hybrid warfare to an effective deterrent. (Spoiler: not easy)
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Peter Schrijver @psguu.bsky.social · 2d
From @katri.bsky.social and @atolvin.bsky.social

‘Kremlin strategic deception ultimately serves a key purpose: to legitimize Russian imperial expansion and de-legitimize Ukrainian resistance, allowing it to manipulate both foreign and domestic perceptions of the conflict’.

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Reconstructing Kremlin strategic deception: the logic of disinformation narratives during the first phase of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Official Kremlin rhetoric about the ‘special military operation’ produces clashing, often contrasting interpretations of reality. This article applies perspectives from Soviet ideological language ...
www.tandfonline.com
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Nessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 2d
Fantastic paper. Data by sector, geography, investor entity & distributional impact (in terms of wealth, race, education).
@gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social's conclusion below: "taxing incremental 2022 US profits as excess could've doubled clean energy investments or paid each US household $1,715".
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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 2d
🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.
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Veiko Spolitis @veikospolitis.bsky.social · 2d
#Europe and #NATO, after several calls to wake up, are slowly yawning while sitting in bedside. Would they listen to Dave Massikotte thought? foreignaffairs.com/russia/how-r... via @foreignaffairs.com
How Russia Recovered
What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.
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Katri Pynnöniemi @katri.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks a lot for reading, Keir!
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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 2d
"Understanding [Russia's] long-term patterns of strategic deception is essential in order to effectively counter" them. Important long read from @katri.bsky.social and @atolvin.bsky.social breaking down how Russia shapes outcomes through narratives over decades.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reconstructing Kremlin strategic deception: the logic of disinformation narratives during the first phase of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Official Kremlin rhetoric about the ‘special military operation’ produces clashing, often contrasting interpretations of reality. This article applies perspectives from Soviet ideological language ...
www.tandfonline.com
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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 3d
Lawyers of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group spoke with many #Ukraine warriors released from enemy captivity who have passed through several russian places of detention.

khpg.org/en/1608815159
Uncle Vanya, Bison, San Sanych — who tortures Ukrainian prisoners of war?
Ukrainians returning from captivity will undoubtedly never forget those who turned their lives in imprisonment into hell. Everything is known about some of the torturers. Others hide behind a call sig...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d
“The crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and those who participated in them is a decades long abdication of institutional and personal responsibility, brought to light by a handful of dedicated journalists and the breathtaking bravery of once isolated, ignored vulnerable women.”

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The National Failure at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Story
It is a great challenge to pay sustained attention to any one of the onslaught of moral or legal indignities unfolding in this moment.
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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 4d
The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4d
⚡️ In recent days, Russia has destroyed 2 transformer substations that powered Kharkiv. And looking at the dynamics of the attacks, it is already clear that the coming winter will be the most difficult for Kharkiv in all the years of the war, — the mayor of the city.
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Katri Pynnöniemi @katri.bsky.social · 6d
Galeottin kirjan rinnalla, suosittelen lukemaan kotimaisen klassikon: Pertti Luntisen: Venäjä sodassa, sota Venäjällä. Siitä on vaikea laittaa paremmaksi...

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Maailmankuulun brittitutkijan viesti Putinille: Historialla ei voi perustella nykyisyyttä
Professori Mark Galeottin mukaan Putin joutuu perustelemaan Ukrainan sotaa historialla, koska hän on pettänyt lupaukset elintason nostamisesta.
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Nicola @nicolataylor.bsky.social · 6d
“Russia has no interest in kinetic confrontation but is eager to weaken our collective ability to think, act and mount a defense.”
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 6d
🇪🇺 keeps waiting for invasion, meanwhile, 🇷🇺 is already inside the house.
Not with conventional forces, but with: influence operations poisoning civil discourse, targeted assassinations, strategic corruption subverting politics, lawfare stalling 🇪🇺’s collective defense
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Three reasons Russia is poking NATO
Moscow can't beat the West on the battlefield. So it's waging a different kind of war.
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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 7d
Good by Sweden's Minister of Finance, who battle propaganda about Russian economy.
Main points:
* RU inflation about 20%
* Liquid part of RU welfare fund not enough for deficit
* Intl inst (IMF et al) and media should not use data from RU
* All RU data likely false.
www.dn.se/debatt/vara-...
DN Debatt. ”Våra underrättelser visar sanningen bakom Putins siffror”
DN Debatt. Finansministern: Internationella finansiella institutioner hjälper Ryssland att sprida propaganda.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 9d
⚡️ Greenpeace says Russia deliberately cut off power to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, raising fears of a disaster.
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Russia Deliberately Cut Power to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Greenpeace Finds
Greenpeace report concludes no military strikes near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, suggesting intentional disconnection from Ukraine's power grid.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 8d
Putin read a poem earlier today in Valdai. It was the first third of Pushkin's "Borodino Anniversary," which he published in 1831 as part of his pro-imperialist opposition to Poland's "November Uprising." The poem celebrates Russia's defeat of Napoleon as a warning to future European intervention.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 9d
First time I’ve seen this reported in the press after rumours among experts: BILD reports/confirms there was a “mothership drone” over Germany which sent out smaller drones.
Which a) really points to a capable actor and
b) is concerning because it increases possible reach of these drones
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 21d
What makes citizens willing to defend their country?

At least in Sweden & Denmark, "uncritical patriotism" has a *significant NEGATIVE* effect... and seeing one's country as *culture* has a significant POSITIVE effect.

Very interesting results here.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Defending the national identity: exploring the links between a multidimensional national identity concept and the willingness to defend one’s country
How does national identity affect the willingness to defend one’s country? In this paper, we demonstrate that in order to answer this question, we must take into account the multidimensionality of ...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 9d
DHS doing night raids to bring GWOT home.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 9d
“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 9d
'Partners will need to be prepared for the use of US military power in a way that is deeply uncomfortable' writes @mtsavill.bsky.social in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Not Business as Usual: Why Trump’s War Department Rhetoric Matters
Much of the language coming out of the gathering of US military leaders this week could be dismissed as political spectacle. But international partners of the US should take seriously the US Administr...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10d
⚡️Romania to develop joint drone production with Ukraine to protect NATO's eastern flank, Romanian FM says.

Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Toiu confirmed on Sept. 30 Bucharest's plans to partner with Ukraine to produce drones intended to protect NATO airspace.
Romania to develop joint drone production with Ukraine to protect NATO's eastern flank, Romanian FM says
Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Toiu confirmed on Sept. 30 Bucharest's plans to partner with Ukraine to produce drones under a European Union-funded defense initiative.
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Anu Koivunen @anukoivunen.bsky.social · 11d
Varautuminen, päivän sana. Vaientamiseen pyrkivä ja mustamaalaava tutkijoiden häirintä ei ole marginaalinen ilmiö vaan kansainvälisesti tunnistettu uhka tieteen vapaudelle. 1/x suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/an...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 10d
Given today's speech, a reminder that POTUS has asserted a prerogative to use of the US military to kill outside the law—a prerogative without any clear limiting principles.

www.justsecurity.org/120568/carib...
Asserting a License to Kill: Why the Caribbean Strike is a Dangerous Departure from the “War on Terror”
An absence of credible legal basis for the Caribbean strike suggests the Trump admin is asserting a prerogative to kill outside the law.
www.justsecurity.org
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