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The Diplomat, The Oligarch, The FBI Agent: Russian-American Faces Trial In Deripaska Sanctions Case

Ex FBI counterintelligence agent Charles McGonigal pled guilty & sentenced to 4 yrs prison for illegal work for sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska

Sergei Shestakov goes on trial Jun 17 on similar charges

#OlegDeripaska #Deripaska #SergeiShestakov #CharlesMcGonigal

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sanctions-deripaska-shestakov-mcgonigal-trial/33440136.html

The Diplomat, The Oligarch, The FBI Agent: Russian-American Faces Trial In Deripaska Sanctions Case

Sergei Shestakov, a former Russian diplomat who became a naturalized US citizen, is set to go on trial for work he did – illegally, prosecutors charge -- for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. His alleged co-conspirator, the FBI’s former lead spy hunter, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2023.

RFE/RL

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Wendy Siegelman 1d ago

Why the MAGA Right Became Obsessed With the Romanian Election

It started with a Russian influence campaign and a canceled vote. Then the American right showed up.

A sprawling story of right-wing players who failed to elect a Putin-friendly candidate - Brad Parscale, Alex Jones, Jack Posobiec, Steve Bannon, Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, Ric Grennell, Don Jr, and JD Vance

#Romania #MAGA #BradParscale

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/magazine/romania-election-tiktok-russia-maga.html

Why the MAGA Right Became Obsessed With the Romanian Election

It started with a Russian influence campaign and a canceled vote. Then the American right showed up.

The New York Times

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Aaron Rupar 1d ago

New in PN: Republicans are trying to sell a bizarre fantasy on the economy

"As they craft a radical budget bill, they're making claims as absurd as anything Trump offers, all adding up to a fantasy of the future so improbable that to examine it for a moment is to understand how ridiculous it is." https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-gop-tax-cuts-economic-fantasy-2025

Republicans are trying to sell a bizarre fantasy on the economy

Would you believe we're on the cusp of a miraculous eruption of prosperity unlike anything Americans have experienced before?

Public Notice

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 NATO is expanding satellite surveillance to monitor vast areas, including military movements in Ukraine and along Russia’s borders with eastern allies, says top commander Adm. Pierre Vandier. The new tools boost battlefield visibility for the alliance.

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Auschwitz Memorial 1d ago

12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt.

In 1942 on her 13th birthday she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)

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David on Formosa 1d ago

Interview with Jeffrey Wasserstrom about his new book 'The Milk Tea Alliance'

"I was fascinated by the flow of tactics and symbols from Hong Kong in 2019 to Bangkok in 2020 and from there to Burma in 2021. It made me think of an anti-autocratic relay race with a baton being passed from setting to setting."

https://newbloommag.net/2025/06/12/mta-wasserstrom-interview/

#MilkTeaAlliance #HongKong #Thailand #Burma #activism

Tea and Solidarity: Jeffrey Wasserstrom on the Milk Tea Alliance and Pan-Asian Resistance | New Bloom Magazine

In 2020, an unlikely coalition of activists formed online. It brought together protest movements in Hong Kong and Thailand and, before long, fanned out across Asia. By some definitions…

New Bloom Magazine

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Tendar 1d ago

1 million eliminated Russian invaders.

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Dan Gillmor 1d ago

Trump's generals, disgracing the uniforms they wear, are following orders. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/silence-generals/683106/?gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweC9SKhWuL8c7oypTub1ifvo

The Silence of the Generals

As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the brass failed to speak out in the Army’s defense.

The Atlantic

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Graham Cluley 1d ago

🇸🇪 Sweden's PM says it is under cyberattack

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says his country is under attack, after days of hard-hitting DDoS attacks against SVT Sweden's public TV broadcaster, government websites, and other key organisations.

For a while, SVT's TV stations and news services were knocked offline as a result, in what have been the biggest DDoS attacks it has ever experienced.