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A GREAT analysis of Russia's mindset and policy. If you want to understand where Russia is coming from, and where it is going, read it. Then think about it, and read it again. Russian Expansionism: Enduring Goals and Recurring Methods desk-russie.info/2024/05/16/rus… via @deskrussie

@igorsushko Crazy footage. In Russia, one of such riots can quickly turn into a bloody country-wide violence rampage that would effectively end the Putin regime. It happened many times over the Russian history.

🔥 Chaos in Russia: Workers at the Port of Ust Luga began to protest when they were prohibited from starting their shifts as the port continues to burn down. In response, a security vehicle plowed through the crowd at high speed.

@MedvedevRussiaE Medvedev, a former president of Russia, thinks it’s a flex to call the EU foreign policy chief a “lab rat.” He sees himself as ‘powerful’ for using obscene language. I will disappoint him. There is nothing more pathetic on Twitter than his tweets.

The lab rat Kallas, her face unmarked by intellect, put her foot in it again, saying Russia is “demanding something that’s never been theirs.” Donbass! Which was Russia’s and no one else’s. It's a pity to be so dumb at 50. In fact, Estonia (the horror!) was also part of Russia😂

@ralakbar Rubio says Zelensky “lies” the U.S. is coercing Ukraine to give up Donbas in exchange for US ‘security guarantees.’ But Trump himself said that Ukraine must give up Donbas for ‘peace.’ This means Rubio has LIED today. He also lied twice yesterday. Rubio is on perpetual lies.

BREAKING!! I pressed Sec Rubio on Donbas. He said Zelenskyy “lies” More tk

@igorsushko @JPLindsley Merkel and Sarkozy blocked Ukraine and Georgia from joining NATO in April 2008. Four months later, Russia invaded Georgia. Six years later, Russia invaded Ukraine.

@thehill @RadioLemberg What we see with Paulina Luna is the case of extreme corruption playing out in plain sight. The only thing that Russia can offer to useful idiots like Paulina Luna is CASH. The size of her smile suggests that she has received (or was promised) lots of cash. We need to stop this.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna hosts Russian lawmakers to mixed GOP reactions, outrage from others thehill.com/policy/interna…

@P_Kallioniemi @RadioLemberg After 15 years under Orban’s management, Hungarians have no money, no jobs, no firewood and poor healthcare. So now Orban is bribing voters with money, jobs, firewood and trips to hospitals to stay in power some more.

According to a six-month investigation, Hungarians are offered money, jobs, firewood, transportation to polling stations, and in some cases even medicine in exchange for votes for Orban’s party - BBC

@JPLindsley George W Bush tried to include Ukraine in NATO but Angela Merkel, the Kremlin asset in Berlin, blocked that.

Wonderful. George W.'s father encouraged Ukraine to stick with Moscow. In 2006, when Dubya was president, and when Dubya was staring dreamily into Putin's eyes, the USA disarmed Ukraine. At least Clinton had the integrity to apologize for his role in disarming Ukraine.

@chefjoseandres @SecRubio Many years from now, little Marco will write a book explaining that he HAD to lie in order to survive. But nobody is going to read that book. That little pathetic book.

Dear @SecRubio please watch this video….remember about supporting Ukraine? What happened?? You are a man of word….remember that…please?

@seanhannity “Allegedly” - Tulsi said she got it from a RUSSIAN source who is known to have lied before. Can’t believe you’ve fallen for this obvious fake.

INTEL BOMBSHELL: 2022 Intercepts Allegedly Link Ukraine Funds To Biden Campaign: Just The News hannity.com/media-room/int…

@meleardil @panyiszabolcs @JayinKyiv We DO know that Russia has invaded Poland in 1939, Finland in 1939, Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968 Georgia in 2008, and is now invading Ukraine. Russia is the enemy. Szijjarto was reporting to the enemy.

@hedgemars @panyiszabolcs @JayinKyiv That we do not know... It was Lavrov being spied on as far as I know, and Panyi got the transcript from some agency to help remove Orban. It easily can be one of the EU countries who want Orban gone.

