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Marcel H. Van Herpen

10 months

Good news! The THIRD edition of my book PUTIN's WARS will be published in a few weeks.The book is fully updated with an in-depth analysis of the war against Ukraine, including the prospects of the war.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

9 months

Putin: « It is dangerous to be surrounded by NATO countries. » Is it? Ask Switzerland and Austria, which are surrounded by NATO member states.

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'Drunk' Russian soldier rolls £400million missile launcher into a DITCH in fresh humiliation for Putin's shambolic army

'Drunk' Russian soldier rolls £400million missile launcher into a DITCH

A “DRUNK” Russian soldier is in line for a rocket after rolling a £400million missile defence system into a roadside ditch. The high-tech S-400 anti-aircraft rocket launcher veered off …

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2 years

Good news for Ukraine (and bad news for Putin): Top candidate for British PM is Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who is the architect of Britain's proactive Ukraine strategy.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

If Moscow says that it will concentrate its military action on the Donbas region, it means that this is NOT the case and that it has NOT given up its goal of conquering Ukraine as a whole. NEVER believe the Kremlin's statements at face value!

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26 days

This is a European capital anno 2024. The barbarism of WW2 is back! Halfhearted Western support is part of the problem.

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@JayinKyiv

26 days

With Putin's missle launchers and airfields under US protection, this is life for Ukrainians.

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6 months

Emmanuel Macron: No longer self imposed redlines. Russia must be defeated and no action is excluded to help Ukraine resist.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

1 year

Biden, wake up! Send ATACMS to Ukraine!! Do it NOW!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

We are on the eve of the most important Russian attack since 24 February and Germany continues to block the delivery of Leopards 2? Incredible!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

10 months

Petraeus clearly indicates who is to blame for Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive. It is NOT Ukraine, but its hesitant allies.

NEXTA

@nexta_tv

10 months

In our military doctrine, to break through the kind of defenses we see in southern #Ukraine , you need an air advantage, and much more. We did not provide that to the Ukrainians," former CIA chief Gen. David Petraeus said in an interview with the BBC The military criticized the

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2 months

Russia Acknowledges Retreat North Of Bakhmut After Major Advance By Ukrainian Troops

The Russian Defense Ministry has acknowledged its forces retreated from positions north of the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region that for months has been the scene of heavy fighting.

www.rferl.org

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6 months

Macron’s speech is Churchillian and historic. Now actions must follow his words.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

6 months

Emmanuel Macron: No longer self imposed redlines. Russia must be defeated and no action is excluded to help Ukraine resist.

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3 years

If there is any unprovoked attack by Russia on Ukraine the West must not only impose severe sanctions, but also prepare for a war tribunal to punish the perpetrators.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

9 months

Ukraine is transforming the bottom of the Black Sea into a huge graveyard for Russian war ships…

Russia confirms Ukraine destroyed its warship in Crimea attack

One person reported killed in attack targeting the Novocherkassk, which Ukraine suspects of transporting drones.

www.aljazeera.com

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

1 year

Macron counting on Xi to 'bring Russia to senses': implies 1. that Russia has senses, which it has not 2. that China has an interest to do so, which it has not.

Macron counting on Xi to 'bring Russia to senses'

The French president urges his Chinese counterpart to use his influence to end the Ukraine war.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Congratulations to the FSB which solved Dariya Dugin’s murder in two days -and found the usual suspects. By the way: How stands the investigation with respect to those responsible for the apartment bombings of September 1999?

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Russian colonialism was different from Western colonialism, because it was not overseas, but contiguous. This made Russian colonialism so persistent and dangerous: Russians cannot accept the independence of the colonized peoples.

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2 years

This poster was found near a metro station in Paris.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

3 years

A German admiral who praises Putin as an ally of the West... Surprised? Why? After the German vote against the NATO MAP for Ukraine in 2008? After Schröder's friendship with Putin? After #NordStream2 ? Germany is clearly Europe's "weak link".

