🇬🇧🇷🇺La BBC affirme avoir mis à jour un vaste réseau d'opérations d'influence et de sabotage lié à la Russie. L'élément le plus grave concerne des attaques visant des biens liés au Premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer. Trois incendies criminels ont été perpétrés : une voiture lui ayant appartenu, l'entrée d'un ancien logement où il résidait et l'entrée de sa maison familiale. Même si le Premier ministre n'était pas présent, cibler des propriétés associées au chef du gouvernement constitue une attaque grave et directe contre les institutions britanniques. Si les accusation de la BBC se confirment, elles valident le fait que la Russie ne se contente plus de mener des campagnes de désinformation ou d'influence en Europe, mais cherche désormais à organiser des actes de sabotage directement sur le territoire britannique. L'enquête met également en lumière une stratégie plus large consistant à attiser les tensions communautaires au Royaume-Uni. De faux groupes auraient encouragé des dégradations de mosquées et tenté de provoquer des affrontements entre communautés. L'objectif semble clair : créer de la peur, un climat de méfiance et affaiblir la cohésion sociale britannique. Ça ne vous rappelle pas un autre pays comme, par hasard, la France ? Parmi les relais de cette désinformation, on retrouve... l'extrême-droite, alliée systématique de la Russie même au Royaume-Uni. Décidément, soit le monde est vraiment petit, soit le bras de la Russie est décidément très long. Dans les deux cas, il faut sanctionner sévèrement !

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The UK government has announced plans to introduce a social media ban for under-16s by spring 2027. Professor @Sander_vdLinden shares his reaction to today's news, and measures it against the evidence we already have about social media restrictions. Learn more about his proposal for social media passports 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RUNJVF… Professor Sander van der Linden is the Director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Laboratory and a Professorial Fellow of @ChurchillCol. #SocialMediaBan #SocialMedia

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Ho una notizia terribile da darvi: Semyon Skrepetsky, che aveva partecipato alle proteste a Venezia contro la riapertura del padiglione russo, è stato assassinato. Era un artista e un dissidente russo che aveva scelto di sfidare il potere con le sue opere. Le sue caricature colpivano Putin, Kadyrov e Lukashenko, trasformando l’arte in uno strumento di denuncia contro l’autoritarismo. Dopo aver lasciato la Russia, aveva trovato rifugio in Polonia e continuava a battersi per la libertà, partecipando anche alle proteste di Europa Radicale e all’associazione radicale Certi Diritti, da ultimo contro la riapertura del padiglione russo. La sua terribile uccisione impone una riflessione non piu rinviabile. Negli ultimi anni abbiamo assistito a una lunga sequenza di avvelenamenti, omicidi e operazioni contro oppositori del Cremlino ben oltre i confini della Federazione Russa. Le responsabilità dei singoli episodi spettano alle autorità giudiziarie accertarle, ma il fenomeno delle aggressioni extraterritoriali ai danni di dissidenti e critici dei regimi autoritari rappresenta una minaccia concreta per la sicurezza europea. Per questo l’Unione europea deve fare un passo avanti. Serve una Rete europea per la protezione dei dissidenti e degli oppositori politici, coordinata a livello UE e in stretta collaborazione con gli Stati membri, capace di valutare le minacce, condividere intelligence, predisporre misure di sicurezza e offrire tutela concreta a giornalisti, artisti, attivisti e rifugiati politici esposti a rischi credibili. L’Europa deve essere un luogo in cui chi fugge dalla repressione trova libertà e protezione. Difendere i dissidenti significa difendere la nostra democrazia. In foto Semyon a Venezia

A few things happening at once that people should connect. Russia is now linked to the arson attacks on the Prime Minister's house and car last year. Shocker. And we all saw what happened the moment that story broke. Our feeds flooded with a different story about who the men were and why they did it. That's the operation. The arson is one half. The disinformation campaign is the other. Flood the zone, muddy the water, get the country shouting at itself instead of asking who is behind it. And at the same time, a chunk of the accounts pushing Scottish independence on X went dark the night Israel hit Iran's nuclear sites. Ask yourself why. Why would hostile states be interested in sowing division across the country? This is exactly what I mean when I say defence is the thread underneath everything now. Again, it isn't tanks on a border. It's an arson attack on the PM's front door and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns in the replies. It's the argument about breaking up our country being run out of Tehran. This is why resilience matters. And it's bigger than just factchecking a tweet. It's energy we can rely on. Industry we actually own. Institutions that are rock solid. Communities that don't split and fracture the moment someone pushes them. A country that is built to take a punch. That's the job now.