Prof of Russian Studies @ Pilecki Institute | FrHistS | Russian media, war, and propaganda 🇹🇩

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Zelensky didn’t wear a suit.
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The worst people you know are fighting like cats in a sack and I too have no idea what to think about it
EXCLUSIVE: 🚹 @TulsiGabbard Recycled Published Russian Intelligence And Claimed It Was An Official American Intelligence Document In Her Latest Act Of Deception Days Before She Is Set To “Resign” As DNI 🚹 In her “Ukrainian Bio lab” document “declassification” release this week, I’ve discovered that DNI Tulsi Gabbard used graphics from official Russian intelligence documents and slapped an ODNI @ODNIgov logo on top of these same documents to present them as an official intel report created by the US government. Upon further analysis of Tulsi Gabbard’s most recent declassification related to Ukraine, I have discovered evidence that she is directly peddling Russian government propaganda. Here’s the evidence: Source: dni.gov/files/BIOLAB_Slides.
 Slide 1 ironically includes an IC assessment that claims Russia will attempt to spread false narratives about the US’s bio labs in Ukraine, which is exactly what @TulsiGabbard just helped the Russian Government do. Slide 2 contains an AI generated map of Ukraine which is clearly not an IC product, and which contains basic spelling and geographical errors, making a mockery of the US government. Slide 4 contains the internal work product of an American corporation (Black and Veatch) that worked with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Ukraine. The Russian Government claims to have captured these documents during their invasion of Ukraine. The Russian Government then widely publicized these products in their own official reports in 2022. Gabbard’s political staff (not IC analysts) recycled published propaganda of the Russian Government in an attempt to spread false narratives while falsely claiming the slideshow she released this week is an original work product of US intel agencies. Page 83 of the following document presented by the Russian Government to the UN Security Council shows the exact figure that Gabbard recycled in slide 4 of her release this week. Source: the-trench.org/wp-content/up
 Gabbard’s intent with this deception is to conflate the biological safety work being done to prevent dangerous uses of Soviet era pathogens (which has been publicly disclosed since 2005 as the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction framework) with bioweapons production so that Russia has another manufactured excuse to continue its prolonged war with Ukraine. Let’s be clear: there is no evidence that Ukraine in its longstanding cooperative program with the US has engaged in Gain of Function or biological weapons research. But what is clear is Tulsi Gabbard and her staff promulgated Russian intelligence products as American work, in violation of the Espionage Act. My FOIA request to ODNI regarding the production of these documents is being submitted on Monday morning. By law, ODNI has 10 business days to respond. I look forward to reading the emails. The Trump administration should order ODNI to take these Russian documents down today. This is embarrassing for the Trump administration. Nice to know ODNI gets their “intel” and their graphics from Russian intelligence. See photographic evidence below đŸ‘‡đŸ»
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Andrzej Poczobut im Pilecki-Institut: „Die Menschen, die den Kampf gegen beide totalitĂ€ren Systeme erlebt haben, können ihre Geschichte nicht mehr selbst erzĂ€hlen. Geblieben ist die Erinnerung an sie, diese mĂŒssen wir lebendig halten!" Poczobut war zu Gast beim Abschluss des Bildungsprojekts „Erinnerung an Orte, Orte der Erinnerung“ im Warschauer Pilecki-Institut. Seit Februar haben 42 Projektgruppen aus ganz Polen lokale Erinnerungsorte erforscht, dokumentiert und sichtbar gemacht. Zum Abschluss ihrer mehrmonatigen Arbeit prĂ€sentierten SchĂŒlerinnen und SchĂŒler, Mitglieder von Nichtregierungsorganisationen sowie unabhĂ€ngige Forscher ihre Projekte in der Warschauer Zentrale des Pilecki-Instituts. Ehrengast der Veranstaltung war Andrzej Poczobut. In seiner Ansprache betonte er die Bedeutung der Erinnerung fĂŒr kommende Generationen: „Ich bin ĂŒberzeugt, dass diese Erinnerungsorte nicht nur fĂŒr euch wichtig sein werden, sondern auch fĂŒr all jene, denen ihr diese Geschichte weitererzĂ€hlt. DafĂŒr möchte ich euch von Herzen danken.“ Andrzej Poczobut ist ein polnisch-belarussischer Journalist, Publizist und Vertreter der polnischen Minderheit in Belarus. Als Korrespondent der polnischen Tageszeitung *Gazeta Wyborcza* berichtete er ĂŒber die politische Lage in Belarus und kritisierte wiederholt das Regime von Alexander Lukaschenko. Nach mehr als fĂŒnf Jahren Haft unter hĂ€rtesten Bedingungen wurde er im April 2026 im Rahmen eines internationalen Gefangenenaustauschs freigelassen; 2025 verlieh ihm das EuropĂ€ische Parlament den Sacharow-Preis fĂŒr geistige Freiheit.
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Meanwhile, we stand watching gormlessly as Russian interference amplifies our every disagreement, fracture, and fissure, telling us that immigrants are the problem. Immigrants are not the problem. Moscow is.
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Russian asset or insufferably stupid? Why not both?
Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine. In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted. odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/

