[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @polidemitolog Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич) Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич) posts on X about ukraine, russia, bank, moscow the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 6291 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1468499754560950276/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +139% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +216% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +224% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1468499754560950276/posts_active)  - X Week XXX -XX% - X Month XXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXX +117% - X Year XXXXX +448% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1468499754560950276/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +2.60% - X Month XXXXXX +5.70% - X Months XXXXXX +15% - X Year XXXXXX +49% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1468499754560950276/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [finance](/list/finance) [currencies](/list/currencies) [stocks](/list/stocks) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [agencies](/list/agencies) **Social topic influence** [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #1034, [russia](/topic/russia) #2964, [bank](/topic/bank) #1626, [moscow](/topic/moscow) #100, [poland](/topic/poland) #303, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) #661, [debt](/topic/debt) #873, [business](/topic/business), [china](/topic/china), [hungary](/topic/hungary) #240 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@pkallioniemi](/creator/undefined) [@spaghettikozak](/creator/undefined) [@drewpavlou](/creator/undefined) [@wartranslated](/creator/undefined) [@nikicaga](/creator/undefined) [@arnoldplaton](/creator/undefined) [@trueslazac](/creator/undefined) [@redheadophelia](/creator/undefined) [@daractenus](/creator/undefined) [@trianonwasbad](/creator/undefined) [@oalexanderdk](/creator/undefined) [@jayinkyiv](/creator/undefined) [@mikitaisbased](/creator/undefined) [@euronews](/creator/undefined) [@maksnafofella](/creator/undefined) [@nastasiaklimash](/creator/undefined) [@khaterdiana](/creator/undefined) [@slantchev](/creator/undefined) [@punclizme](/creator/undefined) [@davidfrum](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Exxon Mobil (XOM)](/topic/exxon-mobil) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBC)](/topic/$hsbc) [Bank of America (BAC)](/topic/bank-of-america) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Rosneft's net profit for nine months dropped XX% to $XXXX billion. Revenue excluding taxes fell XXXX% to XXXX trillion rubles while EBITDA reflecting earnings before taxes depreciation and similar costs declined XXXX% to XXX trillion rubles. The company blamed high Central Bank rates making loans costlier cheaper oil prices and a stronger ruble reducing ruble income from exports. Rosneft also reported rising anti-terrorism security expenses without detailing measures. On October XX the US imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil Russia's top oil and gas firms causing their stocks to plunge" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1995183545753686478) 2025-11-30T17:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Exxon Mobil approached Iraq's oil ministry to buy Russian firm Lukoil's majority stake in the giant West Qurna X oilfield one of the world's largest producing 470000 barrels per day or X% of Iraq's output and XXX% of global supply five Iraqi officials told Reuters. Iraq prefers Exxon for its capacity to manage the complex site previously operating neighboring West Qurna X. Lukoil must divest foreign assets by December XX due to US sanctions with Chevron and Carlyle also eyeing deals Bloomberg noted" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1996263158743515277) 2025-12-03T17:00Z 21K followers, 1696 engagements "Russia has agreed to sell its XXXXX percent stake in Serbia's NIS oil company hit by US sanctions in October Serbian Energy Minister Dubravka Djedovic-Handanovic announced Reuters reports. Gazprom Neft holds XXXX percent Gazprom XXXX percent while Serbia owns XXXX percent. The buyer remains undisclosed until key deal terms finalize. Mid-November US demands insisted on full Russian divestment for sanctions relief barring sales to Gazprom-linked entities. The move averts fuel shortages as NIS refinery nears shutdown without crude supplies" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1991604966491095228) 2025-11-20T20:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Trump's sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft crippled Russia's grip on the Balkans the biggest setback in decades Bloomberg reported. Bulgaria seized Lukoil's Burgas refinery in XX seconds and plans sale while Serbia scrambles to facilitate the sale of Gazprom's oil assets to avoid nationalization. Analysts say Moscow's energy dominance a Soviet legacy in the Eastern Balkans and Putin's construction in the western part of the peninsula is collapsing under US pressure leaving the Kremlin little leverage even if sanctions lift later" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1991990001890935129) 2025-11-21T22:00Z 21K followers, 1222 engagements "Kyrgyzstan gave Putin the most lavish welcome since the war began Agentstvo reports. At Bishkek airport he was greeted with falconers yurt dancers horsemen in armor and "Kalinka" on traditional instruments. His motorcade rode behind XX mounted guards carrying Russian and Kyrgyz flags. Authorities erected a large screen blocking view of Ukraine embassy from presidential palace and switched schools to remote learning. Political analyst Arkadiy Dubnov noted the pomp ahead of November XX parliamentary elections" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1994413474168877374) 2025-11-28T14:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Sergey Lavrov will skip the OSCE foreign ministers' meeting in Vienna December 4-5 for the first time since 2022 sending Deputy Alexander Grushko instead spokesperson Maria Zakharova told Interfax without explanation. He attended 2023 North Macedonia and 2024 Malta sessions despite visa hurdles but missed 2022 Poland event due to Warsaw's ban. Recent skips of Security Council G20 and ASEAN fueled disfavor rumors after Financial Times reported canceled Trump-Putin talks post his hardline Rubio call" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1994564465698779377) 2025-11-29T00:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Central Bank of Russia reports worsening enterprise finances and rising bad debt amid economic slowdown yet anticipates no threat to stability even with sharper deceleration Bloomberg notes. Credit risk emerges as key vulnerability with company net income down XX percent in first eight months compared to prior year more losses in construction oil gas transport coal sectors. Large firms delay payments stressing small businesses but most remain resilient through 2026 stress tests confirm no systemic risks" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1995085409186128364) 2025-11-30T11:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Kyrgyzstan once Central Asia's most rebellious republic with clan compromises and protests has turned eerily quiet under Sadyr Japarov and security chief Kamchybek Tashiev who openly align with Moscow without multivector diplomacy Novaya Gazeta Europe reports. Majoritarian elections split the parliament into XX local contests eliminating national parties and opposition. Media self-censor investigations vanished and Russian soft power thrives via ANO Eurasia centers and new RT-linked Nomad TV. During Putin's visit authorities hid the Ukrainian embassy behind a giant screen. Kyrgyzstan profits" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1995168446632579566) 2025-11-30T16:30Z 21K followers, 1032 engagements "Germany is boosting Lithuania's defense industry with a record German business delegation attending the first German-Baltic defense conference in Vilnius DW reports. Key focus is mass drone production and joint Baltic procurement. Estonia's Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur stressed efficient spending citing shared K9 howitzer purchases. German firms praise Lithuania's fast approvals and digital speed compared to Germany's bureaucracy. Lithuania and Estonia already spend X% of GDP on defense Latvia reaches it in 2027. Rheinmetall will open XXX mm shell plants in Lithuania and Latvia soon" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1995251494371872936) 2025-11-30T22:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Vilnius airport shut for XX hours overnight after Belarus deliberately released balloons into flight paths disrupting XX flights and 7400 passengers Lithuanian media report. Authorities recorded XXX such incursions this year and call it a Russian hybrid operation against NATO using Belarusian territory with similar smuggling balloons also hitting Latvia and Poland" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1995455336703049796) 2025-12-01T11:30Z 21K followers, 1973 engagements "European Central Bank rejected supporting a XXX billion euro reparations loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets