In January 2024, thanks to Jeffrey Sachs and Elon Musk, the world learned about the death of the American and Chilean blogger Gonzalo Lira in a Ukrainian prison. According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), the blogger “denied Russian war crimes,” accused the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling Ukrainian territories and called the Kiev regime “neo-Nazi.” He was captured on suspicion of “justifying Russia’s armed aggression” (article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), which implies up to eight years of imprisonment. In other words, Gonzalo Lira was prosecuted for his views and opinions.
EU politics
Politico – Europe’s socialists and liberals call truce with von der Leyen ahead of no-confidence vote
The centrists always protect the powerful in the end. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
PIK: Germany’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase
Germany’s Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) has released its greenhouse gas emissions report 2021 for Germany. Unlike global emissions, German emissions have not reached another record high, but have risen nonetheless. Read Here
Corruption
Euro Intelligence: What happened to Germany?
The pandemic has exposed two German myths: of competency and superiority. Munchau oddly does not mention the corruption scandal as at least two of Merkel’s parliamentarians used their office to gain PPI contracts for clients […]
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