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15 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
A large drone, that could fly despite heavy winds, was seen flying above the nuclear reactor Ringhals outside Varberg in Sweden Friday night. Police searched the area on foot and with helicopter but the drone escaped.
svd.se/okand-stor-dro…
At the same time as the drone was reported above Ringhals similar reports came in from the nuclear power plants in Forsmark and Oskarshamn. Police responded with helicopters but it could not be established drones had actually flown there.
Meanwhile the Swedish Armed Forces has launched a campaign to encourage citizens to report any "unusual activities at land or sea".
Via @Russianmindset
Correction: The drone that was spotted was over the nuclear power plant in Forsmark. The reports were drones were not spotted were in Ringhals and Oskarshamn.

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16 Jan
From Moscow I know what to expect.
It's Berlin that worries me. Why is it so hard for German leaders to stand untied against war and brutal human rights violations? I don't mean some token gesture but real action. Something that has effect.
No other government in Europe has had more potential influence over Russia than the German one. But in my opinion that influence has not been used for good but rather the opposite, it has been used to protect Russia and give it freedom of maneuver.
I follow many German political and security analysts here and I see how many of them are becoming more and more frustrated by the German governments position towards Russia. The analysts wants a harder stand, it's clear to me.
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16 Jan
I just learnt that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the GDR in 1984 and met with the Communist Party leadership. One wonders on what grounds the communists agreed to such a meeting? Maybe they saw "potential" in Scholz? Image
Then Scholz visited the GDR again in 1987. One can assume such visits weren't allowed unless they supposedly gave results for the communists. The "peace" movement from the time was an instrument from Moscow to reduce the will to fight in the west.
Then I looked at Merkel's background when she grew up in the GDR. Apparently she had the backing of the local communist party for an "unprecedented" initiative. What person gets "unprecedented" backing in a communist dictatorship? Image
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26 Dec 21
Why Schröder's and Merkel's generation of German leaders enabled the rise of Putin's Russia is one for the psychiatrists to sort out.
What is beyond question is that their actions might have fatally undermined Europe's security.
That mistakes made in the 30s were repeated is obvious. One can only hope that future leaders will not make the same mistakes again. Never feed an aggressor with resources, never offer it political and diplomatic support and protection, never let it get away with war.
And how many other European leaders are crawling for the Kremlin fascists? How many former leaders are now working for it? How did this continent become so corrupt?
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23 Dec 21
The debate about how Russian and Chinese propaganda is washed into real news by western news outlets has moved forward in Sweden.
Credit to @ghokmark and @patrikoksanen for addressing it.
expressen.se/debatt/sa-pave…
@ghokmark @patrikoksanen The problem has been going on for a long time. In 2014 it was a disaster, now it's a little bit better but not good enough. Media who wants to be taken seriously MUST review and investigate its sources. Is @Reuters really credible when it reports news from TASS as if true?
@ghokmark @patrikoksanen @Reuters Is "press conference" really a good word to describe what Putin is doing today? Selected journalists, questions approved in advance, no critical follow up questions. Wouldn't "propaganda performance" be a better word to describe the event?
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9 Dec 21
Very good one by @OlgaNYC1211!
Russia has two assets for extortion now; fossil fuels and its military. In some years the fossil fuels will lose its value and there will only be the military left. Russia will be like North Korea.
cepa.org/putin-extorts-…
@OlgaNYC1211 The North Korean regime is extremely totalitarian and the population is brain washed. North Korea can only get attention through military recklessness. Russia is rapidly adopting this model. Just imagine Putin in power for another decade - what will Russia be like then?
@OlgaNYC1211 What is to be done with the Russian population? How to protect a potential for a normal Russia in the future? The way I see it we have to open the borders for Russians who want to emigrate to Europe. Russian democrats can shelter in Europe until there's a chance for a new Russia.
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22 Nov 21
How to spot the Kremlin narrative?
- Writers exclude the Ukrainian people from the analysis, it's all about US-Russia
- Bombastic statements like "the Ukrainian army will be wiped out" are made
- A bipolar perspective: Our children should not die for Ukraine vs. appease Russia.
The argument about "our children should not die for Ukraine" are made to exclude any option of support for Ukraine between total appeasement and dead Americans on the battlefield. There are actually many options, like arms deliveries and hard economic sanctions.
EU-NATO could also send troops to Ukraine and position them in less exposed positions, leaving Kremlin to think about wether those troops would be used or not.
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