Financial Times reports citing sources. European officials asked ECB in Frankfurt to act as lender for Belgian depository Euroclear using some of the funds but ECB deemed the European Commission proposal violates its mandate. About XXX billion euros in Russian Central Bank assets remain frozen in the West since the 2022 Ukraine invasion with XXX billion held in Belgium by Euroclear. European countries have discussed using parts for victimized Ukraine aid for nearly four" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1995795076350464033) 2025-12-02T10:00Z 21K followers, 1466 engagements "Gunvor co-founder and CEO Torbjrn Trnqvist married to a Russian and owning a Rublevka home near top Gazprom and Surgutneftegaz executives is selling his majority stake to senior staff and stepping down Bloomberg reports to refocus the firm after US Treasury labeled it a Kremlin puppet. On November X Gunvor withdrew its $XX billion bid for sanctioned Lukoil's overseas assets including European refineries and global stations as Washington vowed no license while Russia's Ukraine war continues Politico and Reuters note. New CEO is former US trading head Gary Pedersen" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1995840373751488851) 2025-12-02T13:00Z 21K followers, 2072 engagements "Moscow lawyer Alexander Tobak longtime business partner of State Duma deputy Andrei Makarov since their joint legal bureau founded in late 1980s became co-owner in January 2024 of UAE-based firm that bought British American Tobacco's Russian and Belarusian assets rebranded as ITMS annual reports show. Makarov heads budget committee belongs to United Russia faces Western sanctions for Ukraine war support. BAT left Russia in 2022 but brands remain with ex-managers" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1995998916559413492) 2025-12-02T23:30Z 20.9K followers, XXX engagements "Trump negotiators brought four parts of the Ukraine peace plan to Moscow for parallel discussions The New York Times reports citing sources. After Putin's meeting with special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow received four additional documents beyond the initial US proposal. They discussed substance without specifics: one on Ukrainian sovereignty including Armed Forces limits and missile range another on territories plus economic cooperation and broader European security" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1996519985540415859) 2025-12-04T10:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Russian Railways cargo volumes dropped XXX% year-on-year to XXXX million tons in November with January-November down XXX% to XXXXX trillion tons Reuters reports citing company data released December X. Facing a X trillion ruble debt the state monopoly is discussing government support. Revenue reached XXX trillion rubles in 2024 against XXX trillion expenses net debt hit XXX trillion rubles by June XX 2025 up XXX trillion in six months" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1996633097333260628) 2025-12-04T17:30Z 20.9K followers, XXX engagements "@AdlerJoelle You lost me at crypto" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1996757211159449846) 2025-12-05T01:43Z 20.9K followers, 8952 engagements "US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil are pushing Putin out of Eastern Europe The Telegraph reports. Bulgaria has seized Lukoil's largest refinery and hundreds of petrol stations while Serbia moves to take control of Gazprom-owned NIS refinery left idle by the measures. Russian oil exports to China India and Turkey have plunged costing Moscow billions monthly and weakening its war chest even as new shadow sellers emerge to bypass restrictions. Analysts see Russia's historic influence in the region fading fast" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997003035923697727) 2025-12-05T18:00Z 21K followers, 4280 engagements "US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held constructive talks with Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and Armed Forces Chief of General Staff General Andriy Hnatov in Miami December X focusing on advancing peace in Ukraine a joint statement announced. Discussions covered Ukraine's priorities for safeguarding independence sovereignty and citizen safety plus frameworks for security arrangements deterrence capabilities and post-war reconstruction under the Future Development Program including joint US-Ukraine economic initiatives and long-term" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997274832879403123) 2025-12-06T12:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Russia's Central Bank is tackling the overly strong ruble hurting exporters and the budget by lifting limits on foreign transfers for citizens and friendly country residents starting December X. Previously capped at one million dollars monthly via banks or XX thousand dollars through transfer systems to avert collapse post-invasion the move lets Russians and allies like China and India send unlimited funds abroad. The ruble has strengthened XX% since late 2024 slashing oil tax revenues by a quarter. Four economists surveyed by Novaya Gazeta Europe see this as the start of efforts to weaken it" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997425821472985251) 2025-12-06T22:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom invest X billion euros in Europe's largest AI factory in Munich converting a data center with Nvidia processors for early 2026 launch boosting Germany's AI power by XX percent. Perplexity among first clients Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees it as Germany's industrial transformation start. EU counters with XXX billion euros AI investment to catch US where Stargate costs XXX billion dollars. Nvidia reached X trillion dollars October XX via AI systems China market prospects" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1986516435791745140) 2025-11-06T19:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "HSBC analysts estimate OpenAI will need to raise at least $XXX billion by 2030 to cover massive losses from cloud compute deals with Microsoft and Amazon. Projected revenue from X billion users XX percent paid subscriptions and digital ads generates $XXX billion free cash flow but $XXX billion in rental costs create a huge shortfall despite Nvidia support and liquidity buffers Financial Times reports" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1994541563670925350) 2025-11-28T22:59Z 21K followers, 1254 engagements "US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Ukraine's delegation in Florida on Sunday to discuss Washington's plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine AFP reports citing a US official. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will also attend. Rubio joined prior consultations with Ukrainians in Geneva last weekend. Zelensky said the delegation led by Rustem Umerov arrived in the US Saturday evening local time to continue peace talks" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1994949508351074580) 2025-11-30T02:00Z 21K followers, 1218 engagements "Residents of at least nine EU countries doubt their nation's ability to resist Russia a survey commissioned by French magazine Le Grand Continent revealed. In France Italy Germany Spain Poland Croatia Belgium and the Netherlands XX% see high or very high risk of war with Russia soon with Poles most worried at XX% combined. Yet in all nine states most respondents lack confidence in their country's defense capabilities Germans especially only XX% believe Berlin could protect itself" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997033238456598960) 2025-12-05T20:00Z 21K followers, 1250 engagements "Hungary blocked the European Commission's proposal to issue XX billion euros in eurobonds as a backup plan for Ukraine's financial support should plans to use frozen Russian assets for a reparations loan fail Politico reported. Budapest vetoed the joint debt issuance at an ambassadors' meeting leaving the EU without an alternative for next year's aid. Belgium hosting Euroclear where most assets are held opposes the current loan format over fears of Russian retaliation targeting it directly with skepticism also from the clearinghouse" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997131379830636891) 2025-12-06T02:30Z 21K followers, 4239 engagements "The European Commission fined Elon Musk's Twitter XXX million euros for breaching the Digital Services Act Die Zeit reported. The penalty comprises XX million euros for the misleading blue checkmark verification system XX million euros for blocking researchers' data access and XX million euros for opaque ad disclosures. Users might mistake paid badges for authenticated ones after Musk's 2022 overhaul granting them to all subscribers without identity checks. US Vice President JD Vance criticized the EU for targeting American firms over free speech concerns echoing Trump's view of European" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997199327396008347) 2025-12-06T07:00Z 21K followers, 1171 engagements "The Russian ruble hit a record low of XXXXX against the US dollar on December X its strongest in over two years strengthening XX% year-to-date versus the dollar and XX% against the euro surprising even government budget