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![Once again, the Orbán regime has managed to turn a routine diplomatic procedure into provocation. President Zelenskyy: “What the [Hungarian] delegation is doing here is unknown to me. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told me that, well, some people arrived. They characterised it as, well..." Ihor Zhovkva: “A private trip?” President Zelenskyy: “Probably, yes. We did not invite them." Hungarian FM Szijjártó’s immediate leap to call President Zelenskyy a "liar" is rich. Documents prove that Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs explicitly labeled the proposed visit dates as "unacceptable" and requested that new dates be negotiated through proper channels. The documents provided to TSN tell the real story: * The Hungarian Note: Hungary sent a request for a visit on specific dates. * The Ukrainian Response: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine explicitly stated those dates were unacceptable and asked to negotiate new ones. In the world of adult diplomacy, when a country says "the dates don't work," you don't just show up anyway and then act shocked when the President of the host nation says he didn't invite you. Showing up when the door is explicitly closed isn't a "state visit". It’s a private trip with delusions of grandeur. Zelenskyy’s dismissive tone isn't "lying”. It’s a reflection of the fact that Ukraine is fighting a war and doesn't have time for uncoordinated drop-ins from a neighbour that spent the last years blocking aid. And if Orbán actually cared about Hungarian-Ukrainian relations, he’d show up himself. Instead, he sends a B-team to play games with schedules, then cries "fake news" when he's called out. Hungary requested a meeting with Denys Shmyhal (the Prime Minister) or the Ukrainian Energy Minister. Sending a Deputy to meet a Prime Minister is a breach of protocol seen as a deliberate sign of disrespect. It’s pathetic, it’s petty, and it’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from Budapest.](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2031844708906123548/amplify_video_thumb/2031844643990900736/img/7SekVqVMGTqboe40.jpg)
![At the 2026 Munich Security Conference, Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar introduced his prospective Foreign Minister, Anita Orbán. Magyar was quick to clarify that her name is purely a coincidence. Without missing a beat, Polish PM Donald Tusk—no stranger to difficult namesakes—replied: “No worries, my name is Donald." Péter Magyar: “It is a great pleasure to see you. [Introducing his team] My colleague and future Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Anita Orbán.” Anita Orbán: “Nice to meet you.” Péter Magyar: “The name is only a coincidence. Orbán.” Donald Tusk: “My name is Donald!” Anita Orbán: “Exactly!”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2023257354666439138/amplify_video_thumb/2023257291907342336/img/dZCKtZQR58sx50Ko.jpg)
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“Anchorage failed” - Marco Rubio Journalist: “Lavrov, during your meeting, again mentioned proposals reached in Anchorage. Can you tell us what those proposals were and how relevant they are today?” Marco Rubio: “Yes. I mean, there was no—I mean, proposals, we know they've been reported about. They call it 3 plus 2, the trading—and, but those—those failed. You can't have a peace deal unless both sides agree to it. And the Ukrainians would not agree to it. And so that's why that effort didn't work. So we'll have to find new suggestions and new ideas because certainly that one, it was not acceptable to Ukraine at the time and I don't think it's acceptable to them now either. In fact, it's probably less acceptable to them. So, you know, if—when peace comes, it'll be because of some new idea and some new concepts. And we're prepared to offer some of those in the right setting and form if the opportunity presents itself and the conditions are right. We're prepared to play that role in a positive way.”
Yasmina29,303 görüntüleme • 4 saat önce
“We are Europe, not you.” - Russian chief propagandist, Solovyov in an interview with the Swiss Russian apologist Köppel. “Scottish, Irish, different roots, and they all worked for a Russian Empire. And let me remind you that Catherine the Great was not of Russian origin, like at all, and that in the blood of Russian Tsar Nicholas the Second, there was only 1/128th of a Russian blood. Of course. We are Europe, not you. You betrayed all that Europe of the 19th Century believed in. You made a wrong turn. And that's the problem. At first, you get rid of real Christian values, then you get rid of your culture. You forgot your great authors of the 19th. You betrayed your roots, and that's why you hate us. Because in us you see what Europe should be. But as I mentioned before, we're aliens to you. And that's why you do not understand when we remember our mutual history. And when we look at Kremlin, you can see part of Milanese influence. And when you look at Saint Petersburg, and you understand, oh yeah, that's when Perron decided to rebuild Paris, and that's what inspired him. And when you look at Moscow, and you see a lot of signs of Europe that you've lost.”
