Siarhei Skavarodkin

[Як_мне_ўсё_абрыдла🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @Warszawski_BLR]

Ja pierdolę. Co tu się odjaniepawla? 🙈

Так, гэта скрын сапраўднай старонкі інтэрнэт-крамы zalando 😂

[Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) @magyarpeterMP]

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just called to congratulate us on our victory.

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

‼️Statement on the Orbán Government Accusing Me, an Investigative Journalist, of Espionage‼️

Today, the Hungarian government has filed a complaint against me for espionage. Accusing investigative journalists of espionage is virtually unprecedented in the 21st century for an EU member state. This is typical of Putin’s Russia, Belarus, and similar regimes.

I have spent over a decade documenting how Russian spies and interests have penetrated Hungarian politics, so I am probably the least surprised by this.

Despite growing signs that the Hungarian government acts as a Kremlin ally and copies the Russian model, I still trust that parts of the Hungarian state—and the judiciary—follow the Hungarian constitution, not that of the Russian Federation.

I have never engaged in espionage. I see my work as journalistic counterintelligence—from exposing the hacking of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry by Russian actors to revealing the activities of Hungarian pro-Kremlin propagandists.

Defending myself publicly would be easier if I were not bound by source protection. But that remains my top priority. I cannot reveal who provides me information or what I receive, including from within Hungarian state structures.

If I were not a journalist, I could list many facts proving it is impossible for the Hungarian state to genuinely believe I am spying. Certain meetings, contacts, and information gathering could never have happened otherwise.

This baseless accusation now forces me to share details of a specific investigation, including a conversation with a confidential source that appears to have been wiretapped. Normally, this would appear in a finished article or my upcoming book—not here. (It will appear there as well.)

Since 2023, I have investigated whether the relationship between Péter Szijjártó and Russian officials exceeds legal limits. The published audio, where I’m heard talking to a source, mentions that communication between Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov is recorded by EU intelligence services. Less attention has gone to my point that this relationship raises strong suspicion of political intelligence activity and influence operations in Russia’s interest.

These are serious claims and hard to prove. As a journalist, I cannot force anyone to speak or hand over documents. That is why gathering this information has taken so long—and why I spoke to that sensitive source (while the conversation was secretly recorded).

Serious claims require serious evidence, and I believe I have gathered some. I have not engaged in espionage.
I have not cooperated with any foreign intelligence service in surveilling Szijjártó. Instead, I tried to verify earlier fragments of information about Szijjártó–Lavrov communication.

I sought to identify the channels and phone numbers used, and whether a secret channel—possibly used by Russian intelligence—exists. In other words, whether Szijjártó uses a hidden device or number unknown even within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry.

This was only one part of my research. The other, more serious topic is this:

Since at least 2016–2017, EU and NATO intelligence services have had indications that large amounts of cash and precious stones may have been transported from Russia on Hungarian government aircraft or private jets used by government figures. Officials from at least six countries made such claims to me.

These signals did not come from monitoring Hungarian targets, but, for example, from intercepting Russian officials discussing or preparing such shipments.

Alongside Szijjártó–Lavrov communication, I examined how baggage screening and handling works on such flights, which officials travel with what luggage, whether more packages arrive from Moscow than depart, and how such shipments could be handled discreetly.

I know how serious this is, and I would not have written even this much—but since I do not know what else may be taken from the edited recording, or what fabricated accusations (like, for example, that I was seeking such details to commit terrorism) may follow, I believe I must share this now.

Why do I investigate all this?

According to many sources familiar with the Hungarian state and counterintelligence, there is no independent body in the Orbán system able to investigate or act if a senior official is suspected of espionage.

Government members direct intelligence services and set expectations. The services lack both tools and authority to investigate a government member.

I knew this would be difficult when I chose to pursue it. But few people in Hungary can or dare to do this, so I felt it was my duty.

We have now reached the point where the Orbán government—of which Szijjártó is still a member—aware of my reporting plans and the risk they pose, has preemptively accused me of espionage.

I am a Hungarian patriot. I serve the public. As an investigative journalist, my job is to hold power accountable. Neither political theater nor legal threats will deter me.

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Orban’s Foreign Minister has confirmed that he systematically informed Moscow what EU leaders talked about behind closed doors. What a disgrace.

