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Dec 4

The new U.S. sanctions are hitting Russia harder than expected, draining billions from Putin’s war budget, crippling Rosneft and Lukoil, and even forcing Serbia and Bulgaria to push Moscow out of their energy sectors.

Eastern Europe is slipping from Putin’s grip, and the Kremlin is scrambling to contain the fallout.

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This thread is about how Putin is rapidly losing influence in Eastern Europe, and why these sanctions may be the biggest blow yet.

Even as Donald Trump floats the idea of a peace deal, Washington's new sanctions package just delivered a major financial blow to Russia's war machine.

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By targeting Rosneft and Lukoil, the U.S. drained billions from the Kremlin's coffers and triggered a new financial crisis for Moscow.

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Nov 18

After Israel’s full disengagement from Gaza in 2005, the Strip became a major launchpad for terrorism against Israeli civilians.

This thread lists 25 documented examples of Gaza-based terrorists and their attacks from 2005 to Oct 6, 2023 only.

All perpetrators were residents of the Gaza Strip.

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2005 – August 31: Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Kumi from Gaza City dispatched a suicide bomber to Be’er Sheva central bus station, wounding 50 Israelis (two critically) in the first post-disengagement attack.

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2006 – June 25: Hamas squad from Rafah (including Muhammad Shamali & Hisham al-Hajj) tunneled under the Kerem Shalom crossing, killed two IDF soldiers, wounded three, and abducted 19-year-old Cpl. Gilad Shalit, holding him captive until 2011.

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Nov 18

🇷🇸 Russia intensifies its hybrid war in Serbia, using a grieving mother’s search for justice as a tool in its proxy campaign.

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On 1 November 2024, a concrete canopy at Novi Sad train station collapsed, killing 16 people. Among the victims was 27-year-old Stefan Hrka. His mother, Dijana Hrka, began a hunger strike calling for accountability for her son’s death.

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Dijana’s strike drew nationwide attention. Citizens across Serbia, despite political differences, expressed support and concern for her health, uniting around her grief in a rare display of national solidarity.

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Nov 17

Since the end of the Second Intifada in 2005, the West Bank has continued to produce Palestinian terrorists carrying out deadly attacks. This thread lists 25 documented examples from 2005 to Oct 6, 2023, only, all originating in the West Bank.

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2008 – March 6: Alaa Abu Dheim, 26, from Surif near Hebron. Massacred eight students at Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem with an AK-47, firing over 500 rounds in the library before being killed.

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2008 – February 4: Mohammed Nasrallah, Bethlehem. PIJ operative who recruited and dispatched the suicide bomber for the Dimona shopping-center attack that killed one Israeli woman and wounded dozens.

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Oct 30

Serbia: Russia’s Ally or Hostage?

Russia has been infiltrating European public life for more than a century - from funding early socialist movements to manipulating Western media and NGOs today.
Serbia is now the next target of this hybrid playbook.

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Serbia shares deep cultural and religious ties with Russia: Orthodox heritage, WWII alliance, and dependence on Russian gas. But behind the history, Moscow’s leverage is economic, not emotional.

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Western media often cast President Aleksandar Vučić as “Putin’s man in the Balkans.” Still, the reality is that Serbia is trying to stay warm, solvent, and independent while Russia uses both gas and disinformation as tools of pressure.

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Oct 28

🇷🇸 Serbia: A Nation in the Balance

Since the Yugoslav wars, Serbia has walked a geopolitical tightrope, both courted and sanctioned by Russia, the EU, and America. Let’s unpack how Serbia became Europe’s perpetual in-betweener.

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After the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Serbia found itself isolated, vilified by the West for its role in Bosnia and Kosovo, and scarred by NATO’s 1999 bombing of Belgrade. The scars left by the 1990s still define Serbian politics today.

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The NATO intervention was carried out without UN approval, remains the cornerstone of Serbia’s deep distrust of the West and the emotional foundation of its enduring friendship with Russia.

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