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John Sipher@johnsipher.bsky.social · 4h ago

I used to consider the Economist a credible source. No longer. They CHOSE to platform an oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin and allow him to spew Russian talking points. No thanks.

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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 4h ago

Former Ukrainian Deputy PM and ex-Ambassador to the US Olha Stefanishyna received a new notice of suspicion from anti-corruption authorities. The High Anti-Corruption Court is considering preventive measures behind closed doors following her dismissal. www.kyivpost.com/post/81769

The Epstein Wall Street Report, published yesterday, flags some significant (and heartbreaking) compliance failures by major banks. A Senate Committee on Finance investigation found… 🧵 1/x www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

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Damascus has agreed to drastically reduce imports of Russian oil as part of its ongoing discussions with the United States on lifting the last major sanctions designation on Syria. ca.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-sy...

Exclusive-Syria tells US it is willing to drastically drop Russian oil imports, sources say

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Damascus has agreed to drastically reduce imports of Russian oil as part of its ongoing discussions with the United States on lifting the last major sanctions

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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦@andrewchak.bsky.social · yesterday

This is so frustrating! If these countries want to once again become Russian client states, they should leave the EU and do so! theins.press/en/opinion/d...

The coalition of the wavering: Is Bulgaria the Kremlin’s new Trojan Horse in Europe?

In mid-July, Bulgaria’s new prime minister, Rumen Radev, said the country was leaving the “coalition of the willing” — a group of European states helping…

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Re-upping my post from a few days ago along with the new article on the questionable editorial judgments by @economist.com 👇 nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...

Why Did ‘The Economist’ Platform a Russian Oligarch?

The magazine’s recent interview discussing the future of Russia merely restated Vladimir Putin’s talking points.

nationalinterest.org

Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦@andrewchak.bsky.social · 4d ago

russia is attempting genocide in 🇺🇦 It won't stop until it is stopped! Yet 'diplomacy' is a go to word in our politics. It sounds humane while shifting responsibility from the aggressor to the victim. You don’t have to work for the kremlin to amplify its lies! chakhoyan.substack.com/p/the-london...

The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · yesterday

Debanking - was closing Trump Organization accounts a political move for Capital One? Some claim that laws such as the Corporate Transparency Act and the manual post-SAR review practice now confirmed by FinCEN as discretionary are time consuming and onerous irenekenyon.substack.com/p/trump-capi...

Debanking for Politics?

Capital One strikes back

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🤖 Russia has circulated an AI-generated video falsely claiming Ukraine struck a civilian gas station, in what Ukrainian officials describe as another disinformation campaign

Russia spreads AI-generated video alleging strike on gas station in Poltava Oblast

Russian propaganda channels are circulating an AI-generated video falsely alleging the destruction of a gas station in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) report...

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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · yesterday

Ukraine's vile and brutal attacks on Wildberries in 2026 forced russia to start its defensive invasion in 2014.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · yesterday

In a report endorsed by the former head of MI6, the Henry Jackson Society said a staggering 50% of the Russians in London - 75,000 - were informants for Putin. Russia has many operatives across Europe.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 2d ago

A Paris court today rejected Russian television star Xenia Fedorova's appeal against a ruling that she must leave the country, a week after French authorities accused her of acting as "a conduit for disinformation campaigns" orchestrated by Moscow.

Debanking for Politics?

Capital One strikes back

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 2d ago

Repeat violations of the Bank Secrecy Act by UBS have resulted in a $125 million penalty by FinCEN - a second enforcement action by FinCEN against the bank. www.fincen.gov/news/news-re...

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WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed a $125,000,000 civil money penalty against UBS Financial Services Inc. (UBSFS) for willful vio...

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More than 80 U.S. senators have backed the legislation. However, its passage has been delayed by a dispute over Trump’s authority to impose tariffs on the largest buyers of Russian oil and gas. Eleven Democratic senators and Republican Rand Paul are seeking to remove those provisions.

Meduza in English@meduza.io · 2d ago

Genocidal freak worships death.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill said nuclear weapons “saved our people and country from terrible destruction.” meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 2d ago

This creep still should not be confirmed.

Blanche withdraws Trump fund plan in writing, ahead of AG confirmation vote

Meduza in English@meduza.io · 2d ago

He’s not even sanctioned by OFAC! Even though he’s certainly part of Russia’s war apparatus. Why have we not designated this guy?

Who is Russian General Alexander Chayko, the apparent target of the Moscow restaurant bombing? Here's what we know. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Philip Obaji Jr.@philipobaji.bsky.social · 3d ago

Exactly what I said yesterday to the weirdo who claims to be a senior mil officer in the EU. Are the Russians opportunistically using the incident for their propaganda, absolutely! Are they directing or are somehow responsible for the incident? Put up the evidence or shut up.

How Russia Uses Migrants in Ceuta for Propaganda in Europe news.liga.net/en/politics/...

Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 5d ago

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S'Pammy Cassandra 🦩💥@nafoffs.bsky.social · 3d ago

Puy du Fou has previously played down its past flirtation with Russia and designated nutjob and Putin cultist Konstantin Malofeyev, claiming it began winding down the partnership once EU sanctions were imposed in July 2014.

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Yaroslava@strategywoman.bsky.social · 3d ago

Part of Russia's genocide strategy. Destroy not just the people, but Ukrainian culture as well.

We cannot know russia’s exact targeting intent. But according to Ranok’s director, a major Ukrainian publishing house, two drones hit the same spot, so he believes the warehouse itself was deliberately targeted rather than the books being collateral damage.