Yasmina140,931 görüntüleme • 8 gün önce
“And over time, Americans will come to miss the old NATO.” - Fareed Zakaria. In his recent show, Fareed Zakaria laid out a pretty sobering reality check about what’s actually happening to NATO. Trump claims he’s saving Americans money by forcing Europe to spend more, but that’s a total myth. European defense spending is at its highest in decades, yet America’s own budget is ballooning to a massive $1.5 trillion. As Zakaria notes, "American defense spending has never been determined by the needs of NATO"—it’s about Washington’s obsession with dominating the globe, from the Middle East to space. The U.S. used to rely on the "enormous advantages" in Europe—dozens of bases and the ability to project power anywhere. Now, because Trump acts like an unreliable, sometimes "hostile" partner, European nations are realising they can't afford to be "differential" to Washington anymore. It’s not just policy, it’s the constant, chaotic outbursts. When Trump threatens to treat a country like Denmark, a core ally, as a real estate deal, it forces everyone to wake up. Zakaria highlights that Europeans now fear Trump might "withhold software upgrades or spare parts" for their own weapons just because he’s in a bad mood. The most chilling point Zakaria makes is that the post-1945 order worked because it stopped European countries from having to act like traditional, competitive "great powers" again. By breaking that system, Trump is inadvertently waking up the old ghosts of European rivalry. As Zakaria concludes, the U.S. is entering a new, dangerous chapter: "Over time Americans will come to miss the old NATO not because it was fair but because it was the most successful security system the world has ever known". Watching the U.S. trade its global influence for "reality TV" politics isn't just confusing—it’s starting to look like a historic mistake that leaves the rest of us having to plan for a world where we can’t count on America at all.
Yasmina134,485 görüntüleme • 10 gün önce
“Mr. putin would realise that he is facing big, big problems.” - Mikhail Kasyanov, former Russian Prime Minister. Mikhail Kasyanov: “We shouldn’t expect in the foreseeable future any social unrest which would change the regime. No, this scenario doesn’t exist for upcoming for foreseeable future. But what I see just having this counting all these aspects that by the end of the year if the west takes consistent position, principal position and will recognise finally, not only European leaders but also US administration, that who is aggressor and who is the victim. That’s not two guys just who hate each other and that’s why they fight each other and then we should press both of them to sit down and negotiate. Interviewer: But we haven’t heard that. We haven’t heard that from the United States. Mikhail Kasyanov: We haven’t, we haven’t heard but Marco Rubio already said we just on the Ukrainian side. We’re not mediator because we provide just our equipment. Interviewer: Do we need to hear that? Mikhail Kasyanov: That’s why we are in this way. We need US administration to make a strong statement on that. We need to hear from the President United States. Interviewer: Exactly. They’re the aggressor, they’re the victim. Do you think we’ll ever hear it? Mikhail Kasyanov: Absolutely. Absolutely. That’s coming to this and a discussion in Ankara that’s already close to this. Interviewer: You’re seeing that shift. Mikhail Kasyanov: That’s shifting, that’s already taking place. That is one aspect, all others as well. And that’s why Mr. putin would realise that he is facing big, big problems and there is no hope that President Trump would help him. There is no hope that the economy will start grow or at least will stand at this stage and there is no hope that he can draw just more people to the battlefield. It means he will be willing to negotiate.” (CNN)
Yasmina53,884 görüntüleme • 4 gün önce
Brilliant! “Trump, the peacemaker.” - Jonathan Pie “Back to you, Sophie. Thank you. It's interesting, isn't it, that Trump signed this deal in Versailles, you know, the location of another famous humiliating, total capitulation. But you know, of course, Trump will spin this as a massive success because he's got form in declaring he's won when clearly he hasn't. But this war was a success in the same way that paying $14 million to have large chunks of blue paint floating in an algae-infested reflecting pool was money well spent. The truth is, the United States has rarely looked weaker, and Iran has rarely looked stronger, having now worked out that if anyone doesn't do exactly what they want them to, they'll just close the Strait of Hormuz, and they've got the