Steve Bannon told Boris Johnson he was happy to trade a Baltic country in exchange for better relations with Russia, per this new account of Brexit

What does Putin have in mind? Nothing new. But it's time to explain it better. xaviercolas.substack.com/p/what-does-pu… In this Newsletter: Anton Shekhovtsov Jānis Bērziņš Andrei Soldatov Irina Borogan Serhiy Kudelia Fátima Ruiz [Share/Subscribe-XAVIZDAT]

Zapad 2025 scenario also includes planning for tactical nuclear weapon use and drills with the Oreshnik missile system, alongside electronic warfare and UAV operations designed to test NATO air defenses. This would explain the recent drones in Poland. open.substack.com/pub/berzins/p/…

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Good news from Washington: the US will not withdraw its troops from the Baltic States and Poland.

In the USA in 1943 they produced a film 'Don't be a Sucker' about fascism. It perfectly explains Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the entire Right.

Sauklis "ideoloģisks jautājums" nav brīvbiļete konservatīvajiem izmest ārā loģiku, pierādījumus un ticēt jebkurai muļķībai. Jebkurai ļaunai, cietsirdīgai muļķībai. delfi.lv/898102/versija…

What an honor to receive the NATO STO SAS Panel Excellence Award in the name of the NATO STO SAS-161 Research Task Group (RTG) investigating “Military Aspects of Hybrid Warfare” working group. As one of the authors I got awarded too. Excellent way to finish a week of hard work.

Just like in Ukraine, Russian volunteers and tech start ups began supporting the military with acquisition and R&D of UAV, drone, EW, UGV, CUAS and other tech. Check out my quick summary of these developments in this @sceeus_ui compilation. sceeus.se/en/publication…

It's time to remove laptops from classrooms. 24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images. The pen is mightier than the keyboard.

In short, this is the situation in Ukraine right now: 1. The White House is pressuring Zelensky to accept a peace proposal on Moscow’s terms 2. Ukrainian civil society and anti-corruption authorities, in response to the bribery scandal, are demanding that Zelensky fire his

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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%" Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications/w…

Finally they said it clearly. Sometimes, intent counts more than capabilities. Russia has intent but lacking capabilities. Europe lacks intent and capabilities. Maybe Surkov was right and, in the end, Russia wins because European economic interests conflicts with strategic needs.

Now with the same productivity as the US, “core EU” also has more leisure time, higher life expectancy, less inequality No matter how you look at it, it is a clearly superior economic performance

Fascinating stuff!!!

Happy USSR - and Russian empire - collapse day.