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💥Hungary's gov't creates a new role — akin to the US Director of National Intelligence — for strategic oversight of the intelligence agencies. A major reform is coming with the appointment of Péter Buda, a respected expert on Russian hybrid warfare. More: vsquare.org/goulash-hungarys…
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💥New Goulash newsletter! On the menu: Hungary's post-Orbán intelligence overhaul finally has a name and a face. Plus the quiet Prague–Budapest back channel before Hungary's election. And a meaty Czech defense scoop: Omnipol is moving on AERO Vodochody. vsquare.org/goulash-hungarys…
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In March 2022, Popasna in Ukraine's Luhansk region ceased to be a town and became a front line. Russian tanks moved into residential neighborhoods, rockets struck the centre, and residents fled west along roads under fire from both sides. vsquare.org/how-the-resident…
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RT @panyiszabolcs: 🇳🇴 I was invited to speak at the Oslo Freedom Forum (@OsloFF) about the Orbán regime and what these past sixteen years w…
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A secret department inside one of Russia's most prestigious universities has been quietly producing hackers, saboteurs, and spies for the GRU. Now 2,000 leaked documents reveal exactly where its graduates end up — and what they do there. vsquare.org/welcome-to-the-g…
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At Göd's battery factory in Hungary, defective batteries get relabeled as normal products, loaded onto unmarked trucks, and quietly shipped — no hazard codes, no paper trail — to warehouses across Hungary and a processing plant in Poland. vsquare.org/toxic-cargo-batt…
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💥Polish CNC machine tools are reaching Russia via Turkish intermediaries, despite sanctions — and they are used to produce weapons for the war in Ukraine. Western technology keeps flowing to the aggressor, with violators rarely facing consequences. vsquare.org/arming-the-enemy…
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In March 2022, Popasna in Ukraine's Luhansk region ceased to be a town and became a front line. Russian tanks moved into residential neighborhoods, rockets struck the centre, and residents fled west along roads under fire from both sides. vsquare.org/how-the-resident…
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💥SCOOP: Rumors intensifying that Viktor Orbán's MAGA allies want to throw him a lifeline: a top UN job, with diplomatic immunity attached, to shield him from prosecution back home in Hungary. 🔗More in @VSquare_Project's latest Goulash newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-orbans-u…
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💥Polish CNC machine tools are reaching Russia via Turkish intermediaries, despite sanctions — and they are used to produce weapons for the war in Ukraine. Western technology keeps flowing to the aggressor, with violators rarely facing consequences. vsquare.org/arming-the-enemy…
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A secret department inside one of Russia's most prestigious universities has been quietly producing hackers, saboteurs, and spies for the GRU. Now 2,000 leaked documents reveal exactly where its graduates end up — and what they do there. vsquare.org/welcome-to-the-g…
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At Göd's battery factory in Hungary, defective batteries get relabeled as normal products, loaded onto unmarked trucks, and quietly shipped — no hazard codes, no paper trail — to warehouses across Hungary and a processing plant in Poland. vsquare.org/toxic-cargo-batt…
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A Russian spy under diplomatic cover who spent years infiltrating think-tanks tied to the Orbán government was quietly sent home from Budapest — but only after Orbán's electoral defeat removed the shield that had protected him for months. @VSquare_Project vsquare.org/the-think-tank-s…
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💥SCOOP: Orbán not only granted asylum to North Macedonia's fugitive ex-PM Gruevski — but also Hungarian citizenship in 2022, justified by "Hungarian state interest." This may shield him from extradition even under Magyar's gov't. More in our newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-orbans-u…
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