Nelly Didelot

@nellydidelot.bsky.social

Journaliste @liberation.fr - l'œil sur l'Europe et une passion pour les frontières https://www.liberation.fr/auteur/nelly-didelot/

The country’s weak espionage laws and flourishing high-tech industry have made it a crucial piece of the Russian war effort. Ninety percent of Russian missiles and drones contain Japanese components, according to Ukrainian government estimates. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/w...

How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies

Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.

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Anna Colin Lebedev, spécialiste de la Russie, décrit la fragilité du pouvoir de Poutine : «Un arbre qui pourrit de l’intérieur tout en donnant une apparence extrêmement solide. Il suffira un jour d’une pichenette pour qu’il s’effondre, comme cela s’est passé pour l’URSS.» ➡️ bit.ly/4tLsmjP

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Shadow tanker PEACE lacks safety management, insurance. She is flying a false flag of Timor-Leste where Timor-Leste demands of other states to stop her. She is lawless. Sanctioned by EU and UK. She is on her fifth delivery of Russian crude to India last 12m. She is leaving Baltic Sea laden now.

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🇸🇰⚖️ Eight years will pass in February since the contract killing of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová in Slovakia. The trial of the main actors in the case – Marian Kočner and his former informant Alena Zsuzsová – will begin again, for the third time. 1/

SME.sk@denniksme.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Na Špecializovanom trestnom súde v Pezinku sa začal proces v kauze vraždy novinára Jána Kuciaka a jeho snúbenice Martiny Kušnírovrj

AfD factions in German state parliaments have submitted more than 7,000 security-related inquiries since the beginning of 2020, according to a data analysis by Spiegel — more than any other party and about one-third of all security-related inquiries combined. www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Germany’s far-right AfD accused of gathering information for the Kremlin

Alternative for Germany’s opponents accuse the party of attempting to disclose sensitive information on arms supply routes and drone defenses.

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🇭🇺💥Thousands marched to Viktor Orbán’s office in Budapest on Saturday, led by opposition leader Péter Magyar, who called on the PM to resign over multiple child abuse scandals. Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children!”. 🎥Timelapse video posted by Magyar.

La route du nord-est, qui longe les côtes arctiques russes pour gagner la Chine, est devenu un nouvel outil de contournement des sanctions. Pétroliers de la flotte fantôme et méthaniers sanctionnés l'ont empruntée ces derniers mois pour exporter vers la Chine www.liberation.fr/internationa...

Pétrole et gaz russes : sur la route maritime arctique, Moscou en pleine galère froide

La Russie utilise ce passage qui relie l’Europe à la Chine pour faire transiter les pétroliers de la flotte fantôme et exporter du gaz sanctionné. Avec ces bateaux non adaptés aux conditions, elle pre...

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To be fair, the blame for this failure of the centre-right and centre-left falls on both sides - with the EPP more and more using this alternative, and the S&D (and to a lesser extent Renew) not stretching far for compromise.