North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

This is Elon Musk, a techno-oligarch with 241 million followers on TwitterX, spreading and amplifying Ceuta-linked right-wing disinformation, with one message reaching 9.9 million views and the other 7.9 million as of right now. 1/4

Trump vowed to 'bring free speech back.' Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Brussels' insincerity. Beijing's hypocrisy. Moscow's and Washington's defiance. How the great powers are killing off any regulation on lethal autonomous weapons - while the Russian-Ukrainian war trains AI to kill humans. buff.ly/koH7x6t

My latest column for EUobserver discussing lethal autonomous weapon systems, or killer robots”, as some of us prefer to call them.

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While drones already account for most of the bloodshed in Ukraine, the push to let AI, not humans, choose who lives or dies is racing far ahead of any global rules meant to protect civilians.

Russia receives new North Korean missiles, prepares to intensify strikes on Ukraine. newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-...

Russia receives new North Korean missiles, prepares to intensify strikes on Ukraine

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At an international conference in Tübingen a few days ago, I delivered an academic paper, titled “Antichrists and Empires”, discussing (largely opposing) quasi-religious visions of Russian fascism (Alexander Dugin) and US techno-oligarchy (Peter Thiel). 1/2

Moscow does not need to turn Poland pro-Russian - it just needs to stir up more Ukrainophobia in Poland. 1/3

French cyber intelligence agencies have observed an increase in offers from cyber criminals looking to recruit personnel from law enforcement agencies and intelligence services. Moscow is suspected of being behind some of these job offers. www.intelligenceonline.com/europe-russi...

France/Russia • Cybercriminals try to recruit from French intelligence and law enforcement

French cyber intelligence agencies have observed an increase in offers from cyber criminals looking to recruit personnel from law enforcement agencies and intelligence services. Moscow is suspected

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Despite saying earlier this month that the US would grant Ukraine a licence to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, Trump now appears uncertain whether he would actually do so. This comes against the backdrop of Russia using North Korean-manufactured ballistic missiles to kill Ukrainian civilians.

"The most coherent basis for resistance is #humanism: the insistence that humanity, in its diversity and collectivity, is not obsolete. #Techno-oligarchy ...works systematically to prevent it – amplifying division, deepening antagonism...to fragment any potential united front."

Anton Shekhovtsov@shekhovtsov.substack.com · 3mo ago

Calling it “techno-fascism” feels radical. It isn’t – it is imprecise, and imprecision is a luxury we cannot afford. What techno-oligarchy is doing to humanity goes beyond what fascism ever attempted. Eight points on a threat we are not yet naming correctly. shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/worse-than...

Kremlin Still Key for US Atomic Power Despite Looming Import Ban. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ukraine reports that the ballistic missile fired by Russia that killed six people, including three children, in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih earlier today was manufactured in North Korea.

Australian far-right leader’s billionaire-funded guided tour of Luton with Tommy Robinson. https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/australian-far-right-leaders-billionaire-funded-guided-tour-of-luton-with-tommy-robinson/

Australian far-right leader's billionaire-funded guided tour of Luton with Tommy Robinson | Searchlight

As Australian One Nation leader Pauline Hanson toured Luton with Tommy Robinson and turned up at a Sicilian fashion show, it was billionaire Gina Rinehart p ...

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I hear Basil Fawlty is now supporting the National Front.

Better be prepared: “Germany maps China’s weaknesses in preparation for a trade war”. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

After nearly 10 years carrying out Chinese government repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, a former police officer is now seeking asylum in Germany. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

He Served China’s Police State of Xinjiang. He Says It Imprisoned Him, Too. (Gift Article)

After nearly 10 years carrying out Chinese government repression in Xinjiang, a former police officer is now seeking asylum in Germany.

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It is almost a consensus in my circles that Putin’s belief that Ukrainians are part of the greater Russian people explains his fear that a successful, Westernised Ukraine would become a “bad lesson” for Russians themselves. 1/7

China is gaining troubling military know-how from Russia. economist.com/briefing/202...

How men among the ruins would look like I wonder.

Oh wow, I’m so totally rooting for Ukraine’s domination over the Caspian. “Iran says Ukrainian attack on vessel in Caspian Sea killed sailor”. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

The great British knee in all its glory! Roderick Spode and his Blackshorts would have been proud.

Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, the president of the Venice Film Festival’s parent organisation, La Biennale, is now whining about the EU withdrawing €2 million in funding over the Festival’s decision to renew Russia’s participation this year. www.screendaily.com/news/biennal...

Biennale president launches extraordinary attack on EU for withdrawing €2m funding over Russian participation

Pietrangelo Buttafuoco was speaking at launch of Venice Film Festival line-up.

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The EU’s reported decision to grant a renewable 12-month exemption for transporting Russian LNG to third countries would preserve a crucial part of the logistics supporting Russia’s Yamal LNG project. 1/2

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Manila last night to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine. Russian demands remain the same - as I translate from Lavrov’s horse language: 1/2

That one of America’s most infamous far-right conspiracy theorists, Laura Loomer, has reportedly recovered from her enthralment to Russian propaganda is less a cause for celebration than a tragedy for Ukraine, which has had to register a click in a sick mind.

Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or ​advanced drone technology. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Japan's Ambivalent Policy Towards Russia and Ukraine. www.rusi.org/explore-our-... Prime Minister Takaichi’s equivocal stance on policy towards Russia has encouraged a revival in activity from those in Japan who seek reengagement with Moscow.

Japan's Ambivalent Policy Towards Russia and Ukraine

Prime Minister Takaichi’s equivocal stance on policy towards Russia has encouraged a revival in activity from those in Japan who seek reengagement with Moscow.

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The Techno-Oligarchy’s First “Holocaust”: Government Efficiency and Death by Indifference. shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/the-techno...

Azerbaijan Says Germany and Russia Held Secret Ukraine Meeting.