Seit März 2026 hatte ich 2x auf der Bundespressekonferenz nach Rüstungsaktienbesitz von @bundeskanzler#Merz nachgefragt. Sein @RegSprecher meinte, ich sollte die Frage schriftlich stellen. Mittlerweile liegt die Antwort vor: 3 Sätze für 14 Fragen:
https://t.co/oOjrGaSFk6
Terrifying. Citizens of the country are being beaten on the streets, taken to the conscription offices with widely spread torture, dragged to the frontlines... And some dare call this democracy and "unbreakable spirit." Zelesnkyy has sabotaged every attempt to make peace to substitute it with superficial narratives that would cover this hell.
Meanwhile, terrible mobilization continues in Ukraine... I'm embarassed and ashamed for Ukrainian NGOs funded by the West that do not protest against this. It is the ugliest form of human rights violation possible dutring the war. The state that destroys its own people.
In meinem Studium „Etudes Soviétiques et Est-Européennes“ am renommierten Institut Science Po de Paris habe ich 1986-1988 gelernt, dass man russische Texte wie bei einer Exegese beim Wort nehmen muss.
Wie kann es sein, dass wir heute nicht mehr in der Lage sind, russische Texte oder Reden/ Interviews zur Kenntnis und vor allem Ernst zu nehmen, ohne sie als „russisches Narrativ“ zu framen? Das ist intellektuell so armselig! Umgekehrt müssten wir jede Äußerung der NATO etc. als „westliches Narrativ“ bezeichnen, was aber mit „der Wahrheit“ („unserer“ Wahrheit) gleichgesetzt wird.
Ich empfehle diesen Text allen, die sich jenseits von Propaganda über „russische Bedrohungen“ noch eine eigene Meinung bilden wollen. @RusBotschaft
Today, the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy looks like this. Russia is mercilessly shelling it, turning another regional center into ruins — just like Donetsk, then Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv.
7 apartment buildings, 4 cars, a gas station, car dealership, restaurant, and garage cooperative were damaged. 5 dead, at least 31 people injured, including 3 children.
Meanwhile, Russian advances continue in Donbas and Kharkiv region, with horrific losses along the front.
I still don’t understand how anyone can call this a “winning strategy.” This entire PR-offensive was designed only to justify allocation of more money for the war ahead of the NATO summit. As soon as it ended, the real picture emerged.
What this theater desperately lacks is a real leader willing to end the war. While “patriots” keep pushing marketing slogans and ignoring the mounting deaths and destruction in pursuit of an unattainable total military victory.
@GrafKorina Hätten Sie doch statt dem langweiligen Steinmeier wenigstens die Queen hervorgekramt. Spätestens seit 2022 ist die EU auf Feind der RF gebürstet und dieser Krieg wird so lange weitergehen, solange westliche und ukrainische Eliten daraus Profit schlagen können.
@PW_9912@JulianRoepcke Als allererster schaut mal Selenskyi zu! ER hat die Verantwortung für seine Bürger! Im Übrigen geht es laut einem ukrainischen Rüstungsfabrikanten im erster Linie darum, "das russische Imperium zu zerstören und den 400 Jahre alten Krieg zu Ende zu führen". Nur noch grauenhaft.
My name is Kyrylo Shevchenko. I am the former Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.
A horrifying assassination attempt on a Ukrainian businessman in Monaco has shocked the world. His companion had both legs blown off in the explosion, while he and his son were hospitalized.
But the story has an even darker continuation: the bomb was planted by a Ukrainian woman who was receiving payments from an officer of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate under the Ministry of Defense, known as HUR. Upon her return to Ukraine on July 1, that same officer shot her in the head. The entire case was "investigated" and closed in just a few days.
Watching this unfold like a scene from a mafia thriller, I am reminded of the direct threats I myself have received from Ukrainian security services, including kidnapping warnings. It is becoming clear that Zelensky's regime is prepared to use any means against its opponents.
Behind this system stands not only Zelensky himself, but also the man long known as the "grey cardinal" of his office — Andriy Yermak. Until recently nearly all-powerful, controlling appointments across ministries, security agencies, and the military, Yermak formally resigned in late November 2025 amid the corruption scandal surrounding Energoatom, and later became a suspect in a money-laundering case. But the system he built — as Ukrainian lawmakers themselves have acknowledged — did not disappear along with his departure from office.
This case raises serious questions: How did a woman wanted by Interpol cross into Ukraine without assistance from the security services? And how was such a high-profile investigation completed in a matter of days? For comparison, the legendary Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze was murdered in 2000, and the investigation still has not named those responsible.
Yet here, the intelligence officer quickly confesses, claims he acted alone, and says his leadership knew nothing.
This is convenient. The main witness and perpetrator is now dead and cannot speak.
I do not own a major, attractive business, but as Governor of the National Bank, I crossed a line: I refused to allow the money printing that would have hurt Ukraine in 2022, and I blocked a sponsorship scheme linked to Zelensky's inner circle. For that, I now face a fabricated criminal case in both Ukraine and Austria.
I am grateful to Austria, where I am currently located, for protecting me from threats by Ukrainian security services.
I appeal to the civilized world and to Europe: by continuing to turn a blind eye to what is happening, you are condemning other Ukrainians to fear, persecution, and — God forbid — elimination at the hands of Zelensky's regime. This regime has already crossed the psychological threshold of murder. This cannot end well — neither for us, nor for you.
@kay_neubert@Ralf_Stegner Dieses Recht hat er nicht! Kriechen Sie eigentlich gerne vor den ukrainischen Eliten herum? Wie kann man nur so naiv und blöd sein?
Nichts ist dringender als Brücken-Bauen mit Russland!
Übrigens waren #AlexanderRahr und ich gemeinsam mit @JohannesVarwick Anfang der 2000er Jahre gemeinsam bei der @dgapev und alle drei vom @AuswaertigesAmt sehr geschätzt. Alexander war für Russland zuständig, Johannes für die @NATO und ich für Europa.
Tempi passati!
Heute sind wir alle drei mehr oder weniger gecancelt….. merkwürdig, oder?
@BBarucker
@FranzSchellhorn Weil der Staat feige agiert und agierte. Besonders Migranten merken sehr schnell, wie weit sie hier gehen können. Man hätte von Beginn der Flüchtlingswelle an beinhart renitente Schüler mitsamt ihrer Familie (meinetwegen nach einmaliger Warnung) aus dem Land entfernen müssen.