"Is this going to be a total no-show?"
Even #Lukashenko warned that he would be late for the May 9 parade in #Moscow.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
"Is this going to be a total no-show?"
Even #Lukashenko warned that he would be late for the May 9 parade in #Moscow.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
https://www.europesays.com/1995721/ Belarus Now ‘Untouchable’ Under Russia’s Nuclear Umbrella, Lukashenko Says #belarus #lukashenko #nuclear
Lukashenko Sworn In For Seventh Term As Rights Groups Decry 'Unconstitutional' Rule
https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-lukashenko-election-protests/33358549.html
"Dictators don't care about their people. That's why they have a dictatorship!"
#Lukashenko became president of #Belarus for the seventh time.
"Half the world dreams of our dictatorship – a dictatorship of real deeds and the interests of our people," #Lukashenko said during inauguration.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
Just now, dictator Lukashenko declared himself “president” of Belarus for the 7th time in a row. He’s the first — and ONLY — person to ever hold the office since it was created.
“Half the world (Actually Only Donald Trump) DREAMS of our ‘dictatorship,’” he said at his “inauguration.”
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Belarus #lukashenko
#Putin will make a statement on #Ukraine today, #Peskov said.
The statements will be made during today's #Lukashenko's visit to #Moscow today and during a joint press conference of #Putin and #Lukashenko.
#Russia is expected to give a reply to a suggestion of a 30-day ceasefire in #Ukraine.
#Russian media report that #Steve_Witkoff's plane has left #Qatar and is flying towards #Russia. There have been reports that he is going to talk to #Putin.
Ukraine Daily summary - Sunday, February 16 2025
'Putin is weak. We must use that;' Zelensky's Munich speech in 5 key quotes -- Zelensky calls for creation of 'army of Europe' amid US support uncertainty. -- France to host emergency summit on Ukraine as Trump administration and Russian officials set to begin peace negotiations without Europe -- Making sense of Trump’s plan, if there is one, to end Russia’s war in Ukraine -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Sunday,%20February%2016%202025/
Ukraine Daily summary - Sunday, February 2 2025
Ukraine's NATO membership 'cheapest' security guarantee, 'victory' for Trump -- Russia's strike on nursing home in Kursk region's Sudzha kills 4 -- 'They killed Syrians the same way' — Zelensky condemns alleged Russian strike on civilians in Kursk Oblast -- Death toll in Russian missile strike on Poltava rises to 12, including 2 children -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Sunday,%20February%202%202025/
"The Criminals' Go-To Cryptocurrency Has a New Friend in the White House"
Missed this great #FT reporting last month:
> "The eye-popping constellation of gangsters and sanctions evaders using #Tether includes cocaine cartels, North Korean hackers, Iranian and Russian spies, and #fentanyl smugglers."
Tether is the most profitable company in the history of the world on a per employee basis and it's not even close. Crime pays, obviously (or at least collecting interest from the US government while you look the other way about terrorists and rogue nuclear states commiting crimes pays).
* FT: https://www.ft.com/content/b3c5b67d-1df8-4417-8dd5-2c86d76d6392?commentID=555beffd-ebc8-4211-8351-f68efe0f315f
* My piece on #HowardLutnick: https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered
@fulelo Steve Rosenberg seemed quite brave given that #Lukashenko was offering him the choice of prison (or maybe deportation)
#bbc #steverosenberg #politics #belarus #lukashenko #putin #election #president #shamelection #russia #uk #ukraine #war
Why Steve Rosenberg doesn’t run for politics in the UK I’ll never know. He’s smart, seems to be totally fearless, and certainly isn’t phased by anyone or anything. Clearly Putin and Lukashenko realise he’s no pushover and going to be very tough to deal with.
I hated the recent cutbacks at BBC News, but however much Steve’s paid he’s worth every penny.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5y7p58gepzo
Ukraine Daily summary - Tuesday, January 28 2025
Russia's Ryazan oil refinery suspends operations after drone strike, Reuters reports -- Trump needs to 'understand where the threat is,' UK lawmaker says -- EU screening of Ukraine's legislation to continue until fall of 2025 -- Swedish Coast Guard detains vessel suspected of sabotage in Baltic Sea -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Tuesday,%20January%2028%202025/
Ukraine Daily summary - Monday, January 27 2025
Russia launched over 1,250 bombs, 750 drones at Ukraine during Trump's first week in office -- Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia's Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 Shaheds -- Russia bombs itself with 'smart bomb,' Astra reports -- Hungary blocks EU statement condemning Belarus election as undemocratic -- Explosions reported in Khmelnytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk amid drone attack, apartment building damaged in Dnipro -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Monday,%20January%2027%202025/
#Belarus autocrat #Lukashenko "wins" 7th term in staged election
All 4 other candidates pledged loyalty to him
Response muted, compared to 2020 mass protests, because of threat of repression
"If you go out and start protesting, you’ll be thrown in jail. Maybe you'll come out. Maybe not"
#UkraineWar, Day 1,069: #Putin’s Ally #Lukashenko “Wins” 86.8% in #Belarus “Election”
https://eaworldview.com/2025/01/ukraine-war-belarus-lukashenko-election/
Belarusian leader #Lukashenko was on track to extend his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election on Sunday that Western governments rejected as a sham.
An exit poll broadcast on state TV projected that Lukashenko would take nearly 88% of the vote.