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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 1d

😅 many thanks, Rogier!

maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 1d

there’s no random evil in r*zzia kidnapping local kids during invasions and occupations. it is a well-tested warfare playbook that the empire successfully deployed for generations.

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 5d

this is not a joke or some internal academia infighting — these people have infiltrated our European academia on the massive scale and keep compromising our European defence policies and planning

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Matryoshka of Lies: The Infiltration.

How deep the infiltration by Russian imperial propaganda goes worldwide.

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 5d

vitriol that @efdavies.bsky.social faced for exposing for German media the russian special ops infiltration of Western academia is nasty. also a sign that russia hates for this story to take roots in the mainstream conversation.

Franziska Davies @efdavies.bsky.social · 7d

Russia is seeking to legitimise its genocidal war against Ukraine through the construction of historical narratives. Among those supporting this effort is historian Alexei Miller, a professor of history in St. Petersburg and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Franziska Davies @efdavies.bsky.social · 7d

But Miller is not anyone. Until 2022, he was among the internationally most renowned historians of imperial Russia, a respected colleague in Western academia.
Some reflections on Russo-centrism in academia, colonialism and how Western scholars failed Ukraine:
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Our colleague, the Kremlin apologist

Until Russia's full-scale invasion, Russian historian Alexei Miller was highly regarded in Western academia. Reflections on Russo-Centrism, colonialism and how Western scholars failed Ukraine.

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Franziska Davies @efdavies.bsky.social · 7d

Russia is seeking to legitimise its genocidal war against Ukraine through the construction of historical narratives. Among those supporting this effort is historian Alexei Miller, a professor of history in St. Petersburg and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 5d

Rogier- apologies for auto-correcting your name 🙏🏼

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 6d

the event’s language is English

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 6d

Hi Roger, thank you for your support and curiosity about my work! the best way to follow it would be joining my newsletter on Substack or Patreon 🪆🪓

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russian colonialism 101. | maksym eristavi. | Substack

the first and only newsletter expanding russian colonialism awareness from the russian colonialism storyteller-in-chief. Click to read "russian colonialism 101.", by maksym eristavi., a Substack publi...

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 6d

honoured to be invited back to the world’s largest book fair, @buchmesse.de, to talk about russian colonial warfare and which stories from the past can prepare Europe to defend itself from russian imperialism today. stop by the Ukrainian National Stand!
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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 6d

child theft isn’t just a war crime that happens during russian colonial invasions; it’s part of the strategic objective that russian military operations are designed around. read more: maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/russia-has...

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 13d

European drone wall already exists — it runs through Ukraine and all we need to do is to empower and extend it. please support these incredible friends of mine. the defence of European democracy starts with each and every of us.

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 25d

russian troops kidnapped Sasha and his mother from Mariupol. The boy was rescued by his grandmother. His mother is still being held in russian captivity. Sasha has only one dream — to return his mom home. This is his story👇
Source: DW

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · 26d

omg. es ist endlich da.
vielen dank @correctiv.org für die veröffentlichung der übersetzung.
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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · Sep 10

Even well-meaning voices suggesting Ukraine "give up some land" reveal just how systematically the world has been conditioned to misunderstand what "territorial solutions" mean for human beings living under Russian imperial control
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RC101 book shelf: living the war.

why russian occupation is never peace.

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · Sep 9

boah ey! 😅
bald…

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · Sep 9

if you’d like to send some love and happy pride congratulations to the bravest pride team in Europe, they are running this fundraiser for queer Ukrainian soldiers.

PP: [email protected] or use the wire link

send.monobank.ua/jar/3pqD7uZjs7

Безпечний переказ коштів

Надсилайте безкоштовно та безпечно кошти

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · Sep 9

Ukrainian pride march just kilometers from invading russian troops. Kharkiv Pride is the most important civil rights march in Europe and these people are the pride of the free world. congrats my dears on another historic milestone of being badass, queer and Ukrainian

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · Sep 7

overnight in this Kyiv apartment building russians murdered a one-year-old toddler peacefully sleeping in their bed. child murdering is russian culture.

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · Sep 6

in 1854, russians landed on a Korean beach and started barging into local homes uninvited, comparing locals to animals, and renaming local geography because “no civilised person had ever discovered this land before.”

sounds familiar?

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how 1854 korea explains 2025 ukraine.

A 170-year-old Russian bestseller, but few abroad paid attention to its imperial cringe.

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · Aug 23

дякую for your support!

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · Aug 21

rest in power, david.
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russian colonialism 101: david.

and why not platforming russian culture is justice.

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · May 2

please support Memorialua’s work to ensure that russians don’t cover up their crimes and the stories of their Ukrainian victims travel worldwide. learning their names serves justice, too

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · May 2

the free world is again living through “never again.” we failed to remember so the evil crawled back through the hole of our ignorance.

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maksym.eristavi @maksymeristavi.com · May 2

thanks to your superpowers, we’ve just closed my leg of Memorial’s fundraiser to ensure that names of the heroes protecting us from encroaching fascism are known worldwide, that stories of russian victims are not erased and that russia eventually pays for its crimes

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