Anton Shekhovtsov
PhD UCL SSEES, visiting professor at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist for EUObserver @euobserver.bsky.social, outdoor research fellow
- Russians celebrate their war crimes against Ukraine by heroically – and mistakenly – depicting an Azov fighter as a Russian soldier. Good to see our Azov heroes featured on Russian murals.
- Europe’s Security – The Need for a Viable European Nuclear Deterrent www.kyivpost.com/opinion/52635 France has made a sound preliminary proposal about establishing a European nuclear umbrella, which should be backed up by other European states.
- French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that France is ready to engage in discussions on the deployment of French nuclear-capable fighter jets to other European countries, similar to how the US shares its nuclear umbrella with European NATO allies. 1/7
- Ukraine’s security service has disclosed a Hungarian military intelligence cell operating in Ukraine’s Transcarpathia and tasked with collecting data on the military security of the region, incl. identifying vulnerabilities in its ground & air defences: euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
- The scale and intent of Hungarian military intelligence operations against Ukraine lend growing credibility to suspicions that Viktor Orbán may be actively and directly colluding with Putin in the Russian-Ukrainian war: euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
- On EUobserver’s 25th anniversary year, @euobserver.com is looking for 2,500 new supporting members who care about the future of a clear-eyed, independent view on EU affairs: join.euobserver.com
- Putin has no ideology; he is, in fact, an intellectually unsophisticated person. His entire political worldview rests on two very simple narratives. 1/9
- Russia is likely preparing a major airstrike on Ukraine. To give it a “diplomatic cover”, Putin has rejected the Western call for a 30-day ceasefire and has instead suggested Ukraine to capitulate at the Russia-Ukraine “talks” that would begin in Istanbul on 15 May.
- La 'victoria eterna' de Rusia necesita nuevas guerras www.elmundo.es/internaciona... Tras la desintegración de la URSS, el Kremlin no encontró una narrativa adecuada y Putin encontró el punto medio moviendo el mito fundacional de 1917 al fin de la contienda mundial: 1945
- Ah, so sweet. Just imagine: the world is in an interregnum, international law is crumbling, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are launching a global right-wing elitist conspiracy, Alexander Karp is building robots to spy on humans – and a bunch of Brits are celebrating Hitler’s birthday! Conservatism!