forecasts. Experts cite high Central Bank rates reduced imports state currency sales asset repatriation by exporters and hopes for Ukraine peace easing sanctions as drivers per Reuters and Trading Economics. For citizens it stabilizes import prices and eases foreign travel costs. Yet for the economy a strong ruble slashes export revenues in ruble terms exacerbating a 22.4%" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997705161473511626) 2025-12-07T16:30Z 21K followers, 2011 engagements "Hollywood's Writers Guild demands blocking Netflix's $XXXX billion purchase of Warner Bros. HBO and HBO Max warning of massive layoffs pay cuts and shrinking work opportunities Financial Times reports. Actress Jane Fonda called it a threat to the entire entertainment industry. The deal unanimously approved December X would give Netflix about XX% of US streaming market. US Justice Department has launched antitrust review expected to last at least XX months before possible closure in 2026" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997984502887690664) 2025-12-08T11:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Kenyans are lured by local agencies with high-paying civilian jobs in Russia but upon arrival receive brief combat training and are sent to fight in Ukraine BBC reports. One recruit vanished after an ambush his family informed only by the agent; another returned wounded and traumatized. Kenya estimates XXX citizens serve in Russian forces several agencies suspended parliamentary hearings ongoing stricter recruitment laws planned" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998052449563607285) 2025-12-08T15:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Russia and China conducted their third joint anti-missile drills on Russian territory in early December China's defense ministry announced Reuters reports. The exercises not aimed at any third party or linked to current global tensions follow last month's talks on missile defense and strategic stability plus August's artillery and anti-submarine maneuvers in the Sea of Japan. Under their no-limits partnership signed before Russia's 2022 Ukraine invasion the nations pledged regular joint training for armed forces coordination. Both expressed concern over Trump's plans for a Golden Dome missile" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998060003052400791) 2025-12-08T16:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "@laurynflint You hit Hyperborea" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998121492706443499) 2025-12-08T20:04Z 21K followers, XX engagements "Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said Belarus's contraband balloon launches toward strategic sites like Vilnius airport and detention of Lithuanian trucks could be classified as terrorism LRT reports. She cited aviation security and international law breaches confirmed US support and upcoming meetings and stressed readiness for tough safety decisions while ministries test new counter-technologies. Europe seeks Lithuania's experience on this hybrid threat" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997123831866315001) 2025-12-06T02:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Russia's Central Bank will lift limits on foreign currency transfers abroad starting December X for Russian citizens and individuals from friendly countries its press service announced citing stable forex conditions. Restrictions remain for unfriendly nations' citizens: workers in Russia can transfer salary amounts non-workers none. The caps first imposed in March 2022 amid sanctions at $10000 monthly via remittance systems had been extended regularly last to March 2026" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997229530189058395) 2025-12-06T09:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Russia is ready to accept an unlimited number of Indian migrants Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov stated citing a need for at least XXX thousand more workers in manufacturing XXX million in trade plus significant numbers in services and construction. The process will be gradual for adaptation and assignment amid tightening migration policies and record deportations of XXX thousand foreigners last year yet acute labor shortages persist" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997440666821939558) 2025-12-06T22:59Z 21K followers, 1701 engagements "Russia's Africa Corps a Defense Ministry unit replacing Wagner Group mercenaries and aiding Mali's army against Al Qaeda and Islamic State militants is committing atrocities like beheadings rapes abductions and scorched earth tactics against civilians Associated Press reports after interviewing XX refugees in Mauritania. Witnesses describe soldiers shooting indiscriminately without questions echoing Wagner's intimidation methods. A village elder said "They use scorched earth policy killing anyone in sight for no reason." UN officials note widespread violence but difficulty identifying" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997825955453120527) 2025-12-08T00:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "@MarcoLo61955229 I don't think any of them did nuclear tests just yet tested missiles but with no nuclear warheads" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998069741324312790) 2025-12-08T16:38Z 21K followers, XX engagements "Russia's Ministry of Energy proposes shifting gasoline pricing from the general consumer price index which tracks broad inflation like X% across unrelated goods to a composite sectoral index that reflects fuel-specific costs such as excise taxes minimum wage hikes rail tariffs and station maintenance. This change suggested by Deputy Minister Pavel Sorokin in a letter to economic agencies aims to boost low gas station profits. Experts from OMT Consult predict retail fuel prices could rise 15-17% though government oversight will cap increases. The sectoral index was first advocated by the" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1993809492241477999) 2025-11-26T22:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "ICC arrest warrants for Putin and other Russian officials over war crimes in Ukraine will stay in force even if Moscow and Kyiv agree on a general amnesty in peace talks Reuters and The Associated Press report. The court says only the UN Security Council can suspend the probe. Deputy Prosecutor Najat Shamim Khan stressed ICC follows its own rules. Warrants cover Putin Maria Lvova-Belova Sergei Shoigu Valery Gerasimov Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997622117765185841) 2025-12-07T11:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Czech President Petr Pavel warned against any concessions to Russia in Ukraine peace efforts telling The Sunday Times that Putin's victory would mean defeat for the entire West European Pravda reports. Comparing the situation to 1938 Munich betrayal he said Europe now lacks collective courage to defend its values rather than betraying Ukraine. Pavel stressed Ukraine must not lose or hybrid attacks on Europe will escalate adding a new security deal with Moscow is eventually needed but only on proper terms after a fair peace agreement" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997999610338402741) 2025-12-08T12:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Like any superficial obsession of the Western man with the Orient whether through TikTok or actual colonialism it remains just that - a superficial fad depraved of not only the knowledge of cultures and material reality of the simplified object of obsession but also the desire to aquire any deeper knowledge than "China stronk" "Japan cyberpunk" "Korea twinkland" etc" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998365686721118380) 2025-12-09T12:14Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "French intelligence obtained Kremlin documents showing Moscow approved a plan to inflame tensions between Jewish and Muslim communities in France by staging antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks Mediapart reports. Serbian citizen Aleksandar Savic a known Russian agent currently in hiding remotely orchestrated 2025 operations including green paint vandalism on Jewish sites in May and pig heads placed at mosques in September using accomplices driving Serbian-registered vehicles" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1996617996010410041) 2025-12-04T16:30Z 21K followers, 815.6K engagements "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met in Brussels with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss frozen Central Bank of Russia assets. All agreed Kyiv needs urgent funding amid current geopolitics German government spokesman Stefan Kornelius reported. No deal was reached on using those assets to secure over XXX billion euros in EU loans to Ukraine as Belgium blocks it over financial risks demanding EU risk sharing. Hungary previously vetoed the commission's Plan B of issuing eurobonds for Kyiv" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997667411177423002) 2025-12-07T14:00Z 21K followers, 1633 engagements "There is a good chance that even if the United States muddles through the self-inflicted disaster of the Trump administration and the MAGA movement the next Democratic president will have his hands full repairing the