Putin is said to have been deeply affected by the way Muammar Qaddafi was killed. He watched the video of a bloodied Qaddafi dragged from his bunker, sodomized, and shot—over and over and over again.… (View Post)

BERLIN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Cutting off Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payment system should not be part of the second EU sanctions package against Russia that EU leaders will decide upon at a… (View Post)

Zelenskyy’s speech from yesterday with English subtitles: https://twitter.com/PMoelleken/status/1496941845812760577 (View Post)

Putin’s had a bad day on many fronts. Politically, he’s Kim Jong-un. Militarily, Ukrainian Army has not collapsed, successfully regained airport, downed aircraft, destroyed armour with UK kit. Financ… (View Post)

Clear tonight that US and UK have led the (largely failed) attempt to go for the harshest measures against Russia but the EU rejected SWIFT proposal — contrary to uninformed twitter commentary from b… (View Post)