Australian journalist and filmmaker between Berlin and Kyiv. Focused on spies, special forces, and why justice is so rarely served. Check out my BBC Radio 4 documentary, “Putin’s Blood Feud” https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002830j (UK VPN)
Charles McPhedran
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We need leaders who can spell out what's happening clearly and with force.
There was a Fidesz ideologue who once said, "What you call corruption is the essence of the system." Seems he was right but we're just learning by how much. The Integrity Authority estimates Orban's rule cost Hungary €160B(!) in corruption. That equals ~2/3 of 🇭🇺 GDP. www.ft.com/content/0c44...
ICYMI yesterday. Have seen reports that the Khan case has been causing gridlock at the ICC—at a time when there seem to be more and more state atrocities and war crimes.
1/ The explosion in Moscow this morning killed Colonel Damir Davydov, head of the procurement department of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to VChK-OGPU. ⬇️
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The AfD remains firmly on the Moscow line, less an independent party than a branch of United Russia.
The US/Iranian peace process continues:
At the same time as Mr Dmitriev is promoting and campaigning for the AfD in Germany, he is dangling deals before the Trump administration and egging on race riots in Belfast.
Head of Hungary’s anti-graft body says €160bn may have been siphoned off during ex-PM’s 16 years in power
Steve Witkoff looks like he’s avoiding being pictured in frame with the president, turning around to avoid the cameras. Why?
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Important thread by a senior Green MP: Is Germany’s powerful Springer Press (Bild, Welt, Politico, The London Daily Telegraph) pushing Christian Democrat parliamentary leader Jens Spahn as a potential replacement for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, at the helm of a CDU/CSU coalition with the AfD?
A car exploded in the Moscow suburb of Balashikha.
According to reports, the driver was killed in the blast. The circumstances of the incident and the identity of the victim remain unknown.
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has been suspended from his duties over sexual misconduct allegations and referred to the court's oversight body for a vote on whether he can continue in his job.
Reports of an imminent peace deal appear to have been fake news.
Kirill Dmitriev, Russia's Special Presidential Envoy on Foreign Investment, is one of the strongest voices inciting xenophobia and promoting the 'Revolution and Awakening of UK patriots.'
Meanwhile, Tommy Robinson is meeting with Elon Musk's father in Moscow.
