Sylvain Besson

Journaliste d’investigation, cellule enquête @tamedia Auparavant @letemps. Reporting from the heart of the beast. Billionaires, shady actors & financial crime

[Paul Cébille @Ellibec]

🇫🇷 Et si les Français avaient été écoutés sur le découpage de leur région ?

A partir de tous les sondages réalisés à ce sujet depuis 2014, j'ai refait la carte des régions de France avec les principales évolutions. Voici le résultat ⤵️

1 - Retour aux régions d'avant 2015 que les Français concernés refusaient de fusionner.
2 - Réunion de la Loire-Atlantique et du reste de la Bretagne
3 - Fusion des deux Normandies
4 - Fusion des départements alsaciens en une Région Alsace
5 - Fusion des départements savoyards en une Région Savoie
6 - Fusion des départements corses en une Région Corse
7 - Création d'une Région Catalane
8 - Création d'une Région basque
9 - Création d'une Région Vendée et maintien d'une Région Mayenne/Maine-et-Loire/Sarthe

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

At the end of the day, it doesn’t even matter if Zelenskyy is President of Ukraine or not. @ZelenskyyUa

Putin’s goal is to take Ukraine. Then he will take Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and he will make his way through all of Europe.

People obsess over personalities too much.

You could have an election in Ukraine tomorrow and Putin would still find a reason to be at war.

Russia INVADED Ukraine.

Not the other way around.

Zelenskyy’s removal from office won’t stop Russian imperialism.

It’s not about Zelenskyy. It’s about Putin. It’s always been about Putin.

[Sylvain Besson @SylvainBesson]

@ZiczacZug @MendicinoF @tagesanzeiger Bonjour, je relaie volontiers votre question auprès de mes collègues à Zurich.

[CR @spz19]

@UDCch "Un couple d’avocats @UDCch camouflait la villa d’un oligarque sur la Côte d’Azur ... Expatriés à Monaco, ces anciens piliers de l’@udc_geneve sont les parents de Céline Amaudruz, la vice-présidente du parti suisse"
https://t.co/xt0arpqUkv

[Matthias Huss @matthias_huss]

Devastating glacier loss in Switzerland in the extreme year 2026 - 5.5% of the remaining ice is gone! I'm still struggling to grasp the extent of this decline.
This loss almost catches up with the record-shattering year 2022: too little snow in winter and intense heat
@glamos_ch

[Le Matin Dimanche @lematindimanche]

De nouvelles mesures révèlent un réchauffement record à l’intérieur des hauts sommets alpins. Conséquence: les parois devenues instables s’effondrent. Deux chercheurs expliquent. https://t.co/CVuMNKt0ou

[Farida Rustamova @faridaily_]

Alexander Kynev, one of Russia’s most respected election experts, was arrested on drug trafficking charges. It’s a completely absurd accusation that could land him in prison for more than 10 years. Even by today’s standards, this is shockingly cruel. There can be no reason for this persecution other than political ones.

[Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup]

In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll introduce the “Safeguard Swiss neutrality” ballot initiative, which goes to a nationwide vote in Switzerland on 27 September. It’s best known for promising “no war” while actually encouraging wars by ending sanctions on belligerent states.

1/20

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

A week and a half before October 7, 2023 UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Abu Dhabi and spoke with him for 45 minutes.

In that conversation, bin Zayed warned that Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was planning a major operation against Israel.

Bin Zayed urged Netanyahu to take the situation seriously. To his surprise, however, the prime minister reacted with relative calm. Netanyahu said that, in his assessment, Hamas intended to operate in the West Bank area, and he reassured bin Zayed that Israel was prepared for any scenario.

🔗https://t.co/ptN5tisEMe

[Marcos Agustín @marcosagusstinn]

🇩🇪🇪🇺 Germany is not collapsing.

Germany is in crisis only by its own standards.

🔸 Unemployment is 3.8%, versus 5% across the OECD.

🔸 The world’s second-largest trade surplus.

🔸 The lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7.

🔸 Germany hosts 46% of the world’s specialised mid-sized global market leaders.

After decades of exceptional performance, Germany faces a temporary crisis exploited by radicals.

Germany needs major investment in energy, infrastructure and industry, not what the AfD offers.

[Francois-Marie Bréon @fmbreon]

Il se passe quelque chose de remarquable dans le massif des Ecrins, probablement en lien avec le changement climatique.

[Sylvain Besson @SylvainBesson]

Enquête complète à retrouver ici: https://t.co/MFCVgqxnrM

[Sylvain Besson @SylvainBesson]

CRISE CHEZ LES #HEINEKEN – Les révélations d’une de leurs filles jette une lumière crue sur le couple de propriétaires qui contrôle le célèbre brasseur: mini-🧶 1/

[Sylvain Besson @SylvainBesson]

Aujourd’hui, Isabella raconte son cauchemar pour la 1e fois. Ses parents n’ont pas réagi à ses révélations, sinon pour dire qu’ils étaient mécontents des services de Peggy. Ils ne font aucun commentaire sur l’abandon de leur fille aux mains de la guérisseuse. 6/

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

Landsat 9 captured very clear images of the Himalayan glacier that collapsed, triggering the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal.

Estimating very roughly from these images, it appears that the area that failed may have spanned ~1 km² of ice and rock.

h/t @theiaincameron

[Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup]

After dedicating his life to hating Jews, admiring Stalin and Hitler, and supporting russia in their invasion of Europe, vatnik Alain Soral finally fled the decadent West to his dear russia.

He soon realized it's a shithole which all the educated russians that could have left long ago, and even those that remain are not as enthusiastic about Putin and the war as he is.

He's now 67, depressed, lonely, and contemplating suicide.

Don't be like Alain, kids.