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Anne Applebaum
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Staff writer . , . Author of Gulag, Iron Curtain, Red Famine, Twilight of Democracy. @anneapplebaum@journa.host
Warsaw, London, Washingtonlinktr.ee/anneapplebaumJoined May 2011

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It seems that there is internal dissent among Russian elites
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A statement from Wagner PMC group by Prigozhin. Prigozhin claims that Wagner will leave Bakhmut by May 10 and hand over positions to the troops of the Russian Federation and 'lick their wounds'. "Because, in the absence of ammunition, they are doomed to a senseless death."
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So much of what passes for tankie fail-son politics is a Freudian psychodrama with one’s own family. Uncle John put Jupiters in Turkey and so let’s act out a fantasy in which the U.S. has stationed Aegis missiles in Ukraine. Monographs could be written on this genre.
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There were never any Aegis missiles in Ukraine, and especially not on the Russian border. twitter.com/RobertKennedyJ…
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On May 3, international free press day, I hope Western leaders were thinking about Nika Gvaramia, one of Georgia's top journalists and the founder of an independent television station, who remains in jail on trumped-up charges. We take so much for granted
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I'm as intrigued as everybody else about this explosion above the Kremlin, but noobody was hurt and if it is supposed to be pretext for escalation note that at least 21 people were killed by the Russian shelling of Kherson today.
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🎯 Anyone who wants real peace in Ukraine must recognize it will only come with illegally occupied Crimea is restored and free. Leaving the terrorist invader with anything Putin can call victory lays the ground for his next invasion.
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Ukrainians have thought a lot about what it would mean for Crimea to fall, and how it could be transformed afterwards. Usually our imagination doesn't stretch that far. Maybe it should
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Der Westen tut viel für die #Ukraine, aber gemessen an den Herausforderungen nicht genug. Das gilt für Unterstützung im Krieg & für die Zeit danach. Wie soll Sicherheit vor #Russland garantiert werden? Nur die NATO-Mitgliedschaft wird Russland abschrecken.
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Thread on China, Russia, Ukraine
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Here's an interesting development. China (but also Armenia, Kazakhstan, and many others) vote "yes" to a UN General Assembly resolution (A77/L65) that terms Russian actions against Georgia and Ukraine as "aggression". Let's take a closer look at what this could possibly mean.
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Great piece by and on the 🇷🇺 aggression in 🇺🇦 and the prospects ahead!
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The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backwards—perhaps even out of Crimea for good. @JeffreyGoldberg and @anneapplebaum report from the front lines: on.theatln.tc/6lbgTx7
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Ukrainians talk about the "political military" liberation of Crimea -- once they cut off roads, rails, waterways and target it with drones, they think Russian inhabitants will leave. "Crimea we will take without a fight."
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To paraphrase something I think I once read. “Americans are prepared to do anything to help embattled allies across the world— except read about them.” Make this piece the exception. Fascinating, mind-changing, & urgently important.
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The impact of Ukrainian victory would reverberate beyond Ukraine. From Belarus to Iran, people are watching this war -a civilizational struggle, between different ways of seeing the world
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