[последний вагон из центра 🚃 @popetamehnopeka]

czy wiecie może jak Francuzi nazywają swoje zeznanie podatkowe?

[Terry Virts @AstroTerry]

US Government posting a version of “Ein volk, ein reich, ein führer.”

I don’t see how this ends well.

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

Trump won’t be taking the pressure off Europe any time soon.
In the @FT, @gideonrachman rightfully points out that Europe has a lot of leverage that can be used against the US—tariffs, armament contracts, bases in Europe to project US power forward—if Trump does not back down. But this does not fill me with optimism, because Europe has consistently failed to show that it is willing and able to use any of its levers.
Four years was plenty of time for Europe to build up the necessary strength and resolve to support Ukraine fully, thereby maintaining our continent’s relevance and influence in international affairs, but that didn’t happen.
Europe, not so long ago, accepted unilateral tariffs, deliberately underplaying the weight of the world’s biggest trading bloc. If it was an attempt to de-escalate with Trump – it didn’t work.
When it came to frozen Russian assets, European team spirit crumbled again. And although it wasn’t a financial loss for Ukraine—who will be getting 90 billion euros—it was a defeat for Europe as a whole. Under pressure from both Russia and the US, despite the considerable efforts of Chancellor Merz, the EU will continue to protect the money of the aggressor.
In the eye of the storm, the EU could invite Greenland back into the European Union, offering the guarantees of EU treaty article 42 (7). But it’s extremely difficult to see European leaders agreeing on this.
We know we are stuck, our friends and enemies know too. Therefore nobody should expect the pressure on Europe to be reduced until we realise that respect is fought for, not begged for.

[Matthew Prince 🌥 @eastdakota]

We let the Internet down today. Here’s our technical post mortem on what happened. On behalf of the entire @Cloudflare team, I’m sorry. https://t.co/uTi23Vcx0g

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

This is not the first time the "old guard" in tech feels the "new guard" is reckless / doesn't care about the craft / doesn't respect software like they do, and yet get similar or better results on first glance

Part of the challenge, part of what makes this so unique + special

[Плоткина @medulla_ossium]

1) this person isn’t just a “mentally deranged lunatic” - he was arrested 14 times and knew exactly what he was doing. People like him should be isolated or treated, if indicated by psych, not just released.
2) let’s not forget WHY Iryna came to the US - she had to leave her home because of putin’s war. Thousands of Ukrainians were killed, millions were forced to flee and start over. They DID NOT choose this. This war must be stopped.
Iryna was a refugee and a legal worker who paid taxes, yet despite all this, she still didn’t deserve to be safe? It shouldn’t be like that.

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

No words

[s3nh @s3nhxx]

AI/LLM benchmarks in 2025 be like

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Revolut's website is the first EVER for a bank where the site "remembers" where I was when it auto logs me out after inactivity. Logging in I'm back where I was!

All other banks log you out, redirect to the login page and lose state.

Hundreds of small things like this add up!!

[Bojan Tunguz @tunguz]

Rate my server room.

[Maksim @Zlydzen]

Чыя хата, прызнавайцеся. Пусціце пад пальмай паляжаць

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Trump’s presidency is costing Americans more every day.

[Anton Osika @antonosika]

figma says we can't use the word "dev mode" in lovable 😄

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

This is wild

Spain blocking possibly 75% of internet traffic that is proxies through Cloudflare

Also blocking all of Vercel right now

Shows how strange court orders aimed to shut down select few sites can take down most of the internet in the country…

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

This was not a mistake. A mistake is something like imposing tariffs on penguins. What we saw in Sumy is a deliberate continuation of a genocidal invasion. Our real mistake is not helping Ukraine enough. The appropriate response would be to admit our mistake and stop making it.

[Як_мне_ўсё_абрыдла🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @Warszawski_BLR]

Сённяшні дзень у Польшчы прайшоў пад знакам маёй "улюбёнай" забавы, імя якой "дэбаты пра дэбаты".

А пачалося ўсё з таго, што Тшаскоўскі кінуў выклік Наўроцкаму, запрапанаваўшы дэбаты ў фармаце "1 на 1" у горадзе Коньске.
Дзень скончваецца, а мы і далей не ведаем, ці дэбаты адбудуцца.

Давайце разбірацца 🧵