Mark Krutov
@kromark
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Views of my own. RT = interesting. Read the whole threads before replying. Email [email protected] for inquiries.
Prague, Czech Republic
Joined February 2010
"Beloved Dave, do NATO and Biden have a secret plan to help us?"
David Slater, a former civilian @usairforce employee, was sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison after admitting to passing - via a dating app - classified info on the Ukraine war to a woman he thought was Ukrainian. Per the original 2024 FBI affidavit, their chats are amusing.
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Satellite images from @planet show the results of the last night Ukrainian strike on the Kotovo gas processing plant in Volgograd Oblast – one of the largest of its kind in the region, producing gasoline, LPG, and other products.
At night, drones hit a Russian gas processing plant in Kotovo, Volgograd region, and the Yefimovka oil pumping station, located 8,5km to the south.
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Yeah, I know this whole thing’s mostly for the RU and AZ internal audiences (and hopefully a good sign for those unlawfully detained). But it’s high-level diplomacy, and there’s only so much BS you can say out loud.
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Assuming that Aliyev doesn’t know how the AD missile is supposed to work (exactly as Putin described here) makes it even more of a mockery of the Azerbaijani president. Not sure it will work out that way.
🇦🇿🇷🇺 #BREAKING: During his meeting with Azerbaijani President Aliyev on Thursday, Russian President Putin acknowledged that the crash of the AZAL E190 airliner in December 2024 was caused by Russian air defenses, although he refused to take the full blame. Putin: "Two missiles
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We even got the Russian 'mainland' media to pick up the story, with 'Kommersant' even mentioning RFE/RL without informing its readers that we’re labeled as a 'foreign agent' and an 'undesirable organization', which I had never seen before. https://t.co/D6aGKanJDY
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@sgutterman @robertrisch_ @OlgaPetersenAfD @AfD @tonline In the next episodes: Robert Risch is being stripped of his AfD membership and his MP mandate.
rferl.org
Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Hamburg has expelled its former member Robert Risch from the city’s council after RFE/RL imagery showed he attended a far-right forum in Russia that...
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@sgutterman @robertrisch_ @OlgaPetersenAfD @AfD @tonline There’s also, finally, a comment from Robert Risch himself about his appearance at the far-right forum in Russia – which is kind of funny. https://t.co/hNeiFG5AxW
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@sgutterman @robertrisch_ @OlgaPetersenAfD @AfD @tonline The AfD faction in the Hamburg city council has expelled Robert Risch, the MP who visited a far-right organizations’ forum in St. Petersburg, as we uncovered 9 days ago. His expulsion from the party itself has also been initiated by the AfD.
Die AfD-Fraktion hat Robert Risch nach der Teilnahme an dem Treffen von Rechtsextremen und Neonazis in St. Petersburg ausgeschlossen
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The fire at the Feodosia port oil depot is growing, according to local sources ( https://t.co/BU3B2VFepk). In an Oct. 7 satellite image, the smoke plume already extends more than 25 kilometers.
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The 'Pantsir' SHORAD remains visible on satellite images of the Feodosia port oil depot in September 2025, but it has proven useless for the second time in a row.
A 'Pantsir S-1' air defense system installed on the premises of the Feodosia oil depot in Crimea did not help to prevent the Ukrainian drone attack last night. As @Planet satellite images show, this AD position was built back in November to early December 2022.
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I might be a little late with this, but in case you missed it, here’s a very important, evidence-based investigation by my colleagues showing how Russian military intelligence recruits people all over the world to carry out acts of sabotage.
@RFERL's Systema proved Telegram bots recruiting people who "want to help Russia" are linked to 🇷🇺 Military Intelligence (GRU). The "GRU" bot and its predecessor, "Eye of Sauron," recruit agents for sabotage and espionage in Europe and the US. Here’s part of their promo video:
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@sgutterman @robertrisch_ @OlgaPetersenAfD @AfD @tonline With almost all German media picking this story up, new interesting details arise: "Security concerns are also being voiced from parliamentary circles: according to his own statements, Risch is a software developer at the state-owned company Dataport".
ndr.de
Der AfD-Bürgerschaftsabgeordnete Risch steht wegen der Teilnahme an dem Treffen in St. Petersburg unter Druck. CDU, SPD und Linke fordern Konsequenzen.
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@sgutterman @robertrisch_ @OlgaPetersenAfD @AfD @tonline "The parliamentary managing director of the German CDU parliamentary group, Dennis Gladiator, called on the AfD to expel Robert Risch from its parliamentary group. In addition, he must resign his mandate".
zeit.de
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Bürgerschaft“. Lesen Sie jetzt „AfD-Mann Risch bei Neofaschisten-Kongress in Russland“.
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@sgutterman @robertrisch_ @OlgaPetersenAfD @AfD Good recap of the story about the AfD politician Robert Risch who visited a far-right forum in Russia, by @tonline:
t-online.de
Niemand sollte es erfahren: Der Hamburger AfD-Politiker Robert Risch reiste nach St..Peterburg zu einem Treffen: Rechtsextreme Gruppen vereinbarten Zusammenarbeit.
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@sgutterman @robertrisch_ @OlgaPetersenAfD @AfD Bonus post - for another hilarious story involving AfD and Russia, read this thread:
Russian Telegram channels spread what they say is German AfD party 'social advertising', mocking the govt support for Ukraine. The problem is that Russian professional film actors are filmed in it, like this guy, Igor Alexeev ( https://t.co/16gB6JGnNJ)
https://t.co/MInrzlhvPH
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@sgutterman Needless to say that we reached out to @robertrisch_, @OlgaPetersenAfD, and @AfD (not on X, of course – for instance, Risch's account here has long been abandoned) – and didn’t get any response.
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