Mats Bengtsson

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Retired 🇸🇪 software developer
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Caterpillar yet again caught with their pants down, shipping their equipment to Russia through convenient intermediaries.

Caterpillar equipment being supplied to Russia in circumvention of sanctions – mediaukrainetoday.org 15.07.2024 21:40 American-made Caterpillar heavy equipment is supplied to Russia by the official dealer – the UK-based company Vostochnaya Technica, despite Caterpillar’s withdrawal from Russia, and in evasion of U.S. and UK sanctions. This was reported…

Hundreds of construction vehicles exported to Russia via Finlandyle.fi A Finnish defence expert says it is highly likely that Russia has also used equipment meant for commercial markets for military purposes.

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This powerful, compelling must-read piece by @nicolastenzer.bsky.social deserves more than a simple repost. tenzerstrategics.substack.com/p/the-okhmat...

The Okhmatdyt Hospital: a Symbol of an Extinct Worldtenzerstrategics.substack.com When Conventional Emotion Eludes Meaning

Waiting for Alex Jones to declare the recent shooting in Butler, PA a hoax, and Donald J. Trump a "crisis actor".

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Kyiv today. russia hit children’s hospital near the centre of the city. 21 killed 65 wounded There are still people under the rubble How you can /negotiate / with this ?

MeidasTouch is right. US corporate media is already bending over backwards not to offend Trump. They are scared beyond belief what a second Trump presidency will mean for their business and them personally, should they print something that the tender orange ego might take an offence to. Cowardice.

Then you didn't read the article closely enough. Measles exist in more places in the Americas, and there are outbreaks here and there from time to time, in particular in areas with low vaccination rates. Measles are either gone everywhere, or nowhere.

What you're sharing makes it worse if it reads the way it - now the disease is back thanks to that family from abroad. Not sure why lapse of time is considered a factor in whether to care about it or anything else is though. this weird "get upset" syntax makes your response feel confrontational

Bending over backwards to support an aggressor, waging a brutal war on their neighbor. They should be rewarded with sanctions.

t.me/United24medi... The #BRICS 🤡countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have agreed to support #Russia 's initiative to create a grain exchange for the association. This new exchange will enable member countries to settle transactions in their national currencies, alt⬇️

<<"Without a proper navy Russia does not have a future as a state" Medvedev said to cadets at the Nakhimov Naval Academy in his native city of St Petersburg.>> Lol. Medvedev said this in 2009. At the time Russia aspired to build 5-6 aircraft carriers. Now they have none, but they have many yachts.

Medvedev sees stronger Russian navy despite crisiswww.reuters.com Russia's planned expansion of its navy could take longer than expected because of the financial slowdown but will still be implemented in full, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.<BR><BR> Moscow, keen to play a more assertive role in world politics, last year announced plans to build new types of weapons, including nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers.<BR><BR> But after a decade of an o

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At today's match between Ukraine and Belgium, fans have revealed a banner with a portrait of a fallen Ukrainian warrior. The banner has 182 portraits of fallen Ukrainian defenders, who in civilian life belonged to fan movements of Ukrainian sports clubs. x.com/Gerashchenko...

The sooner the better. It isn't Russia that's dying, it's Russian business & the regime of Vladimir Putin. If there are still some sane people around that haven't been pushed through windows or thrown in jail, I suggest they join forces to get rid of the Putin regime & save Russian business.

The deputy head of the Central Bank predicted Russia's "death" from sanctions if alternative ways of settlements for Russian exports and imports are not found

Замглавы ЦБ спрогнозировал «погибель» России от санкций, если не будут найдены альтернативные пути расчетов за российский экспорт и импортtheins.ru На Петербургском международном юридическом форуме первый зампред Банка России Владимир Чистюхин заявил о серьезной угрозе для российской экономики, вызванной западными санкциями

Is there something wrong with my eyes, or am I really seeing a lot of higher quality posts recently on Bsky, perhaps heralding that the great exodus from X has finally begun?

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Chasiv Yar.. Yet another Popasna, Bakhmut and many other destroyed front line cities.

A clear-eyed Russian with a spine.

Putin in North Korea: Dangerous Alliance?youtu.be In this compelling interview, a Russian woman shares her insights on President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to North Korea and the signing of strategic part...

