

Silicon Curtain
Jonathan Fink
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A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias.
1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign policy, Fossil fuel sanctions, George Orwell, History, Hybrid warfare, Industrial disinfo
A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias.
1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign policy, Fossil fuel sanctions, George Orwell, History, Hybrid warfare, Industrial disinfo
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Dec 20, 2023 • 46min
312. Maksym Eristavi - The Russia Empire and it's Destructive Behaviour has no Place in the 21st Century.
Russia is tearing itself away from modern civilization and its
associated values, norms, and comforts. What demons have resurfaced from
Russia’s past, and what is driving a form of sado-masochistic
self-destruction and flagellation, that seems to be propelling Russia
backwards in a painful civilisational decline. And where will this
out-of-control Troika stop – possibly at an era that pre-dates Peter the
Great’s efforts to punch a window onto Europe in the façade of Russia’s
feudal-military despotism, established by the khans of the Mongol
Horde. But what is the role of such a state in the modern world, and how
to defend against it?
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Maksym Eristavi is the Russian colonialism storyteller-in-chief. An
award-winning author of the book “Russian colonialism 101” and founder
of Ukrainian Spaces. Maksym is a Ukrainian journalist and writer and
champion of global awareness about the Russian colonial legacy.
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LINKS:
https://twitter.com/maksymeristavi
https://www.maksymeristavi.com/
https://istpublishing.org/en/russian-colonialism-101-maksym-eristavi
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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ABOUT:
Maksym Eristavi is a Ukrainian journalist, writer, and author of
“Russian Colonialism 101,” an illustrated guide to Russian colonial
crimes. A self-described 'Russian colonialism storyteller in chief,' he
champions global awareness about the Russian colonial legacy. This
mission is personal: a mixed Ukrainian with Asian, Roma, and Georgian
roots, several generations of his family suffered from genocides,
assimilation, and identity erasure throughout centuries of Russian
colonial rule.
Eristavi has a two-decade journalism career behind his back that
included championing mainstream English-language coverage of Eastern
Europe by indigenous voices. He went from covering both Ukrainian
pro-democratic revolutions, being the country’s youngest news anchor and
newsroom manager to founding international operations at the leading
news startup covering Eastern Europe, and becoming a contributor to
leading global outlets, such as RFERL, BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, Foreign
Policy, Foreign Affairs, Politico and the Washington Post. At the same
time, Bild and The New York Times called his social media reporting an
essential source on the region. He led pioneering English-language
coverage of the Russian disinformation warfare, Russian colonialism, and
human rights violations in Eastern Europe.
His work and anti-colonial bridge-building made Eristavi a featured
speaker at leading universities, many parliaments, and foreign
ministries, including hearings at the US Congress and the European
Parliament.
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Dec 18, 2023 • 1h 6min
311. Jake Broe - Russian Aggression seems Relentless - will Putin ever Stop Attacking Until he's Stopped?
Today I’m speaking with Jake Broe, a United States Air Force veteran who
served for six years as a Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer. But
you may know him better as one of the most prominent voices on YouTube
throughout the war, someone with absolute moral clarity about who the
victim of the war is – spoilers, it’s Ukraine – and who brings direct
military experience to his detailed analysis of the unfolding conflict.
Do please subscribe to his channel for videos updates on the war in
Ukraine as well as conversations with engaging speakers, expert guests,
and other YouTubers.
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LINKS:
www.youtube.com/@ZacktheRussian
Instagram - instagram.com/zacktherussian
PayPalpay - pal.me/zackdarussian?country.x=GE&locale.x=en_US
Patreon - patreon.com/zacktherussian
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Dec 18, 2023 • 1h 14min
310. Zack the Russian - Protesting the War Forced Zach to Flee Russia Firstly to Tbilisi, Georgia then US
Zack The Russian, aged 22 and from Siberia, was forced to flee his
homeland after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He started creating
YouTube content while in Russia, to introduce Russian culture and life
to his audience. As a student in Moscow, he participated in protests
against the invasion of Ukraine, risking arrest and conscription into
the war. In March 2022, he left Russia for the Republic of Georgia,
where he lived in Tbilisi for a year.
He is now studying in the US, and works as a You Tube content creator
and is a strong voice protesting the war through his channel. He
advocates for Ukrainian independence, and gives voice to fellow Russians
who are calling for a democratic and peaceful Russia. He offers
information on how the war affects Russians and hopes, through YouTube
to further peace and understanding.
