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Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft Center 795, which emerged after the start of Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine and comprises elite units from the GRU and FSB, was established as a top-secret and fully autonomous entity designed to ...

Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft

@christogrozev.bsky.social, @dobrokhotov.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social detail how hubris and Google Translate exposed Russia's most secretive assassination unit, Center 795.

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Navalny was poisoned with exotic frog toxin, five Western nations confirm Five European countries have confirmed that Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine — a high-potency neurotoxin derived from South American poison dart frogs. Traces of the toxin were found in tissue sa...

Navalny was poisoned with exotic frog toxin, five Western nations confirm

Multiple labs have independently analyzed biological samples taken from Alexei Navalny’s body and found epibatidine, a highly toxic alkaloid sourced from a South American poisonous frog.

Durov, who recently attacked Sanchez and Spain in his mandatory push-up message, is acting as a Kremlin propagandist and is likely bound by agreements with the Russian presidential administration to disseminate Putin's propaganda in exchange for Telegram not being blocked in Russia

Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...

“It is the Brexit playbook:…
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”

Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Violent ends: America’s right-wing radicals remain deadlier than their opponents on the left The murder of conservative activist and Trump supporter Charlie Kirk in September triggered a nationwide debate over rising violence attributed to the far left. Donald Trump claims that antifa “explic...

Violent ends: America’s right-wing radicals remain deadlier than their opponents on the left

The primary threat in the U.S. is not left-wing but far-right violence: ultraright extremists account for two-thirds of all politically motivated killings.

A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s military Intelligence, the GRU, has dramatically stepped up its activities across Europe — from assassinations and acts of sabotage...

❗️ A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative

Although undercover GRU agents have been exposed across the West, many of these "burned" assets are still serving Moscow’s hybrid war — now operating safely from within Russia.

The trial of Yevgenia Berkovich What the return of the show trial means for Russia

“I’m just a girl—I want to go home, I want prosecco, and a big, thick steak.”

Yevgenia Berkovich didn’t want to be a martyr when she was sentenced to six years in a Russian penal colony. “Next Year in Moscow” investigates her show trial

French investigators believe Russia involved in dumping of pig heads at mosques One person, residing in Serbia, is believed to have orchestrated two destabilization operations aimed at religious and remembrance sites in and around Paris.

The GRU, again.

French investigators believe Russia involved in dumping of pig heads at mosques www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

Alla Pugacheva clocked up nearly 19m views in a week, and 150,000 comments from people across the world. Russia’s biggest pop star for 50 years crossed front lines and cut through official narratives in an interview. We explain why econ.st/4nhCnBE

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Russia designated the 'LGBT Movement' as a terrorist organisation. They know there is no such group; that's the point. It means they can choose to arrest ANYONE with any association with LGBT issues and treat them as a terrorist.

The fact that 'antifa' is not a group should not be a comfort here.

State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.

pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights

www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

Free speech is non-negotiable for these guys.

‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’ Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

U.S. deports at least 30 people to Russia in a single day, Russian rights activists report On August 27, the United States deported at least 30 Russian citizens back to Russia, Dmitry Valuyev, president of the group Russian America for Democracy in Russia, told The Insider

U.S. deports at least 30 people to Russia in a single day, Russian rights activists report
Many were met with criminal charges — from desertion to high treason — after returning “home.”

The Russian population is weary of the war, and many are pinning their hopes on a quick truce.

The Insider spoke with volunteers who, since 2022, have been buying equipment, gear, and other aid for the army, and they can't hide their disappointment.

Citizen by gender: How transgender people fought discrimination in the USSR A May 2025 study by the Sfera Foundation and the human rights group Vykhod recorded a sharp rise in pressure on Russia’s LGBT community — not surprising given that Moscow outlawed the non-existent “in...

Citizen by gender: How transgender people fought discrimination in the USSR

Between Stalin's ban on sexuality studies and Putin's crackdown on LGBTQ+, there have been successful cases of gender-affirming surgery and even times of relative freedom.

Shame, Netherlands! 26 suicides of asylum seekers in refugee camps of so wealthy country out of negligence and cruelty!

Our joint investigation of The Insider with CBS's 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel into the Havana Syndrome just got an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative News Coverage!

Despite all the assurances of friendship and partnership, Iran and Russia are waging a real spy war against each other, secret documents from Russian intelligence testify

How social media Algorithms promote the far right agenda

THIS is investigative journalism!

Superb from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and the @theins.press . The gold standard of investigative teams is at it again. Giv them the Pulitzer pls. Honestly, they have a better understanding of 29155 than the US IC.

new amazing investigation about idiots who work as hackers in Russian intelligence

Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia’s most notorious kill squad Russian GRU Unit 29155 is best known for its long list of murder and sabotage ops, which include the Salisbury poisonings in England, arms depot explosions in Czechia, and an attempted coup d’etat in ...

‼️ Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia's most notorious kill squad

As The Insider discovered, Unit 29155, the Kremlin’s most notorious black ops squad, also fielded a team of hackers that tried to destabilize Ukraine before Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Spanish Córdoba is one of the prettiest cities in Europe, hugely underestimated, with extensive old center, very well kept.

Montefrio, pueblo blanco 50km from Granada with celebrated views on itself ⛰️🏘️