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Aldo Sterone stated that the conflict was no longer genuinely between Ukraine and Russia, but between Russia and France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, which he referred to as the "Trio." He claimed that Ukrainian soldiers were being kidnapped off the streets and then sent to the front, and that Zelensky was securing funds before claiming attacks carried out by the Trio. According to Sterone, Vladimir Putin was constrained by a doctrine inherited from the Soviet era, which would only leave him the choice between a nuclear response and inaction. He estimated that the war was becoming asymmetric and asserted that Russia had just lost a third refinery in three days, while Ukraine was devastated and had almost no valid targets left. He predicted that Russian strikes would be followed by new drone attacks on Russian facilities. Sterone also claimed that France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, along with the United States, were seeking to dismantle Russia into 22 republics. He asserted that the European Union was ready to ruin its economy to achieve this goal. He added that Yandex's data centers would not return to normal operations before 2030, according to the most optimistic estimates he cited. He presented three scenarios: the continuation of economic pressure and attacks on Russian infrastructure; a coup that would replace Putin with a general, followed by what he suggested would be conventional strikes against Paris, London, or Berlin; or an escalation likely to lead to nuclear war. He believed that Putin's passivity encouraged new attacks and could ultimately result in strikes on Moscow or a European Union capital. #Ukraine #Russie #Géopolitique (translated)

The author stated that the dispute over public media did not concern their funding, but rather the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression. He claimed that Andrej Babiš and his allies were trying to gain power over them and "normalize and pacify" them, which he argued was leading towards a regime of the Orbán-Fico type. https://t.co/hnRBlOXUkq #veřejnoprávníméda #svobodaProjevu #demokracie #CZ (translated)

The return of Russian hockey teams to the World Championship could lead to a disruption of fair play and reinforce the impression of normality in the context of the war in Ukraine, which has sparked strong criticism and concerns about a boycott of the competition by other national federations. #Hokej #Válka #Rusko (translated)

Latvia will preside over the UN Security Council for the first time in its history starting today, emphasizing the need to safeguard independence and freedom in everyday life, as well as to strengthen security by supporting Ukraine and preventing the normalization of Russian aggression. #Latvija #Ukraina #Drošība (translated)

The author wrote that he had never before spoken about the inequalities between the continents, but that he now considered it abnormal what the other continents had received compared to Europe. He added that he had a lot to say about the attitude of the fans. #Inégalités #Continents #Société (translated)

Tear Off reported, citing ES Motorsport, that MotoGP riders who refuse to attend the Qatar Grand Prix risk sporting sanctions this season and the next. According to the account, tensions between MotoGP officials and the riders had intensified after the ruling bodies refused to reserve a private room for them to meet; the riders ultimately held their meeting at Yamaha. Tear Off added that ES Motorsport indicated that riders absent from Qatar, and thus from FP1, could be excluded from the last two rounds in Portugal and Valencia. The account also wrote that Carlos Ezpeleta, deputy director of MotoGP, had gone to Doha and that a member of his delegation described the situation on-site as "perfectly normal." According to Tear Off, the Qatari government had provided guarantees for the conduct of the Grand Prix, including a paddock evacuation plan, coverage of expenses in case of airspace closure, and repatriation insurance. #MotoGP #MalaysianGP #MotoGP #GrandPrix #Sport (translated)

The proposal that would allow the sale of alcohol in schools has met with opposition from principals and public health professionals, despite the fact that the health minister does not oppose it, which raises the question of the normalization of alcohol in the educational environment, where it should be restricted. #alkohol #šole #javnozdravje (translated)

The author said Italians were refusing to remain silent or inactive in the face of what they described as genocide and the normalisation of war. They wrote that a global awakening had begun, alongside a peaceful uprising against what they called the globalisation of apartheid, and called for unity in support of peace, human rights and love for one another. #dirittiumanitari #pace #unità #IT

Guillaume Herblot compared the Polish political situation in 2026 to the Soviet interventions in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. He recalled that, in his view, the Soviet intervention in Hungary had caused thousands of deaths and led to the exile of hundreds of thousands of people, while the invasion of Czechoslovakia had ended the Prague Spring and denied national sovereignty. For Poland, Herblot stated that the Constitutional Tribunal was paralyzed, that its president had been suspended, and that the police had been deployed around the building. He mentioned accusations of "coup d'état" and argued that Brussels was applying pressure through legal, budgetary, and institutional means, notably through rulings by the CJEU, the conditionality of European funds, and rule of law related procedures. He estimated that these mechanisms aimed to bend a national majority opposed to the absolute primacy of European law. Comparing European integration after 1989 to the Soviet bloc, he described the former as a more subtle and effective imposed order in the long term, which, according to him, "dilutes" the sovereignty of nations. He finally predicted that this pressure could extend to other countries if an election resulted in an outcome deemed incompatible with Brussels' orthodoxy. #Pologne #Histoire #Souveraineté (translated)

The article by Henrique Pereira dos Santos analyzes the erosion of state authority and social norms in Portugal, using the example of the protests in Rossio and Praça D. João I, where disobedience to the police reflects a growing normalization of lawlessness. #Autoridade #Direito #SociedadeCivilizada (translated)

UNICEF Spain wrote that Sara, in Gaza, was carrying two water containers nearly as large as she was. According to the organization, getting water was part of her daily routine amid the rubble and scarcity; Sara saw it as something normal because she had not known any other reality and she knew the containers were not for playing. https://t.co/D76Ygtx81f #Gaza #Agua #DerechosInfantiles #PS #GZ (translated)

Mathieu Bock-Côté defended the arrival of Jacinthe-Ève Arel in the Parti québécois, arguing that her right-wing positions should not exclude her from the civic space. He recalled that she had sometimes seen qualities in Donald Trump, severely criticized health measures during the pandemic, and argued that there were only two sexes. Bock-Côté specified that he was not commenting on the merits of these opinions, but that they could be contested without justifying, in his view, Arel's exclusion. He accused members of Québec solidaire of demanding Arel's dismissal and wanting to ban her from political life. He also criticized some Péquistes who had relayed this indignation and claimed that Arel did not have a place in the PQ. According to him, the party was a coalition that could welcome social democrats, progressives, conservatives, and libertarians. Bock-Côté argued that the independence of Quebec was the common ground for Péquistes, despite their disagreements on the model of society. He believed that the sovereignist movement should also welcome people close to Éric Duhaime's ideas, and presented Arel's membership in the independence camp as a contribution to this cause. #Québec #Indépendance #Politique (translated)

THIS IS NOT NORMAL! ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Watch how a bystander, gets a gun pointed to his face while walking his dogs. Video circulating Friday morning (Oct. 30) shows armed agents wearing “POLICE ICE” vests detaining a man on a residential street in North Hollywood. #AbolishICE

At the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, the Europeans signaled that there is no normality with Russia and avoided a joint family photo with Sergei Lavrov, while at the same time the challenges in the transatlantic relationship and the disagreement on how to deal with Russia became clear. #G20 #Außenpolitik #Russland (translated)

The G-20 foreign ministers, led by the European side, refrained from a joint "family photo" with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the meeting in Atlanta to send a clear signal to Moscow and to make it clear that there is no normality in relations with Russia. #G20 #Russland #Trump (translated)