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Michael Flynn, Russland og enda en fortelling om at Obama startet krigen i Ukraina. Utenfilter har publisert en artikkel basert på et intervju Glenn Diesen har gjort med den tidligere amerikanske generalen Michael Flynn. Han hevder at Obama-administrasjonen ga Russland stilltiende aksept til å invadere Ukraina i 2014. Flynn legger ikke frem dokumentasjon for påstanden. Utenfilter spekulerer videre i om amerikanerne ønsket å legge grunnlaget for en fremtidig storkrig mellom Russland og Ukraina. Men hvem er egentlig Michael Flynn? Han ledet USAs militære etterretningstjeneste DIA fra 2012 til 2014 og ble senere Donald Trumps nasjonale sikkerhetsrådgiver. Den jobben beholdt han i hele 24 dager. I desember 2015 deltok han på en gallamiddag i Moskva arrangert av den russiske statskontrollerte propagandakanalen RT. Der satt han ved bordet sammen med Vladimir Putin. Dokumenter fra den amerikanske Kongressen viste senere at RT betalte 45 000 dollar for oppdraget. Flynn mottok 33 750 dollar etter at foredragsbyrået hadde tatt sin andel. I februar 2017 måtte Flynn gå av etter å ha villedet visepresident Mike Pence om samtaler med Russlands ambassadør. Han erkjente senere straffskyld for å ha gitt falske opplysninger til FBI, trakk deretter erkjennelsen tilbake og ble benådet av Trump i november 2020. Etter presidentvalget i 2020 var Flynn blant dem som fremmet påstandene om omfattende valgfusk. Han foreslo også at Trump kunne bruke militæret til å gjennomføre nye valg i delstater han hadde tapt. Flynn hevder at Russland gikk inn på Krym og i Donbas i februar 2014 for å beskytte russisktalende innbyggere. Allerede 1. mars 2014 fordømte Obama Russlands militære intervensjon i en 90 minutter lang telefonsamtale med Putin. Han krevde at russiske styrker skulle trekkes tilbake til basene sine på Krym. Den 6. mars innførte USA sanksjonstiltak som svar på Russlands handlinger. Det var altså en ganske merkelig måte å godkjenne en invasjon på. Flynn hevder videre at Zelenskyj har innført diktatur, og krever at han går av og holder presidentvalg. Han unnlater å ta hensyn til at ukrainsk lov forbyr presidentvalg under krigsrett. #desinformasjon #fakenews #maga #venneravputin #glenndiesen #norgesdemokratene

"Within days, Russian soldiers poisoned their dog, an Alabai, along with all the other large dogs in Oleshky. They killed Liudmila’s nextdoor neighbor and raped his wife. A local butcher disappeared; no one knew whether he was also killed. Some neighbors were detained and beaten. Armed, masked soldiers searched Liudmila’s home three times, confiscating the couple’s Ukrainian passports and leaving them with no documents. And yet, Liudmila and Andriy stayed. They got a new puppy, also an Alabai. Russian troops started to move into civilian houses, parking tanks in what once were gardens."

The mayor of Oslo calls for denying Russian skiers visa to Norway. The Ruzzki in the Muscovy swamp is fuming! My mayor indeed! Should be a given PM @jonasgahrstore !🇺🇦❤️🇳🇴 vg.no/sport/i/GrWVRm/russisk…

NEWS: Trump admin officials want US companies to accept the Russian diesel currently crossing the Atlantic. But American firms want nothing to do with it. They’re very scared of the legal and reputational risk, industry sources tell me and @jstein_sun washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…

A man screams by the corpse of his teenage daughter. Putin’s humanitarian efforts in Chernihiv today.

NEW: Russia is actively supporting Houthi operations to disrupt global energy markets by providing the Houthis with satellite imagery of Saudi oil and military infrastructure. Russian satellites have routinely been positioned above major Saudi energy and military sites in the days prior to and after Houthi attacks on those sites since July 2026. (1/2)

Melania Trump is quote-tweeting Putin ally and Russian propagandist Kirill Dmitriev, who was blacklisted by the U.S. government in 2022 for his role in financing Russia's war against Ukraine.

Very interesting focus groups with Russians on their view of the war. “A striking feature across all groups is a lack of compassion for others, be it towards Ukrainians or fellow Russians sent to fight. And, although some express worries about family members getting conscripted, this does not translate into sympathy for those at the front now. In fact, people dread the return of veterans, fearing new violence at home. (…) When asked if Ukraine is a sovereign country, very few reply with a firm “Yes”. Most say it is not sovereign, or not fully so—if Ukraine is mentioned among the adversaries, it is usually the “Ukrainian regime”, not the country. There is a recognition that Ukraine became a full-fledged, independent state in 1991; but, after that, people believe something happened that caused it to lose sovereignty. They struggle to explain what precisely this was. (….) If the list of Russia’s allies is quite short, the list of unfriendly states is long. “Well—everyone else”, is often the first reply. The bigger European countries—Britain, France and Germany—are usually named first, followed by the Baltic states, Finland and Poland; sometimes also countries like India and Turkey. NATO is an enemy too, for most respondents—one explains that it is because “NATO keeps encroaching on other countries to bring about so-called democracy with bombs.” Ukraine is mentioned, but not as a first choice and somewhat hesitantly—not because it is not seen as an enemy, but because, as explored above, Russians might not regard it as a proper country. And even where it is mentioned, few participants connect its “enemy” status to Russia’s own invasion of Ukraine. (…) Europe’s image seems in many ways in sync with the Kremlin’s own rhetoric. People criticise it for “gay parades”, for “women at the helm”, for didactic lecturing. In some groups, people get into exchanges about Europe’s decline: some maintain Europe is withering away, pointing to pride marches and migrants as proof. Others point out that many states want to join the EU just to benefit from Germany’s or France’s economic might, or because they would otherwise be weaker on their own. (…) Almost no one connects the perceived European “antagonism” to Russia with Europe’s reaction to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or any other actions by Russia. “I don’t know why the Finns are so antagonistic to us. Maybe they never got over the fact that we took over Karelia in 1940”, opines one respondent. Others complain about their positive attitude towards the Baltic states and these states’ negative attitude towards Russia: “I don’t know why they [the Baltic states] are so adversarial, most probably they were ordered to be like that”, concludes another participant. Confusion, propaganda, wilful ignorance and lack of curiosity probably all play their role in shaping Russians’ perceptions of their country and its external relations. And it also helps explain why the war in Ukraine still seems distant to many in Russia—and why Europe’s own reaction to the war is overwhelmingly seen as negative, almost unfair.    This brings to mind a conversation held by one of the authors with a Moscow sociologist long before the war. Explaining how the Russian people form opinions about the West, the scholar noted that Russia’s own role tends to get forgotten. “For instance, Russia invades Georgia—there is some outcry, then the West imposes sanctions, and soon the population will have decided that the hostile West has attacked Russia with sanctions. That something happened that led to it, that Russia did something—that is soon overlooked. People settle on the opinion that these small countries do not really matter, no one very much needs them, this is all about the West’s competition with Russia.” Some participants in the focus groups echo this: “On what basis is the US even imposing sanctions on us?!” asks one puzzled respondent.” ecfr.eu/publication/bewitche… via @ecfr

Skjult eierskap: Økokrim sier de ønsker mer åpenhet og bedre oversikt over hvem som egentlig eier hytter, hus og tomter i Norge. nettavisen.no/nyheter/okokri…