Johan Folin

Jobbar med kommunikation. Tidvis tjg. strv-soldat. Lundensare i exil.

[Johan Folin @folin]

Jag håller på att dra ner på mitt engagemang på Twitter (av somliga benämnt X), och mitt premium content återfinns numera främst på Mastodon, Threads och Bluesky.
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[Johan Norberg SE @johannorbergSE]

Ett absurt och illojalt utspel, särskilt med AI-bilden som framställer en av Sveriges främsta liberala opinionsbildare som sosse. Så undergräver man idén om Timbro som tankesmedja snarare än regeringshejaklack, och driver oss Kopschliberaler bort från borgerligheten.

[Johan Norberg @johanknorberg]

1/ Orbán’s Hungary is often praised on the American Right. But after 16 years, we know what that model delivers. My new study shows it is the opposite of the American tradition of rule of law and free markets. 🧵

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Another Sweden’s decisive action against Russia’s shadow fleet.

For the second time this week Sweden’s Coast Guard has boarded the suspected shadow vessel in Swedish territorial waters.

We commend this firm action. Russia’s shadow fleet helps finance its war against Ukraine and threatens our European security. It must be confronted decisively and without hesitation.

[Ania_In_UA @Ania_In_UA]

So the EU can't seize russian assets because they're worried about future legal consequences, but Hungary can steal Ukraine's money, and everyone is OK with that?

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Any diplomat who says we can take the Russians at their word needs to be fired immediately and I mean like within the next few minutes

[Johan Folin @folin]

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[Johan Folin @folin]

"Here’s what must be done: deploy troops from a European “coalition of the willing” to secure and defend Kyiv and other unoccupied cities; Russia cannot be allowed a veto. Enforce a no-fly exclusion zone, as I have repeatedly urged. Surge defensive missiles and drones. "

[Johan Folin @folin]

"Europe must demand an immediate ceasefire, followed by phased Russian withdrawals, and assume a lead role in any final settlement talks."

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world

My English sub-titles 👇

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Almost a day passed and Russia still hasn’t provided any plausible evidence to its accusations of Ukraine’s alleged “attack on Putin’s residence.” And they won’t. Because there’s none. No such attack happened.

We were disappointed and concerned to see the statements by Emirati, Indian, and Pakistani sides expressing their concerns regarding the attack that never happened.

It is even more surprising given that all three states failed to issue any official statements when a real Russian missile struck the real Ukrainian government building on September 7, 2025.

Russia has a long record of false claims — it’s their signature tactic. For instance, Russia claimed it wouldn’t attack Ukraine in the beginning of 2022. They also often accuse others of what they themselves plan to do. Their words should never be taken at face value.

Such reactions to Russia’s baseless manipulative claims only play into Russian propaganda and encourage Moscow for more atrocities and lies.

We call on all states to act responsibly and refrain from responding to unverified claims — this undermines the constructive peace process that has been advancing lately.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

If anyone else wrote something like this, it would be universally acknowledged that the person is mentally unstable.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

If you recall my Putinization checklist, getting media companies into the hands of the leader's friends and family is quite high.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

There's nothing more absurd than the US & Russia criticizing Europe on free speech. In 2025, European states dominated the World Press Freedom Index: 13 of the top spots and 21 out of the top 30 were European.

The US ranked just #57, between Belize and Gabon, and Russia at #162.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

and there it is

[Rasmus Jarlov @RasmusJarlov]

You can be a sheep and accept Elon Musk's groundless claim that the EU is attacking free speech. Or you can try to understand why the EU is fining Twitter. It is not an attack on free speech.

[Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs]

At no point during the five-year span that Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on the BBC, from October 1969 to December 1974, could the greatest comedic minds of their time come up with a skit more grotesquely absurd than Trump placing a fake peace-prize medal over his own head.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Can't think of another example of a global power so demonstratively burning its assets and destroying its influence, in a single document

[Jessica Berlin @berlin_bridge]

America has already betrayed Ukraine.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Trump again blames Ukraine then defkects to hide that Russia is murdering civilians then boasts that Ukraine is forced to pay "top dollar" for weapons given to Ukraine.

Putin just needs fake negotiations to continue into perpetuity.

The US is now Putin's bitch.