‼️Statement on the Orbán Government Accusing Me, an Investigative Journalist, of Espionage‼️ Today, the Hungarian government has filed a complaint against me for espionage. Accusing investigative journalists of espionage is virtually unprecedented in the 21st century for an EU member state. This is typical of Putin’s Russia, Belarus, and similar regimes. I have spent over a decade documenting how Russian spies and interests have penetrated Hungarian politics, so I am probably the least surprised by this. Despite growing signs that the Hungarian government acts as a Kremlin ally and copies the Russian model, I still trust that parts of the Hungarian state—and the judiciary—follow the Hungarian constitution, not that of the Russian Federation. I have never engaged in espionage. I see my work as journalistic counterintelligence—from exposing the hacking of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry by Russian actors to revealing the activities of Hungarian pro-Kremlin propagandists. Defending myself publicly would be easier if I were not bound by source protection. But that remains my top priority. I cannot reveal who provides me information or what I receive, including from within Hungarian state structures. If I were not a journalist, I could list many facts proving it is impossible for the Hungarian state to genuinely believe I am spying. Certain meetings, contacts, and information gathering could never have happened otherwise. This baseless accusation now forces me to share details of a specific investigation, including a conversation with a confidential source that appears to have been wiretapped. Normally, this would appear in a finished article or my upcoming book—not here. (It will appear there as well.) Since 2023, I have investigated whether the relationship between Péter Szijjártó and Russian officials exceeds legal limits. The published audio, where I’m heard talking to a source, mentions that communication between Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov is recorded by EU intelligence services. Less attention has gone to my point that this relationship raises strong suspicion of political intelligence activity and influence operations in Russia’s interest. These are serious claims and hard to prove. As a journalist, I cannot force anyone to speak or hand over documents. That is why gathering this information has taken so long—and why I spoke to that sensitive source (while the conversation was secretly recorded). Serious claims require serious evidence, and I believe I have gathered some. I have not engaged in espionage. I have not cooperated with any foreign intelligence service in surveilling Szijjártó. Instead, I tried to verify earlier fragments of information about Szijjártó–Lavrov communication. I sought to identify the channels and phone numbers used, and whether a secret channel—possibly used by Russian intelligence—exists. In other words, whether Szijjártó uses a hidden device or number unknown even within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. This was only one part of my research. The other, more serious topic is this: Since at least 2016–2017, EU and NATO intelligence services have had indications that large amounts of cash and precious stones may have been transported from Russia on Hungarian government aircraft or private jets used by government figures. Officials from at least six countries made such claims to me. These signals did not come from monitoring Hungarian targets, but, for example, from intercepting Russian officials discussing or preparing such shipments. Alongside Szijjártó–Lavrov communication, I examined how baggage screening and handling works on such flights, which officials travel with what luggage, whether more packages arrive from Moscow than depart, and how such shipments could be handled discreetly. I know how serious this is, and I would not have written even this much—but since I do not know what else may be taken from the edited recording, or what fabricated accusations (like, for example, that I was seeking such details to commit terrorism) may follow, I believe I must share this now. Why do I investigate all this? According to many sources familiar with the Hungarian state and counterintelligence, there is no independent body in the Orbán system able to investigate or act if a senior official is suspected of espionage. Government members direct intelligence services and set expectations. The services lack both tools and authority to investigate a government member. I knew this would be difficult when I chose to pursue it. But few people in Hungary can or dare to do this, so I felt it was my duty. We have now reached the point where the Orbán government—of which Szijjártó is still a member—aware of my reporting plans and the risk they pose, has preemptively accused me of espionage. I am a Hungarian patriot. I serve the public. As an investigative journalist, my job is to hold power accountable. Neither political theater nor legal threats will deter me.

@meleardil @panyiszabolcs @JayinKyiv It’s not “another country.” It’s the enemy. This “another country” has sent 60,000 troops on tanks to Budapest in November 1956, and murdered 2,500 innocent people.

Espionage is NOT journalism. When a foreign affairs minister talks to the foreign affairs minister of another country, that is his JOB! When a guy is in contact about these talks with the intelligence service of ANOTHER country, that is espionage by the definition the word. If that guy is BOASTING about it publicly, it is the LAWFUL DUTY of the intelligence services to question him.

@zerohedge Thats “Tulsi says…” which means a complete fabrication and non-sense.

Ukraine Government Schemed To Funnel War Aid To Biden Campaign zerohedge.com/political/ukra…

@OstapYarysh @RepLuna @RepOgles @RepEliCrane @RepGonzalez @RepVanOrden The Russian dude in the middle is the grandson of Molotov, who has signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in August 1939. The pact split Europe between Hitler and Stalin, a week before they both invaded Poland, starting WW2.

@IlvesToomas Trump’s ’contribution’ to Ukraine has dropped from $0 in 2025 to negative $750 million in 2026.

"Well, Ukraine isn’t our war, yet we’ve contributed more to that fight than anyone." Not true, the figures show it's Europe. It doesn't help your credibility to lie about it. Everyone knows who's contributing what.

@MarioNawfal You lost me at “Tulsi says…” Remember what Tulsi said about Syria, Iran and Putin? Me too.

🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Tulsi says U.S. intelligence uncovered alleged plans by Ukraine officials to route hundreds of millions in U.S. funds into Biden’s 2024 campaign. Source: Just the News

@MultipolarA @panyiszabolcs @JayinKyiv The only dude working for foreign intelligence agency is Szijjarto. This is a security threat to Hungary, and to the EU, which Hungary is part of.

@hedgemars @panyiszabolcs @JayinKyiv Working with foreign intelligence agencies is journalism?

@panyiszabolcs @JayinKyiv Orban is accusing a Hungarian investigative journalist of investigative journalism. Let that sink in. That’s what Orban, Putin and Trump are all about.

U.S. members of Congress who met with the U.S.-sanctioned Russian State Duma delegation: @RepLuna (R, FL-13) @RepOgles (R, TN-05) @RepEliCrane (R, AZ-02) @RepGonzalez (D, TX-34) @RepVanOrden (R, WI-03).

@StateDept Except that Rubio is lying. NATO, as well as Ukraine, sent troops to fight alongside the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11. The U.S. has never sent troops to help NATO or Ukraine fight any war.

SECRETARY RUBIO: The U.S. is constantly asked to help in wars and we have. But when we had a need, it didn’t get positive responses from NATO. A couple leaders said that Iran was not Europe’s war. Well, Ukraine isn’t our war, yet we’ve contributed more to that fight than anyone.