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@anders_aslund
"Dragon Capital: Ukraines Economy Ministry estimated real GDP growth at XXX% y-o-y in August bringing the 8M25 tally to 1.4%. Growth acceleration was driven by reconstruction manufacturing and agricultural production. Good to see some uptick after a dismal first half of 2025"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-13T17:59Z 325.8K followers, 8224 engagements
"If I were Zelensky I would refuse to see Trump tomorrow (October 17) since he has so clearly declared today (October 16) that he is merely Putin's obedient servant"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-17T01:23Z 325.8K followers, 9437 engagements
"Remember Trump always lies just like his master Putin"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-05T14:20Z 325.8K followers, 22.5K engagements
"Well people tend not to like unjustified military aggression. Few matters are more easily understood. If you don't understand even that you should probably ask Putin if you are finally allowed to retire at 78"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-14T19:12Z 325.8K followers, 12.4K engagements
"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: We need a kind of European stock exchange so that successful companies such as biotech firms from Germany do not have to go to the New York Stock Exchange. Indeed Europe needs one currency one capital market & one dominant stock exchange"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-16T16:05Z 325.8K followers, 36.6K engagements
"Great The Nobel Peace Prize Committee showed its judgment & integrity"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-10T13:12Z 325.8K followers, 16.1K engagements
"The US no longer accepts the freedom of speech"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-15T01:30Z 325.8K followers, 74.5K engagements
"It would be good if the US had a leader who was a grownup"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-17T01:17Z 325.8K followers, 10.5K engagements
"Pathetic. The US president is so upset that his weak deputy failed to respond to straight questions so that he punishes the straight questioner. Democrats don't behave like this"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-14T19:10Z 325.8K followers, 16.8K engagements
"This is ridiculous: X. Trump has supported Putin & his war of aggression against Ukraine all along stopping all aid to Ukraine. Even if he lies all the time believe his actions. X. Ukraine has asked for Tomahawks (which Trump would never give against his friend Putin). /1"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-17T01:38Z 325.8K followers, 13.3K engagements
"This is truly ridiculous. Russia's president calls Trump & he immediately gives in. It would be good if the US was able to pursue a foreign policy that was independent from its main enemies. But of course that would require that the US had a US president"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-17T01:17Z 325.8K followers, 65.7K engagements
"When I walked to a meeting on Connecticut Avenue NW DC this morning I passed ten members of the National Guard who stood there without any apparent purpose with an armored vehicle painted for the desert. They greeted me politely. So did I. But why are they here"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-16T16:00Z 325.8K followers, 9895 engagements
"Why did Americans elect a president that they all knew always lie Is the US really the nation of mendacity"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-09-27T20:14Z 325.8K followers, 19.8K engagements
"How can a man who never says anything that is true be US president The GOP on Congress can legally oust this obviously demant character. Why don't they Is the US already a dictatorship"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-08-23T02:10Z 325.7K followers, 227.4K engagements
""Today Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent met with Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko of Ukraine. Secretary Bessent reaffirmed the United States unwavering support for Ukrainian sovereignty and emphasized the United States dedication to securing a lasting durable peace.""
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-14T18:28Z 325.8K followers, 7855 engagements
"This photo: Angela Merkel standing up for Viktor Orban's authoritarianism & kleptocracy shows that Merkel should not show herself in public again (in a democracy). Is the board of Gazprom next for Merkel"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-03T20:22Z 325.7K followers, 54.2K engagements
"@YourAnonCentral Putin could fly to Serbia and take a car to Budapest. None of the other countries in the neighborhood would allow his passage"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-17T01:29Z 325.8K followers, 5314 engagements
"Happy to see that Blinken finally says something in public. Keep going"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-14T00:46Z 325.8K followers, 53.6K engagements
"The lawless behavior of Trump's ICE agents is completely unacceptable for any state with any pretense of the rule of law"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-15T00:52Z 325.8K followers, 16.7K engagements
"Treasury is fully blocking Public Joint Stock Company Sberbank of Russia & XX Sberbank subsidiaries"
X Link @anders_aslund 2022-04-06T20:54Z 325.8K followers, XXX engagements
"Merkel is an embarrassment to herself Germany and the CDU"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-06T08:54Z 325.8K followers, 139K engagements
"3. Trump has dragged poor Zelensky to Washington once again to abuse him in support of Putin's terror of Ukraine. X. Why does Trump do this Most republicans support Ukraine & democracy rather than Putin aggression & dictatorship. Trump must play a tragicomedy. /2"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-17T01:42Z 325.8K followers, 2913 engagements
"5. Trump & Vance are likely to abuse Zelensky Ukraine democracy & the West once again tomorrow but they might abstain for the next round. X. In Budapest Trump will promote the most anti-democratic leader in the EU & oppose the EU & its support of Ukraine. /3"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-17T01:44Z 325.8K followers, 5423 engagements
"These Russians lived in Latvia but showed no loyalty to that state. (I have met quite a few of them praising anybody from Brezhnev to Putin). Maria Zakharova calls it "inhumane barbarism" to expel them to the country of their dreams. Does she recognize Russia as "Nazism""
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-15T01:24Z 325.8K followers, 16.4K engagements
"True Trump is not only weak but also dumb. Why is he US president"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-17T02:13Z 325.8K followers, 19.8K engagements
"The US could greatly benefit from having a grownup as president: Just after Trump learned that he would not get Nobel's Peace Prize he threatened China with higher tariffs & drove down the stock market 2%. We had feared the toddler would have punished Norway"
X Link @anders_aslund 2025-10-10T16:47Z 325.7K followers, 13.6K engagements