whole world by the bullbags. We went from week one: "I will win. Victory will be easier than that time I kidnapped the president of Venezuela." To week two: "I won." To week three: "Why aren't you helping me win?" To week four: "I don't need your help to win, but if you don't help me win, I'm going to destroy NATO." Week five: "If you don't let me win, I'll annihilate an entire civilization." It's quite a feat to give the Iranian regime the moral high ground, but luckily, Donald Trump shattered the illusion of American morality a long time ago. Week six: "We're winning, and to prove it, here's an AI picture of me dressed as Jesus.” Week seven: "The Pope is a soy-filled, woke, Guardian reader." Week eight: "I'm getting bored now." Weeks nine through to 14: "Really bored now, and I've got ballrooms to build and cage fights on the White House lawn to organise." And four months later, victory! Thank you very much, where's my peace prize? And if the rest of the G7 can just clear up the mess and pay the bill, that would be great. The outcome was always inevitable, but you know, it's been fun to watch. Most of Trump's posts on Truth Social around the conflict have sounded less like the leader of the free world and more like a 14-year-old boy who's the only one left in the class not to have fingered anyone. One particular highlight being on Easter Sunday, when Trump went on to Truth Social to write, "Open the fucking strait, you crazy bastards." Which are the words of a true diplomat with supreme control of the situation. He then spent some time at the White House Easter Egg Roll, where he gave a speech to a bunch of bemused primary school children about how he's thinking of starting World War III in Iran and Joe Biden's auto-pen. But this conflict hasn't all been plain sailing. Trump got really angry with the UK, and Spain, and Canada, Australia, Italy—in fact, anyone who raised any objections to this gross example of imperial overreach was branded a coward. It was as if he felt like we should all be grateful that his latest piece of American expansionism didn't involve making Canada the 51st state or carpet bombing the sleepy village of Greenland. Perhaps if you want your allies to be good allies, then maybe start treating us like allies. Don't bully your allies, or slam illegal tariffs on your allies, or interfere with their elections by overtly promoting far-right parties across Europe whilst hurling insults at our leaders and threatening to invade Allied sovereign territory, and then demand we come to your aid just because you started a war because one, Benjamin Netanyahu told you to, and two, to distract from the fact that you appear in the Epstein files more times than Jesus is mentioned in the Bible. But at least someone did all right out of this whole thing. Well, for me, the highlight of the whole shit show was the $2.1 billion in bets placed minutes before presidential announcements about the war in Iran. 1/2
Yasmina267,930 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Poland won't applaud Trump’s vanity project, the Nobel Peace Prize. Today a major diplomatic row broke out between the U.S. and Poland because Włodzimierz Czarzasty (the Speaker of the Sejm) took a very public stand against Donald Trump. The catalyst was a formal request from U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, asking international leaders to co-sign a nomination for Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Czarzasty flatly refused. U.S. Ambassador Tom Rose responded by blacklisting Czarzasty, declaring that the U.S. Embassy would have "no further dealings, contacts, or communications" with him effective immediately. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk joined the fray, telling the U.S. Ambassador that "allies should respect, not lecture, each other. Roman Giertych then wrote a letter (see in the comments), escalating the rhetoric by comparing the demand for the Nobel Prize to the vanity of the Emperor Nero. Here is what Włodzimierz Czarzasty said: Włodzimierz Czarzasty: “Building new platforms like the 'Peace Council' by the United States is, in my opinion, deceptive. We must strengthen the European Union, NATO, the UN, and the WHO. Our security lies there. President Trump, in my opinion, destabilises these organisations by representing a policy of force and conducting transactional politics. This often breaks principles, values, and international law. His interpretation of history—for example, regarding the participation of Polish soldiers on missions—and his instrumental treatment of other territories, like Greenland, means I will not support the Nobel request for President Trump. He does not deserve it."
