@laurastarink
Slavicist, journalist, writer. Former Moscow correspondent of Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. Published 5 books: 'Mail from Russia', 'The Russian Hangover', 'German Roots', 'The Shadow of Big Brother' and 'A Land from Hearsay
🛳️ How Ukraine and its allies are countering Russia’s shadow fleet schemes
🔥 This time, the strike on empty ships demonstrated that even the sale of Russian oil after transshipment and transportation is no guarantee of safety.
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would reduce Poland’s diplomatic presence in Russia in response to the closure of its Gdansk consulate.
#BBCNews - Russian attack hits flats in one of deadliest strikes on western Ukraine
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At least 16 people died and 64 others were wounded when Russian drones and missiles struck two residential high-rises in Ternopil on Wednesday morning, the National Police of Ukraine reported.
🇺🇦❗️ Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned Ukraine is running short on soldiers as many men flee abroad, - POLITICO
He said Russian forces attack in relentless "waves" and urged lowering the draft age from 25 to around 22.
Ukraine suspends justice minister amid energy corruption scandal – Europe live
In today’s Russian papers:
▪️ Russia’s budget deficit gets bigger
▪️ plans for a new “tax on gadgets”
▪️ a “cooling off period” for SIM cards
▪️t he dangers of rehabilitating Joseph Stalin
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In Kyiv, a court is deciding pre-trial measures for Dmytro Basov, a key figure in the "Mindych tapes" case. Basov, ex-security director of Energoatom and a former prosecutor, is accused by NABU of co-leading the scheme under the alias "Tenor." SAP seeks his arrest with bail set at 45.4 million UAH.
Ukraine’s Justice Minister German Galushchenko has been suspended amid a sweeping corruption probe into the country’s energy sector, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko announced.
Russia claimed it is ready for new direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, while NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov arrived in Turkey to restart stalled prisoner exchange negotiations.
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Fighting in Ukraine will grind on in 2026. Vladimir Putin will continue to throw away Russian lives pointlessly, but sooner or later a reckoning is coming
Russian regions bordering Ukraine, including Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk, regularly report civilian casualties and damage from drone and missile attacks.
The phrase “We tried to tell you” springs to mind for some reason
Rob Jetten grote winnaar, maar VVD heeft sleutel van formatie in handen
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
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Het was zijn energie waarmee D66-leider Rob Jetten succes boekte deze campagne. Onwankelbaar, optimistisch en niet vies van een beetje theater. Een beetje zoals... Rutte. @kimvankeken.bsky.social
Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy, railway, and residential infrastructure last night.
▪️ In Zaporizhzhia, private houses and apartment buildings were damaged. One person was killed. More than a dozen people were injured, including six children. Russia struck a dormitory, destroying several floors.
Pretty scary that a dottering man who wrongly thinks Russia and China are testing nukes, who doesn’t know which part of his government is in charge of US nukes, and assumes they can be tested “immediately” has sole authority to order their launch.
Intellectueel zijn is een doodszonde in zompig Nederland.
That Putin will not accept.
NO KINGS!
Join the nationwide protest this Saturday, October 18th - America has no monarchs and no one is above the law. #NoKings
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De benoeming van Oleksandr Alfjorov tot directeur van het Oekraïense Instituut voor Nationale Herinnering heeft tot ophef geleid. Het laat zien hoe geschiedenis een wapen in een oorlog op leven en dood is geworden, schrijft @laurastarink.bsky.social.
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Die Versuche Karl Schlögel als Kriegstreiber darzustellen offenbaren den Amoklauf gegen die Wirklichkeit, wenn es um Russlands Krieg in der Ukraine geht, schonungslos. Historiker, die seit Jahren vor russischer Aggression warnen, die klar die wahren Wurzeln des Konflikts 1/
⚡️Update: 15 killed, 135 injured in mass Russian strike on Kyiv.
"Unfortunately, the worst predictions regarding the number of people who may be trapped under the rubble have been confirmed," Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration, said.
Pjotr Sauer schrijft een afscheidscolumn voor zijn overleden vader Derk: ‘Ik ga ontelbaar veel dingen aan hem missen’
#BBCNews - US halts some weapons shipments to Ukraine, White House says
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Zijn hele leven deed Chomsky zijn best om de kille politiek achter de zachte diplomatie te ontmaskeren, maar nu kan iedereen live op zijn scherm zien hoe wereldleiders over kleinere staten denken.
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This is also what happened in Nazi Germany. Only there the firings were antisemitic rather than ideological in motivation. The effect is the same: science is made subservient to the ruling party.