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

The fear of « provoking » Russia has been the mortal sin of Western diplomacy, starting with its silence on the atrocities committed during the two Chechen wars, the war against Georgia, and the refusal to offer NATO MAPs to Ukraine and Georgia in 2008!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Negotiating with Putin means: negotiating with Hitler in 1945 and accepting Hitler’s proposal to close Buchenwald, but to keep Auschwitz open…

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

6 years

BREAKING: Russian embassy in The Hague was related to hack attempt of chemical weapons watchdog OPCW. The action of 4 GRU spies was coordinated by 2nd secretary (GRU colonel) Konstantin Bakhin.

'Russische ambassade actief betrokken bij hackoperatie op OPCW'

De Russische ambassade in Den Haag zou actief betrokken zijn geweest bij de mislukte hackpoging op de OPCW, de toezichthouder op het verbod op chemische wapens, meldt NRC vrijdagavond op basis van...

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

3 years

The Javelin anti tank weapon of the Ukrainian army changes the situation on the ground. Russia’s tank superiority is no longer a guarantee for dominance.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Today it is Putin’s birthday! It is the day on which Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated in 2006, because this courageous woman brilliantly analyzed the thuggish character of Putin’s regime. We miss her!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

4 years

BREAKING: Dutch General Intelligence Service AIVD exposed 2 Russian spies working as diplomats at Russian embassy in The Hague, collecting military high tech information. They have been expelled.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

The German-Russian cooperation during the Merkel years was not only a question of oil and gas. There was also a direct DEFENSE cooperation between the two countries. Read this thread with a full quote from my book "Putin's Wars" (2nd ed., p. 249). 1/5

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

4 years

Trump's "foreign policy"? Kim is a "funny guy," Putin is a "great guy," and Merkel is "stupid"...

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4 years

For a guy who is all about branding, he sure has soiled the American brand around the world.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

The difference between East and West Europe? In Eastern Europe people over 45 years still remember what it means to live in the grey, joyless and unfree satrapies of Moscow.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

10 months

Don’t forget: this is happening EVERY DAY for almost 2 years!

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@Mariana_Betsa

10 months

It’s difficult even to breath… Mother’s grief for her son, defender of Ukraine, who was killed by Russia #StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

A major question today is: Has Ukraine the right to attack military targets in the Russian heartland? I think it has: 1. It is a necessary "forward defense" 2. It will wake up the Russian population to the risks of this war 3. It shows that you don't need to target civilians.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

5 months

Georgia’s choice: A Russian colony or freedom in Europe!

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@KShoshiashvili

5 months

Tbilisi: The morale at the protest: we will fight and win. Georgia is UNITED, Georgia is EUROPE🇬🇪🇪🇺

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

September 1, 1939, started World War 2, with the attack of Nazi Germany on Poland. It was followed on September 17, by the Soviet attack. Putinist Russia is following in Hitler's and Stalin's footsteps and must be defeated.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 months

They arrived! At last. The Kremlin is not amused.

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@karasevych

2 months

Thank you, The Netherlands, for your leadership in bringing F-16 to Ukraine! We are greatly to everyone, who supported this important decision and made everything to bring this important day closer. @MinPres @DefensieMin @ministerBZ

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

9 years

January 2016: My book "Putin's Propaganda Machine" now also available in Europe.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

9 months

A Ukrainian assessment of the situation. Quite realistic I think.

Tim Frye

@timothymfrye

9 months

From a Ukrainian colleague this morning. Posted with permission.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

The Nazis bombed civilians in Guernica and Rotterdam. Moscow is doing the same in Ukraine on a bigger scale.

Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk

@Andriypzag

2 years

That is the rocket used against an ordinary apartment block in Dnipro today. Warhead mass 1 tonne (1000 kg, 2250 lbs) of highly efficient explosive RDX (hexogen). Originally designed in 1960s to attack air carriers. But Russians decided to use against civilans. See below:

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

8 years

#Trump 's remarks on "obsolete NATO" not only undermine article 5, but are an overt invitation for Russian aggression in #Ukraine & #Baltics

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Russia: apparently a « city on the hill », an « oasis of light »…

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@francis_scarr

2 years

If Russians don't want to watch the endless political talk shows any more, they can tune into something a bit lighter Oh wait...

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

The problem is that Western nations are worrying what kind of arms could upset Putin, while Putin doesn’t have these worries. On the contrary, he uses cluster bombs and chemical weapons without even thinking about a Western response.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

3 years

I am old enough to remember the intervention of "brotherly" Warsaw Pact troops in Hungary and Czechoslovakia and to see the resemblance with the intervention of CSTO (read: Russian) troops in Kazakhstan. History repeats itself, but always in a different manner.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Ukraine suffered most from Hitler's attack in World War II. Germany should therefore be the first to send heavy weapons to Ukraine as a sign of a not yet finished process of Wiedergutmachung!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

In phonecall to home a Russian soldier tells proudly how an ear was cut off from prisoner and other atrocities.

'Cut Off One Of Their Ears': In New Investigation, A Russian Soldier Describes Atrocities In Ukraine

In recorded calls obtained by Schemes, a Russian soldier described an assault on a village in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in grisly detail. The investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service then...

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

RUSSIA: Resistance grows against military service in war in Ukraine: Attacks with molotov cocktails on state organs which organize draft.

В Мордовии неизвестные подожгли военкомат с данными призывников

Неизвестные забросали коктейлями Молотова военкомат в поселке Зубова Поляна в ночь с 17 на 18 апреля. Загорелись комнаты, где хранились данные призывников и стояло несколько компьютеров. Об этом...

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Apparently a clear lack of enthusiasm in the Russian population to become (dead) heroes for Putin’s neo-imperialist adventures.

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2 years

In Russia, in the last 3 days only, there have been 4 attempts to set military enlistment offices on fire. And since the beginning of the war, at least 11 military registration and enlistment offices have been set on fire. Resistance to covert mobilization is growing

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4 months

I support Nicolas Tenzer’s proposal to sanction all companies that are still doing business in or with Russia.

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@NTenzer

4 months

This is an excellent move: all the companies doing business with Russia must be put under sanctions. They're channelling money to the Kremlin's death machine. Raiffaisen who made last year half of its profit with 🇷🇺 is the top of the iceberg. Many others... Time to get serious.

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2 years

Putin honored the butchers of Bucha with the Guards medal. Through this gesture he took responsibility for the war crimes and eventual genocide committed in that place. The Hague should take note.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Zelensky’s declaration that he will not negotiate with Russia as long as Putin is in power is the only right response. Putin is an international outcast. The only Western town where he is welcome is The Hague - to be indicted!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

« When should we have stopped Putin? » people ask. Some say: « Syria! » I think he should have been stopped much earlier: in Chechnya (1999-2010) where he fought a genocidal war, and Georgia (2008). 1/2

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

3 years

For Sale: Western politicians!

Linas Linkevicius

@LinkeviciusL

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Former #French Prime Minister Francois #Fillon joins supervisory board of #Russia ’s oil company Sibur. Congratulations on strengthening ‘glorious’ ranks of European leaders who are no strangers to ‘true values’.

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1 month

Do you remember Macron’s mantra « that one should not humiliate Russia »? Ukraine has shown in Kursk that it is necessary to humiliate Putin in order to get a regime change in Russia!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

In my 2016 book « Putin’s Propaganda Machine » I had already a chapter on Germany’s Kremlin-Friendly Political Class. During the war in Ukraine it became clear how devastating the influence of this group has become.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

5 years

BREAKING: #MH17 - International prosecutors release audio recording of calls beween Kremlin officials and separatist leaders of Donbas before the downing of the plane.