Yasmina744,170 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
Crack’s in putin’s crumbling empire growing wider by the day. As of July 1, 2026, Kazakhstan’s new constitution has officially kicked in, and the message to Moscow is loud and clear: The Soviet-era free pass for the Russian language is over. For decades, the Russian language held a privileged spot in Kazakhstan’s law, sitting “on an equal footing” with Kazakh. It was a lingering badge of colonial dominance that Moscow leveraged to keep its grip on the region. Now, that constitutional requirement has been downgraded. Russian is no longer "equal"—it’s merely used “alongside” the state language. It’s a polite, legal way of saying, "We aren't a Russian satellite anymore." Under the old rules, officials were forced to accommodate Russian at every turn. Now, that obligation is gone. You want to conduct state business in Russian? You’d better have a specific reason to ask for it. The default is now, and will remain, Kazakh. Putin loves to talk about protecting Russian speakers to justify his land grabs, but he’s powerless to stop this. He can scream at his television in the Kremlin all he wants, but he can’t dictate the constitution of a sovereign nation. The Soviet shadow is finally receding, and for the Kremlin, it’s just one more sign that their "great power" status is becoming a joke. The neighbors are leaving, and they aren't looking back. Video: "In Kazakhstan, monumental amendments to the Constitution were adopted. It is clearly visible how, with this decision, the Kazakhs are moving away from Moscow. Nearly 90 percent of citizens voted for amendments in which the status of the Russian language was downgraded, and the Parliament was returned its original name — the Kurultai. Kazakhstan is following a truly Turkic path. Now the constitution begins with the lines: 'Preserving the continuity of the thousand-year history of the Great Steppe.' Kazakhstan strives to become a center for the countries of the Great Turan, and this unification inevitably detaches all of Central Asia from the influence of the Russian world."
Yasmina81,874 görüntüleme • 21 gün önce
French president Emmanuel Macron is saying what everyone’s thinking: Europeans can't let a monster in a bunker in Moscow or a real estate tycoon on a golf course in Florida decide if Europe lives or dies. "As all the allies, we have to be the one to negotiate this new architecture of security for Europe the day after, because our geography will not change. We will live with Russia at the same place, and the Europeans at the same place. And I don’t want this negotiation to be organised by somebody else."
Yasmina573,454 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
![This is putin casually admitting to what can only be described as a textbook war crime, and he’s doing it with a smug smile on his face. He literally brags about using Ukraine as a human testing ground. He openly admits that they didn't fire their "Oreshnik" missile at a military test range. Instead, they fired it at populated areas in Ukraine just because it was "convenient to watch”. Think about that for a second. He sent explosive warheads into communities, and then sent drones in right after just to count the bodies and measure the craters "down to the millimeter" like it’s some kind of science fair project. But the scariest part is how he ends it. He casually drops that they are collecting this data so they can figure out how to better use these massive missiles in "urban areas”. That is political speak for densely populated cities filled with civilians, apartment buildings, and schools. It’s pure, calculated terror. putin: “After all, we... we used to test such systems at testing ranges. But 'Oreshnik' wasn't tested that way. And this wasn't a combat application. In fact, we haven't had a single combat application of 'Oreshnik' over the territory of Ukraine in the full, so to speak, sense of the word. And the last one—to be completely honest, I will reveal a major, major state military secret to you. We simply struck a location where it was convenient to observe the results. Well, this concerns Bila Tserkva, and it especially concerns... concerns the DPR [so-called Donetsk People's Republic] area within the perimeter of the main fortified area. Afterward, our drones flew into that area—the target area we had struck—and simply looked at how the multiple reentry vehicles had landed. They calculated everything down to the millimeter, exactly where everything hit. For us, this is important in order to make future decisions regarding the full-scale deployment of 'Oreshnik' against designated targets. Including within urban areas.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2062623381220892967/amplify_video_thumb/2062623279064461312/img/NXpjn2MTtqF_ETMo.jpg)
This is putin casually admitting to what can only be described as a textbook war crime, and he’s doing it with a smug smile on his face. He literally brags about using Ukraine as a human testing ground. He openly admits that they didn't fire their "Oreshnik" missile at a military test range. Instead, they fired it at populated areas in Ukraine just because it was "convenient to watch”. Think about that for a second. He sent explosive warheads into communities, and then sent drones in right after just to count the bodies and measure the craters "down to the millimeter" like it’s some kind of science fair project. But the scariest part is how he ends it. He casually drops that they are collecting this data so they can figure out how to better use these massive missiles in "urban areas”. That is political speak for densely populated cities filled with civilians, apartment buildings, and schools. It’s pure, calculated terror. putin: “After all, we... we used to test such systems at testing ranges. But 'Oreshnik' wasn't tested that way. And this wasn't a combat application. In fact, we haven't had a single combat application of 'Oreshnik' over the territory of Ukraine in the full, so to speak, sense of the word. And the last one—to be completely honest, I will reveal a major, major state military secret to you. We simply struck a location where it was convenient to observe the results. Well, this concerns Bila Tserkva, and it especially concerns... concerns the DPR [so-called Donetsk People's Republic] area within the perimeter of the main fortified area. Afterward, our drones flew into that area—the target area we had struck—and simply looked at how the multiple reentry vehicles had landed. They calculated everything down to the millimeter, exactly where everything hit. For us, this is important in order to make future decisions regarding the full-scale deployment of 'Oreshnik' against designated targets. Including within urban areas.”
