Sergiu Zamari
@sergiuzamari.bsky.social
Anthropologist, development cooperation consultant, made in #Bukovina, @hertieschool.bsky.social alumnus.
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'The evidence proves that the West's current strategy – arming Ukraine, imposing sanctions, hardening critical infrastructure – is fracturing Russia's military, economic and political cohesion' write William Dixon and Maksym Beznosiuk.
Russia is Losing – Time for Putin's 2026 Hybrid Escalation
2025 offered the most generous potential off-ramp for Vladimir Putin. He rejected it.
www.rusi.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
'The evidence proves that the West's current strategy – arming Ukraine, imposing sanctions, hardening critical infrastructure – is fracturing Russia's military, economic and political cohesion' write William Dixon and Maksym Beznosiuk.
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All this talk of Europe divided... of course it is "divided." It is a federal democratic continental sized union. There will always be some division. But it is striking how united it actually it is on the big issues, especially Ukraine, and how much it gets done.
The EU is getting stronger.
The EU is getting stronger.
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
All this talk of Europe divided... of course it is "divided." It is a federal democratic continental sized union. There will always be some division. But it is striking how united it actually it is on the big issues, especially Ukraine, and how much it gets done.
The EU is getting stronger.
The EU is getting stronger.
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Now with the same productivity as the US, “core EU” also has more leisure time, higher life expectancy, less inequality
No matter how you look at it, it is a clearly superior economic performance
No matter how you look at it, it is a clearly superior economic performance
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Now with the same productivity as the US, “core EU” also has more leisure time, higher life expectancy, less inequality
No matter how you look at it, it is a clearly superior economic performance
No matter how you look at it, it is a clearly superior economic performance
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For the first time since WWII, the US is not on our side in Europe. It has sided with the aggressor against Ukraine and European security, seeking to mediate with Russia. The US no longer sees itself as NATO’s leader and treats Europe as a strategic target.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
The Challenges to Europe’s Security Go Beyond Trump’s Lack of Support
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
For the first time since WWII, the US is not on our side in Europe. It has sided with the aggressor against Ukraine and European security, seeking to mediate with Russia. The US no longer sees itself as NATO’s leader and treats Europe as a strategic target.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
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More than three decades after USSR’s collapse, Moscow still refuses to accept that its former colonies are now internationally recognized sovereign nations. Russia’s war against Ukraine is the horrifying embodiment of this refusal. A nightmarish attempt to turn back the time.
Ignore any Trump admin and/or Ru apologist talk about progress. Ru demands remain maximalist, outrageous, and, most importantly, disconnected from the realities of the battlefield. Only an immediate ceasefire is progress. The discussion in Moscow today was useless noise. Ru continues its aggression.
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
More than three decades after USSR’s collapse, Moscow still refuses to accept that its former colonies are now internationally recognized sovereign nations. Russia’s war against Ukraine is the horrifying embodiment of this refusal. A nightmarish attempt to turn back the time.
"The case that Ukraine is the key to European security is iron-clad."
In 2026 the world could face a new danger. Vladimir Putin may accept defeat abroad and impose terror at home. Or he could escalate econ.st/3K0cozY
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"The case that Ukraine is the key to European security is iron-clad."
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"ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds." www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds." www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
"Propagandists are like getaway drivers, delivering a bank robber or assassin to a crime scene, then driving them away."
How to hold Russia’s propagandists accountable
The most dangerous words aren’t necessarily the most violent ones. And disinformation campaigns could offer a new avenue for establishing responsibility.
www.politico.eu
September 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Propagandists are like getaway drivers, delivering a bank robber or assassin to a crime scene, then driving them away."
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In Moldova, authorities estimate the Kremlin will spend €100m — €31 per registered voter — to influence the outcome. In the Czech Republic, Kremlin-linked outlets are pumping out more content each day than the country’s major news outlets combined.
Moscow's interest in this autumn's Czech and Moldova elections
In Moldova, authorities estimate the Kremlin will spend €100m — €31 per registered voter — to influence the outcome. In the Czech Republic, Kremlin-linked outlets are pumping out more content each day than the country’s major news outlets combined.
euobserver.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In Moldova, authorities estimate the Kremlin will spend €100m — €31 per registered voter — to influence the outcome. In the Czech Republic, Kremlin-linked outlets are pumping out more content each day than the country’s major news outlets combined.