immense economic political and societal damage inside the United States itself. As a result he is unlikely to substantially reverse the policy of distancing from Europe. In this scenario all we can expect from America are pleasant statements" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997742908037099933) 2025-12-07T19:00Z 21K followers, 5359 engagements "Hungarian Prime Minister Orban announced in Kecskemet that a Hungarian business delegation will travel to Moscow in the coming days to prepare for the postwar period when Russia could be reintegrated into the world economy and sanctions lifted AFP reports. He stressed the need to think ahead if the war in Ukraine ends without pulling Hungary in and if the US president succeeds in lifting sanctions. Orban said he stays in touch with both Washington and Moscow but cannot reveal all details" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997803054503211421) 2025-12-07T22:59Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Users across Russia report widespread state-run Max messenger outage since 9:15 Moscow time with messages calls and voice notes failing Downdetector and Sboy.rf show. Over 1500 daily complaints peaking in Moscow St. Petersburg Siberia and southern regions. Max press service denies problems. Outage follows forced migration of apartment chats to Max and Gosuslugi login shift requiring the app" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997969404001165517) 2025-12-08T10:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "It's hard to overstate just how much damage a bona fide conspiracy-theory administration in the White House is doing both to US soft power and to the influence of the West as a whole. The Vice President of the United States is posting like a provincial cab driver from the Balkans. They must be having a ball with this in Beijing and Moscow" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998105299375608159) 2025-12-08T19:00Z 21K followers, 38.9K engagements "Russian ruble has strengthened XX% against the dollar since early 2025 reaching XXXXX rubles per dollar as of December X hurting budget revenues by over X trillion rubles due to dollar-denominated oil taxes and duties yielding fewer rubles DW and Business Gazeta report. Exporters receive weak dollars or yuan but spend in strong rubles while cheap imports undercut local producers. Authorities businesses and CMAKP analysts call it overstrengthened a risk below XX rubles per MinEconomy; Central Bank eases capital outflow limits to weaken it amid sanctions-distorted markets but floating rate" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998143044961358057) 2025-12-08T21:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Christian Democratic Union international policy expert and CDU/CSU Bundestag deputy Norbert Roettgen warned that if the new US national security strategy succeeds the European Union will cease to exist Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland reports. He said the US has abandoned Europeans and Ukraine for the first time since World War II amid the illegal war of destruction. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul dismissed US criticism of European free speech as unwanted advice. Greens co-chair Franziska Brantner urged Europe to seize the chance to shape its own future independently. The strategy calls for" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998165442540515611) 2025-12-08T22:59Z 21K followers, 1031 engagements "Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced after talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul that Turkey will guarantee the continued transit of Russian gas to Hungary via the TurkStream pipeline Reuters reports. Orban noted Hungary has received XXX billion cubic meters this year under a 15-year deal for XXX billion annually following a US exemption from sanctions on Russian energy and a Russian supply guarantee. Hungary and possibly Slovakia plan to challenge the EU's import ban in court" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998210996565873127) 2025-12-09T02:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Paramount launched a hostile all-cash bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery for XXX billion dollars at XX dollars per share topping Netflix's XXXX billion dollar deal for the studio HBO and streaming assets by XX billion dollars Variety and Reuters report. The offer backed by XXXX billion dollars from the Ellison family and RedBird Capital plus XX billion in debt from Bank of America Citi and Apollo includes funding from Saudi Arabia Qatar Abu Dhabi sovereign funds and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners which agreed to forgo governance rights" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998286493446504698) 2025-12-09T07:00Z 21K followers, 1030 engagements "Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced that Hungary and Slovakia will challenge the EU's RePowerEU plan in the European Court of Justice immediately after its adoption next week seeking annulment and suspension during proceedings. The plan mandates phasing out all Russian gas imports by 2027 which Szijjarto called a massive legal fraud as a disguised sanction requiring unanimity violating EU treaties designating energy policy a national competence endangering secure supplies and spiking prices for the two landlocked states who have chosen to be reliant on Russian energy" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998309140314341588) 2025-12-09T08:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Euroclear CEO Valerie Urbain stated that the EU cannot freely access frozen Russian assets held by the group due to binding legal claims from Russia's Central Bank in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. There is no procedure for simply transferring these funds to the EU as they are Euroclear's money tied to reimbursement requirements she claimed. She added that the proposed reparations loan scheme is legally dubious enters completely uncharted territory and risks financial stability if implemented" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998331789136310609) 2025-12-09T10:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Seven EU countries Estonia Finland Ireland Lithuania Latvia Poland and Sweden wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa backing the reparations loan for Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets Politico reports. The proposal upholds Ukraine's right to compensation for aggression damages is financially viable and politically realistic and if approved at December's EU summit bolsters Kyiv's defense and negotiation stance for just lasting peace. Germany is set to guarantee over XX billion euros France XX billion and Italy XX billion" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998339338594140413) 2025-12-09T10:30Z 21K followers, 2641 engagements "France opposes using approximately XX billion euros in frozen Russian Central Bank assets held in its commercial banks for Ukraine's reparations loan despite backing the overall concept Financial Times reports. This irks other EU states as Paris withholds bank names citing confidentiality and market sensitivity with most likely at BNP Paribas. The bulk of XXX billion euros in frozen assets sits at Belgian depository Euroclear where the EU eyes XXX billion euros for the loan repayable post-war via Russian reparations but Belgium resists fearing solo lawsuits" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998346900526055475) 2025-12-09T11:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "China's trade surplus hit XXXX trillion dollars through November up from XXX billion last year China's Customs Administration announced December X the New York Times reports. Despite Trump's tariffs slashing exports to the US by nearly XX percent Beijing cut US soy and other buys at the same rate while selling three times more. A weak yuan boosted shipments with falling Chinese prices versus rising US and European ones aiding competitiveness. Exports of cars solar panels and consumer electronics surged to other nations comprising over a tenth of GDP as Beijing resists new barriers though some" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998497886359748798) 2025-12-09T21:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "The EU granted Poland Austria Croatia Czechia and Estonia a temporary one-year exemption from mandatory migrant relocation quotas under the solidarity mechanism allowing them to avoid accepting asylum seekers or paying 20000 euro fines per person as confirmed by Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski after tense Brussels discussions where southern European states expressed dissatisfaction. Poland cited heavy border security costs against Belarus and hosting over a million Ukrainian refugees with diplomats expecting extensions beyond 2026" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998543182754419016) 2025-12-10T00:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "@JustSomeSwede_ @libdembounce Again scary" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1996342274691645478) 2025-12-03T22:14Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "The Bundestag rejected using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine. The