@mf_newsdigest@mastodon.mediafaro.org avatar mf_newsdigest , to random

Five European countries say Russia ‘poisoned’ Putin critic Alexei Navalny in prison.

‘The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin’, the countries said in a joint statement on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260214-five-european-countries-say-russia-poisoned-putin-critic-alexei-navalny-in-prison?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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"5 Nation Statement On Navalny's Murder"

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"Alexis Navalny was poisoned by epibatidine"

A joint statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany, and The Netherlands.

Joint statement:
"Epibatidine is a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. It is not found naturally in...

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@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar Nonilex , to random

Russian opposition leader was poisoned by the with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs, 5 European countries said Saturday.

The foreign ministries of the , , , & the said analysis of samples from , who died 2 years ago, “have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.”


https://apnews.com/article/russia-navalny-poisoned-europe-4d92cd67f29d37b74b0d4842ea686b03?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-14-Navalny+case

@benroyce@mastodon.social avatar benroyce , to random
benroyce OP ,
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aka Yevhenia Besfamilnaya. Meaning nameless. So named by the orphanage where she was raised: she had survived the alone

She spoke only Yiddish and Russian. She was cranky and asocial. Neighbors looked out for her

Murdered by

A shattered life bookended by horrors

A neighbor remembered the last time he saw her:

"The look on her face was special in some way. Like she was saying: ‘OK, that’s it. You can stay here, but I’m going’"

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/01/27/cold-case-en

@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar Free_Press , to random

UK pledges £540m in weapons ahead of defense talks

The UK announced £540 million in new weapons for Ukraine, including interceptors and air defense missiles, as allies prepare for a Ukraine Contact Group meeting.

Russia’s energy strikes are leaving winter blackouts nationwide. 🇬🇧🛡️

@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar Free_Press , to random

President Zelensky visits German drone production site

Zelensky toured a joint Ukrainian-German drone production facility—the first attack drone has rolled off the line.

Kyiv plans up to 10 joint drone ventures across Europe to bolster frontline capabilities. 🛩️📍

@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar Free_Press , to random

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from competing in the Winter Olympics.

He refused to not wear his "helmet of remembrance" with images of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia.

@aliide@mstdn.social avatar aliide , to random
@NewsDesk@flipboard.social avatar NewsDesk , to random

French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have both stated that the European Union needs to re-engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it wants the war in Ukraine to end. However, other countries, such as Germany and Estonia, insist that Russia must make concessions before talks can resume. Read more from @euronews

https://flip.it/sot20D

@valigiablu@mastodon.uno avatar valigiablu , to random Italian

🧵 “La Russia è tornata da tempo all’era sovietica”: intervista ad Andres Vosman, ex alto funzionario dell’intelligence estone
https://www.valigiablu.it/cremlino-preoccupato-intervista-andres-vosman/

@chiamaluca@mastodon.world avatar chiamaluca , to random

It is absolutely necessary for Europe
to stop seeing as a "Friend'
current US administration IS NOT.
> exactly the opposite
USA today is an extension of effort to dismantle the European Union.
Putin had success in with , wanted to use the Uk to break the ... failed
Putin has been successful in the US with
and use USA against and EU

now Putin use the US to fund fascists and Neo-Nazis group in EU Hoping to create destabilization.

USA are NOT friend

@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us avatar ShaulaEvans , to random

What is one book that positively shaped who you are as a person and how did it influence you? At what point in your life did you read it?

Fiction, non-fiction, graphic novel, audiobook: however you define "book" for yourself is fine with me.

@bookstodon

gsymon ,
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@ShaulaEvans @bookstodon

Not a book... but a poem:

My grandpa ran away from home when he was 16yrs old, to another village in the Scottish borders where he wasn't known, so that he could join the army to fight in World War I.
~60yrs later, when I was also ~16, I studied Strange Meeting for my English Literature, school 'Higher' exam. I knew it well. Nothing has changed.

