#SCOTUS decision: I don't think just voting in Biden will ensure the continuation of democratic rule in the US. Even with a clear Dem victory, Trump and his faction will do everything they can to overturn the decision. Today Scotus showed us it is on his side./1 That's one important pillar of the American Republic, now coopted. The other centres of power must be shored up to support democratic rule by law-makers, stakeholders and citizens. That's very clear. /2

📌Nov 3-4 Uzbekistan: The 16th #Verona Eurasian Economic Forum. This is #Fallico's outfit. Keynote speaker: Alexei Overchuk, Russia's Deputy PM, who read out greetings from #Putin. Pope Francis on the website in full view.

Fallico and the Forum are still very active. /1 Speakers from previous years featured prominently on the website: Antonio Fallico, Ivan #Glasenberg, Emma #Marcegaglia, Romano #Prodi, Gerhard #Schroeder.

This year most speakers were from Russia, Italy & Egypt. No Uzbekis. /2

'I Sent Tajik Men's Bodies From #Bakhmut,' Central Asian Migrant Worker Claims

They signed on to dig trenches in Ukraine. /1

rferl.org/a/central-asia… Karim said the mercenaries brought the Central Asian men to #Bakhmut, an eastern Ukrainian city that would eventually fall to Wagner after many months of bloody battle.

The migrant workers were given three days of training in how to use weapons, Karim claimed. /2

📌Read this article slowly. Watch the video testimonies. Look carefully at the photos.

This is a system: it's Russia's system.

"Thousands of #Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. #Russia plans to build many more." /1

apnews.com/article/ukrain… "40 detention facilities in #Russia & #Belarus, and 63 makeshift & formal ones in occupied 🇺🇦 territory where UA civilians are held...

The recent #UN report counted a total of 37 facilities in Russia and Belarus and 125 in occupied #Ukraine." /2

📷Credit: AP Map/Marshall Ritzel