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2 years

There are decisive moments in history that one may not miss, such as the Berlin airlift in 1948-49. The war in Ukraine is such a decisive moment today. Ukraine must win and we should provide ALL weapons it needs.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

6 years

Ukrainian Chief of Staff - rightly - condemns Russian renaming military units after Ukrainian cities: "A signal that the aggressor does not plan to limit itself with Donbas and Crimea."

Ukrainian General Condemns Russian Renaming Units After Ukrainian Cities

A top Ukrainian military officer has condemned an order by Russian President Vladimir Putin to name several Russian military units after cities and other places in Ukraine.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

The #Dugin murder case seems to serve three objectives: 1) a warning to ultra-right nationalists not to criticize Putin's (poor) handling of the war 2) to use the murder as a pretext for the introduction of more repressive measures 3) to accuse Ukraine and call for retaliation

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

6 months

Stoltenberg warns: authoritarian alliance is in the making. NATO should cooperate more closely with non Atlantic powers South Korea and Japan.

Laura Kuenssberg: West facing 'authoritarian' alliance, says Nato chief

Nato head Jens Stoltenberg tells Laura Kuenssberg authoritarian powers are becoming more aligned.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

3 years

On May 27, 1997, Yeltsin signed the NATO-Russia Founding Act, which committed Russia to the "respect for sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of all states and their inherent right to choose the means to ensure their own security."

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

5 years

Curiously the increased use of the word "Russophobia" goes hand in hand with the increased Russian aggression in Ukraine and Syria.

Business Ukraine mag

@Biz_Ukraine_Mag

5 years

Accusations of "Russophobia" play a central role in the Kremlin's hybrid war strategy. The term has been systematically deployed since 2014 as part of efforts to disguise the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Putin's wider campaign of aggression against the Western world

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7 years

One of #Russia 's real heroes: 7 October: remember Anna #Politkovskaya who was killed for telling the truth

Alex True

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Anna Politkovskaya,a prominent Russian journalist and human rights defender was killed by Putin's regime in Moscow 11 years ago 7 Oct.

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10 months

Zelensky warns for Russian destabilization in the Balkans. The more conflicts the better for Russia.

Giorgi Revishvili

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Very interesting comment by Zelensky: Pay attention to the Balkans. Believe me, we get the information. Russia has a long plan: middle East, the second distraction will be the Balkans. 1/2

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3 years

The media should stop referring to Ukraine, Georgia, the Baltic states, Kazakhstan, etc. as "EX-SOVIET" states. It only whets the territorial appetite of Putin c.s. We also do not refer to Belgium as "ex-Dutch" or Ireland as "ex-British."

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

5 years

@anders_aslund @Snowbirdsix1000 Constant lying, authoritarianism, seeking territorial expansion, bullying small countries.... Both men share a lot of characteristics... #Trump #Putin

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

There is no place for Russia in the G20 meeting. Russia is a terrorist organization like Al Qaeda. If Russia is not disinvited, Western countries should boycott the summit. #G20Indonesia

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

#NATO was founded in 1949 as a reaction to Soviet expansionism. Are you surprised that this old lady is still so young and vibrant, even getting 2 new members yesterday? NATO's longevity, however, is no miracle. It is the result of another longevity: Russia's eternal expansionism

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1 year

The refusal of Obama to respect his own redline in Syria led to much bloodshed and Russian influence. Is President Biden following in Obama’s footsteps by refusing to deliver ATACMS to Ukraine? History’s judgment will be harsh!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

5 years

@realDonaldTrump Corrupt and Incompetent... Sounds familiar...

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Western countries have no diplomatic relations with a terrorist organization such as ISIS. Why do they still have diplomatic relations with Russia, a terrorist state?

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

This is good news. Also Hitler considered himself a strategic genius - with the known consequences…

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2 years

Putin involved in war ‘at level of colonel or brigadier’, say western sources

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6 years

EU Commission president Juncker saying that Europe, "a small weak part of the universe" (sic) should "re-establish contact with Russia," calling Putin "my friend." Shameful boot licking of the head of a rogue state!