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The plan, presented by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, relies entirely on the goodwill of two of the very people responsible for the current predicament — U.S. President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Analysis: Despite a grand announcement, Europe takes zero steps towards peace in Ukraine
On Sept. 2, Russia and China outlined their vision of a multipolar world that would likely see democratic Europe largely abandoned by the U.S. and facing the nightmare scenario of direct confrontation...
kyivindependent.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The plan, presented by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, relies entirely on the goodwill of two of the very people responsible for the current predicament — U.S. President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Don't buy the media narrative of Trump getting what he wanted with EU re: tariffs.
Trump is the one who caved, weeks ago. EU made it clear there'd be no deal without a shift on Ukraine, which Trump made.
They also made it clear this is only for Trump's term. Can end it any time.
Trump is the one who caved, weeks ago. EU made it clear there'd be no deal without a shift on Ukraine, which Trump made.
They also made it clear this is only for Trump's term. Can end it any time.
July 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Don't buy the media narrative of Trump getting what he wanted with EU re: tariffs.
Trump is the one who caved, weeks ago. EU made it clear there'd be no deal without a shift on Ukraine, which Trump made.
They also made it clear this is only for Trump's term. Can end it any time.
Trump is the one who caved, weeks ago. EU made it clear there'd be no deal without a shift on Ukraine, which Trump made.
They also made it clear this is only for Trump's term. Can end it any time.
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OPINION: Vladimir Putin is spending millions of dollars, bombarding European voters with manipulative social media and disinformation campaigns on a mass scale.
It’s a new type of warfare on democracy that eliminates the need to roll tanks into capitals.
It’s a new type of warfare on democracy that eliminates the need to roll tanks into capitals.
Putin is invading more than Ukraine
The new battlefield is online, and the stakes are democratic sovereignty.
ow.ly
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
OPINION: Vladimir Putin is spending millions of dollars, bombarding European voters with manipulative social media and disinformation campaigns on a mass scale.
It’s a new type of warfare on democracy that eliminates the need to roll tanks into capitals.
It’s a new type of warfare on democracy that eliminates the need to roll tanks into capitals.
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"The European continent is arguably the world’s most important bastion of democracy. If it falters, the idea of a liberal, rules-based global order risks faltering with it."
Check out the op-ed in @euobserver.com authored by IPHR's Director Brigitte Dufour euobserver.com/eu-political...
Check out the op-ed in @euobserver.com authored by IPHR's Director Brigitte Dufour euobserver.com/eu-political...
The war on Europe's NGOs
NGOs are being defunded, closed down, and criminalised. Volunteer groups are labelled as security threats. This isn’t Cold War theatre — it’s Europe and its neighbourhood in 2025.
euobserver.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"The European continent is arguably the world’s most important bastion of democracy. If it falters, the idea of a liberal, rules-based global order risks faltering with it."
Check out the op-ed in @euobserver.com authored by IPHR's Director Brigitte Dufour euobserver.com/eu-political...
Check out the op-ed in @euobserver.com authored by IPHR's Director Brigitte Dufour euobserver.com/eu-political...
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🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told Fox News that had Ukraine been accepted into NATO back in 2008, today’s war might have been avoided. He added that only strength brings peace. "If you are weak, you invite aggression, that is why we support Ukraine as long as necessary."
June 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told Fox News that had Ukraine been accepted into NATO back in 2008, today’s war might have been avoided. He added that only strength brings peace. "If you are weak, you invite aggression, that is why we support Ukraine as long as necessary."
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US sanctions are crushing Russia's shadow fleet. Activity in oil tankers sanctioned by the US falls -86% (red). These ships are getting shut down. Joint EU & UK sanctions also pack a punch, taking activity down -50% (orange). Putin is hurting. My substack:
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/effectiven...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/effectiven...
Effectiveness of Shadow Fleet Sanctions
US sanctions are massively effective, but joint EU and UK sanctions also pack a punch
robinjbrooks.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
US sanctions are crushing Russia's shadow fleet. Activity in oil tankers sanctioned by the US falls -86% (red). These ships are getting shut down. Joint EU & UK sanctions also pack a punch, taking activity down -50% (orange). Putin is hurting. My substack:
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/effectiven...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/effectiven...
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"Ukrainian forces continue to hold the Russians off, and their resilience points to Kyiv’s growing autonomy from the United States," Nataliya Gumenyuk writes after embedding with three front-line brigades.
What's keeping Ukraine in the fight is technology:
What's keeping Ukraine in the fight is technology:
Ukraine’s New Way of War
American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.
bit.ly
May 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Ukrainian forces continue to hold the Russians off, and their resilience points to Kyiv’s growing autonomy from the United States," Nataliya Gumenyuk writes after embedding with three front-line brigades.