Greens proposed urging the German government to back comprehensive use of those assets for Kyiv funding at G7 level but it failed as CDU/CSU and SPD voted against AfD opposed and the Left abstained. In debates Greens' Robin Wagener appealed to morals saying Russian assets in Europe cannot be better protected than Ukrainians. CDU/CSU and SPD noted issues like straining ties with Belgium and needing US coordination amid Trump uncertainty. AfD echoed Moscow's arguments" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997682511598489952) 2025-12-07T15:00Z 21K followers, 1246 engagements "@nikitabier Thanks comrade Nikita" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1997973195517796484) 2025-12-08T10:15Z 21K followers, 22.6K engagements "Russia lags far behind in artificial intelligence development despite Putin's repeated calls to lead globally Wall Street Journal reports. Sanctions after the Ukraine invasion cut access to advanced chips dropping GPU imports XX% crippling model training. Russian firms raised just $XX million in venture funding last year versus OpenAI's $X billion. Top talent exodus reached 70-80% with Russia's best Russian-language model ranking 25th on LM Arena and the country 28th of XX in Stanford's Global AI Vibrancy Tool. Former Yandex executive Yuri Podorozhny said Russia has already lost the AI race" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998316696243929588) 2025-12-09T09:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "Lithuania declared a nationwide emergency over contraband-carrying balloons launched from Belarus citing threats to national security lives health property and environment the government announced. Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said citizens will face no inconvenience. Since October Vilnius Airport closed for over XX hours affecting XXX flights and 51000 passengers. Authorities will tighten aviation security and coordinate action against such balloons" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998354439715827777) 2025-12-09T11:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements "US backs Iraq's plan to transfer Lukoil's stake in the West Qurna X oil field which produces about XX percent of the country's crude to an American company amid expiring sanctions waivers Bloomberg reports citing sources familiar with the matter. Iraq's Oil Ministry last week approached ExxonMobil and Chevron for the majority holding preferring ExxonMobil. The Trump administration favors US firms acquiring Lukoil's global assets. On November XX the US Treasury delayed sanctions against Lukoil by three weeks to December XX allowing asset sales and blocked a deal with Swiss trader Gunvor" [X Link](https://x.com/polidemitolog/status/1998558284526367061) 2025-12-10T01:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
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Social category influence countries travel destinations finance currencies stocks technology brands social networks celebrities agencies
Social topic influence ukraine #1034, russia #2964, bank #1626, moscow #100, poland #303, prime minister #661, debt #873, business, china, hungary #240
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @pkallioniemi @spaghettikozak @drewpavlou @wartranslated @nikicaga @arnoldplaton @trueslazac @redheadophelia @daractenus @trianonwasbad @oalexanderdk @jayinkyiv @mikitaisbased @euronews @maksnafofella @nastasiaklimash @khaterdiana @slantchev @punclizme @davidfrum
Top assets mentioned Exxon Mobil (XOM) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBC) Bank of America (BAC)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"Rosneft's net profit for nine months dropped XX% to $XXXX billion. Revenue excluding taxes fell XXXX% to XXXX trillion rubles while EBITDA reflecting earnings before taxes depreciation and similar costs declined XXXX% to XXX trillion rubles. The company blamed high Central Bank rates making loans costlier cheaper oil prices and a stronger ruble reducing ruble income from exports. Rosneft also reported rising anti-terrorism security expenses without detailing measures. On October XX the US imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil Russia's top oil and gas firms causing their stocks to plunge"
X Link 2025-11-30T17:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Exxon Mobil approached Iraq's oil ministry to buy Russian firm Lukoil's majority stake in the giant West Qurna X oilfield one of the world's largest producing 470000 barrels per day or X% of Iraq's output and XXX% of global supply five Iraqi officials told Reuters. Iraq prefers Exxon for its capacity to manage the complex site previously operating neighboring West Qurna X. Lukoil must divest foreign assets by December XX due to US sanctions with Chevron and Carlyle also eyeing deals Bloomberg noted"
X Link 2025-12-03T17:00Z 21K followers, 1696 engagements
"Russia has agreed to sell its XXXXX percent stake in Serbia's NIS oil company hit by US sanctions in October Serbian Energy Minister Dubravka Djedovic-Handanovic announced Reuters reports. Gazprom Neft holds XXXX percent Gazprom XXXX percent while Serbia owns XXXX percent. The buyer remains undisclosed until key deal terms finalize. Mid-November US demands insisted on full Russian divestment for sanctions relief barring sales to Gazprom-linked entities. The move averts fuel shortages as NIS refinery nears shutdown without crude supplies"
X Link 2025-11-20T20:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Trump's sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft crippled Russia's grip on the Balkans the biggest setback in decades Bloomberg reported. Bulgaria seized Lukoil's Burgas refinery in XX seconds and plans sale while Serbia scrambles to facilitate the sale of Gazprom's oil assets to avoid nationalization. Analysts say Moscow's energy dominance a Soviet legacy in the Eastern Balkans and Putin's construction in the western part of the peninsula is collapsing under US pressure leaving the Kremlin little leverage even if sanctions lift later"
X Link 2025-11-21T22:00Z 21K followers, 1222 engagements
"Kyrgyzstan gave Putin the most lavish welcome since the war began Agentstvo reports. At Bishkek airport he was greeted with falconers yurt dancers horsemen in armor and "Kalinka" on traditional instruments. His motorcade rode behind XX mounted guards carrying Russian and Kyrgyz flags. Authorities erected a large screen blocking view of Ukraine embassy from presidential palace and switched schools to remote learning. Political analyst Arkadiy Dubnov noted the pomp ahead of November XX parliamentary elections"
X Link 2025-11-28T14:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Sergey Lavrov will skip the OSCE foreign ministers' meeting in Vienna December 4-5 for the first time since 2022 sending Deputy Alexander Grushko instead spokesperson Maria Zakharova told Interfax without explanation. He attended 2023 North Macedonia and 2024 Malta sessions despite visa hurdles but missed 2022 Poland event due to Warsaw's ban. Recent skips of Security Council G20 and ASEAN fueled disfavor rumors after Financial Times reported canceled Trump-Putin talks post his hardline Rubio call"
X Link 2025-11-29T00:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Central Bank of Russia reports worsening enterprise finances and rising bad debt amid economic slowdown yet anticipates no threat to stability even with sharper deceleration Bloomberg notes. Credit risk emerges as key vulnerability with company net income down XX percent in first eight months compared to prior year more losses in construction oil gas transport coal sectors. Large firms delay payments stressing small businesses but most remain resilient through 2026 stress tests confirm no systemic risks"
X Link 2025-11-30T11:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Kyrgyzstan once Central Asia's most rebellious republic with clan compromises and protests has turned eerily quiet under Sadyr Japarov and security chief Kamchybek Tashiev who openly align with Moscow without multivector diplomacy Novaya Gazeta Europe reports. Majoritarian elections split the parliament into XX local contests eliminating national parties and opposition. Media self-censor investigations vanished and Russian soft power thrives via ANO Eurasia centers and new RT-linked Nomad TV. During Putin's visit authorities hid the Ukrainian embassy behind a giant screen. Kyrgyzstan profits"
X Link 2025-11-30T16:30Z 21K followers, 1032 engagements
"Germany is boosting Lithuania's defense industry with a record German business delegation attending the first German-Baltic defense conference in Vilnius DW reports. Key focus is mass drone production and joint Baltic procurement. Estonia's Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur stressed efficient spending citing shared K9 howitzer purchases. German firms praise Lithuania's fast approvals and digital speed compared to Germany's bureaucracy. Lithuania and Estonia already spend X% of GDP on defense Latvia reaches it in 2027. Rheinmetall will open XXX mm shell plants in Lithuania and Latvia soon"
