Peter Batty
peterbatty.bsky.social
Peter Batty
@peterbatty.bsky.social
Brit, formerly long-term resident of Odesa, now nomad.
For sure it's too soon to celebrate, but are we seeing clear signs that Russia is losing its long-established ability to interfere, for its own advantage and without serious consequence, in the affairs of other countries, especially its former satellites?
December 8, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Even in the dark, Ukrainian children continue to dance and inspire. These kids deserve to live and grow up in peace 💙💛
November 25, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Awww! Feeling a bit stressed, are we, Vova?
November 23, 2024 at 4:13 AM
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no better evidence that we’ve got a couple trillion-dollar squatters holding the internet back than the fact that a company with 20 employees can make a better platform than Meta
Bluesky has 'em shook
November 21, 2024 at 8:40 PM
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sadly there are plenty of Moskovians who actually believe this.
OTD in 2013 Euromaidan began. One pic shows Soros/CIA agent paid to oust a flawlessly elected democratic President & turn Ukraine into failed fascist state

Other pic shows genuine Pro Russian volunteers with absolutely nothing to do with Russia with equipment bought from a shop
November 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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I'm so sick and tired of Russia.
November 21, 2024 at 7:22 AM
November 21, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Russia is not fit to share a table with any civilized country. Let them chummy up with N Korea, Iran, China, and feed off each other's poisonous views and attitudes. Everyone else should just refuse to sit at a table with them.
#russiaisaterroriststate
November 18, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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This tells you everything you need to know about Russian "opposition" ... They want to replace Putin, but they will be just as nationalistic, like Navalny. It seems all Russians are incapable of seeing themselves, and Russia, as the problem. It's ALWAYS someone else's fault.
On 17 November 2024, a demonstration organized by Russian “opposition figures” Yuliya Navalnaya, Ilya Yashin, and Vladimir Kara-Murza was held in Berlin. The event, attended by approximately 1,000 participants, aimed to consolidate the Russian opposition under three primary demands:
- The
November 18, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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A residential area. I have no words. Just pain. And an ever-deepening hatred of Russia.
A Russian missile attack struck the residential buildings in southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, killing at least 8 people and injuring 18, including one child.

Four of the wounded are reported to be in critical condition.
📷Novosti Odesa TG
⏵ Video
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November 18, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Where UK politics is concerned, Johnson was a disaster. Completely unfit to be PM, IMO. But he's always been right about Ukraine, as he is now.
November 18, 2024 at 7:20 AM