Anton Shekhovtsov

Some Friday/weekend reading for you. "...Reduced to function, human beings lose all cultural protection from the not-so-invisible hand of the techno-oligarchic gardener".

Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, UN says. buff.ly/eP6VgN4

Good morning Europe.

Everybody who has stoked racist hatred in relation to the French protests, online or offline, bears personal responsibility for this. buff.ly/M0hKZqb

In 1956, Moscow agreed to withdraw its troops from Budapest. One week later, it launched a 60,000-soldier operation to crush Hungary’s revolution. buff.ly/zWcE3vb

Leaked WhatsApps between ex-EU commissioner Reynders and senior Belgian spy reveal attempts to bury allegations of his possible Russia ties. buff.ly/pVAgdFy

Kremlin payment firm A7 has been pumping billions in ‘untraceable’ cash into global financial system. buff.ly/LdOtdaJ

In which @shekhovtsov.substack.com pulls a pop culture reference. Not a bad one👇

When you say that Elon Musk, who – by tampering with the Ukrainian use of Starlink’s military-grade version – now has Ukrainian blood on his hands (obviously), don’t forget that he also orchestrated the first techno-oligarchic “holocaust” in history: buff.ly/H98r8ln

“NATO's European Allies (and Canada) must be able to defend Europe with minimal US reinforcement. In this context, developing a European way of war is essential”. buff.ly/HTYTqOP

After German authorities uncovered a sabotage operation at Leipzig Airport, a Kremlin representative contacted his counterpart in the German government. He warned that Leipzig was not Moscow's final operation. buff.ly/HnIZPRT

“In the new race for space, Europe has already fallen so far behind that catching up looks barely conceivable. Yet last week’s reports of disruptions to Starlink services in ‌Ukraine show that catch up it must”. buff.ly/HTmOPli

Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine. buff.ly/G5LEwVT The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions.

Apparently, emptiness was never warned that if it gazed long enough into Trump, Trump would start communicating with it.

The art of communicating with emptiness.

Moscow has been obsessed with the idea of a "New Yalta agreement" for many years: "Putin Floats a Summit With Trump and Xi to Discuss Ukraine Deal". buff.ly/yh53vkT

Responses to the street violence in France are all too predictable: racists point to non-Whites, Zionists to Arabs, and fascists to communists.

Well, we in Europe may hate the techno-oligarchic capture of the US as much as we want, but unless Brussels and national capitals do their “European sovereignty” job, our attitude is nothing more than helpless hate discharge – something that the techno-oligarchy itself is happy to organise.

Investigation reveals spread of Palantir’s influence across Europe. buff.ly/nDURbhP

A journalist asks Zelensky whether he thinks that Trump is treating him as a scapegoat for his own problems. And Zelensky responds.

OK, I give up - do replace them with robots already, it pains me to know that these are people.

As Marine Le Pen once again declares that - should she become French president - she will oppose Ukraine's EU membership, can someone explain to her that she will have to choose between Ukrainians entering the EU as fellow citizens and Ukrainians entering the EU aboard Russian tanks?

BBC inviting Sergey Markov for commentary is pretty crazy for so many reasons, the main being the fact that Markov is so insignificant in the Russian regime hierarchy that he cannot possibly know anything about Russian interference in the UK electoral processes.

Nine ways the Trump administration could interfere with the midterms. buff.ly/RGufiJI

Der deutlichste Unterschied zwischen Faschismus und Techno-Oligarchie: Faschismus: Manche Menschen sind das Problem. Techno-Oligarchie: Das Menschliche am Menschen ist das Problem.

“The first thing you need to know about Boris Johnson is: he’s a liar”. https://youtu.be/QS7kUqKeg_0

“There is a ​lot at stake for Musk with House Democrats calling for investigations into his government ​contracts” as SpaceX CEO and his work ⁠running the Department of Government Efficiency under Trump. buff.ly/yk1qrfR

"Yandex Strikes Caused Russian Bot Activity To Drop By 50 Percent" Is FALSE. buff.ly/Pa7fvr8

If presidential elections are held in Ukraine soon, Volodymyr Zelensky will not have to run a campaign – his team will just need to circulate statements against him by Trump, Musk and the Kremlin.

Burnham becomes first PM to confirm Russian interference in Brexit vote. buff.ly/J1duMQv

Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn. buff.ly/oM039Va

The Old King’s Last Gamble: buff.ly/KGDQjR0

Russia’s escalating sabotage campaign in Europe is not a display of strength but of panic: every day of Russia’s war on Ukraine pushes Moscow further behind in the civilisational contest it has already lost. buff.ly/KGDQjR0

Mind you, if Ukraine keeps bombing Russian data centres and thus disrupts Russian digital campaigns aiming to boost MAGA in the run-up to the midterms, Trump will soon say that Ukraine is interfering in the US politics. Because how else to describe the disruption of Russian pro-Trump info ops?

Trump’s decision to strike a deal with Putin and buy Russian diesel – weakening sanctions and bankrolling the Russian war machine – is truly Lindsey Graham’s “sanctions from hell”. No confusion or contradiction here – Graham was a turncoat who betrayed US Republicanism by jumping on the MAGA wagon.

The number of foreign powers August Hanning, former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, apparently supplied stolen data to keeps multiplying: Israel, Azerbaijan, China… So now Hanning looks like he was an intelligence grocery. Hanning. Like Rewe, Aldi or Lidl, but for intelligence.

As the far-right AfD is preparing a joint motion in the Saxony-Anhalt council together with the far-left BSW calling for an end to military support for Ukraine, one may want to recall this piece from 2023. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/germany-russia-interference-afd-wagenknecht/