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- Glenn Diesen er dypt uredelig. Diesen har heller ikke et syn som forklarer det vestlige synet. Det forklares eventuelt med andre(s) briller. @Vagant_red @bjornberger vagant.no/glenn-diesen-o…

My most recent article — Russia’s Federal Assembly and the Use of Armed Force Abroad doi.org/10.30965/24518…

I have waited for this moment for 5 years. Ales Bialiatski is the person who saved me from prison and defended me in court. He is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a human rights defender, a guardian angel for Belarusians – and now he is free. We are grateful to the US and the EU!

Magnificent news: Belarusian leader pardons 123 prisoners in exchange for lifting of some sanctions :: WRAL.com wral.com/news/ap/39a85-…

Min anmeldelse av Eugene Finkels Intent do Destroy i @Minervanett; en av de viktigste bøkene om historien bak det som utspiller seg i Ukraina. minerva.no/boker-eugene-f…

Russia published its budget report for Q3 of 2025. Military spending is not slowing down. In Q3, it was 38% higher than last year (3.6 trillion rubles in Q3, 11.9 trillion rubles so far for the year). Good news: Federal recruitment data is back!

Well deserved!

The brave people of Tbilisi now into their 329th consecutive day of protests against Russia's seizure of their government. Hundreds now sit in prison. Don't forget this is happening.

How many Russian soldiers have died in the war against Ukraine? I made my own estimate based on regional budget data. The results are very close to those of Mediazona's "200" project, even though they use an entirely different data source.

Russian budget figures for 2026: Revenue: 40.283 trillion rubles (of that: 8.9 trillion from oil+gas) Expenditure: 44.869 trillion rubles Planned deficit: 4.6 trillion rubles (~2% of GDP)

Om USAs nye administrasjon trodde at et toppmøte med Vladimir Putin i Alaska, samt et etterfølgende møte med europeiske ledere i Det hvite hus, ville være tilstrekkelig for å sikre en prosess mot fred i Ukraina, tyder mye på det motsatte. atlanterhavskomiteen.no/ukens-analyse/…

Dear Viktor, I understand that there is an election campaign in your country, and that this time you are truly being challenged for power. But we do not interfere in your election campaign, nor do we want to become part of it. Sweden and the Swedish people have always been friends of Hungary and the Hungarian people, as you know. We were friends of Hungary before your government, during your government, and we will remain so after your government. We remember when Hitler’s genocide of Jews struck Hungary, and how Sweden in 1944 sent diplomat Raoul Wallenberg on a special mission to Budapest, to save as many Hungarian lives as possible. Tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews survived because we provided them with provisional protective passports and citizenship here in Sweden. When the Soviet Union later invaded Hungary, Raoul Wallenberg was forcibly taken to Moscow and disappeared. The Swedish diplomat died, but tens of thousands of Hungarian lives were saved. We would do it again. We also remember when the Soviet Union brutally crushed your Hungarian struggle for democracy and freedom in 1956, and when Prime Minister Imre Nagy was later executed for his efforts to democratize the country. When Russian tanks crushed the Hungarian freedom struggle, the Hungarian people pleaded with the UN and all Western powers for help. Almost no one listened. But one country that showed deep solidarity with you was Sweden. We opened our arms to your freedom fighters and dissidents. We allowed you to build exile opposition against Soviet communism here, despite our non-alignment. It was not without risk for us. But we did it anyway—because it was the right thing to do. Today, over 40,000 people of Hungarian descent live in Sweden, many of whom are descendants of the Hungarian refugees who came here in connection with the 1956 uprising. They are a well-integrated immigrant group in our Swedish society. Democratic states help each other, then and now. And they stand up against countries that try to oppress others. That is why, just as in 1944 and 1956, we support democratic countries that Russian tanks try to overrun. Back then, it was about Hungary; today, it is about Ukraine. And if we do not act, it could be about another country tomorrow. This is also why we often express concern about the developments in Hungary in recent years. Hungary ultimately regained its freedom, but freedom must also be defended. That is why we question when you go to have coffee with the leader of the same country that crushed your compatriots’ freedom struggle in 1956 and that today attacks your neighbour, Ukraine. Hungary and the West are not strengthened by closing the door to their European friends or by attacking each other and the very things that distinguish us from barbarism — democracy and the rule of law. Let me conclude with some wise words from yourself in 2007: “As kind of a new generation of the West, our message to those younger than we is to stick to a Western type Hungary, not to let Hungary be derailed from its Western path, and to love that Hungary is a Western type country, which means that we believe in the free will of people and in the mutual responsibility towards each other that we take upon us, which are inseparable parts of Western culture. The oil might come from the east, but freedom always comes from the west. And democracy cannot be directed from above, it can only grow from the hearts of people and in this way create a viable, Hungarian life.” Finally, I wish to convey Sweden’s respect for the Hungarian people, and to wish your country a free, peaceful, and successful election.

Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre has arrived in Kyiv. We are so thankful for all friends of Ukraine!

Kronikk med @erikherron i Aftenposten. aftenposten.no/meninger/kroni…

“NATO is at risk of succumbing to the whims of US politics and becoming totally consumed by internal management crises, rather than focusing on growing external security threats.” ⁦@RUSI_org⁩ rusi.org/explore-our-re…

Ikke bare ynkelig — farlig. aftenposten.no/norge/politikk…

And this — As the New Syrian Regime Gains Legitimacy, It Is Pushing Russia Out - The Moscow Times themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/26/as-…

@SV_Karin SV blir sure over god høyre politikk — det er som før dette.

Høyre lover null til de som er uføre, arbeidsløse og har helseproblemer. De skal ikke kunne unne seg « en god middag». Og de usosiale kutten skjules. Pisk for fattige, og størst gulrot til de med stor formue. Som før dette nrk.no/norge/dette-er…

I'm struck by how closely Lukashenka seems to be following Putin’s lead in every detail. The recent small-scale releases of political prisoners in #Belarus only began after Putin carried out a prisoner swap and released some of his most prominent critics.

@bjornberger @vivi_lars Hvilket press er det å bli invitert til en diskusjon med Norges beste statsvitere?

@vivi_lars Tvert imot er det Diesen som har kansellert meg. Han blokkerte meg for mange år siden, og har i tillegg blokkert en haug med mennesker som ikke en gang visste hvem han var.

Bjørn har kansellert og forfulgt Diesen i åresvis og når Disen bukker under for presset er det tid for å hovere 🤦‍♀️