After 12 years of war, Russia occupies roughly 19% of Ukraine.
After two years of Trump's second term, how much of the American government does the Kremlin control? 👀
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we examine the ties of Donald Trump and his family to Russian intelligence operatives and the Kremlin. His current dealings with Putin may shock some people, but the pattern of collusion has been clear for more than a decade.
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If you want to learn more and see a part of Ukraine yourselves, @esfliberty conference Ukrainian Renaissance in Chernivtsi is next weekend!
Text for details on how you can join. If you can't, you can still send some hope by supporting our mission: https://t.co/hTfcTt5Ghj
It was an honour to moderate the 'Ukraine: Hope in Times of Hopelessness' panel at @Freedom_Games this weekend.
What we all agreed on was that the times are far from hopeless, as long as we continue caring, and also supporting those who defend our freedom.
No, Putin is no humanitarian.
He's starving people.
He's bombing civilians.
He's kidnapping children.
He's committing genocide.
He's the exact opposite of a humanitarian.
Holy shit, Witkoff just called Putin a "humanitarian."
"You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again."
Because of Putin, thousands of Ukrainian civilians are dead, hospitals lie in ruins, and people are suffering from hunger, torture and Russian terrorism.
Jirka mi sliboval asi tři roky, že tuhle epizodu natočíme. Takže tady konečně je.
Ale přiznal v ní, že neslyšel epizodu s @MarekHudik'em!
Tak si radši poslechněte obě dvě. :)
🥳 Hostem jubilejního 100. dílu našeho podcastu byl náš hlavní ekonom @JiriNohejl. Bavili jsme se o hvězdách ekonomie, které působí na @MasonEconomics.
Bryana Caplan, Garett Jones, Robin Hanson, Tyler Cowen, Alex Tabarrok, Pete Boettke, Larry White a další.
Může stát, který čelí válce vysoké intenzity, zároveň inovovat, reformovat se a přispívat k bezpečnosti celé Evropy? Ukrajina ukazuje, že ano.
Victoria Vdovychenko působí jako spoluvedoucí programu Future of Ukraine v Centre for Geopolitics při Univerzitě v Cambridgi.