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Every 19th century folk nationalism is like “our nation isn’t like the others, we have farmers who speak a language and dance in a circle”
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In the latest episode of #RussianRoulette, @maxbergmann and I were joined by Dr. Nina Khrushcheva to discuss her recent trips to Russia, how Russian society is responding to the war in Ukraine, the evolution of Russian culture, and the legacy of her great-grandfather, Nikita Khrushchev. We also explored themes from her book, Nikita Khrushchev: An Outlier of the System, and some of the personal stories behind it. Her unique perspective made for a fascinating conversation. w/@csiserep Please listen, comment and share! CSIS: csis.org/podcasts/russian-ro
 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas
 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0MY
 YouTube: youtu.be/EtVgcASTEc8
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A completely dishonest characterization of facilities engaged in benign basic biological, medical, and veterinary research. It is no different from research performed in the U.S. or Europe. Ukraine only has a few facilities rated BSL-3 and none rated BSL-4.
Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine. In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted. odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/

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A great review of "Russia and Modern Fascism" in the "Slavonic and East European Review" by Dr. Richard Arnold. Read the full review here: muse.jhu.edu/article/991107 Get the book here: ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-
 Or via @ColumbiaUP and @GazelleBooks
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So back to the bio labs conspiracy theory
. Are we supposed to think that Ukraine has some super secret bio weapon that, in this 12th year of Russia’s invasion, they simply have never once used? Is that the idea?
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Drodzy wszyscy zajmujący się badaniami proweniencyjnymi nad zrabowana sztuką podczas i w ramach niemieckiej okupacji, bardzo zapraszamy do skƂadania aplikacji na dobre, ciekawe i ambitne roczne stypendium w berliƄskim oddziale Instytutu Pileckiego. ƚwietny dostęp do archiwów, praca z niemieckimi badaczami, sieciowanie, praca nad wystawą i konferencją w roku 2027. termin aplikacji do niedzieli - bardzo polecam i zapraszamy instytutpileckiego.pl/pl/bad

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I have over-committed to writing another book.
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Released defenders of Mariupol report on torture and deaths of Ukrainian POWs at detention facility in Russia’s Kamyshin During interrogations, POWs were beaten and tortured with electric shocks to extort confessions that they had murdered civilians. theins.press/en/news/293638
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Dear Americans. Everything you have been told about russia is a lie. It's much worse in reality. Sincerely, an immigrant from russia.
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Candace Owens: "I encourage everyone in the world to visit Russia, you'll be moved." "Everything we have been told about Russia is a lie."
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Rats, trench toilets, and brothers-in-arms dying beside you. The war for Ukraine has now lasted longer than the First World War. And for all that’s changed, some things about today’s trench warfare are grimly familiar. My report from the Kharkiv region theglobeandmail.com/world/ar

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Russia is quietly downgrading its own national spectacles. No tanks at Moscow's Victory Day parade in May — a first since 2007. Now, for the first time since 2003, no concert at Red Square for Russia Day. The show was moved to a venue across town. meduza.io/en/news/2026/06/11

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