What's keeping Ukraine in the fight is technology:
What's keeping Ukraine in the fight is technology:
"The real root cause – Kremlin imperialism"
The Kremlin’s ‘root causes’ narrative is code for Ukraine’s capitulation - disarmed, dismembered, and dominated by imperialist Russia.
This week's #DisinfoReview exposes how Moscow hijacks peace language to push its imperial demands.
#DontBeDeceived 👇
euvsd.info/N2QJASGZ
This week's #DisinfoReview exposes how Moscow hijacks peace language to push its imperial demands.
#DontBeDeceived 👇
euvsd.info/N2QJASGZ
May 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"The real root cause – Kremlin imperialism"
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Un punto de vista minoritario, pero creciente en la oposición rusa.
Mi artículo en @rtvenoticias.bsky.social
La mentalidad colonial rusa, un obstáculo para la paz y la democracia www.rtve.es/n/16580435/
Mi artículo en @rtvenoticias.bsky.social
La mentalidad colonial rusa, un obstáculo para la paz y la democracia www.rtve.es/n/16580435/
La mentalidad colonial rusa, un obstáculo para la paz y la democracia
La mentalidad colonial rusa, un obstáculo para la paz y la democracia
www.rtve.es
May 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Un punto de vista minoritario, pero creciente en la oposición rusa.
Mi artículo en @rtvenoticias.bsky.social
La mentalidad colonial rusa, un obstáculo para la paz y la democracia www.rtve.es/n/16580435/
Mi artículo en @rtvenoticias.bsky.social
La mentalidad colonial rusa, un obstáculo para la paz y la democracia www.rtve.es/n/16580435/
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Bridget Brink says she resigned as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine because she "could no longer in good faith carry out the Trump admin’s policy [...] of putting pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia."
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy. | Opinion
I served in our country's foreign service for three decades. The Trump administration's Ukraine policy will make the U.S. less safe.
www.freep.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Bridget Brink says she resigned as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine because she "could no longer in good faith carry out the Trump admin’s policy [...] of putting pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia."
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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The special tribunal will be able to impose sentences of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme severity of the crime of aggression.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
Ukraine's allies endorse special tribunal to prosecute Vladimir Putin
The special tribunal will be able to impose sentences of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme severity of the crime of aggression.
l.euronews.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The special tribunal will be able to impose sentences of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme severity of the crime of aggression.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
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Debate about European troops in Ukraine needs to focus on how they would operate in conjunction with the Ukrainian army, just as the US does with the South Koreans.
The tendency to discuss such a presence as if it would have to fight the Russians alone is analytically bizarre.
The tendency to discuss such a presence as if it would have to fight the Russians alone is analytically bizarre.
March 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Debate about European troops in Ukraine needs to focus on how they would operate in conjunction with the Ukrainian army, just as the US does with the South Koreans.
The tendency to discuss such a presence as if it would have to fight the Russians alone is analytically bizarre.
The tendency to discuss such a presence as if it would have to fight the Russians alone is analytically bizarre.
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Zelensky forces Trump to publicly call Putin’s bluff.
I remain pessimistic. But you never know.
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I remain pessimistic. But you never know.
t.co/CcSOTC9gHw
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/spilna-zayava-za-pidsumkami-zustrichi-delegacij-ukrayini-ta-96553
t.co
March 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Zelensky forces Trump to publicly call Putin’s bluff.
I remain pessimistic. But you never know.
t.co/CcSOTC9gHw
I remain pessimistic. But you never know.
t.co/CcSOTC9gHw
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European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
Sky Shield proposal drawn up by military experts would be operated separately from Nato and deploy 120 fighter jets
A European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed to secure the skies from Russian attacks on Kyiv and western Ukraine without…
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
European-led Ukraine air protection plan could halt Russian missile attacks
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The only thing that matters is the will of the majority. That will is now focussed on deterring Russian aggression. That starts in Ukraine. The appetite to over-engineer solutions to constantly get around Orban's vetoes is rapidly diminishing. He'd be wise to tread carefully ENDS
March 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The only thing that matters is the will of the majority. That will is now focussed on deterring Russian aggression. That starts in Ukraine. The appetite to over-engineer solutions to constantly get around Orban's vetoes is rapidly diminishing. He'd be wise to tread carefully ENDS
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Important point in the EUCO conclusions from today:
4. e) peace must respect Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
= no sell-out peace at Ukraine’s cost
4. e) peace must respect Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
= no sell-out peace at Ukraine’s cost
Ukraine
www.consilium.europa.eu
March 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Important point in the EUCO conclusions from today:
4. e) peace must respect Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
= no sell-out peace at Ukraine’s cost
4. e) peace must respect Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
= no sell-out peace at Ukraine’s cost