Bakhti Nishanov
@b_nishanov
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On the Hill with https://t.co/nEXIzM1RpB Opinions strictly mine
Washington, DC
Joined January 2015
Belarus continuing the never-ending charade of letting a few political prisoners go and get credit for it to only arrest new ones. Just an absolute disgrace of a government
The Belarus regime has sentenced artist Aksana Shaliapina to 3 years in prison for supporting dozens of political prisoners. Her art is known around the world, but she is treated as a criminal just for showing kindness. This is how the dictator tries to break our solidarity.
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Seems a good time to (once again) dust off the Reagan quote on America and Americans: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.”
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This is a credible report of Russia planning a terror act against US. It is self defeating to be giving an inch to a country that has literally made plans to bomb us.
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) https://t.co/MkbgPzhhnF
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Karelia was "historically" part of Sweden. Kalmykia was the Kalmyk Khanate. Crimea was the Crimean Khanate. Dagestan was part of the Persian Empire. Ironically, Putin making claims like that makes Russia more susceptible to secessionist movements from within.
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The plan was clean. The escape? Not so much. Midway City doesn’t play fair. Wishlist this 4-player coop heist FPS on Steam today.
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Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Bashkortostan, Udmurtia were "historically" the Khanate of Kazan. The Volga delta territory was "historically" the Khanate of Astrakhan. Parts of Pskov were the Polish-Lithuanian Commowealth. The entirety of Siberia was the Khanate of Sibir.
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If you run a country stitched together from a colonization/conquest spree, you should think thrice about talking of a region being "historically" yours. Because the Amur basin is "historically" Chinese. The Kurils are Japanese, Kaliningrad German, etc. https://t.co/4Et9nt27pP
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Amb. Collins was our chargé d'affaires in Moscow in 1991 as USSR fell apart. Mr. Merry is the author of a 1994 dissent cable arguing US should focus on democratic institutions in Russia; predicted (presciently) that otherwise Russia will turn adversarial. https://t.co/4A80eWYgAU
🚨Episode 2 of The Transatlantic is LIVE!🚨 Join Amb. James Collins and E. Wayne Merry as they sit down with @b_nishanov to discuss the mindset of Russian leaders, the path to rejuvenating post-war Ukraine, and living through the 1993 crisis in Moscow. https://t.co/msze2kFCxt
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If you are worried about protecting Christians and Christian sites in Europe, your number one goal should be stopping Russia.
@RepLuna The only systematic persecution of Christians in Ukraine is being carried out by Russia. As of April 2025, Russia has destroyed or damaged over 600 religious sites in Ukraine - will you condemn this as well?
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.@cjcmichel in @WSJ on how a bad deal for Ukraine will spur countries to get their own nukes: "S Korea and Japan are considering whether they should have their own nuclear arsenals." Similar convos in Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan This is a real threat few are talking about
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Here what’s the NDAA says about US commitment to Europe: “Bill locks in long-term support for Ukraine, mandates troop levels in Europe, and codifies the Baltic Security Initiative as US strategy hardens against Russia.” Great breakdown by @ralakbar
https://t.co/oK7b43LTpX
kyivpost.com
Bill locks in long-term support for Ukraine, mandates troop levels in Europe, and codifies the Baltic Security Initiative as US strategy hardens against Russia.
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Just a reminder that after 9/11, NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and (so far) only time in its history. NATO treated an attack on one ally — US — as an attack on all. All of our European allies rallied to support US. We don’t need collective defense until we do need it.
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We Americans are very opinionated and disagree on pretty much everything. So these numbers are remarkable. America wants Ukraine to win and wants US to help Ukraine achieve that. This is the level of consensus not seen since the time we all hated the Brady-era Patriots
✅ 62% of Americans want Ukraine to win the war ✅ 65% support providing Ukraine with long-range weapons, like Tomahawks, for strikes inside Russia ✅ 68% support selling American weapons to Europeans, who would then send them to Ukraine. Source: Reagan National Defense Survey
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Kirill’s government has banned Twitter, Facebook, limits access to VPNs, arrests people for posting factual statements online and yet is counting on Americans to be uniformed about all that to rally them against EU as a threat to western civilization. Don’t fall for propaganda
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Shameful to no end
Delighted to welcome my friend, President Putin to India. Looking forward to our interactions later this evening and tomorrow. India-Russia friendship is a time tested one that has greatly benefitted our people. @KremlinRussia_E
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It is beyond jarring that Putin is killing Ukrainian kids and his daughter is strolling on the streets of Paris
Elizaveta Krivonogikh, also known as Luiza Rozova aka "Putin's secret daughter", strolling on the streets of Paris:
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Many people squirm at the G word when it comes to Russia’s war in Ukraine but the UN definition of genocide includes forcible transfer of children. It is a factual statement to say that Russia is engaging in genocide in Ukraine.
Maksym Maksymov, Head of Bring Kids Back UA providing evidence of Russia's ongoing genocide. Outlining the process, Ukrainian children are first brainwashed through a series of camps, then militarily trained.
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In hindsight, overfocusing on STEM at the expense of humanities doesn’t seem like such a bright idea
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The one fundamental flaw in all these efforts to get Russia to agree to a peace plan is the assumption that Putin is interested in peace
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“Beginning with the reign of Ivan the Terrible, Russia managed to expand at an average rate of 50 sq miles per day for hundreds of years.” For the folks who like to pound the table with the “but NATO!”, that’s solid 400 years before NATO
Stephen Kotkin – the leading expert on Russia – demolishes the Kremlin-backed, yet still fashionable in the West, idea that NATO's enlargement “created” Putin’s Russia. “The argument assumes that had NATO not expanded, Russia wouldn’t be exactly the same – or very likely close
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