Jon Richardson
@jon-richardson.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow Centre for European Studies Australian National University https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/jon-richardson https://theconversation.com/profiles/jon-richardson-1510140 https://insidestory.org.au/authors/jon-richardson/
@darthputinkgb.bsky.social will be pumped to know that a “progressive” Australian public policy website has carried an article by his favourite apologist in cahoots with another grand expert on the region viz a UN advisor on the Middle East and Africa. Be merciful. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/07...
Ukraine: America’s enduring proxy war on Russia
Eisenhower warned that US policy could be captured by a military-industrial and scientific-technological elite. Ukraine is now paying the price.
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Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com · 2w agoEisenhower warned that US policy could be captured by a military-industrial and scientific-technological elite. Ukraine is now paying the price, Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares write. #Ukraine #USPolitics #AI
If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️
Imbecile. But also continues to suggest both Ukraine and Russia started this when this war is purely a result of Russian aggression. Also implies that US interests in the "fight" are even. Which they're not. Ukraine is defending democracy and Europe. This is Trump reading Putin talking points.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoTrump, sitting next to Zelenskyy, on Putin's war against Ukraine: "You have two kids in a park and they don't like each other and they start fighting. Sometimes you have to let them fight. Let them see that it's tough. Fighting is tough."
I estimate we're at most two years away from Donald Trump personally clearing all Line Umpire calls at the US Open.
You realise he’s not American in any meaningful sense? So farcical he was “representing” the U.S. in the first place when they’ve got a population of 350 million.
Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · last mo.If other countries are pissed about Balogun's red card being lifted, they can stayed pissed. Wanting to punish a 25-year-old who did nothing wrong and has carried himself well just because you're angry at Trump and FIFA is weak sauce.
New essay on CNN, Ukraine, and the danger of mistaking attribution for context. A single emotionally loaded detail can obscure the forest of russia’s criminal aggression, even when the reporting is technically careful. chakhoyan.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
Everyone is guilty, everyone lies, and everyone kills children, the kremlin wants you to know
CNN did not mean to tell that story, but it did, and that's the problem.
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The 5 stages of 🇷🇺 grief over 🇺🇦's deep strike program 1 “This crosses critical red line” 2 “NATO bears full responsibility” 3 “The West will face terrible consequences” 4 “We remind you Russia is the world’s largest nuclear power” 5 “The situation is entirely normal”
I thought he was going to say Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations.
Who would have known Argentina would have so much trouble battling a remote Atlantic archipelago?
I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Kyle Wilson. Kyle was one of Australia’s foremost experts on Russia—a thoughtful analyst, a principled public servant, and someone whose insights were always grounded in deep knowledge and intellectual honesty.
Netflix has acquired the rights to two new seasons of the russian animated series Masha and the Bear and extended its licence for distribution in more than 100 countries worldwide. This practically means generating revenue that ultimately will be used to kill Ukrainians.
Roman Sheremeta (@romansheremeta)
Netflix has acquired the rights to two new seasons of the russian animated series Masha and the Bear and extended its licence for distribution in more than 100 countries worldwide. This practically m...
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OTD in 1940 USSR gave Romania ultimatum to cede large parts of the country to Soviet Union or be invaded. Imagine us threatening to invade countries & take their territory in this day and age…
OTD in 1941 USSR involuntarily switched to allied side of WW2.
In Australia 59 per cent of GPs (General Practitioners or Family Doctors) were born outside of Australia. Please don't think you can significantly cut migration without creating lots of unintended consequences. Source: buff.ly/ssrkMF3
Like so much Kremlin rhetoric for the last 15 years or so, this is a fascinating combination of self-pitying, paranoid conspiratorialism (it's all a giant plot against us!) and desperate attempts to show what a very great great power Russia is. 🧵
Your “birthright citizen” striker is British. Never lived in the U.S. Grew up from one month and learned his football in England. His parents were never U.S. citizens. He’s never lived there. Farcical he’s playing for the richest and 3rd most populous country on earth. A version of stolen valour.
Micah@rincewind.run · 2mo agoa Black man named Freeman scored the second goal and the first goal happened because of a great run by our birthright citizen striker, these chuds can fuck all the way off
⚫ A legal exit is not always an economic exit. @kirland.bsky.social examines how Russia turned corporate departures into a source of revenue, intelligence gathering, and economic control while building new commercial networks. Read: https://www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/to-leave-or-not-to-leave
My trolls: "Russia is losing in Ukraine so we don't need to care about it invading NATO in the future" Sure. Cos after Russia lost all its previous wars it then never attacked anyone ever again. Aside from after Crimean war, Japanese War, WW1, Poland, Finland, Afghanistan & 1st Chechen war...idiot.
Musk's father is fully a Kremlin asset. Now he's meeting with Tommy Robinson in a luxury hotel bar in Moscow while Robinson incites pogroms from his X account.
Mearsheimer is at it again, saying "European leaders have said we should fight to the last Ukrainian". First, *we* are NOT fighting; only Ukraine is. Second, it's astonishing to insinuate any European is making Ukr fight after yrs of Ukr asking for more support for the fight than they're getting...
At long last, there will be justice for every man in America who was very unfairly told no,” said the president, noting that all heterosexual males could claim up to $5 million each by documenting abuses such as being denied a second date
Trump Launches $88 Billion Fund For Anyone Who Has Ever Been Rejected By Woman
WASHINGTON—Declaring the money long overdue compensation for some of the nation’s most persecuted individuals, President Donald Trump announced an $88 billion fund Tuesday specifically appropriated to...
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Five Ukrainians tortured for ‘confessions’ because the FSB couldn’t catch the partisans who killed a Russian-installed traitor khpg.org/en/1608815795
Five Ukrainians tortured for ‘confessions’ because the FSB couldn’t catch the partisans who killed a Russian-installed traitor
It is very likely that Oleh Andrushak, Pavlo Borodin, Viacheslav Voronko, Mykhailo Shpakovsky, Mykola Kolomiyets were abducted and are facing up to life imprisonment because the FSB had to arrest some...
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As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...
The U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People
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An invitation to co-sign a statement by researchers of Eastern Europe @aseees.bsky.social @basees.bsky.social @associationruta.bsky.social @dgoberlin.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @kiu-network.bsky.social @ukrainianstudies.bsky.social @thebasuorg.bsky.social @udsn.bsky.social
On the Exceptionally High Circulation of "The Russia-Ukraine War and its Origins"
An invitation to co-sign a collective statement by researchers of Eastern Europe
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“People Don’t Die, They Just Disappear." This is life under Russian occupation.
“People Don’t Die, They Just Disappear”: How Your Children, Faith, and Home Stop Being Yours Under Russian Occupation
Russian occupation of Ukraine goes beyond the threat of violence; it enters every part of life, from religion and social media to people’s homes.
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Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuire
Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuire
People sleep outside because their houses are too hot to inhabit, water is scarce and supermarkets are for the wealthy, says climate academic Bill McGuire
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