Yasmina174,653 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
“Russia: a system of "bandit robbery" - Leonid Ivashov, retired Russian colonel general and a prominent figure in Russian military. In a candid analysis of the current state of putin’s Russia, General Ivashov argues that the Kremlin is not a collection of rival camps, but a single, unified team. Their primary objective is not the welfare of the nation, but the consolidated control and extraction of the country’s vast resources. According to the General, the infighting we witness is merely a facade—a "bandit struggle" for influence and wealth redistribution, while the country suffers under a mounting systemic crisis. Ivashov paints a grim picture of a Russia where every critical sector, from the economy and science to healthcare and the military, is in a state of terminal decline. He argues that the current political model, established under the auspices of the ruling party, has completely exhausted its potential. The centralisation of power has effectively turned Russia’s regions into powerless, marionette structures, stripping them of the ability to manage their own economies or address the needs of their local populations. The General posits that the only way to arrest this degradation is through fundamental, "revolutionary" changes, not necessarily a violent civil war, but a systematic, top-to-bottom dismantling of the current authoritarian vertical. Ivashov insists that the people must become the actual source of power, as nominally declared in the Constitution, rather than mere spectators to the elites’ power games. Regions must regain control over their own territorial economies, ensuring that the wealth extracted from their land actually benefits the local people who live and work there. Ivashov’s message is ultimately one of urgency. He challenges the public to stop supporting any specific political personality and to start supporting concrete actions that dismantle the current system of "bandit robbery". Without organised, conscious involvement from the citizenry, he warns that the country will continue to wither away, with the public remaining nothing more than a "small coin" in the elites' high-stakes game. Here’s the lowdown on General Ivashov’s recent, and pretty explosive, take on the state of putin’s Russia. Narrator: “Ivashov is convinced that Russia today is experiencing not private difficulties, but a large-scale and comprehensive crisis. There are practically no spheres left, be it the economy, education, healthcare, or the army, where a decline would not be felt. Even political parties and civil institutions are devoid of independence and are not capable of proposing a way out of the current situation. He sees the reasons for this in the fact that the current management model has exhausted itself, and attempts to patch up the old system only exacerbate its decay. In these conditions, he believes, radical changes are inevitable, either from above or from below.” Ivashov: “Today the country is in a state of a systemic crisis. There is not a single sphere, including the party-political sphere, and Vladimir Petrovich talks about this, which would not be in a state of crisis. Or maybe someone sees one sphere, in the economy or somewhere, in education, in science, where there would not be a crisis? And an exit from the systemic crisis is possible only through a revolution. And a revolution can be either from above—putin or someone starts dismantling the former system and creating the system, including in the economy, about which Mikhail Leonidovich spoke. But this should be a revolutionary process. Or, if the authorities do not do this, then a revolution begins from a riot, like in Biryulyovo, and then it goes somewhere spontaneously, and then there must be an organised force that will curb this spontaneous process and translate it into a normal revolutionary character of events.”