Moscow provoked the eastern states in Europe, plus Finland and Sweden, to seek membership of NATO by being as belligerent, barbaric and outright criminal as only dictatorships run by psychopaths with imperial ambitions can be.

#Breaking Nigel Farage claims the West provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine www.smh.com.au/world...#Breaking Nigel Farage claims the West provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine www.smh.com.au/world...

Nigel Farage claims the West provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukrainewww.smh.com.au The comments in a BBC Panorama interview with Nick Robinson echo arguments made by Donald Trump, the former US president and friend of Farage.

Moscow's war in Ukraine is now a proxy war between North and South Korea.

#849dayofwar ⚡South Korea has said that it would “reconsider” sending weapons to Ukraine in a warning to Vladimir Putin after the Russian president signed a mutual defence pact with North Korea amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, - FT #UkraineWar

False, as always. But it would be the end of the current barbaric and criminal regime in Moscow.

Strategic battlefield defeat would be end of Russia's statehood, Putin claims

Strategic battlefield defeat would be end of Russia's statehood, Putin claimskyivindependent.com

"What is the definition of terrorism? terrorism. noun. ter·ror·ism ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm. 1. : the unlawful use or threat of violence especially against the state or the public as a politically motivated means of attack or coercion." The current regime in Moscow are sponsors & practitioners of terrorism.

Meanwhile in Russia: fully realizing that Ukraine cannot be defeated on the battlefield, Vladimir Solovyov once again demands for the Kyiv dam to be destroyed in order to flood the city. youtu.be/_p5527qiuMY

Vladimir Solovyov urges Russia to destroy the Kyiv damyoutu.be

I did not know Trump's grandfather made the family fortune by pimping out women during the Klondyke gold rush. Somehow it doesn't surprise me at all....

The Brothel Behind The Trump Fortune (Canadiana Shorts)youtu.be A story about a ghost town, a brothel, and a businessman whose ventures during the Klondike Gold Rush solidified his family's name for years to come: Frederick Trump. Support the channel: https://www.patreon.com/thisiscanadiana CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/canadiana?sub TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thisiscanadiana INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscanad... FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thisiscanadiana WEBSITE: https://www.thisiscanadiana.com DONATE ONCE W/ PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.me/thisiscanadiana MERCH: https://www.redbubble.com/people/canadiana?ref=artist_title_name *Please note: This is a re-release of a previous version published briefly to our channel in September 2018. A small change was necessary but the story remains the same. Friedrich (Frederick) Trump continued operating his hotel/brothel in Whitehorse, Yukon for over a year—he actually had the building rafted there from Bennett, BC after just six weeks. Eventually, news got out that the Mounties were going to crack down on gambling and prostitution, so Trump took his money and went back to Germany. But, Germany didn't want him. To his homeland, he'd been a draft-dodger—leaving the country at the time he would have been conscripted—so he was deported. Trump moved back to the U.S. (he'd become a citizen while in Seattle) with his new wife. The couple had children, one of whom was Fred Trump Jr.. He would turn his father's Klondike nest-egg into the fortune eventually inherited by Donald Trump. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave President Trump a photo of Frederick Trump's hotel as a gift. Notes/Corrections: There's controversy regarding the term 'pimp' and the wider story of the hotel's secondary function as a brothel. In fact, Snopes deemed a meme that circulated about the story 'mostly false' in this article: https://goo.gl/Kqkne4. We've read their treatment and see that it focuses on a rumour Trump was involved in the opium trade—we can't speak to that because we haven't seen any mention of it. The article also takes the position that, during the Gold Rush, most hotels included sex work. Snopes states that Trump's establishments may have also been brothels, but the evidence is anecdotal. What convinces us is the excerpts you see and hear from newspapers at the time, as well as the mountain of other articles written about Frederick Trump that point to the fact that owning a combination hotel-brothel wasn't unusual for him. Calling Trump a 'pimp' might be a little on-the-nose because he most likely rented those 'private rooms' to sex workers to use rather than literally going to find customers for them. However, the distinction is a grey area and he clearly profited from the prostitution he promoted in newspaper ads. We leave it to you to decide what to make of it all, and would like to point you to the following articles and resources: Gwenda Blair's "The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a President" - https://goo.gl/qXkzbo Articles by Maclean's, Bloomberg, and CBC (there are many others as well): https://goo.gl/AqJYJt, https://goo.gl/zT7hCG, https://goo.gl/h5cibD The Trump family name was once Drumpf: https://nyti.ms/2wUmNDO

I think I know why Orban no longer blocks aid for Ukraine in NATO, and negotiations to become a member of the EU. Last week, or perhaps it was earlier this week, I heard Moscow reporting it had found evidence of Ukraine preparing to blow up the Turkstream pipe, at bottom of the Black Sea. 1/2

Lol. According to the criminal regime in Moscow, the U.S. Dollar is collapsing, but for some reason it is they who are running into serious difficulties when access to USD is restricted.