Juncker: No European security agenda ‘without Russia’

Europe is losing ground on global stage and should ‘listen to the rest of the world,’ European Commission president says in interview.

www.politico.eu

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

5 years

New Russian Constitution could introduce the new function of "Supreme Leader" - which would enable #Putin to remain in power indefinitely - copying the position of Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader.

God, Gays, And 'Victorious Power': Other Proposed Amendments To Russia's Constitution

There are the amendments that President Vladimir Putin put forth, which reorder Russia's political structure. And then there are the other proposed additions, some of which are head-scratching.

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8 years

#DutchElections #Dutch have erected a "cordon sanitaire" around Freedom Party #Wilders : An example to be emulated in other countries.

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3 years

In my 2013 book PUTINISM I wrote: "Russia is the last European colonial empire that has passed through a process of decolonization. But - unlike the other European colonial powers - it has never really accepted the loss of its empire."

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3 years

Russian "warfare" is even no warfare, it is the wish to kill as many citizens, women, and children in order to break Ukraine's resistance. In short: it is #GenocideOfUkrainians

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Putin's dream of creating a Greater Russia is my country's nightmare. #SaveUkraine #kyiv #StopPutinsWar #Standtogether #FreeUkraine #WeAreAllUkrainians #StandWithUkraine #StopTheWar

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To read: Memoir of Russian paratrooper, who turned against the war, on the (deplorable) situation on the ground.

‘We had no moral right to attack another country’ Russian paratrooper pens memoir condemning...

On the morning of February 24, thousands of Russian troops poured into Ukraine in a full-blown invasion. Pavel Filatiev was one of them. The 33-year-old paratroop spent two months on the front line...

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7 years

BREAKING: #Dutch intelligence service AIVD, since 2014 observing RU hackers group "Cozy Bear," were the first to see Russian meddling in US presidential election.

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3 years

77 years ago on June 6, 1944: D DAY. Remember the heroes who gave their lives for our freedom. Remember also that our freedom is fragile. Don't let it be taken away by authoritarians and populists.

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5 years

Today in #Ukraine is the #Holodomor Remembrance Day: honoring the victims of Stalin's hunger genocide of 1932-33, which killed an estimated 6 to 7 million people, of whom many children.

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1 year

Wagner to be declared a terrorist organisation by UK

It will become illegal to be a member of or support the Russian mercenary group.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Many commentators argue that Western weapons deliveries must not transgress Putin’s « red line ». They forget that Putin’s red lines do not regard us and that he already has transgressed all OUR red lines.

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29 days

Russian mercenary leader Georgy Zakrevsky has turned against Putin. Is a new rebellion brewing? Read Alexander Motyl’s excellent analysis!

Another Russian mercenary leader has turned against Putin

The 53-year-old Zakrevsky is no liberal and no good guy.

thehill.com

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

1 year

Bravo! This is what Ukraine needs.

Business Ukraine mag

@Biz_Ukraine_Mag

2 years

BREAKING: The first four MiG-29 fighter jets have been handed over to Ukraine by Slovakia. Ďakujem, Slovensko!

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11 months

Madonna shouting « Fear down » against the background of a Ukrainian flag… Bravo!

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@KyivPost

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#Madonna , the pop music icon, took to the stage with the Ukrainian flag during the first concert of her Celebration Tour. Raising the blue and yellow flag while performing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," she also chanted "No Fear"🇺🇦

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Putin is obsessed with Russia’s population decline. He wanted to « gain » 45 million Ukrainians, he made instead hundreds of thousands Russians flee the country or being killed, making this population decline more acute.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

5 years

Prague to rename square by Russian embassy after Boris Nemtsov.

Prague To Rename Square By Russian Embassy After Nemtsov

Prague is expected to rename a square where the Russian Embassy is located after slain Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.

www.rferl.org

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

4 years

BREAKING: More than 3,400 protesters arrested in Russia today in pro Navalny rallies. (1)

Количество задержанных на протестных акциях в России превысило две с половиной тысячи человек —...

На протестных акциях в городах России в общей сложности задержаны 2 509 человек. Такие данные приводит «ОВД-Инфо».

meduza.io

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

London convenes justice ministers in March, preparing for ICC tribunal on Russian war crimes #WarCrimes

London to host major international meeting on war crimes

Justice ministers from around the world will convene in London in March to support the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged war crimes in Ukraine.   

www.gov.uk

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Marcel H. Van Herpen

@MarcelHVanHerpe

5 years

German Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas : "We don't consider #NordStream2 to be [a] political project." Maybe... but the Kremlin does!

Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼

@BLSchmitt

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Marcel H. Van Herpen

@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Kyiv as I know it: with splendid mural paintings…

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

8 years

#DutchElections Exit vote: Wilders at disappointing 13%. Populism seems to have peaked in Netherlands. Prospects good for #France & #Germany

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

"The center would give Russian forces access to the most modern German training methods." This contract was signed two and a half years after the Russian invasion of Georgia! 5/5

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

1 year

#GrainDeal Question: Is the Black Sea a Russian lake where Russia can impose its blockade or is it an international water with three NATO coastal states?

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Marcel H. Van Herpen

@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Already in 2002 Anna Politkovskaya described Putin’s war in Chechnya as « a small corner of hell ». The criminal character of Putin’s regime was for her crystal clear.

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Marcel H. Van Herpen

@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Western governments aren’t yet sufficiently convinced that the only way to restore peace is a clear victory of Ukraine and not some peace accord with Russia. One should therefore give ALL the weapons Ukraine needs.

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Marcel H. Van Herpen

@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

13 Orthodox priests of Moscow Patriarchate lost Ukrainian nationality. It is time to treat the Russian Orthodox Church for what it is: a tool in the hands of the Kremlin.

Dimitri Nabokoff

@DimitriNabokoff

2 years

13 Priestern des Moskauer Patriarchats wurde die ukrainische Staatsbürgerschaft entzogen. Zelensky hatte den Mut gegen den russischen Agenten Medwedtschuk vorzugehen. Jetzt hat er auch den Mut gegen die russischen Agenten der Kirche vorzugehen. Das ist eine gute Nachricht.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

6 years

Russian Ground Launched Cruise Missile 9M279 violates INF Treatry

Hans Kristensen

@nukestrat

6 years

Interesting twist from Amsterdam: Dutch government says it has “independent” evidence - not just relying on US claims - that Russia’s 9M279 GLCM violates INF treaty. Just yesterday, Russia claimed range was only 480km.

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Marcel H. Van Herpen

@MarcelHVanHerpe

3 years

Another violation of international law: Russia blocks access to Kerch Strait for warships for 6 months.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

3 years

To read: "How to deal with the Kremlin-created crisis in Europe" - Open letter by 24 security experts and former Saceurs to the Biden administration. Message: more pressure on the Kremlin is urgently needed!

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

Let's call it what it is: Forced deportation!

NEXTA

@nexta_tv

2 years

#Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said that #Russia forcibly removed 40,000 Ukrainians "in an unknown direction" through "quasi-humanitarian corridors". This removal of people was not coordinated with the Ukrainian authorities, Vereshchuk states.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

2 years

These offers to « negotiate » will increase the coming months when EU countries have problems with energy supplies. These offers are part of the Russian psychological warfare and should be neglected. Only a Russian defeat can end the war.

NEXTA

@nexta_tv

2 years

🤡Peskov: Putin is ready to negotiate with President of #Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on how the "special operation" will be terminated and the observance not of conditions, but of Russia's interests.

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@MarcelHVanHerpe

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In a few hours it is October 7: On this date - Putin's anniversary! - journalist and Putin critic Anna #Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006. She was an example of great courage.

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