Yasmina62,421 görüntüleme • 18 gün önce
Serbian General officially cleared Ukraine of any involvement in the recent plot to attack Serbia’s gas pipelines. The Serbian military’s top brass, General Đuro Jovanić, stepped up to the mic to give the official version of why their gas lines almost went up in smoke. Summary of Serbian General Jovanić’s address to a general audience: * Is Ukraine responsible? No, he explicitly denies their involvement. * Are they being framed? No, he claims the idea that Serbia is "planting" Ukrainian evidence is fake news. * Where did the bombs come from? He claims they are American-made. * Who is the suspect? A "militarily trained" individual from a migrant group. Full transcript in the comments.
Yasmina340,284 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
“Russia has lost everything. Everything. The war is lost." - *Andrey Zubov. "The war is lost. You can say that to your opponent. The war is already lost in all directions. It's lost on the battlefield. They didn't go anywhere, not to Kharkiv, not to Kyiv, especially not to Lviv. They didn't go anywhere. It's lost on the diplomatic level. All civilised countries have turned away from Russia. Just recently, Japan sent a large tranche to help Ukraine. And as for Europe, I'm not even talking. As for Trump, well, it's a strange phenomenon that the Americans themselves will probably be ashamed of later. But nevertheless, there's a very powerful movement in America in support of Ukraine, both in the Republican and Democratic parties, just in society. Russia, once a truly great power, a member of the G8, became a satellite of China, which is now a raw materials appendage of China. Its allies, it was on the threshold of NATO. In 2002, the issue of joining NATO was already being discussed very seriously, and the same Prime Minister Kasyanov was for joining NATO, and putin said that it was possible, we should think about it. Well, now what NATO? Now the allies are North Korea, which journalists in Russia have also been poking fun at for so many years, about Kim Jong-un and so on. But it turned out that it wasn't worth poking fun at, that North Korean troops are fighting side-by-side with the Russians on the Ukrainian front. This is Iran with these crazy ayatollahs, it turned out that these crazy ayatollahs there provide weapons and they're being used actively. And finally, China itself, which also, if we were delighted, then for its economic successes, but certainly not for its totalitarian system. And now China is the main pillar of the putin regime and putin’s totalitarian system. So, naturally, Russia has suffered a humanitarian defeat, a mass of cultural people have left, I would say, the cultural elite of Russia, the Russian youth. Well, and old people like me, we left, we don't want anything to do with this regime. Russia has lost hundreds of thousands of its people, and with a low birth rate and a poor level of education, it's very sensitive. Russia has lost its culture, because the level of education has dropped sharply and, as a matter of fact, Russia has lost everything. Everything. The war is lost." *Andrey Zubov: A prominent Russian historian and political scientist who was famously dismissed from MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) in 2014 after criticising the annexation of Crimea.
Yasmina513,058 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
Leonid Ivashov, a heavy-hitting retired Russian Colonel General, recently went rogue and started saying out loud what most people in the Kremlin only dare to whisper. He didn't hold back, basically calling things out for being a mess. The Big Picture: "We're in Trouble" Ivashov starts by basically saying Russia is a mess right now. He’s not sugarcoating it: we’re lonely on the world stage (only a handful of countries even talk to us at the UN), and we’ve lost our influence over our neighbors. He even compares putin’s era to the start of the Soviet collapse under Gorbachev—lots of talk, but everything is breaking. 1. The "Broken Stuff" List He goes through a laundry list of things that aren't working: * Planes: We can't build our own passenger jets. We’re basically cannibalising old Boeings for parts. * Space: He tells a wild story about how the last working manned launchpad at Baikonur was accidentally torched because of poor maintenance. Now, Russia effectively can't send people to space. * Food: He warns that the food in the shops is becoming toxic garbage filled with palm oil because the economy is so squeezed. * Corruption: He mentions that 11 trillion rubles were allegedly stolen by the Ministry of Defense. He points out that almost every big corrupt official is a member of the ruling party. 2. The "Spectacle" (The Press Conference) He calls putin’s annual "Direct Line" a brilliant theatrical performance. The Setup: Everything was staged—the suit, the tie, even the camera angles to hide putin’s nervous leg twitching. The Script: He says the questions were totally rehearsed. putin knew what was coming. The few "real" questions from foreign journalists were just dodged with "whataboutism" or jokes. The "Reality Gap": While putin was smiling and talking about how great the economy is, the "ticker tape" on the screen was showing real people from the regions begging for water, roads, and enough money to buy medicine. 3. The War (Tactics vs. Strategy) Ivashov is really unimpressed with the military leadership. * Small Thinking: He says putin is stuck at a "tactical" level—bragging about taking one tiny village or a single house. The NATO Gap: He admits that Ukraine, backed by NATO tech and satellite intel, is hitting Russia where it hurts (oil refineries and airfields), while Russia is just throwing shells at the problem. 4. The Demographic "Cliff" He’s really worried that Russians are simply dying out. The birth rate is way below what’s needed to survive, and putin’s excuse is just "well, it's a global trend." Ivashov thinks that's a cop-out for a country that’s literally shrinking. The Verdict Ivashov ends with looking pretty defeated. He basically says: “Look, I’ve been a professor, a general, and a student of geopolitics for decades. I watched this whole 4-hour show, and I didn't see a leader, a commander, or a protector of the people. I just saw a guy living in a fairy tale while the rest of the country is struggling to survive on 16,000 rubles a month." Basically, his message is: The "Spectacle" looks great on TV, but you can't eat a stage play, and you can't fly a museum piece to space. (The transcript for this segment of Russian retired General Ivashov’s video where he critiques the "staged spectacle" of putin’s press conference you will find in the comments.)
