NATO expansion is a myth. It is a Russian lie. Here is the map.
After World War II the Russians militarily occupied half the European continent. The Russians picked their leaders. They wrote their laws. They brutalized their people and took whatever they wanted.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, all of these peoples who had suffered immensely under the Russians were desperate to get real security and protection from the Russians.
Russia is the ONLY cause of NATO enlargement because the people of Eastern Europe always knew they were going to be invaded again as soon as the Russians succeeded at some form of economic capitalism.
Russian imperialism is the only cause of this war.
🚨 The Tiny Banana Trick Your Body Will Thank You For
A small pinch of salt on a banana may sound strange, but it combines two essential electrolytes—sodium and potassium. Together, they help your muscles contract, nerves send signals, and cells stay properly hydrated.
This simple combo can be especially useful after heavy sweating or intense exercise, when your body needs to replace lost electrolytes. Sometimes, the simplest foods can do more than you expect.
Source: Thomas, D. T., Erdman, K. A., & Burke, L. M. (2016). Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine: Nutrition and athletic performance. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(3), 501–528.
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Акция #RADAROM26 официально завершена: мы выполнили все свои обязательства, и вся помощь уже передана Украине! 🇱🇹🇺🇦
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An incredible investigation by @OCCRP and @DelfiEE, led by Martin Laine, has exposed more than 500 ‘useful idiots’ across the West who took part in an extensive Russian fake news campaign.
It includes, for example, Lembit Öpik, the former Liberal Democrat MP turned conspiracy theorist, pictured here hosting neo-Nazi Nick Griffin this week.
It includes Ben Aris, the former Moscow correspondent and “Russia expert” who has both Leonid Ragozin and Mark Galeotti working for him.
They are among the 500 who were supporting “Doppelgänger”, a state-backed Russian disinformation campaign, creating clones of genuine news sites to spread pro-Kremlin narratives aimed at undermining support for Ukraine.
One website contributing to that is ‘Recent Reliable News (RRN)’. It contained more than 500 interviews in its database with pro-Russian useful idiots, which would have been posted across Doppelgänger-linked websites, but have now been made public.
@thenerve_news has attempted to contact those involved, but many have been evasive, such as Lembit Öpik and Ben Aris.
When asked to comment, Öpik claimed not to understand the question, made bizarre remarks about security services, and did not respond to follow-up messages.
Meanwhile, Aris claimed that the Russian propaganda campaign only used his public statements from X. He stopped responding when it was pointed out to him that they’d actually found the videos that he recorded specifically for this campaign.
Full investigation from the OCCRP here. Give it a read and give @Martinlaineolen a follow for this incredible work. https://t.co/LBwTqWfVjL
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
🇵🇱 Polish people gathered on the central market square for a minute of silence to honor the victims of the shooting attack that killed 6 people and wounded at least 16 others.
🇵🇱Take a note, the symbolism of this scene is profound
Seconds after the worst of humanity tore through Kraków on Saturday afternoon, the same footage shows its best: a person moving toward strangers who had been shot, with nothing to offer but empathy and the will to help.
Many people stood within reach of the wounded. The first to reach them was someone on crutches. You can watch the distance close slowly, everyone else had legs that could run, and most of them ran, which is what bodies do when they are afraid. This one person, already carrying an injury of their own, moved toward the blood and pain of fellow humans, not knowing at the time who was who... Maybe it was training, maybe instinct, maybe something learned the hard way about what it means to be on the ground and need someone. Help arrived at walking pace, from the person in the crowd with the most reason to stay where they were. Six people died in that square. The first answer to that violence came from someone who could barely walk, but walked to help anyway.
🇺🇸 A cat named Marble appeared on her owners’ pet camera just as their fireplace unexpectedly reignited.
Sabine and her husband had put out the fire before leaving home, but a camera alert soon showed Marble in front of the lens, with flames behind her.
Only a minute away, the couple rushed back and used baking soda to extinguish the fire.
Sabine believes Marble approached the camera deliberately to warn them. but the alert helped the couple act in time.
“We are not wasting our time being worried,” Eerik-Niiles Kross explains to Frontline on @TimesRadio.
While Estonia is very grateful for its allies and their contributions, Kross explains that Estonia - like all countries - must always be responsible for its own security and also contribute to the defence of our whole alliance.
Kross grew up under occupation and became a prominent figure in the anti-Soviet resistance movement before later rising to chief of Estonian intelligence. Now an MP, he was recently honoured with the Magnitsky Human Rights Award for his Outstanding Contribution to the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign.
Do follow @EerikNKross if you’re not already.
Full interview here: https://t.co/bj5rwLnV8q
A baby tree porcupine has been born at Lithuania’s Zoo in Kaunas🦔💚
Born on October 23 to parents Sky and Sweety, the little one is healthy and gaining weight. Visitors can already see the family. Baby porcupines are born without hard quills🐾