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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 59m

"a network of vessels with murky ownership that have helped transport looted Ukrainian grain and other goods despite a web of international sanctions." kyivindependent.com/ships-accuse...

Ships accused of stealing Ukrainian grain linked to Assad regime front

Editor's Note: This story was authored by Mohammad Bassiki (SIRAJ), Selma Mhaoud, and Shaya Laughlin, and published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The Kyiv Independen...

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Maria @mariasergiivna.bsky.social · 3h

meanwhile toleration of russian culture only grows up
Russian publishers were allowed to be present at Frankfurter Buchmesse
suspilne.media/culture/1139...

Російські видавництва представили стенди на Франкфуртському книжковому ярмарку

3 російські видавництва беруть участь у Франкфуртському книжковому ярмарку, чому Росію допустили до участі у Франкфуртському фестивалі. — Суспільне Культура

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 1h

"the Trump administration knows that, given that EU states such as Hungary and Slovakia oppose tough measures against Russia, it will be almost impossible for the bloc to get the unanimity it needs to act." tvpworld.com/89497197/us-...

US willing to hit China with ‘Ukraine victory tariff’ if Europe follows

Russian oil exports to China have given it the money to fuel its war on Ukraine.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 1h

"Third, battlefield victories won’t come from waiting for the Russian economy to collapse. Ukraine needs weapons, ammunition, and sustained support to achieve military success before Russia either gets external support or breaks through Ukrainian defenses." euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/16/r...

Russian economy faces a ticking clock—12-18 months, expert says

Economist Volodymyr Vlasiuk reveals when Russia’s war economy finally breaks—and why Beijing holds the last escape route.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 2h

"This May, the campaign was escalated further: a dozen people were detained in coordinated police raids on several publishing houses, including Individuum, its sister imprint Popcorn Books, and even a distribution director at the major publisher Eksmo." en.zona.media/article/2025...

Burned identity. How a book on identity politics was censored in Russia due to laws banning LGBTQ+ as “extremist”

The Russian publisher Individuum has removed all references to LGBTQ+ people from its translation of “The Identity Trap”, a new book by the political scientist Yascha Mounk. The mo...

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 5h

5/5 It is their hearts and minds that need to be opened to Ukraine, and only culture can do this." www.londonukrainianreview.org/posts/defens...

Defensive Wall: Why Ukraine’s Culture Is Everyone’s Fight

To understand how to reinforce Ukraine’s security, we must examine the strategies being used to undermine it. Uilleam Blacker argues that culture is a crucial element of Russia’s aggression, and that ...

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 5h

4 In the end, it is ordinary Ukrainians and ordinary citizens of the countries that support it that matter in all this — without them, no government action will be successful.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 5h

3 It is only recently that one of Russia’s most prominent novelists, Zakhar Prilepin, who gleefully recounted killing Ukrainians while fighting in eastern Ukraine, was finally excluded from European cultural forums.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 5h

2 There is little awareness of how the canon of Russian culture — from Pushkin and Dostoevsky to Solzhenitsyn — has supported and constructed Russian imperial discourse.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 5h

1/5 "The promotion of Ukrainian culture today is, then, no luxury. Every Ukrainian book sold, every movie that makes it to the cinema, every song on the radio is a brick in the defensive wall against Russian expansionism.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 6h

"All that arguably happened was that Russia creatively employed “reflexive control” to troll Estonia by placing its officials in a zero-sum dilemma whereby whichever response they’d resort to would advance Russia’s soft power interests." korybko.substack.com/p/the-latest...

The Latest Estonian-Russian “Border Scare” Is An Example Of “Reflexive Control”

Russia creatively employed “reflexive control” to troll Estonia by placing its officials in a zero-sum dilemma whereby whichever response they’d resort to would advance Russia’s soft power interests.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

calling it a “profound violation” of human dignity, and an assault on “the sanctity of childhood” and family bonds." lutheranworld.org/news/nordic-...

