Anton Shekhovtsov
@A_SHEKH0VTS0V
PhD, senior fellow at the CEU in Vienna, author of books “Russia and the Western Far Right” & “Russian Political Warfare”, @Dem_Integrity, columnist @EUObs
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Moscow says its army has begun preparing large-scale strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure. This appears to be a response to Ukraine successfully targeting the Russian oil refineries that sustain an economy long derided as little more than a petrol station.
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Britain's defence firms which supply weapons to Ukraine are warned of Russian spy threat.
Fake US think-tank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda.
The Kremlin sees the United States as weakened by the Iran war, offering Russia an opportunity to escalate action against American interests and allies in Europe.
If you, inexplicably :-), missed the most recent episode of my 🎙️ #podcast#, #TheGlobalAgora#, here it is:
▶️ Elon #Musk#, Peter #Thiel# & Co.: Can #technooligarchy# cause the end of humanity?, with @A_SHEKH0VTS0V.
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#politics# #Trump#
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German AfD Figure behind Alleged Serbian Node in Russian Cyber Meddling.
Read this please. The US sanctions a former EU commissioner for an EU policy but it turns out states' policy is the same and Meta has to pay 17 Billion to the states.
Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies.
Ratko Mladić, the butcher of Bosnia, is dead at 84. Since life expectancy for men in his home country is only 73.7 years, this should send an instructive message to all the yet-to-be-apprehended war criminals around the world: surrender to The Hague and live longer!
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C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit.
Elon #Musk#, Peter #Thiel# & Co.: Can #technooligarchy# cause the end of humanity? My 🎙 #podcast#, #TheGlobalAgora#, with @A_SHEKH0VTS0V.
▶️ #Apple#
▶️ #Spotify#
#politics# #Trump#
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Putin Moves to Escalate War in Ukraine With Talks at Dead End.
The pro-Russian hacktivist group "Server Killers" has claimed responsibility for attacks on Norway's Ministry of Digitalisation in response to Norway and Ukraine signing an agreement on defence and security on 23 August. Previously, the group has been linked to attacks on government agencies and private companies in the US, UK, and Germany, among others.
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In a recent interview for "The Global Agora" podcast, I talked in particular about how technological power translates into geopolitical power, and discussed whether the techno-oligarchy can now play its own geopolitical game.
You can listen to the entire episode here: Apple ( / Spotify (
You can also read my texts on techno-oligarchy:
➢ Worse than Fascism: Eight Points on Techno-Oligarchy:
➢ The Techno-Oligarchy’s First “Holocaust”:
➢ Techno-Oligarchy and the Theft of Tomorrow:
➢ Antichrists and Empires: Peter Thiel, Alexander Dugin, and the theology of illiberal power:
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Elon #Musk#, Peter #Thiel# & Co.: Can #technooligarchy# cause the end of humanity? My #podcast#, #TheGlobalAgora#, with @A_SHEKH0VTS0V.
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✅️ If you enjoy what I do, please buy me ☕️ coffee. Thank you! #Trump# #politics#
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Worse than Fascism - Eight Points on Techno-Oligarchy:
Washington asked Kyiv not to target either Moscow or St. Petersburg while Ratcliffe is visiting Russia.
As CIA chief John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow today, it may be interesting to consider the recent leak from the Russian state-owned bank "Sberbank" that discusses eight scenarios for how the Russian war against Ukraine might end. Each scenario has its own probability in %. 1/9
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As CIA chief John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow today, it may be interesting to consider the recent leak from the Russian state-owned bank "Sberbank" that discusses eight scenarios for how the Russian war against Ukraine might end. Each scenario has its own probability in %. 1/9
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Irish alumina refinery is Russian Trojan Horse in EU sanctions.
Vessels linked to the Greek shipowner Dynagas delivered €2.35bn of Russian Arctic LNG to the EU after Greece won a sanctions exemption for pre-invasion contracts. The shipowner carried 35% of Yamal LNG volumes in early 2026, and drove Athens’ opposition to the EU’s 21st sanctions package. Source: Urgewald.
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