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« Reply #1775 on: February 13, 2025, 10:51:22 pm »
Russian-linked bots sow fear, distrust ahead of German vote, researchers find

Thomas Escritt  |  February 13, 2025  |  8:28 AM EST

BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Russian-linked online disinformation networks are spreading faked spy agency warnings of terrorist attacks in Germany ahead of this month's election in an apparent attempt to sow fear and depress voter turnout, cybersecurity experts say.

The networks were also spreading unfounded rumours aimed at discrediting Friedrich Merz, the conservative leader whom polls place ahead of the second-placed, Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany in polls, said the researchers.

The narratives target a public that is already alarmed after a series of high-profile attacks by foreigners in which large numbers were killed, including a car ramming at a Christmas market and a stabbing attack in which a toddler was killed.

On Wednesday, an Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd in Munich, injuring at least 28. No details were as yet available about any possible motive.

The experts, working with human rights organisation Robert Bosch Foundation, are veterans of efforts to combat Russian influencing operations who did not wish to be identified for security reasons.

Reuters was able to review the full database of messages and confirm the thrust of the posts, mainly originating on X, containing videos which were then shared on other social media. The posts had been interacted with some 2.5 million times so far, the researchers found.

X did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the posts on its platform. The AfD did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Their volume tripled this week, when a group named Storm 1516 joined the campaign, which had previously been dominated by the Doppelganger and Matryoshka disinformation networks.

In a text message, John Mark Dougan, a Russian-resident American who has been linked in the media to the Storm 1516 network, declined to comment on the specific allegations.  .  .

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-linked-bots-sow-fear-distrust-ahead-german-vote-researchers-find-2025-02-12/
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Re: Ukraine 5
« Reply #1776 on: February 14, 2025, 05:27:51 am »
Vance doing clean-up yesterday after Trump and Pete Hegseth gave away the store to Putin...

Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vance-wields-threat-of-sanctions-military-action-to-push-putin-into-ukraine-deal/ar-AA1z1vhr

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Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the U.S. would hit Moscow with sanctions and potentially military action if Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t agree to a peace deal with Ukraine that guarantees Kyiv’s long-term independence.

Vance said the option of sending U.S. troops to Ukraine if Moscow failed to negotiate in good faith remained “on the table,” striking a far tougher tone than did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who on Wednesday suggested the U.S. wouldn’t commit forces.

“There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage” the U.S. could use against Putin, Vance said.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal hours after President Trump said he would start negotiating with Putin to end the war in Ukraine, Vance said: “I think there is a deal that is going to come out of this that’s going to shock a lot of people.”

The vice president’s remarks, coming a day before a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, offered the Trump administration’s strongest-yet support for Kyiv in the face of Russian demands that it disarm and replace the current government.

“The president is not going to go in this with blinders on,” Vance said. “He’s going to say, ‘Everything is on the table, let’s make a deal.’”
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« Reply #1777 on: February 14, 2025, 07:59:51 am »
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« Reply #1783 on: February 14, 2025, 11:48:40 am »
Has Putin run out of North Korean cannon fodder?
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« Reply #1784 on: February 14, 2025, 11:56:25 am »
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Anton Gerashchenko
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I want to share with you some stories of Ukrainians who are now defending us on the frontlines.

I'll start with the famous Ukrainian drone captain with the call sign "Madiar".  Before the full-scale war, an agrarian businessman, Robert Brovdi. He was also engaged in investments in industrial projects and real estate. Back then, he could not have imagined that he would become the commander of a regiment of unmanned aviation systems and would be so good at destroying Russian soldiers.

On February 7, 2022, Robert volunteered to join the 241st Territorial Defense Brigade in the Obolonskyi District of Kyiv. He was quickly appointed platoon commander. Brovdi took part in the evacuation of people from Irpin and carried out combat missions in Bucha and Borodianka. At the end of April, his unit was sent to the front line in the Kherson direction. He bought a drone at his own expense and began to survey the front line. Later, he created a separate aerial reconnaissance unit, which he called "Madiar's Birds."  .  .

Just think if Biden had given this guy $40 billion back in 2022 instead of handing it over to USAID.
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« Reply #1785 on: February 14, 2025, 12:21:41 pm »
Russia MUST be destroyed.  22222frying pan
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« Reply #1786 on: February 14, 2025, 01:38:06 pm »
Zelenskiy isn't the one who is corrupt here.  It's the Biden regime.  Here's over $38 million in 'Ukraine Aid' that did not go towards aiding Ukraine.  That's enough to buy over 25,000 FPV drones.  (HT @pookie18 )

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« Reply #1787 on: February 14, 2025, 02:09:02 pm »
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Zelenskiy isn't the one who is corrupt here.  It's the Biden regime.  Here's over $38 million in 'Ukraine Aid' that did not go towards aiding Ukraine.  That's enough to buy over 25,000 FPV drones.  (HT @pookie18 )



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« Reply #1788 on: February 14, 2025, 02:45:03 pm »
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Re: Ukraine 5
« Reply #1789 on: February 14, 2025, 03:30:41 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on February 14, 2025, 01:38:06 pm
Zelenskiy isn't the one who is corrupt here.  It's the Biden regime.  Here's over $38 million in 'Ukraine Aid' that did not go towards aiding Ukraine.  That's enough to buy over 25,000 FPV drones.  (HT @pookie18 )

Actually Ben Stiller came out and said none of that was true.  Just Russian-released propaganda. 