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LINKS:
www.youtube.com/@ZacktheRussian
Instagram - instagram.com/zacktherussian
PayPalpay - pal.me/zackdarussian?country.x=GE&locale.x=en_US
Patreon - patreon.com/zacktherussian
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Dec 16, 2023 • 52min
309. Lesia Dubenko - Kremlin Puppet Orban Asked to Leave Room to Allow Ukraine EU Accession Vote to Pass.
Lesia Dubenko is a political scientist and an Alumna of Lund University,
with an Msc in European Affairs. She has eight years of experience in
political and social journalism and has been published in the Financial
Times, Politico Europe, New Eastern Europe, Atlantic Council, KP. In
August 2018 she entered the Ukrainian NGO sector, and has been
cooperating with different Ukrainian NGOs, including “Europe without
Barriers”, “Internews Ukraine”, “European Pravda” and more.
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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ARTICLES:
https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-west-talk-global-south-partners-war-ukraine/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-counteroffensive-will-likely-create-new-reintegration-challenges/
https://www.ft.com/stream/cb65d50c-d074-4194-863f-d513b3226deb
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LINKS:
https://twitter.com/LesiaLVD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesiadubenko/
https://archive.kyivpost.com/author/lesia-dubenko
https://www.politico.eu/author/lesia-dubenko/
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Dec 15, 2023 • 52min
Silicon Bites - #29 - As Putin Crowned Eternal Tsar he has Restated the Ambition to Conquer Ukraine.
Edition No29 | 14-12-2023
The certainty of Putin’s re-election calls into question for many the
very terminology of ‘elections’ – of ‘competition’, ‘running’ and
‘winning’. The Kremlin has made the playing field unlevel in so many
ways over so many years that the language of a presidential ‘coronation’
might be more appropriate.
Indeed, Dmitry Peskov – Putin’s press secretary – admitted to the New
York Times that the ‘presidential election is not really democracy, it
is costly bureaucracy’, with Putin to be ‘re-elected next year with more
than 90 per cent of the vote’. Russian society has, according to
Peskov, consolidated itself so firmly around Putin that the outcome is
beyond doubt, making the election itself theoretically obsolete, even
though it will go ahead. But we should still pay attention to the
election, regardless of its certain outcome.
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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PARIS EVENT:
https://easterncircles.com/ukrainefrontsofwar
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7138842136157806592/
RUSSIAN MEDIA MONITOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDMbF-F4lo
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews
http://www.russialies.com/
ARTICLES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/7/russia-to-hold-presidential-election-in-march-2024
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/08/vladimir-putin-to-run-for-russian-president-again-in-march-2024
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/12/13/deaths-candidate-for-president-en
THE MOSCOW TIMES
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/11/navalny-missing-for-6-days-after-serious-health-related-incident-team-says-a83376
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/14/russias-election-gives-ukraine-an-opportunity-to-rebuild-forces-a83426
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/14/putins-end-of-year-press-conference-a83418
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/14/why-is-your-reality-different-from-ours-viewers-challenge-putin-at-press-conference-a83425
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/08/russias-environmental-activists-targeted-with-soviet-style-punitive-psychiatry-a83239
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/13/seize-the-moment-seize-russian-assets-for-ukraine-a83349
KYIV INDEPENDENT
https://kyivindependent.com/putin-peace-comes-only-when-russia-achieves-its-goals/
https://kyivindependent.com/update-53-injured-in-russian-attack-on-kyiv/
https://kyivindependent.com/massive-hacker-attack-reported-on-ukrainian-bank-monobank/
https://kyivindependent.com/tusks-return-pledges-stability-in-ukraine-ties-as-economic-challenges-persist/
https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-342-800-troops-in-ukraine/
https://kyivindependent.com/eu-determined-to-pass-aid-package/
https://kyivindependent.com/media-austria-posing-obstacle-to-eus-12th-sanctions-package-against-russia/
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-trip-to-dc-ends-in-disappointment-as-further-aid-remains-at-risk/
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USEFUL LINKS:
Vatnik Soup
https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi
http://www.medbat.org.ua/en/
Real World News
https://kyivindependent.com/
https://www.kyivpost.com/
https://english.nv.ua/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/
https://meduza.io/en
https://meduza.io/
https://novayagazeta.eu/
https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia...
Analysis
https://www.ft.com/russia
https://www.economist.com/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
https://cepa.org/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/
https://www.theatlantic.com/search/?s...