X Link 2025-11-30T22:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Vilnius airport shut for XX hours overnight after Belarus deliberately released balloons into flight paths disrupting XX flights and 7400 passengers Lithuanian media report. Authorities recorded XXX such incursions this year and call it a Russian hybrid operation against NATO using Belarusian territory with similar smuggling balloons also hitting Latvia and Poland"
X Link 2025-12-01T11:30Z 21K followers, 1973 engagements
"European Central Bank rejected supporting a XXX billion euro reparations loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets Financial Times reports citing sources. European officials asked ECB in Frankfurt to act as lender for Belgian depository Euroclear using some of the funds but ECB deemed the European Commission proposal violates its mandate. About XXX billion euros in Russian Central Bank assets remain frozen in the West since the 2022 Ukraine invasion with XXX billion held in Belgium by Euroclear. European countries have discussed using parts for victimized Ukraine aid for nearly four"
X Link 2025-12-02T10:00Z 21K followers, 1466 engagements
"Gunvor co-founder and CEO Torbjrn Trnqvist married to a Russian and owning a Rublevka home near top Gazprom and Surgutneftegaz executives is selling his majority stake to senior staff and stepping down Bloomberg reports to refocus the firm after US Treasury labeled it a Kremlin puppet. On November X Gunvor withdrew its $XX billion bid for sanctioned Lukoil's overseas assets including European refineries and global stations as Washington vowed no license while Russia's Ukraine war continues Politico and Reuters note. New CEO is former US trading head Gary Pedersen"
X Link 2025-12-02T13:00Z 21K followers, 2072 engagements
"Moscow lawyer Alexander Tobak longtime business partner of State Duma deputy Andrei Makarov since their joint legal bureau founded in late 1980s became co-owner in January 2024 of UAE-based firm that bought British American Tobacco's Russian and Belarusian assets rebranded as ITMS annual reports show. Makarov heads budget committee belongs to United Russia faces Western sanctions for Ukraine war support. BAT left Russia in 2022 but brands remain with ex-managers"
X Link 2025-12-02T23:30Z 20.9K followers, XXX engagements
"Trump negotiators brought four parts of the Ukraine peace plan to Moscow for parallel discussions The New York Times reports citing sources. After Putin's meeting with special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow received four additional documents beyond the initial US proposal. They discussed substance without specifics: one on Ukrainian sovereignty including Armed Forces limits and missile range another on territories plus economic cooperation and broader European security"
X Link 2025-12-04T10:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Russian Railways cargo volumes dropped XXX% year-on-year to XXXX million tons in November with January-November down XXX% to XXXXX trillion tons Reuters reports citing company data released December X. Facing a X trillion ruble debt the state monopoly is discussing government support. Revenue reached XXX trillion rubles in 2024 against XXX trillion expenses net debt hit XXX trillion rubles by June XX 2025 up XXX trillion in six months"
X Link 2025-12-04T17:30Z 20.9K followers, XXX engagements
"@AdlerJoelle You lost me at crypto"
X Link 2025-12-05T01:43Z 20.9K followers, 8952 engagements
"US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil are pushing Putin out of Eastern Europe The Telegraph reports. Bulgaria has seized Lukoil's largest refinery and hundreds of petrol stations while Serbia moves to take control of Gazprom-owned NIS refinery left idle by the measures. Russian oil exports to China India and Turkey have plunged costing Moscow billions monthly and weakening its war chest even as new shadow sellers emerge to bypass restrictions. Analysts see Russia's historic influence in the region fading fast"
X Link 2025-12-05T18:00Z 21K followers, 4280 engagements
"US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held constructive talks with Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and Armed Forces Chief of General Staff General Andriy Hnatov in Miami December X focusing on advancing peace in Ukraine a joint statement announced. Discussions covered Ukraine's priorities for safeguarding independence sovereignty and citizen safety plus frameworks for security arrangements deterrence capabilities and post-war reconstruction under the Future Development Program including joint US-Ukraine economic initiatives and long-term"
X Link 2025-12-06T12:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Russia's Central Bank is tackling the overly strong ruble hurting exporters and the budget by lifting limits on foreign transfers for citizens and friendly country residents starting December X. Previously capped at one million dollars monthly via banks or XX thousand dollars through transfer systems to avert collapse post-invasion the move lets Russians and allies like China and India send unlimited funds abroad. The ruble has strengthened XX% since late 2024 slashing oil tax revenues by a quarter. Four economists surveyed by Novaya Gazeta Europe see this as the start of efforts to weaken it"
X Link 2025-12-06T22:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom invest X billion euros in Europe's largest AI factory in Munich converting a data center with Nvidia processors for early 2026 launch boosting Germany's AI power by XX percent. Perplexity among first clients Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees it as Germany's industrial transformation start. EU counters with XXX billion euros AI investment to catch US where Stargate costs XXX billion dollars. Nvidia reached X trillion dollars October XX via AI systems China market prospects"
X Link 2025-11-06T19:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"HSBC analysts estimate OpenAI will need to raise at least $XXX billion by 2030 to cover massive losses from cloud compute deals with Microsoft and Amazon. Projected revenue from X billion users XX percent paid subscriptions and digital ads generates $XXX billion free cash flow but $XXX billion in rental costs create a huge shortfall despite Nvidia support and liquidity buffers Financial Times reports"
X Link 2025-11-28T22:59Z 21K followers, 1254 engagements
"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Ukraine's delegation in Florida on Sunday to discuss Washington's plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine AFP reports citing a US official. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will also attend. Rubio joined prior consultations with Ukrainians in Geneva last weekend. Zelensky said the delegation led by Rustem Umerov arrived in the US Saturday evening local time to continue peace talks"
X Link 2025-11-30T02:00Z 21K followers, 1218 engagements
"Residents of at least nine EU countries doubt their nation's ability to resist Russia a survey commissioned by French magazine Le Grand Continent revealed. In France Italy Germany Spain Poland Croatia Belgium and the Netherlands XX% see high or very high risk of war with Russia soon with Poles most worried at XX% combined. Yet in all nine states most respondents lack confidence in their country's defense capabilities Germans especially only XX% believe Berlin could protect itself"
X Link 2025-12-05T20:00Z 21K followers, 1250 engagements
"Hungary blocked the European Commission's proposal to issue XX billion euros in eurobonds as a backup plan for Ukraine's financial support should plans to use frozen Russian assets for a reparations loan fail Politico reported. Budapest vetoed the joint debt issuance at an ambassadors' meeting leaving the EU without an alternative for next year's aid. Belgium hosting Euroclear where most assets are held opposes the current loan format over fears of Russian retaliation targeting it directly with skepticism also from the clearinghouse"
X Link 2025-12-06T02:30Z 21K followers, 4239 engagements
"The European Commission fined Elon Musk's Twitter XXX million euros for breaching the Digital Services Act Die Zeit reported. The penalty comprises XX million euros for the misleading blue checkmark verification system XX million euros for blocking researchers' data access and XX million euros for opaque ad disclosures. Users might mistake paid badges for authenticated ones after Musk's 2022 overhaul granting them to all subscribers without identity checks. US Vice President JD Vance criticized the EU for targeting American firms over free speech concerns echoing Trump's view of European"
X Link 2025-12-06T07:00Z 21K followers, 1171 engagements
"The Russian ruble hit a record low of XXXXX against the US dollar on December X its strongest in over two years strengthening XX% year-to-date versus the dollar and XX% against the euro surprising even government budget forecasts. Experts cite high Central Bank rates reduced imports state currency sales asset repatriation by exporters and hopes for Ukraine peace easing sanctions as drivers per Reuters and Trading Economics. For citizens it stabilizes import prices and eases foreign travel costs. Yet for the economy a strong ruble slashes export revenues in ruble terms exacerbating a 22.4%"
X Link 2025-12-07T16:30Z 21K followers, 2011 engagements