Nordic bishops appeal for return of forcibly displaced Ukrainian children

Joint statement by Lutheran and Orthodox church leaders following a visit to Ukraine (LWI) – Leaders of Lutheran and Orthodox churches in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have denounced th...

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

" Leaders of Lutheran and Orthodox churches in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have denounced the forcible transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation,

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

"Serbia needs to “get concrete about joining” the EU, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, urging respect for the rule of law, electoral reforms, media freedom and Russia sanctions." www.euractiv.com/news/von-der...

Von der Leyen urges Serbia to 'get concrete' about joining the EU | Euractiv

The Serbian president has for years pursued a diplomatic balancing act between the European Union and its strong ties with Russia, as well as China

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

"Cristian Barna mentioned that Romania’s military support for the Republic of Moldova in the event of an invasion, initially discussed as a possibility, has recently been officially confirmed by high-ranking representatives of the Romanian Army." ipn.md/en/cristian-...

Cristian Barna: Romania will militarily support the Republic of Moldova in the event of a Russian invasion - ipn.md

Romania will provide military support to the Republic of Moldova in the event of an invasion by the Russian Federation. This opinion belongs to Romanian expert Cristian Barna and was…

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

despite Russia’s own losses of heavy military equipment in Ukraine’s wetlands." www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...

Swamp defence? Lithuania plans to restore border marshes as part of new defence line

As part of a broader defence line being developed across the Baltic states – Lithuania is planning to restore marshes al...

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

"As part of a broader defence line being developed across the Baltic states – Lithuania is planning to restore marshes along its borders. Russian propagandists have already mocked the initiative,

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

“The short answer is yes,” replied UK Defense Secretary John Healey, uatv.ua/en/nato-now-...

NATO now publicly acknowledges that Ukraine must have a role in the Alliance’s collective security - Freedom

The defense ministers of the United Kingdom and Germany stated this during ...

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

"The ministers were asked how perceptions of Ukraine’s role had changed after the recent drone attack on Poland, and whether there was now an understanding within the Alliance that Ukraine is already contributing to collective security and “should have a place in NATO.”

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

Even without new pipelines, Kazakhstan is sending more oil across the Caspian to Türkiye, bypassing Russian routes." euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/15/r...

The end of Russia’s energy empire in Central Asia

For decades, Russia used pipelines to bind Central Asian oil and gas exports to Moscow. Now, that empire is fracturing.

euromaidanpress.com

Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

Türkiye benefits from most of Europe’s diversification. It hosts the Southern Gas Corridor, which brings Azeri gas west and could eventually carry Central Asian gas.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

"China has replaced Russia as the primary buyer in the region. Turkmenistan’s gas flows almost entirely east, financed and secured by Beijing. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are expanding their energy partnerships with China faster than Moscow can counter.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

"Ödebrink brings direct experience to the role. As Special Rapporteur for the OSCE PA Parliamentary Support Team for Ukraine and Rapporteur for the Assembly's Third General Committee, she documented cases of child abduction and deportation." euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/15/s...

Swedish MP becomes OSCE special envoy for abducted Ukrainian children. Russia erases their identity and turns into future soldiers - Euromaidan Press

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has created a new position to address Russia's forced removal of Ukrainian children from occupied territories.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

"sanctions are weakening Russia’s ability to wage and expand the war — a conclusion supported by both classified intelligence and open economic data." global.espreso.tv/volodymyr-ze...

Ukraine to alert allies over Russia’s militarization of Belarus — Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy said Ukraine will warn partners about Russia’s plan to expand its military use of Belarus and push for tighter sanctions

global.espreso.tv

Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 17h

"So despite the rise of drones and the huge changes they have brought to the battlefield, it does not look like, at least for the time being, they will be able to replace conventional air power." tvpworld.com/89470988/des...

In the age of drones, the fighter jet still rules the skies

The war in Ukraine has led to the rise of drones but conventional air power can still dominate the skies.

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