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CohenTheBarbarian stated after the recent elections that he sees hope in the fact that figures like Tomio Okamura seem to have an increasingly smaller audience and people are taking the situation more seriously. He described Russia as a threat that should be dealt with accordingly. He called the return of Russian athletes to competitions symbolic, although he admitted it very much irritates him. He deemed it incomprehensible that veterans of the SVO, members of the Wagner group, oligarchs from the arms industry, or politicians he labeled as responsible for the abduction of Ukrainian children can move and live in the Schengen area without control. He also wrote that, in his opinion, Russia is deliberately causing harm while others are unable to even hint at a defense, let alone retaliate. He thanked Koudelka and his colleagues. He mentioned that people were desperately trying to remove him, but he continues with his work, which the author assessed as good. #Rusko #politika #Ukrajina (translated)

Trump's administration temporarily banned Microsoft and other technology companies from sponsoring foreign workers for permanent residency, accusing them of abusing immigration programs, while Microsoft claims that the measures mostly relate to the extension of the status of existing employees. #Microsoft #Imigracija #H1BVize (translated)

The author wrote that the United Right was spying on the head of the electoral staff of a competing party using equipment intended for counter-terrorism. He assessed that the political consequences should encompass a large group of right-wing politicians who were behind it. #Polityka #Inwigilacja #Pegasus #PL (translated)

The author of the contribution shared a link to a text that he described as a brief look into the history of the ecological movement. He claimed that ideology triumphed over physics and industry in it and that the green movement had become a strong phenomenon in much of the wealthy West. He also noted that a similar fate awaited the German nuclear power plants later, as had befallen the Austrian ones. #ekologie #historie #zelenéhnutí #AT #DE (translated)

BBR VIBES accused Bally Bagayoko of refusing to vote against excision and Mathilde Panot of not supporting the fight against breast cancer. It also claimed that Jean-Luc Mélenchon was presenting Joseph Stalin's agricultural program, before mocking those who considered LFI to be the party of youth and progress. #LFI #politique #progrès (translated)

HWL wrote that Europe had severely criticized the USA after Donald Trump's new diesel deal with Russia and claimed that Scott Bessent had subsequently exposed a historical failure. According to HWL, the EU had spent more money on Russian oil than on support for Ukraine throughout the war. HWL accused European leaders of taking a morally superior position despite having, according to the writer, financed both sides in the war. HWL also asked why the media and politicians criticized the USA without acknowledging what the writer described as Europe's own failure. https://t.co/TAv80BT7th #politikeuropa #USA #Ryssland (translated)

I fully supported President Zelensky's request for a ceasefire that protects global food supplies and energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia – he wrote in a note – The war has entered a new, darker phase. Russia is at a standstill on the battlefield and is striking civilians far from the front lines. I expressed our solidarity with the Ukrainian people. And my full support for President Zelensky, who leads the fight for his people's freedom. The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, after "a good talk with President Zelensky," reaffirms the Union's full support for Kiev's cause: "I fully supported President Zelensky's request for a ceasefire that protects global food supplies and energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia – he wrote in a note – The war has entered a new, darker phase. Russia is at a standstill on the battlefield and is striking civilians far from the front lines. I expressed our solidarity with the Ukrainian people. And my full support for President Zelensky, who leads the fight for his people's freedom." #Trump #Zelensky #UnioneEuropea (translated)

The share of the US dollar in global foreign exchange reserves has fallen over the last decade from 64 to 56 percent, with the American central bank stating that this decline is primarily related to the activities of Russia and China; however, the dollar still maintains a dominant position in other countries. #dolar #rezervy #ekonomie (translated)

The main winners and losers of the elections include Jan Grolich, who became a senator in the first round with a record number of votes, successful mayors, and independents who gained two senators, and losers such as the ANO movement and ODS, who lost mayors in large cities and recorded weak electoral results. #volby #senát #politika (translated)

Katja Kokot wrote that the right is financing the campaign with party funds and defends its positions with party members, while the Left is said to be using not only party money but also funds from non-governmental organizations, including millions from abroad, which she referred to as "Soros money." She added that the Left is also defending its positions with the support of non-governmental activists and public RTV. She asked whether this is still democracy or a competition of capital and power against common sense. She described the map of the referendum results on the amendment to the law on parliamentary inquiry as a representation of that common sense; according to her explanation, the dark blue areas voted against, while the light blue ones voted in favor. She also mentioned that at her home polling station and the surrounding ones, about 70 percent of votes were in favor of all four questions. In this context, she wondered where Slovenia is headed and whether power would belong to foreign capital, and wrote that the nation would write its own judgment. #demokracija #Slovenija #referendum (translated)

Jiri Jicha wrote that Andy Burnham confirmed after a briefing with intelligence services the direct involvement of the Kremlin in the Brexit referendum in 2016. According to Jicha, Burnham warned Berlin and Paris that Russia is similarly attempting to influence their countries. He described Brexit as an abuse of the British state by foreign intelligence services and claimed that Britain is still paying for it with industrial collapse, chaos, and rising prices. #Brexit #Rusko #Zpravodajství (translated)

Zdeněk Šarapatka thanked his supporters and stated that their support helped him get back on his feet after the results of the Senate elections. According to him, the campaign in Prague 5 and 13 was not a fair competition about topics, but a contest over billboards. He claimed that one of the candidates was running a concurrent campaign for the Senate and the Prague City Hall, transferring funds between them, including money from a company building houses. According to Šarapatka, the state supervision office did not respond to the violations of the rules. The candidate, he claimed, received 14,606 votes out of a total of 45,782. Šarapatka also criticized the ODS, which, according to him, despite an agreement with his TOP 09, fielded its own candidate, thereby reducing the chances of defeating Václav Láska. He stated that their candidate hardly presented political positions during public appearances and instead relied on a romanticized story about the students' relationship with the school principal. He added that the students of the candidate's school, according to Šarapatka, got involved in the campaign, even though the principal was balancing on the edge of the education law. The candidate received 12,162 votes out of 45,782. As an earlier example of the split with ODS, Šarapatka mentioned its member Benda, who, according to him, appointed Matocha and Xaver Veselý to the Czech Television Council. He claimed that part of ODS contributed to his failure in the election despite the party agreements at that time. He also recalled that six years ago, at ODS's request, he supported its candidate in the second round of the Senate elections in Mělník, whom he claimed he had not seen publicly appear in the Senate since then. Šarapatka stated that he would not make the same mistake again. According to him, the result meant that there would be no amendment to the lustration law nor security clearances for government members and their deputies, and that there would be no qualified fight for a free Czech Radio and Czech Television. At the same time, he urged his supporters to keep going. #politika #volby #Senát (translated)

Vasyl Zvarych stated that the Russian attack on the power plant in Kyiv caused power outages in many parts of the city and that there were subsequent attacks on energy facilities in the Kharkiv region. According to him, this occurred only after the statement by the President of the United States about an energy ceasefire, which Russia violated. #Rusko #Kyjev #energie (translated)