Yasmina554,897 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
PANIC IN MOSCOW! PUTIN’S AXIS IS BREAKING: Sergey Karnaukhov thinks Russia is next. You know things are bad when even the Kremlin’s loudest cheerleaders stop pretending everything is 'going according to plan.' Take a look at Sergey Karnaukhov, prominent Russian propagandist, TV presenter, and regular contributor to the Solovyov Live channel. Usually, he’s busy telling you how the West is collapsing, but suddenly he realised that Russia’s 'Axis of Friends' is looking more like a 'League of Lost Causes.' First Assad, then Maduro’s struggles, and now he’s watching Tehran fold like a card table. He’s not just worried about Iran. He is terrified that the dominoes are finally falling toward Moscow. Listen to him drop the tough-guy act and start asking the one question they aren't allowed to answer: 'Are we next?' “So they did everything not to escalate. Well, they've done it now. Why hasn't a single US ship sunk yet? I have a question. Don't they have normal missiles? They have everything. Afraid of escalation? Well, they'll all be killed now. That's all. So if Pezeshkian is only concerned with how to hide himself, then there is no place for him there. But what's happening now, we see. Where are the statements of these people? Where is the vaunted IRGC? Where is Khamenei's statement? They're all gone. That's it. This is a country that is falling apart before our eyes. Again, I'm taking a pro-Russian position. I'm assessing the perspective of what's going to happen. I understand very well what the next problem will be. For us, first of all. One question worries me: when will they take us on? Or have they already? And do we understand that the talk about Iran is also a talk about Russia? They will treat us the same way now, hitting Russia even harder. We will return to this, if not today, then on Monday for sure.”
Yasmina354,814 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
Lavrov whiningly accuses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of a major breach of etiquette. Why? Because Zelenskyy had the audacity to write an open letter to putin and “actually shared it with the rest of the world”, instead of keeping it a secret. According to Lavrov, "polite people don't act that way," and because of this horrific breach of manners, putin has decided negotiating is off the table anyway. "President putin spoke in detail on this topic at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, taking into account, among other things, a long letter from Zelenskyy published the day before, which was addressed to President Putin, but for some reason was sent all over the world. That is probably not how polite people act, and the President assessed this letter rather as an indication that negotiations with Ukraine are not necessary.” Lavrov also echoed putin’s earlier statement that “it is not negotiations but the actions of those involved” on the front lines of Russia’s war “that are crucial to the outcome” of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. The Kremlin, currently busy rewriting international law and tearing up treaties, is suddenly deeply offended by a lack of diplomatic courtesy. They are using a public letter as a convenient pretext to avoid real peace talks, shifting the blame entirely onto Ukraine. Lavrov literally doubles down on putin’s stance that only brutal force on the front lines matters anyway. It’s an impressive routine: starting a full-scale war, and then complaining that the guy you invaded didn't use the proper RSVP format. Classic Kremlin gaslighting.