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot avatar simon_brooke , to random

Are there any immigration lawyers in the house? What's the situation just now with getting Palestinians from refugee status in the UK? You'd think, for people suffering , it ought to be pretty much automatic, but given our xenophobic, pro-Israeli government, it wouldn't surprise me if they're all treated as terrorists.

simon_brooke OP ,
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@wannabekingpin I agree there's very little to choose between and . They're probably both beyond shame.

But there are two ends to the problem of getting refugees from to safety. One is getting them out of Gaza, but the other is getting somewhere else to take them in and give them homes. And although I think Netanyahu can't be shamed, I hope the UK government -- and EU governments -- can.

/Continued

@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar RememberUsAlways , to random

"What is underway with is not a peace process but a slow-motion humanitarian catastrophe. Donald Trump choreographs trilateral meetings while Vladimir demolishes Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilians."
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/69581

@valigiablu@mastodon.uno avatar valigiablu , to random Italian

🧵 Ucraina, Keith Kellogg (ex inviato USA): “L’offensiva russa è un fallimento storico”
https://www.valigiablu.it/kellogg-putin-fallimento-guerra-ucraina-trump/

@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar RememberUsAlways , to random
@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar Free_Press , to random

PUTIN'S ALLY ORBÁN

Up for reelection, and down in the polls, Putin stooge Trump heartily endorses his partner in crime, Hungary's Viktor Orbán

Orbán and Trump are two of Putin's allies in the West.

@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar wdlindsy , to random

"Jeffrey Epstein was not a self-made man. His success, especially in the early days, depended on the largesse of the rich and powerful men and women with whom he curried favor. He was an opportunist. His genius, if we can call it that, lay in cultivating and leveraging relationships with important people, both in the United States and around the world."

~ Greg Olear


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https://gregolear.substack.com/p/the-epstein-files

wdlindsy OP ,
@wdlindsy@toad.social avatar

"No matter how hard he tries, Trump can’t escape Epstein.

His name comes up thousands of times in the files. You know what other name comes up? Russia. Epstein was closely linked to Putin and Russia, and it’s likely he was involved with the world’s largest honey-pot operation to compromise some of the world’s most wealthy and powerful people."

~ Wajahat Ali


/8

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-epstein-money-trail-connects

wdlindsy OP ,
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"The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage. ...

As Epstein and Thiel’s finances aligned, so did their politics. Both men were unusually important early backers of Donald Trump’s first presidency."

~ Peter Jukes


/15

https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/in-putins-orbit-the-crypto-politics

wdlindsy OP ,
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"Though Epstein has gone, the cryptocurrency infrastructure he helped to rescue, the ideological antipathy to regulation in Silicon Valley, and the dark, unaccountable influence of crypto politics in our democratic elections remain one of his most damaging legacies."


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@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar RememberUsAlways , to random

When the despot is removed from power, should be dismantled for scrap and resources for acts of sabotage and treason against the world under the Putin regime and for multiple threats of a response to failed Russian policy towards its neighbors and hostile posturing against the world.
Russia is bad for business.


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@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar RememberUsAlways , to random

has acknowledged as the elected leader of Ukraine with this invitation.
'Zelensky rejects Putin's Moscow invitation, signals possible delay in peace talks."
https://kyivindependent.com/let-him-come-to-kyiv-zelensky-dismisses-putins-moscow-invite/


@Free_Press@mstdn.social avatar Free_Press , to random

Russia's domestic spy agency was likely responsible for cyberattacks on 30 Polish renewable energy facilities, a manufacturing firm and a plant supplying heat for nearly 500,000 customers, according to a report by Polish security services

A report by Poland's Computer Emergency Response Team on the incident pointed to a team of hackers from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

@RememberUsAlways@newsie.social avatar RememberUsAlways , to random

Personally, I suspect is a component of 's long term objectives.
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