putin will support anything and anyone who is disruptive to the western democracies. hes utterly without scruple. left, rigth, he doesnt givash1t
he wants to break up nato. without it, he can can really get busy. trump is his best ally but he doesnt have too long. unlike putin ,he will go so he must cause as much damage as possible before someone else comes in
his bots pushed hugely for scottish independence, as did irans(!) but they were probably helping him out. every disruptive party in europe gets his support
anti-nato leftists and anti-eu rightists get as much help as possible on the online minefield. the st petersburg ira is well funded and extremely nasty
sweden and finland didnt join nato for a laff. they have seen what is happening
its not unreal at allputin will support anything and anyone who is disruptive to the western democracies. hes utterly without scruple. left, rigth, he doesnt givash1the wants to break up nato. without it, he can can really get busy. trump is his best
The resignation of the Defence Minister today together with dire warnings from numerous retired army and air force chiefs and defence analysts make it very clear that those closest to the front line believe that Starmer has no conception of the dire state of our defences. We have no defensive drones ready to use apparently. Where would Ukraine be without them? Starmer now has no minister in place to carry out the conclusions of the defence review even if he finally publishes it.
The resignation of the Defence Minister today together with dire warnings from numerous retired army and air force chiefs and defence analysts make it very clear that those closest to the front line believe that Starmer has no conception of the dire
So are the Russians behind these attacks on Kiers property empire that allegedly got arsoned?
It seem to have gone very quiet over the last few weeks about this trial. Must be in to it's 6th or 7th week now.
You would think the lefty media outlets and the reddits you far left nuts follow would be reporting on the trial even if you think the MSM is all on the kool aid and Musk won't let anything be reported on twitter.
So are the Russians behind these attacks on Kiers property empire that allegedly got arsoned?It seem to have gone very quiet over the last few weeks about this trial. Must be in to it's 6th or 7th week now. You would think the lefty media outlets and
Once the decent bloke is out of office, the press will be free to show how decent he is. I remember the fanfare for the grown ups entering the room, it's only a couple of years ago
Once the decent bloke is out of office, the press will be free to show how decent he is.I remember the fanfare for the grown ups entering the room, it's only a couple of years ago
Err, if that's what you wanted, you should have said
In absence of facts, you can just make em up, like your ever evolving quotes to make yer self look more silly.
Err, if that's what you wanted, you should have saidIn absence of facts, you can just make em up, likeyour ever evolving quotes to make yer self look more silly.
Even after he set fire to Sir Keir Starmer's house, Roman Lavrynovych - convicted on Monday of conspiring to commit arson - seemed to know as much about the prime minister as a bullet knows about its target.
His anonymous handler, known by the initials EL, gave a clue in a message: "Look, you attacked the home of a very high-ranking person in Britain. I'll send you money, you need to leave the city."
It was too late: Lavrynovych was arrested within hours.
The 22-year-old Ukrainian builder had been weaponised to target the UK's head of government. But by who?
Our investigation has found the arson attack was just one part of an extensive campaign of sabotage, provocation and lies leading all the way to the Russian state.
The handler EL, who directed Lavrynovych, offered Russian citizenship in return for other attacks and glorified President Vladimir Putin, messages the BBC has uncovered show.
We have identified evidence suggesting that EL is a young Russian diplomat, schooled in information warfare by spies and propagandists, who is close to the highest levels of power in Moscow. His name is Evgeny Lyukshin. He is 23 and the son of a senior official.
Russian operatives ran their sabotage and provocation campaign remotely through social media and the messaging app Telegram, we found, creating fake online far-right and Muslim groups, which were used to organise acts of vandalism in the UK and stir up division and fear.
Accounts based in Russia posted lies about the motive for the arson attacks targeting Starmer, which were spread by figures such as far-right anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson.
In court, there were only a limited number of messages from EL, all of them sent to Lavrynovych and Carpiuc, which showed him writing in formal Russian and far less proficient Ukrainian. But we were able to uncover EL's wider activities using open-source tools.
EL's ideology and goals were plain.
Messages from the EL account in various Telegram channels show him glorifying Putin and Russia, attacking the Ukrainian people and promoting Russian narratives.
"It is obvious that Putin is the leader of the white race," he posted in one chat.
EL posted in jobs groups for Ukrainians, asking for "painters to do graffiti" in London - but in other chat groups he used deeply offensive Russian terms for Ukrainian people.
EL incited attacks on conscription centres in Ukraine, which has been at war since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. He said that people there who are in favour of the "white Slavic race" should join the "real Third Rome", a reference to the belief that Russia is the successor to the Roman Empire.
"Work for the glory of the nation to spite your enemies," EL added, before offering $1,000 (£749) and Russian citizenship as a reward for arson attacks.
EL also gave hints about his identity, offering Russians in other Telegram groups access to documents from Nato and the CIA. "My father leaks part of it to me, it was not for nothing that he went to Europe," he said.
There was no mention in the trial of what the posters put up by Lavrynovych on EL's orders actually advertised: a purported far-right group called Direct Action UK.
The group sought to appear as an organic British creation. But we found that Direct Action was created online by Russian operatives to cause division among ordinary people in the UK.
Messages sent in the group bore a Moscow timestamp, used Cyrillic letters, and placed pound signs at the end of numbers, rather than at the start - as in Russian.
The accounts that were principally involved in running Direct Action, particularly EL's, were using other channels to promote Russian political goals and using Russian to communicate.
Direct Action first appeared online in autumn 2024, after the riots that followed the Southport murders, and its propaganda exploited images from the disorder.
Its social media channels, which the posters were advertising, featured videos branding Sir Keir a traitor, promoting hatred of Muslims and offering money for violence and arson, including attacks on mosques and police. Direct Action also lionised Tommy Robinson.
"This is war," the group declared.
But, although Direct Action was fake, it generated real-life attacks. In London, six mosques and an Islamic school were vandalised last year after the group offered payment for Islamophobic graffiti.
Slogans such as "remigration" and "Stop Islam" were spray-painted on mosques from Croydon in the south of the capital to Leyton in the east. Direct Action turned video clips of the vandalism into brash social media videos, to amplify hatred and create fear.
The morning after a mosque and primary school had been vandalised by a Direct Action attack in Leyton, EL posted an innocent-sounding ad in a chat group for Ukrainian people seeking work in London: "Part time job today! Leyton District. You need to take pictures of two buildings." He wanted images of the aftermath, so the vandalism could be publicised online.
Even Direct Action's apparent support on the ground was fake and only existed because it paid people to act. When Lavrynovych himself carried out actions for EL he did so for financial reasons, the court heard, not because he shared Direct Action's ideology.
Even after he set fire to Sir Keir Starmer's house, Roman Lavrynovych - convicted on Monday of conspiring to commit arson - seemed to know as much about the prime minister as a bullet knows about its target.His anonymous handler, known by the initial