Yasmina100,774 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
“I think we are one big step into dictatorship already.” Conservative historian Robert Kagan. Robert Kagan: "Well, I think we are one big step into dictatorship already. It's not clear to me that any institution in the United States is really prepared to stand up to Donald Trump. It seems the only people who are willing to stand up to Donald Trump are average American citizens in Minneapolis and elsewhere, and god bless them for that, but the US Congress, both parties, are unwilling to really fight Trump. The Republicans have become the party of dictatorship. So I think we are one deep foot into dictatorship, and I am worried, as I have said and others have been pointing out, about whether we will even have free and fair elections in 2026, let alone in 2028. I think Trump has a plan to disrupt those elections and I don't think he's willing to allow Democrats to take control of one or both houses, as could happen in a free election."
Yasmina328,441 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
Hungarian PM, Péter Magyar, doesn't hold back in exposing the shameful legacy of the old regime's 'hot line' to Moscow. Péter Magyar laying out exactly how the Orban regime alienated their Polish allies by prioritising deals with an invader over Hungary’s own principles. "...these relationships as well. And perhaps the leader of the faction was right that there was a period when cooperation within the V4 was strong. But the cooperation of the Visegrád Group did not break down because of that, it did not find itself in the crisis you spoke of. Not at all. You, dear Mr. Faction Leader, chose Vladimir Putin, Russia. And Poland will not swallow that. You know, Poland will not swallow that. Although our history is very similar, even if we were to compete, the history of the Poles is perhaps even sadder and more difficult than that of the Hungarians, but it is a difficult competition. They did not forget where they come from. And what they "owe" to Russia. And they did not make deals. And they did not give up their principles. You did. You might not personally, but I can tell you one thing: you sit in the same faction as Péter Szijjártó, who accepted an honor from Sergey Lavrov, forgot to return it—perhaps it still hangs as a magnet on his refrigerator today, he is proud of it, proud that he preferred to inform Russia about European ministerial meetings, was on a hot line with a country that invaded, that is, attempted to invade, an independent European state. That is the reason, that is one of the reasons why the Polish nation and the Polish political authorities said: enough of this."
Yasmina62,802 görüntüleme • 29 gün önce
Peskov calling everyone else 'war instigators' while his boss runs a full-scale invasion is the kind of gaslighting that would be impressive if it wasn’t so tragic. The level of projection here is honestly a new record. 🙄 Peskov: “I would say that this is a coalition of war instigators. This is a coalition of war instigators; it is that group of countries that does not want peace, wants the war to continue, and deludes itself with a profound misconception about the possibility of inflicting a strategic defeat on our country. Therefore, this is a coalition of those who are deluded and a coalition of those who are inciting war. Of course, we will monitor this very carefully; these are the countries that are committing hostile actions against us, therefore we will monitor this very carefully.”
Yasmina21,614 görüntüleme • 10 gün önce
Someone send this to JD Vance before he goes on another rant about 'mismanaged' European allies. Alexander Stubb just reminded the world that the Nordics own the Top 10 lists for justice, clean government free from corruption and equality. While Trump and JD Vance are busy obsessing over 'dominance' and crude GDP, the Finnish President is over here dropping facts. Turns out, when you actually invest in your people instead of just billionaire tax cuts, you end up the happiest people on earth. Stubb is 'bloody happy' because his country actually works for everyone. Alexander Stubb: “You're asking a question from the second happiest country in the world and the happiest country in the world, you know.” Moderator: “Who better to answer this?” Alexander Stubb: “And the third? No?” Moderator: “Oh, they're very happy.” Alexander Stubb: “Yeah, yeah. No, I sometimes, you know, sometimes when I hear the discourse, especially of economists who are looking at crude GDP as the save-all measurement, I think us coming from Nordic countries, we value welfare societies which are a combination of open market economies and clear safety nets. And if I look at our Gini coefficient, if I look at all the measures of international data—which five countries are in top ten, whether it's justice, whether it's least corrupt, whether it's open, whether it's welfare, whether it's environment, whether it's open media, gender equality—they are the Nordics. So I don't buy the argument that we're doing bad. I'm actually bloody happy.” #NordicModel #Finland #HappiestCountry #JDVance #Stubb
Yasmina281,568 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce