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"Russian oligarch, Mikhail Fridman... [may] use the tribunal to challenge the sanctions the UK levied against him after the invasion of Ukraine. He has already started suing Luxembourg for this reason, demanding $16bn (£12.1bn): half that government’s annual revenue. Among the lawyers representing him there? Cherie Blair, wife of the former British prime minister"
#Kleptocrats<…

If the US faces no consequences for the invasion of Venezuela, experts believe it could embolden other countries to carry out operations which may contravene international law.
“The most obvious consequence is that China will take the opportunity to invade Taiwan,” Robertson said. “This is the most appropriate time for it to do so, bolstered by the precedent of Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and of course his appeasement of Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/is-there-any-legal-justification-for-the-us-attack-on-venezuela-trump-maduro?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Concise and useful overview of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian land:
"What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?"
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/world/ukraine-donbas-region-explained-intl

What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?
The United States, Russia and Ukraine rarely agree on anything. But as their delegations head to Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the three parties seem to have come to the same conclusion: Only one issue remains to be resolved.

I‘m from West Germany, I never learned Russian or even how to read Cyrillic script. But since Russia‘s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 I must have had so much much exposure that I can now read this important message on a sign at #39C3. Learning through osmosis in times of crisis.

So far in Russia's hybrid war in Europe, most known acts of sabotage have resulted in minimal damage
— nothing compared to the tens of thousands of lives lost and cities decimated across Ukraine.
But officials say each act
— from vandalism of monuments to cyberattacks to warehouse fires
— sucks up valuable security resources.
The head of one large European intelligence service said investigations into Russian interference now swallow up as much of the agency’…

Russia wants to drain Europe's security resources with sabotage campaign, officials say | AP News
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#NewMusicShow
- Can you hear me now?
Experimental music including Ruth Morley's Reef, Karen Power's Can you hear me now? and a work for worldless chorus written in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qgzg

A profile of Ivan Urgant, a popular Russian late-night TV host who became a pariah after his suspension in February 2022 for opposing the invasion of Ukraine (Paul Sonne/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/wo…

Ivan Urgant Was Russia’s Late-Night King Until Putin’s War in Ukraine
Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s “
board of peace”,
set up last week with the intention that it would oversee a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Kremlin spokesperson,
Dmitry Peskov, told journalists on Monday that Russia was seeking to “clarify all the nuances” of the offer with Washington, before giving its response.
The claim of an invitation comes with Putin showing no signs of ending his invasion of Ukraine,
in…

Good overview of hybrid warfare by Russia.
#AP

Russia wants to drain Europe's security resources with sabotage campaign, officials say | AP News
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.

Gee... what a surprise. Trump and Putin have been negotiating secretly to end the invasion of Ukraine. It will be presented to Ukraine as a done deal. No input from Ukraine, no input from Europe. And Russia officials apparently are pleased because they feel their position has been appreciated. How spectacularly bad could this be?
https://www.politico.com/playbook

Gives the tragedy of the Russian aggression of Ukraine its full depth. :-(

Latvia says Russia remains its top cyber threat as attacks hit record high https://therecord.media/latvia-says-russia-remains-top-cyber-threat-record-attacks

Polish man who denied Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was likely killed in Russian pretrial detention, reports say: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/07/polish-man-who-denied-russias.html

Heute vor 3 Jahren: Am 24. Januar 2023 stellte das "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" die #Weltuntergangsuhr auf 90 Sekunden vor 12 - nach 2020 neuer Spitzenwert. Die Gründe sind die russische Invasion in der Ukraine und dadurch schwindendes Interesse für den Klimawandel.

You know what unmarked, uniformly looking, heavily armed men are called in Ukraine? “Little green men” – they're russian soldiers.
In the US meanwhile, they're called ICE. Same type of scum, though.

It’s hard to believe, but Ukrainian activists have had to write explainers for a global audience,
reminding them who the true dictator is,
that it was not Ukrainethat started the war with Russia
and that we are actually just trying to defend what is ours.
And, you know, to survive a little bit.
These past three years of our lives have been referred to in many ways:
Putin’s war,
the Russo-Ukrainian war,
the full-scale invasion,
the conflic…

apologists gotta apolgist :-) Mr. Mearsheimer you are wrong!
https://universeodon.com/@KFuentesGeorge/115633495500461068

Republican congressman blasts Trump's Greenland invasion talk as 'one of the dumbest things' that could wreck NATO: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/14/republican-congressman-blasts-trumps-greenland.html

Rright now it is unlikely that Trump gets a "rally around the flag" boost for his seizing of Maduro as
1) it didn’t happen with his invasion of cities or his attack on Iran
2) the country just isn’t on board some kind of extended military campaign in Venezuela
3) it increasingly feels like Trump has no real plan for what comes next in Venezuela, and like Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, thought the government would just fall and he could waltz into the Capital.

Trump Starts Underwater In Initial Venezuela Poll, US Oil Industry Not Rushing To Return, Chaos Reigns This Morning
This week Democrats must remind the world that we are still fighting for freedom, democracy, and rule of law here and everywhere.....