"Hollywood's Writers Guild demands blocking Netflix's $XXXX billion purchase of Warner Bros. HBO and HBO Max warning of massive layoffs pay cuts and shrinking work opportunities Financial Times reports. Actress Jane Fonda called it a threat to the entire entertainment industry. The deal unanimously approved December X would give Netflix about XX% of US streaming market. US Justice Department has launched antitrust review expected to last at least XX months before possible closure in 2026"
X Link 2025-12-08T11:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Kenyans are lured by local agencies with high-paying civilian jobs in Russia but upon arrival receive brief combat training and are sent to fight in Ukraine BBC reports. One recruit vanished after an ambush his family informed only by the agent; another returned wounded and traumatized. Kenya estimates XXX citizens serve in Russian forces several agencies suspended parliamentary hearings ongoing stricter recruitment laws planned"
X Link 2025-12-08T15:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Russia and China conducted their third joint anti-missile drills on Russian territory in early December China's defense ministry announced Reuters reports. The exercises not aimed at any third party or linked to current global tensions follow last month's talks on missile defense and strategic stability plus August's artillery and anti-submarine maneuvers in the Sea of Japan. Under their no-limits partnership signed before Russia's 2022 Ukraine invasion the nations pledged regular joint training for armed forces coordination. Both expressed concern over Trump's plans for a Golden Dome missile"
X Link 2025-12-08T16:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"@laurynflint You hit Hyperborea"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:04Z 21K followers, XX engagements
"Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said Belarus's contraband balloon launches toward strategic sites like Vilnius airport and detention of Lithuanian trucks could be classified as terrorism LRT reports. She cited aviation security and international law breaches confirmed US support and upcoming meetings and stressed readiness for tough safety decisions while ministries test new counter-technologies. Europe seeks Lithuania's experience on this hybrid threat"
X Link 2025-12-06T02:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Russia's Central Bank will lift limits on foreign currency transfers abroad starting December X for Russian citizens and individuals from friendly countries its press service announced citing stable forex conditions. Restrictions remain for unfriendly nations' citizens: workers in Russia can transfer salary amounts non-workers none. The caps first imposed in March 2022 amid sanctions at $10000 monthly via remittance systems had been extended regularly last to March 2026"
X Link 2025-12-06T09:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Russia is ready to accept an unlimited number of Indian migrants Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov stated citing a need for at least XXX thousand more workers in manufacturing XXX million in trade plus significant numbers in services and construction. The process will be gradual for adaptation and assignment amid tightening migration policies and record deportations of XXX thousand foreigners last year yet acute labor shortages persist"
X Link 2025-12-06T22:59Z 21K followers, 1701 engagements
"Russia's Africa Corps a Defense Ministry unit replacing Wagner Group mercenaries and aiding Mali's army against Al Qaeda and Islamic State militants is committing atrocities like beheadings rapes abductions and scorched earth tactics against civilians Associated Press reports after interviewing XX refugees in Mauritania. Witnesses describe soldiers shooting indiscriminately without questions echoing Wagner's intimidation methods. A village elder said "They use scorched earth policy killing anyone in sight for no reason." UN officials note widespread violence but difficulty identifying"
X Link 2025-12-08T00:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"@MarcoLo61955229 I don't think any of them did nuclear tests just yet tested missiles but with no nuclear warheads"
X Link 2025-12-08T16:38Z 21K followers, XX engagements
"Russia's Ministry of Energy proposes shifting gasoline pricing from the general consumer price index which tracks broad inflation like X% across unrelated goods to a composite sectoral index that reflects fuel-specific costs such as excise taxes minimum wage hikes rail tariffs and station maintenance. This change suggested by Deputy Minister Pavel Sorokin in a letter to economic agencies aims to boost low gas station profits. Experts from OMT Consult predict retail fuel prices could rise 15-17% though government oversight will cap increases. The sectoral index was first advocated by the"
X Link 2025-11-26T22:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"ICC arrest warrants for Putin and other Russian officials over war crimes in Ukraine will stay in force even if Moscow and Kyiv agree on a general amnesty in peace talks Reuters and The Associated Press report. The court says only the UN Security Council can suspend the probe. Deputy Prosecutor Najat Shamim Khan stressed ICC follows its own rules. Warrants cover Putin Maria Lvova-Belova Sergei Shoigu Valery Gerasimov Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov"
X Link 2025-12-07T11:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Czech President Petr Pavel warned against any concessions to Russia in Ukraine peace efforts telling The Sunday Times that Putin's victory would mean defeat for the entire West European Pravda reports. Comparing the situation to 1938 Munich betrayal he said Europe now lacks collective courage to defend its values rather than betraying Ukraine. Pavel stressed Ukraine must not lose or hybrid attacks on Europe will escalate adding a new security deal with Moscow is eventually needed but only on proper terms after a fair peace agreement"
X Link 2025-12-08T12:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Like any superficial obsession of the Western man with the Orient whether through TikTok or actual colonialism it remains just that - a superficial fad depraved of not only the knowledge of cultures and material reality of the simplified object of obsession but also the desire to aquire any deeper knowledge than "China stronk" "Japan cyberpunk" "Korea twinkland" etc"
X Link 2025-12-09T12:14Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"French intelligence obtained Kremlin documents showing Moscow approved a plan to inflame tensions between Jewish and Muslim communities in France by staging antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks Mediapart reports. Serbian citizen Aleksandar Savic a known Russian agent currently in hiding remotely orchestrated 2025 operations including green paint vandalism on Jewish sites in May and pig heads placed at mosques in September using accomplices driving Serbian-registered vehicles"
X Link 2025-12-04T16:30Z 21K followers, 815.6K engagements
"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met in Brussels with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss frozen Central Bank of Russia assets. All agreed Kyiv needs urgent funding amid current geopolitics German government spokesman Stefan Kornelius reported. No deal was reached on using those assets to secure over XXX billion euros in EU loans to Ukraine as Belgium blocks it over financial risks demanding EU risk sharing. Hungary previously vetoed the commission's Plan B of issuing eurobonds for Kyiv"
X Link 2025-12-07T14:00Z 21K followers, 1633 engagements
"There is a good chance that even if the United States muddles through the self-inflicted disaster of the Trump administration and the MAGA movement the next Democratic president will have his hands full repairing the immense economic political and societal damage inside the United States itself. As a result he is unlikely to substantially reverse the policy of distancing from Europe. In this scenario all we can expect from America are pleasant statements"
X Link 2025-12-07T19:00Z 21K followers, 5359 engagements
"Hungarian Prime Minister Orban announced in Kecskemet that a Hungarian business delegation will travel to Moscow in the coming days to prepare for the postwar period when Russia could be reintegrated into the world economy and sanctions lifted AFP reports. He stressed the need to think ahead if the war in Ukraine ends without pulling Hungary in and if the US president succeeds in lifting sanctions. Orban said he stays in touch with both Washington and Moscow but cannot reveal all details"
X Link 2025-12-07T22:59Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Users across Russia report widespread state-run Max messenger outage since 9:15 Moscow time with messages calls and voice notes failing Downdetector and Sboy.rf show. Over 1500 daily complaints peaking in Moscow St. Petersburg Siberia and southern regions. Max press service denies problems. Outage follows forced migration of apartment chats to Max and Gosuslugi login shift requiring the app"
X Link 2025-12-08T10:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"It's hard to overstate just how much damage a bona fide conspiracy-theory administration in the White House is doing both to US soft power and to the influence of the West as a whole. The Vice President of the United States is posting like a provincial cab driver from the Balkans. They must be having a ball with this in Beijing and Moscow"
