It takes a special kind of bravery to dress like this and wear a pin with a Ukrainian flag in provincial Russia in 2024. This man and his friend are literally alone. Help is not coming. No one is going to protect them. They are on their own.

Formal positions don’t really mean much, but Patrushev is really the only person that is really worth the kremlinology over.

I'm begging everyone wildly speculating about the motives of the recent assassination attempt in Slovakia to please first Google the words "Fico" and "Mafia."

These Russian ISR drones are a terror on the battlefield. They don't shoot at you but certainly relay info to those who can (I know from experience). But shooting them down in volume simply hasn't been cost effective... at least up until now. This could be a game changer.

Lavrov can't visit Serbia anymore because none of the surrounding countries allow his plane to overfly their airspace. If the EU/NATO is paying attention, they'd do the same for any Belarusian extradition flight for this guy.

Russia wants to sell more weapons to Vietnam. They'd also like Vietnam to open up their shell stockpiles to them. But China will prevent RU from selling the really good stuff, and Vietnam is too pragmatic to give Russia firepower for use against Ukraine. scmp.com/week-asia/poli…

Not exactly the prompt but in the 60s the Cuban gov suddenly cancelled all accountant degree programs in higher ed bc they considered accounting a bourgeois science that was unnecessary under socialist political economy, before scrambling to restore the degree a year later

Stumbled upon this 4th of July party in Tirana. First full day in Albania and I'm getting the sense that I'm not in Belgrade anymore.

Click through the link below and see what happens

FDR: Ladies and Gentlemen, ADOLF HITLER! Churchill: I'm better!

6 weeks ago, Evan Wright called an article I wrote from the frontline a "great piece of work." The funny part is that it was in the context of us arguing. Never interacted with him beyond this exchange, but I was beyond flattered. Hard to believe that he's now gone.

My dear friend Nguyen Chi Tuyen is about to go on trial for the audacity of demanding an end to single party rule in Vietnam. He wouldn't hurt a fly. All he wants is free elections. And the Communist Party might destroy him for advocating for it. the88project.org/who-is-anh-chi/

The fact that Ukraine is letting a whole CNN team so close to the front in Sudzha is a pretty good indication that Russia simply doesn't have FPV and other drone assets in place there. Meanwhile, Ukraine almost certainly does. Will be a very lopsided fight until that changes.

This thread illustrates a point often lost in the U.S. and elsewhere. The predominant strain of Ukrainian nationalism since 2014 has been highly civic in nature, and doubly so since 2022. If it was of the blood and soil variety, they would have probably lost the war years ago.

Awful news. Dara is a fantastic journalist, and has been responsible for a hefty percentage of the reporting on Cambodia's online scamming industry, including its connections to the country's political elite.