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The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more income to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do that either. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas: "The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more income to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do that either." #Zelensky #Trump #Oekraïne (translated)

The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenue to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do so. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas: "The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenue to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do so." #Zelensky #Trump #RussischeDiesel (translated)

Jan B. Hommel sarcastically wrote that he was spreading Russian propaganda and was paid for it by the Russian embassy in the Netherlands. He said he was waiting for a new transfer and hoped for a salary increase and a business class ticket to Moscow. He used two derogatory self-designations to emphasize his alleged support for Putin and Russia and concluded with the message that Russia was not his enemy. #RuslandIsNietMijnVijand #RussischePropaganda #Poetin #Vatnik (translated)

Rob Roos wrote that Dutch officials, in his opinion, were careless with their words. He referred to Prime Minister Jetten, who had said that opponents would be dealt with harshly. A day later, Jetten referred to that as a slip of the tongue according to Roos, saying that it was not meant literally and did not constitute a call to violence. Roos also cited Minister Yeşilgöz's statement in the House on October 8 that Russia was no longer the aggressor, but "our enemy." According to him, Yeşilgöz simultaneously stated that the Netherlands was not at war and that policy would not change. Roos called both statements careless but made a distinction between Jetten's metaphor at a party congress and Yeşilgöz's qualification of a nuclear power. He wrote that the word "enemy" was not a declaration of war, which would require approval from the States General, but that a minister spoke on behalf of the cabinet in their own domain as long as no distance was taken from it. According to Roos, Moscow had already asked whether the qualification was the official position. He found a debate appropriate regarding whether the cabinet distanced itself from that. https://t.co/D4nlpMtjp9 #Politiek #Nederland #Communicatie (translated)

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attended the 74th birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, an event that brings Schröder's controversial ties to the Kremlin back onto the agenda in Germany. #GerhardSchröder #VladimirPoutine #RelationsInternationales (translated)

Symphony mocked Dilan Yesilgöz and wrote that she had officially declared Russia an enemy. According to unconfirmed reports in the mail, she had attempted to invade Russia with three VVD brochures, a bicycle pump, and an inflatable Leopard tank. Mark Rutte reportedly asked from Brussels if someone could remove her batteries, while Vladimir Putin, according to Symphony, sat under his desk in the Kremlin out of fear. The author compared Yesilgöz to Napoleon and Rambo and suggested that a press conference from her would even make peace doves ask for bulletproof vests. Symphony also contrasted the alleged ambition to conquer Moscow with what the author described as the VVD's inability to get the Netherlands in order. #DilanYesilgöz #politiek #VVD (translated)

During a demonstration of the Kremlin-aligned Communist Party in Moscow on Sunday, about sixty people were arrested as the protesters recalled the parliamentary uprising of 1993 and chanted slogans such as 'Freedom for political prisoners' and 'For fair elections'. #CommunistischePartij #Oekraïneoorlog #Demonstratie (translated)