The Central Bank canceled morning trading on the Moscow Exchange

Центробанк отменил утренние торги на Московской бирже — Meduzameduza.io Банк России принял решение с 14 июня отменить утренние торговые сессии на валютном рынке и рынке драгоценных металлов, а также на срочном рынке Московской биржи. Об этом сообщается на сайте регулятора.

The Keto diet is working. My wardrobe needs an update.

The military genius of Putin demonstrates again how he is capable of creating the same battlefield disasters as Stalin & Hitler did. The intention with the Kharkiv operation was to stretch Ukrainian forces thin. Instead he manages to snuff out a significant portion of his own troops.

Russia fails to fulfill its Kharkiv operation, Zelensky says

Russia fails to fulfill its Kharkiv operation, Zelensky sayskyivindependent.com Russian troops failed their Kharkiv Oblast offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on June 8 after meeting with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.

Lol.

🤣😂 Who made this ? #Trump #Lachute

Russia, US, UK, France, China promised to respect and protect Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. Neither Russia or China fulfill their commitments. There is no point in negotiating with parties who do not fulfill their commitments.

🚫🇺🇦 Today marks 28 years since Ukraine lost its status as a nuclear power. In 1996, Ukrainian authorities transferred the last nuclear missiles to Russia. The Budapest Memorandum was signed on December 5, 1994 by the leaders of 🇺🇦Ukraine, 💀Russia, 🇬🇧UK and 🇺🇸USA.

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Guys, I know. I KNOW. But here’s the thing I have spent 18 long & increasingly bloody years listening to Russia dudebros explain how anything you do to expose/punish Putin “only makes him stronger” It was the basis of our do-nothing-about-revanchism policy It was flat wrong /1

@europeanspod.bsky.social where is your latest podcast episode where you tell the story of who was really behind the angry farmers' protest earlier this year? mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i7yqk...

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Are Putin and Trump capable of grasping the meaning of this quote?

"You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds." Dag Hammarskjöld

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Are you there, Europe? It’s me, Ukraine. I’m suffering badly and if you let me perish, you’re next. Please help right now! www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/w...

Russia Bombs Hardware Superstore in Kharkiv, Killing 6, Ukraine Sayswww.nytimes.com It was the latest attack in a sustained bombing campaign that has made life increasingly dangerous for civilians in the northeastern Ukrainian city.

Putin is using Kharkiv as a punching bag, challenging the bed-wetters in DC and in the capitals of Europe. How long will it take for them to grow a spine?

Russia hit the Kharkiv hypermarket. Photo. There are dead, wounded and missing persons

Россия ударила по харьковскому гипермаркету. Фото. Есть погибшие, раненые и пропавшие без вести — Новая газета Европаnovayagazeta.eu В субботу, 25 мая, Россия сбросила две авиабомбы на Харьков, в результате пострадал строительный гипермаркет «Эпицентр» на улице Героев Труда. По информации украинскиз властей, в здании могли находиться более 200 человек. Сразу после удара в торговом центре начался пожар, огонь охватил здание полностью. По данным на 21:00 мск, погибли три человека, пострадали 38. После этой атаки российские военные нанесли удар по жилому району в центре Харькова. Пострадали 14 человек, среди которых подросток. «Новая-Европа» собрала фоторепортаж о последствиях атаки на Харьков.

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They hit the barbershop and “Nova Poshta”: the Russians hit Kharkiv for the fourth time in a day (video)ukrainetoday.org Yuriy Kobzar20:38, 05/25/24 The impact fell on the central part of the city. The Russians struck a new blow on Kharkiv , the fourth in a day. This time, the Russians attacked the central part of the city, according to local authorities. According to Oleg…