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-totally-false-actor-ben-stiller-debunks-claims-usaid-funded-ukraine-trip-231285317684

But yeah, Biden Inc was certainly getting its cut somewhere.  I'm obviously OK with the military and intelligence assistance but not the USAID.
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Re: Ukraine 5
« Reply #1790 on: February 14, 2025, 03:37:25 pm »
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Probably just an effort to delegitimize DOGE by throwing crap out there and then saying it is all just false news.
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« Reply #1791 on: February 14, 2025, 03:39:14 pm »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on February 14, 2025, 03:30:41 pm
Actually Ben Stiller came out and said none of that was true.  Just Russian-released propaganda. 

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-totally-false-actor-ben-stiller-debunks-claims-usaid-funded-ukraine-trip-231285317684

But yeah, Biden Inc was certainly getting its cut somewhere.  I'm obviously OK with the military and intelligence assistance but not the USAID.
Sorry, but exactly how would Stiller know whether or not USAID provided money to Ukraine? He could speak to the veracity of reports he received USAID money and maybe some other ‘celebrities’ if they told him but he doesn’t know Jack or Shit about who or what USAID funds…….until Elon tells us.
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« Reply #1792 on: February 14, 2025, 04:12:29 pm »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on February 14, 2025, 03:30:41 pm
But yeah, Biden Inc was certainly getting its cut somewhere.  I'm obviously OK with the military and intelligence assistance but not the USAID.

This was posted on an earlier Ukraine thread 2½ years ago:  https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,468874.msg2688548.html#msg2688548 

This was just one of Biden's many 'Ukraine Aid' packages - $4.5 billion.  Every dollar going to USAID.  No guarantee that Ukraine received any of it.  And a 100% guarantee that not a single piece of military hardware made it to Ukraine out of that $4.5 billion 'aid' package.

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-biden-admin-to-send-additional-4-5-billion-to-ukraine
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« Reply #1793 on: February 14, 2025, 04:18:09 pm »
And a follow-up in Sept 2022:  https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,478214.msg2707409.html#msg2707409


Nearly $3 Billion in U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine Remains Unspent
GOP lawmakers want to know why money is sitting in limbo

Congress fast-tracked some $7 billion dollars in recent months to help the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spearhead humanitarian projects in Ukraine. But as of this month, nearly $3 billion of that money remains unspent. A group of Republican senators are demanding an explanation from USAID as to why a substantial portion of the money they appropriated is sitting in limbo

https://www.conservativereview.com/nearly-3-billion-in-u-s-humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine-remains-unspent-2658172659.html


Seeing how 2022 was an election year, a big chunk of that ended up helping Congressional Democrats get re-elected.


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« Reply #1794 on: February 14, 2025, 04:22:50 pm »
Nov 2022:  https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,478214.msg2731864.html#msg2731864

U.S. Government Database Redacts Names Of Non-Profits Receiving Over $250 Million In Taxpayer-Funded Ukraine ‘Aid.’

NATALIE WINTERS  |  November 1, 2022

The federal government is hiding the names of non-profit groups receiving nine and eight-figure grants from the Biden administration during the Russia-Ukraine war.

ForeignAssistance.gov, the federal government’s flagship website tracking its foreign spending, itemized the nearly $3.2 billion that has been allocated to Ukraine for “economic development” and “humanitarian assistance” for fiscal year 2022. The grants come from a variety of agencies including the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of State, and the Department of Energy.  .  .
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Re: Ukraine 5
« Reply #1795 on: February 14, 2025, 06:25:09 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on February 14, 2025, 03:39:14 pm
Sorry, but exactly how would Stiller know whether or not USAID provided money to Ukraine? He could speak to the veracity of reports he received USAID money and maybe some other ‘celebrities’ if they told him but he doesn’t know Jack or Shit about who or what USAID funds…….until Elon tells us.

That's not what I said.  Go and listen to Stiller directly.  He wasn't paid at all, nor were any of those other celebrities.  And as one of the organizers of those trips, he would in fact know.  Now with that said, I have no doubt that Biden Inc. was in fact raiding and/or diverting that USAID package and others, and I have a BIG problem with that.  Zelensky let the cat out of the bag anyway last week when he asked about that missing $70 billion that never made it to Kyiv.
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« Reply #1796 on: February 14, 2025, 11:23:05 pm »
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« Reply #1797 on: February 14, 2025, 11:28:50 pm »
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« Reply #1798 on: February 14, 2025, 11:33:57 pm »
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« Reply #1799 on: February 14, 2025, 11:45:50 pm »
Putin Stacks Negotiation Team With Ex-Spies and Sanctioned Elites, Bloomberg Reports

Amira Barkhush  |  Feb 14, 2025  |  19:32

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is reportedly assembling a team of close allies to negotiate with US representatives as former President Donald Trump pushes for a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on February 14, citing anonymous sources.

Yuri Ushakov
According to unnamed sources, the Russian team includes Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s Chief Foreign Policy Advisor, who has been Putin’s aide for over a decade and previously served as Russia’s ambassador to the US (1998-2008).

With over fifty years of diplomatic experience and a deep understanding of Washington’s political landscape, Ushakov’s involvement is a strategic choice that could prove pivotal in the negotiations.

Sergei Naryshkin
Another alleged member of the negotiations is Sergei Naryshkin, a “top spymaster,” Intelligence Chief, and former KGB colleague.

At the same time, Naryshkin, a longtime Putin confidant, has recently suggested that Ukraine’s neighboring countries consider the possibility of partitioning its territory.

Both Ushakov and Naryshkin were involved in ceasefire talks with Ukraine shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the resulting deals of which were repeatedly broken by Russia.

Kirill Dmitriev
Additionally, the news agency reports that Kirill Dmitriev, a US-sanctioned financier educated at Stanford and Harvard with ties to Putin’s family  .  .  .

https://united24media.com/latest-news/putin-stacks-negotiation-team-with-ex-spies-and-sanctioned-elites-bloomberg-reports-5911
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