Kremlin Weaponizes Fake Horoscopes in Hybrid Warfare
From Tanks to Tarots: how the Kremlin uses fake horoscopes and psychic predictions (as opposed to the real ones, ahem) as part of its hybrid warfare. It's Mercury retrograde all over again.
Kremlin Openly Backs Bulgaria Candidate to Rebound After Hungary Loss
The Kremlin is not hiding who its preferred candidate in tomorrow's elections in Bulgaria is, and is salivating over the hopes to make up for its humiliating loss in Hungary. https://t.co/ZCnTWukRUX
Russia's Doping Scheme Tied to Navalny Poisoning Team
Doping With an Aftertaste of Novichok: Russia's Olympic doping program, like Russia's poisoning program - two projects very close to Putin's heart - run by the same kill team that poisoned Navalny. https://t.co/vMTiIA9iS4
Putin Now Publicly Blamed for Russia’s Economic Collapse
More and more often, Putin gets directly and publicly blamed for Russia's collapsing economy. Something that was both unthinkable and very predictable only a year ago. https://t.co/oiTq1OF05N
Israel, Russia, China Exploit Iran Tensions to Fill
All of Israel, Russia and China seem to be betting on the escalation with Iran giving them an opportunity to present themselves as savior of GCC countries that should be trusted in the wake of USA's failure to protect them....
Neo‑autocracies Spread Like Franchises; Orban May Be First Collapse
Neo-autocracies are like business franchises: if the model works in one place, it's being copied in more and more markets. But failure (followed by judicial reckoning) in one place would make it unattractive for copycats. I was hopeful the...
False Article Removed; Unnamed Sources Demand Fact‑checking
RfI have now removed the (false) article. I wish they had done basic fact-checking prior to publishing something based on "two Lybian sources" that they called "an investigation". Nothing based on unnamed sources should ever be called "an investigation". https://t.co/hsfjqJbtKp
Russian Assassin Arrested in Bogotá Thanks to Google Translate
Denis Alimov, FSB Alfa veteran and senior operative of Russia's new and "most secretive" assassination unit, walked into El Dorado Airport in Bogotá on Feb 24 looking like a tourist heading to Cartagena. He walked out in handcuffs. He was undone...
Stop Dismissing Miniaturized Non‑lethal Weapons as Impossible
If I could get a penny for every tweet from know-it-alls who in 2024 raged about "technical impossibility" and "it must be the size of a truck". Especially from those nitwits who claimed Moore's Law is inapplicable to miniaturization of...
Russia Finally Allies with China, Silencing Doubters
I am old enough to remember how many know-it-alls last November said I was talking nonsense, and Russia would "never" propose an alliance against its "all-too-important" ally China. Well guess what. https://t.co/9TZCmGb4rZ https://t.co/DMqldPqWvG