Attention: The Ukrainian Centre for Combating Disinformation has released a statement refuting the claim circulating online that Ukraine provided the US with 'distorted intelligence' which Russia then used. The Centre also disputes claims about an 'inevitable breakdown' in the partnership. Thread:
🤯 Hungary has been quietly lobbying to ease EU sanctions on Russia.
Leaked calls obtained by The Insider show FM Péter Szijjártó discussing requests from Sergey Lavrov to remove oligarchs and entities from sanctions lists, while sharing details of EU talks.
We have been using a platform that is banned in Russia to say that free speech is banned in the EU on the platform we banned.
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse."
I already noticed that at the last elections but I thought about it again today : Why Hungary is one of the extremely rare "democracy" using ballot boxes that are not transparent?
It is normally not allowed for everybody to check there is no fraud!
Was it inevitable that the GOP would devolve into a haven for Nazi sympathizers? @radiofreetom.bsky.social asks. He argues that the party he once belonged to went from fighting far right intrusion to embracing it:
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The pretense that protesters are being paid to protest is the same lie told by dictatorial regimes, including Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and Kyrgyzstan when faced with mass protests against oppression. Ironically, when the US supported democracy, it was usually accused of paying those seeking freedom.
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Impressive actor!
For information, Zelensky never even threatened him : he told he will give his phone number to Ukrainian militaries for them to explain him with their words the impact of what he is doing by aligning with Russia.
Now, he is playing the victim (when he is only a criminal).
Hungarian PM Orbán attacks Ukraine and the EU as he faces plunging polls and tough elections.
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Imagine a world where Russia is desperate about finding money from any "partner" and Iran is desperate about finding a strong weapon able to stop Israel and the USA to continue their war of aggression (let's say a nuke, for example).
What could go wrong?
