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VESPERS!
Thursday, May 9, Noon Eastern, 6pm Europe, 4pm UTC
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Alex Finley
You Have To Break A Few Eggs To Make A Coup D’État
A far-right German coup plot looks a lot like January 6, but with eggs.
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April 2024

More spying allegations plague the European Union
Brussels, we have a problem.
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CLASS 16: THE ORIGIN STORY OF THE LORD OF SIBERIA
HOW THE SON OF A KGB OFFICER SECURED HIMSELF A BRITISH PEERSHIP
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Russia reminds us (again!) they are at war with us
Arrests in Germany, leaked documents, and an insane member of Congress
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GOP finally (!) starts calling out the party's Russia stooges
Three Republican Congressmen said this week that Russian disinformation is warping their party
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Who's afraid of the big bad Putin?
US officials worry about Russian escalation, but what's he going to do? Start a war? Attack Americans? Guess what, he already has.
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March 2024

Estonia Knows What Is At Stake In Ukraine
A trip to Tallinn made the war much more real for me
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On Faustian Capitalism
I try to make the geopolitical equivalent of "Fetch" happen, using an example of UK car exports to Azerbaijan
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CLASS 15: RUSSIA'S USE OF PRESS TOURS IN CRIMEA
HOW RUSSIA PURCHASED POLITICIANS, JOURNALISTS, AND OTHER INFLUENCERS TO HELP SECURE ITS CLAIM TO THE PENINSULA
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WTF, Brussels? A Putin Propagandist Comes To Town
Oliver Stone to give a masterclass at Brussels documentary film festival
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Sweet Dave, Svetlana's Just Not That Into You
A retired Army officer allegedly passed US secrets to an online honeypot
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