YouTube Channels
/ @timesradio1
/ @khodorkovskyru
/ @popularpolitics
/ @macknack
/ @plushev
/ @tvrain
/ @fake_news
/ @feyginlive
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Dec 13, 2023 • 50min
308. Mykola Kuleba - Returning Children from Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine and from Russia.
Mykola Kuleba is the founder of Save Ukraine an organisation helping to
save families and children from the war and was the Ombudsman for
Children for the President of Ukraine (2014-2021). Mykola has been
supporting the rights of children since 2000, as a founder of the
International Charitable Organization «Child Rescue» he created a
network of specialized centres for the rehabilitation of children in
difficult circumstances, street children and those without care and
support. He has played a key role in reforming the Children's Rights
Protection System, Education, Health, Social Protection and Social
Services systems, and promoted institution change for childcare in
Ukraine.
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LINKS:
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
https://twitter.com/SaveukraineUs
https://twitter.com/MykolaKuleba
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ARTICLES:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukrainian-grandmother-rescues-grandson-in-russian-occupied-territory-60-minutes/
https://www.magnitskyawards.com/about/the-magnitsky-awards/
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2023/09/18/kiev-perd-peu-a-peu-la-trace-des-enfants-ukrainiens-deportes-en-russie_6189828_3210.html#xtor=AL-32280270-%5Bdefault%5D-%5Bandroid%5D
https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/09/11/russia-has-taken-thousands-of-ukrainian-kids-some-dont-want-to-go-home
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Dec 12, 2023 • 48min
307. Olena Halushka - Liquidating $300bn in Frozen Russian Assets could Provide Crucial Funds for Ukraine
Liquidating $300bn in frozen Russian assets, could provide more funds
for Ukraine. Western allies are running short of cash, but they could
help release billions and hurt Putin’s war effort at the same time.
Confiscation would also be a lawful act of self-defence. Article 51 of
the UN charter recognises the right of individual or collective
self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a UN member. Russia’s
aggression has an obvious economic impact on Ukraine via attacks on such
things as energy, exports, civil infrastructure and economic
facilities. In 2022, Ukraine’s GDP decreased by 29.1%. In order to
continue defending itself, Ukraine should be able to access frozen
Russian assets to correct this imbalance caused by the Russian invasion.
Guardian article:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2023/dec/11/ukraine-russia-300bn-frozen-assets-west-cash-putin-war
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ABOUT:
Olena Halushka is a is a board member of the Ukrainian NGO
“Anti-corruption Action Centre”, and co-founder of the International
Centre for Ukrainian Victory. She has also worked as a chief of
international advocacy at the post-Maidan coalition of 80 CSOs
“Reanimation Package of Reforms”. Olena is a contributor to the Atlantic
Council, Kyiv Independent. She has also written op-eds for the
Washington Post, the Foreign Policy, and the EU Observer – but it’s a
major article she wrote for the UK’s Guardian newspaper that we’ll be
discussing today.
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LINKS:
https://twitter.com/OlenaHalushka
https://twitter.com/AntAC_ua
https://twitter.com/ICUVua
https://www.linkedin.com/in/olena-halushka-b7342259/?originalSubdomain=ua
https://ukrainianvictory.org/experts/olena-halushka/
https://www.fpri.org/contributor/olena-halushka/
https://cepa.org/author/olena-halushka/
https://archive.kyivpost.com/author/olena-halushka
https://foreignpolicy.com/author/olena-halushka/
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Dec 10, 2023 • 30min
Silicon Bites - #28 - The Blockade of Ukrainian Trucks is Immoral and Likely Coordinated from Moscow
Edition No28 | 09-12-2023
The organizers of the Polish trucker strike at the Ukrainian border have
close ties to Russia. They supported Russia’s occupation of Crimea, and
some voted against condemning Russian war crimes.
The official organizer of the protest at the Ukrainian-Polish border
crossings is Rafał Mekler, the owner of the transportation company Rafał
Mekler Transport. He is also the head of the far-right party
Confederation of Freedom and Independence chamber in Lublin, which has
anti-Ukrainian rhetoric and close ties to Russia.
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
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ARTICLES:
https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/11/23/the-russian-trace-in-the-polish-trucker-border-blockade/
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USEFUL LINKS:
Vatnik Soup
https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi
http://www.medbat.org.ua/en/
Real World News
https://kyivindependent.com/
https://www.kyivpost.com/
https://english.nv.ua/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/
https://meduza.io/en
https://meduza.io/
https://novayagazeta.eu/
https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia...
Analysis
https://www.ft.com/russia
https://www.economist.com/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
https://cepa.org/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/
https://www.theatlantic.com/search/?s...
YouTube Channels
/ @timesradio1
/ @khodorkovskyru
/ @popularpolitics
/ @macknack
/ @plushev
/ @tvrain
/ @fake_news
/ @feyginlive
~~~~~

Dec 10, 2023 • 27min
Silicon Bites - #27 - Authoritarian Franchise Opens in Serbia - is Russia the McDonald's of Tyranny?
