Co-founder journalismfestival.com - Founder ValigiaBlu.ithttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mm7lgpuous2p“Ukraine is paying the highest price” to return “home to European values” @avalaina.bsky.social, Ukrainian human rights defender said as she addressed the European Parliament. “For three centuries, we were in shadow of Russian Empire. And I’m here to say, Europe, we are back.”19 May 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7lgpuous2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mm7iirwb4s2uWe are watching what happens when a quasi-authoritarian regime’s corruption and criminality pass the point of no return. https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/the-looting-of-america?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=13wo119 May 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7iirwb4s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mm6rxzod3k27'February 2025: Elon Musk “accidentally” cancels USAID programmes aimed at preventing Ebola outbreaks, particularly in Africa. March 2025: Musk says the programmes were restored. They were never restored. 1/219 May 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6rxzod3k27https://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mm55rdncxs2w"This is not a copy of Western or Soviet solutions, but an original development by Ukrainian engineers designed to effectively strike fortifications, command posts, and other enemy targets dozens of kilometers behind the front line after launch," Fedorov said. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm55rdncxs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mm54id37lk2w🙈 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm54id37lk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mm4oi27zmc2kCome funziona la propaganda di Putin e Trump contro l’Europa e il Canada | @olgalautman.bsky.social @valigiablu.it https://www.valigiablu.it/canada-secessionismo-propaganda-putin-trump/18 May 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4oi27zmc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mlzurryewk2pWestern nations have the power to put Russia in the economic position that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since Russia is not going to catch the communist disease again, we must destroy its economy from the outside. https://kyivindependent.com/a-10-point-business-plan-to-hurt-russia-and-help-ukraine/17 May 2026 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzurryewk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mlykk2w5jk2c"That doesn’t mean his Ukraine war is over, or that Putin’s reign has ended. But it does mean that Russians can now clearly see the contrast between propaganda and reality. A vacuum has opened up, and sooner or later something else, or someone else, will fill it." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/russian-discontent-ukraine-war/687131/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author-anne-applebaum&utm_term=Author%20Following%20-%20Anne%20Applebaum&fbclid=IwdGRjcAR1oGBjbGNrBHWgQWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHj8MNMbo-LBg_Ms6ZXP1UHCsarrFSijhwf7WkYD8x28LUPIPYnN1HM3DB_01_aem_3CQvwwrWlgCPQQAhKoNkWA16 May 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlykk2w5jk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mluypuh6ss2nThe Council of Europe's Secretary-General gave the green light to move from collecting signatures to taking action to set up a Nuremberg-style court to try Russia's leadership for its war of aggression against Ukraine during a summit of 46 European foreign ministers in Moldova on May 15. https://kyivindependent.com/plucking-justice-from-the-ruins-of-war-council-of-europe-moves-on-special-tribunal-for-ukraine/15 May 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluypuh6ss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mltcgdpasc2tEven so, people still voted for him. Nigel Farage bought £1.4m property in cash shortly after receiving £5m gift Standards watchdog investigating money from crypto billionaire which Reform UK leader now says was ‘reward’ for Brexit https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/nigel-farage-bought-property-after-receiving-gift-christopher-harborne-reform-uk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other14 May 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltcgdpasc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mlsuahltas2i"Do you know why Russia’s information operations are so successful? Partly it has to do with Western media consistently repeating Russia’s bullshit. 1/214 May 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsuahltas2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mlsenolovc2cAfter a three-day-long hearing, on May 14, the High Anti-Corruption Court placed Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian president’s former right-hand man, in custody for two months and set bail at Hr 140 million ($3.1 million). https://kyivindependent.com/the-fall-of-andriy-yermak-from-ukraines-most-powerful-fixer-to-corruption-defendant/14 May 2026 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsenolovc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mls3blanp22kThe war has also made a vicious regime more hardline, led to Iran’s longest ever internet blackout and provided cover for increasing repression. Meanwhile, a surge in executions has seen state killings carried out almost daily and under more secretive and brutal conditions than previously. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/13/the-guardian-view-on-irans-repression-political-prisoners-such-as-narges-mohammadi-need-freedom-not-bombs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other14 May 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls3blanp22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mlqbl4fi422hIran’s filtered society: Internet, class, and censorship | @sia-shahabi.bsky.social https://www.valigiablu.it/irans-filtered-society-internet-class-censorship/13 May 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:2hh2hl5ojh75mdiunk5kggib/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqbl4fi422hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariannaciccone.bsky.social/post/3mlptwnlqc22yThe biggest story in the country, today and always, is that the president of the United States is mentally unwell. 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