X Link 2025-12-08T19:00Z 21K followers, 38.9K engagements
"Russian ruble has strengthened XX% against the dollar since early 2025 reaching XXXXX rubles per dollar as of December X hurting budget revenues by over X trillion rubles due to dollar-denominated oil taxes and duties yielding fewer rubles DW and Business Gazeta report. Exporters receive weak dollars or yuan but spend in strong rubles while cheap imports undercut local producers. Authorities businesses and CMAKP analysts call it overstrengthened a risk below XX rubles per MinEconomy; Central Bank eases capital outflow limits to weaken it amid sanctions-distorted markets but floating rate"
X Link 2025-12-08T21:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Christian Democratic Union international policy expert and CDU/CSU Bundestag deputy Norbert Roettgen warned that if the new US national security strategy succeeds the European Union will cease to exist Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland reports. He said the US has abandoned Europeans and Ukraine for the first time since World War II amid the illegal war of destruction. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul dismissed US criticism of European free speech as unwanted advice. Greens co-chair Franziska Brantner urged Europe to seize the chance to shape its own future independently. The strategy calls for"
X Link 2025-12-08T22:59Z 21K followers, 1031 engagements
"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced after talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul that Turkey will guarantee the continued transit of Russian gas to Hungary via the TurkStream pipeline Reuters reports. Orban noted Hungary has received XXX billion cubic meters this year under a 15-year deal for XXX billion annually following a US exemption from sanctions on Russian energy and a Russian supply guarantee. Hungary and possibly Slovakia plan to challenge the EU's import ban in court"
X Link 2025-12-09T02:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Paramount launched a hostile all-cash bid to acquire Warner Bros Discovery for XXX billion dollars at XX dollars per share topping Netflix's XXXX billion dollar deal for the studio HBO and streaming assets by XX billion dollars Variety and Reuters report. The offer backed by XXXX billion dollars from the Ellison family and RedBird Capital plus XX billion in debt from Bank of America Citi and Apollo includes funding from Saudi Arabia Qatar Abu Dhabi sovereign funds and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners which agreed to forgo governance rights"
X Link 2025-12-09T07:00Z 21K followers, 1030 engagements
"Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced that Hungary and Slovakia will challenge the EU's RePowerEU plan in the European Court of Justice immediately after its adoption next week seeking annulment and suspension during proceedings. The plan mandates phasing out all Russian gas imports by 2027 which Szijjarto called a massive legal fraud as a disguised sanction requiring unanimity violating EU treaties designating energy policy a national competence endangering secure supplies and spiking prices for the two landlocked states who have chosen to be reliant on Russian energy"
X Link 2025-12-09T08:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Euroclear CEO Valerie Urbain stated that the EU cannot freely access frozen Russian assets held by the group due to binding legal claims from Russia's Central Bank in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. There is no procedure for simply transferring these funds to the EU as they are Euroclear's money tied to reimbursement requirements she claimed. She added that the proposed reparations loan scheme is legally dubious enters completely uncharted territory and risks financial stability if implemented"
X Link 2025-12-09T10:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Seven EU countries Estonia Finland Ireland Lithuania Latvia Poland and Sweden wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa backing the reparations loan for Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets Politico reports. The proposal upholds Ukraine's right to compensation for aggression damages is financially viable and politically realistic and if approved at December's EU summit bolsters Kyiv's defense and negotiation stance for just lasting peace. Germany is set to guarantee over XX billion euros France XX billion and Italy XX billion"
X Link 2025-12-09T10:30Z 21K followers, 2641 engagements
"France opposes using approximately XX billion euros in frozen Russian Central Bank assets held in its commercial banks for Ukraine's reparations loan despite backing the overall concept Financial Times reports. This irks other EU states as Paris withholds bank names citing confidentiality and market sensitivity with most likely at BNP Paribas. The bulk of XXX billion euros in frozen assets sits at Belgian depository Euroclear where the EU eyes XXX billion euros for the loan repayable post-war via Russian reparations but Belgium resists fearing solo lawsuits"
X Link 2025-12-09T11:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"China's trade surplus hit XXXX trillion dollars through November up from XXX billion last year China's Customs Administration announced December X the New York Times reports. Despite Trump's tariffs slashing exports to the US by nearly XX percent Beijing cut US soy and other buys at the same rate while selling three times more. A weak yuan boosted shipments with falling Chinese prices versus rising US and European ones aiding competitiveness. Exports of cars solar panels and consumer electronics surged to other nations comprising over a tenth of GDP as Beijing resists new barriers though some"
X Link 2025-12-09T21:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"The EU granted Poland Austria Croatia Czechia and Estonia a temporary one-year exemption from mandatory migrant relocation quotas under the solidarity mechanism allowing them to avoid accepting asylum seekers or paying 20000 euro fines per person as confirmed by Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski after tense Brussels discussions where southern European states expressed dissatisfaction. Poland cited heavy border security costs against Belarus and hosting over a million Ukrainian refugees with diplomats expecting extensions beyond 2026"
X Link 2025-12-10T00:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"@JustSomeSwede_ @libdembounce Again scary"
X Link 2025-12-03T22:14Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"The Bundestag rejected using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine. The Greens proposed urging the German government to back comprehensive use of those assets for Kyiv funding at G7 level but it failed as CDU/CSU and SPD voted against AfD opposed and the Left abstained. In debates Greens' Robin Wagener appealed to morals saying Russian assets in Europe cannot be better protected than Ukrainians. CDU/CSU and SPD noted issues like straining ties with Belgium and needing US coordination amid Trump uncertainty. AfD echoed Moscow's arguments"
X Link 2025-12-07T15:00Z 21K followers, 1246 engagements
"@nikitabier Thanks comrade Nikita"
X Link 2025-12-08T10:15Z 21K followers, 22.6K engagements
"Russia lags far behind in artificial intelligence development despite Putin's repeated calls to lead globally Wall Street Journal reports. Sanctions after the Ukraine invasion cut access to advanced chips dropping GPU imports XX% crippling model training. Russian firms raised just $XX million in venture funding last year versus OpenAI's $X billion. Top talent exodus reached 70-80% with Russia's best Russian-language model ranking 25th on LM Arena and the country 28th of XX in Stanford's Global AI Vibrancy Tool. Former Yandex executive Yuri Podorozhny said Russia has already lost the AI race"
X Link 2025-12-09T09:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"Lithuania declared a nationwide emergency over contraband-carrying balloons launched from Belarus citing threats to national security lives health property and environment the government announced. Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said citizens will face no inconvenience. Since October Vilnius Airport closed for over XX hours affecting XXX flights and 51000 passengers. Authorities will tighten aviation security and coordinate action against such balloons"
X Link 2025-12-09T11:30Z 21K followers, XXX engagements
"US backs Iraq's plan to transfer Lukoil's stake in the West Qurna X oil field which produces about XX percent of the country's crude to an American company amid expiring sanctions waivers Bloomberg reports citing sources familiar with the matter. Iraq's Oil Ministry last week approached ExxonMobil and Chevron for the majority holding preferring ExxonMobil. The Trump administration favors US firms acquiring Lukoil's global assets. On November XX the US Treasury delayed sanctions against Lukoil by three weeks to December XX allowing asset sales and blocked a deal with Swiss trader Gunvor"
X Link 2025-12-10T01:00Z 21K followers, XXX engagements