Edition No27 | 08-12-2023
A branch of the pro-Russian organization "Other Ukraine," founded by the
exiled Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, was registered in Serbia.
Medvedchuk, who was long thought to be Russian dictator Putin’s
right-hand man in Ukraine, was charged with high treason and placed
under house arrest in 2021, only to flee as Russia launched its
full-scale invasion. He was subsequently re-arrested in April 2022. In
September, he was handed over to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange.
The Serbian branch of the organization is headed by Dragan Stanojevic, a
Serbian politician and public figure known for his pro-Russian,
anti-Ukrainian views. Stanojevic was sanctioned by Ukraine in 2021 and
banned from entering the country.
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https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Kyiv Independent
https://kyivindependent.com/us-domestic-politics-threaten-to-overwhelm-support-for-ukraine/
https://kyivindependent.com/rfe-rl-medvedchuks-pro-russian-movement-opens-branch-in-serbia/
https://kyivindependent.com/as-sanctions-bite-russia-eyes-ukraines-mineral-resources-to-fund-its-invasion/
https://kyivindependent.com/im-afraid-well-never-find-them-russia-holding-thousands-of-ukrainian-civilians-hostage/
The Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/07/uk-accuses-moscow-of-cyber-campaign-against-top-politicians-a83353
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/07/russia-sets-presidential-election-for-march-17-a83342
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/07/new-aid-pledges-to-ukraine-at-lowest-level-since-war-began-study-a83347
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/07/families-ask-putin-to-return-mobilized-troops-from-ukraine-a83350
The Economist
https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/11/23/russia-is-starting-to-make-its-superiority-in-electronic-warfare-count
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/11/30/how-putin-is-reshaping-russia-to-keep-his-war-machine-running
https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/12/04/grief-camps-help-ukrainian-children-face-the-loss-of-parents
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USEFUL LINKS:
Vatnik Soup
https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi
http://www.medbat.org.ua/en/
Real World News
https://kyivindependent.com/
https://www.kyivpost.com/
https://english.nv.ua/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/
https://meduza.io/en
https://meduza.io/
https://novayagazeta.eu/
https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia...
Analysis
https://www.ft.com/russia
https://www.economist.com/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
https://cepa.org/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/
https://www.theatlantic.com/search/?s...
YouTube Channels
/ @timesradio1
/ @khodorkovskyru
/ @popularpolitics
/ @macknack
/ @plushev
/ @tvrain
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Dec 9, 2023 • 44min
306. Francis Farrell - Zaluzhnyi Wasn't Given the Weapons Needed to Break Through and now Faces Stalemate
Francis Farrell is a journalist and photographer, as well as a reporter
at the Kyiv Independent. He is a recent international studies graduate
and Russia & Eurasia area specialist with interest and experience in
areas of elections, media freedom, regional and hybrid conflicts. He is
a native English and Hungarian speaker with fluent Russian and
Ukrainian languages.
Ukraine could still lose the war. Let’s get some things straight.
https://kyivindependent.com/francis-farrell-failing-to-empower-ukraines-victory-the-west-makes-possible-its-defeat/
November 28, 2023 – Francis Farrell – Reporter.
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DETAILS:
1. Zaluzhnyi is right. The front line across Ukraine has become static,
and taking territory is becoming harder and harder for both sides.
2. The main reason Ukraine finds itself in this position is because it
wasn't given the weapons it needed to change the game before the war
settled into this positional tussle.
3. While it remains taboo to admit, it’s now nearly impossible to deny
that the West, in particular Washington, does not want a complete
Ukrainian victory.
4. The West’s unwillingness to empower a Ukrainian victory is no clearer
than in the issue of providing long-range missiles.
5. Ukraine’s war effort depends most of all on Washington, where
bipartisan support for Ukraine is openly faltering in Congress, and a
presidential election could bring it all down.
6. Even if Western military support continues to trickle in, Ukraine
cannot fight a war at this intensity on its own forever.
7. The high cost of war on both sides means eventual peace negotiations
are not unthinkable, but discussions about them usually get everything
wrong.
8. Russia’s mission to destroy independent Ukraine hasn’t changed.
Moscow has little left to lose, and its strategy of tiring out the West
is slowly working.
9. To end the war with an independent Ukraine, the West must provide
honest answers to two questions.
Note from the author:
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either. But as I have said before a few times, keeping in touch with
reality is one of the most important parts about keeping one's head
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