[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.] [@slantchev](/creator/twitter/slantchev) "I dont think so. While Ive no doubt that theres a problem with Russian infiltration people are rightly concerned about the way to handle it. Anti-corruption measures are the favorite tool of authoritarians and those aspiring to become ones to suppress opposition. The optics are terrible"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948295221172744449) 2025-07-24 08:12:32 UTC 13.6K followers, XX engagements "There are post-communist countries and then theres Poland"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948487164829835655) 2025-07-24 20:55:15 UTC 13.7K followers, 1060 engagements "The flare up over the new law that centralizes the anti-corruption agencies in Ukraine is a bit complicated. On the one hand there clearly Russian infiltration that needs to be dealt with. On the other hand people are rightly worried that the new law puts too much power in the hands of the President. The protests in Kyiv and the growing criticism from the EU seem to have caused Zelenskyy to reconsider and he has promised to submit a new bill to resolve some of the concerns. No details available yet. The remarkable thing about this story isnt that the Kremlin shills jumped on it as evidence of"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948261764803465329) 2025-07-24 05:59:36 UTC 13.7K followers, 1244 engagements "Bye for now Prague. You are one of the most beautiful cities on the planet. I spent a glorious two days pounding the pavement to see and photograph nearly XX churches and monasteries. Thats about half of them here. It never ceases to amaze me just how pretty this city is everywhere you go"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948339121178480669) 2025-07-24 11:06:59 UTC 13.7K followers, XXX engagements "@PressSec The Epstein Files arent going away. Karoline. Why is your bosss name in them repeatedly And if its just innocent mentions why not release them Nobodys buying your gaslighting"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948299011921674263) 2025-07-24 08:27:36 UTC 13.7K followers, 7150 engagements "For those of you who have no idea whats going on Gojko Miti was a Serbian actor famous for playing heroic Native Americans like Tecumseh in Red Westerns produced by East Germany. These were quite popular despite being essentially anti-Western (anti-colonial) propaganda. I was much more partial to the novels by Karl May a German who never visited America but who gave us Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. These were also made into movies and Winnetou was played by the Frenchman Pierre Brice. At any rate Miti was no more a Soviet actor than Yugoslavia was part of the Soviet Union"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948514150994641016) 2025-07-24 22:42:29 UTC 13.7K followers, XXX engagements "Guys if people dont stop talking about the Epstein Files the government will reveal the set of the fake Moon landing and the lab where they doctor the NASA photos to hide that the Earth is flat"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948473955075166219) 2025-07-24 20:02:46 UTC 13.6K followers, XXX engagements "We had heard about Musks interference with Starlink provision during an attack on Crimea. This one is news to me. Musk was effectively running his own foreign policy. This is why Starlink service should have been provided through government contracts from the start this would have made this sort of interference a lot harder (but not impossible)"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948960520863658455) 2025-07-26 04:16:12 UTC 13.7K followers, 2397 engagements "Gabbard is a fucking Kremlin shill and must be removed. Shes currying favor with Trump after the fallout over Iran. There isnt a cockamamie foreign autocrat that this cretin does not admire or wish to work for. Shame on the Senate for confirming her knowing all of this full well"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948312672690139524) 2025-07-24 09:21:53 UTC 13.7K followers, 5130 engagements "These are protests against a measure that the government touts as anti-corruption but that has people worried that it would lead to reduction of civilian oversight of two key agencies and concentrate too much power in the attorney general who is appointed by the President. Ironically the new system is basically what we have in the US but you wouldnt hear the Greene Goblin tell you about that. Instead the Kremlin lapdog is yapping garbage thats designed to undermine support for Ukraine"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948047978046104037) 2025-07-23 15:50:05 UTC 13.7K followers, 1997 engagements "Look at this asshole whose app is fully in service to the FSB and the Russian war criminals pontificate about government criticism. Does anyone take this piece of shit seriously"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948286064872804461) 2025-07-24 07:36:09 UTC 13.7K followers, 2699 engagements "The new law Zelenskyy sent to the Rada restores the independence of the two anti-corruption agencies. Seems the Ukrainian government is listening to its people. The Kremlin bots are very confused"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948471010166276555) 2025-07-24 19:51:04 UTC 13.6K followers, 3627 engagements "The Kremlin bots swarmed the joke I posted and many are making the same talking point: Soviet leadership was supposedly dominated by Ukrainians because several key figures were either born in Ukraine (Brezhnev) or active there (Khrushchev). This is total nonsense. The ethnic Russians (eg Brezhnev) totally dominated the highest echelon of the CPSU and the state. Stalin had deliberately Russified the USSR and the core ideology promoted Russian language and culture as a unifying civilizing force. There were only two ethnic Ukrainians in the Politburo: Podgorny (who was ousted by Brezhnev) and"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948493305362198746) 2025-07-24 21:19:39 UTC 13.7K followers, 2557 engagements "Nothing screams victory more than you having to do nonstop conscription to replenish the losses at the front despite funneling 35000 men per month for years. Do the Russians ever ask themselves where these other soldiers went"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948302263396528607) 2025-07-24 08:40:31 UTC 13.7K followers, 5237 engagements "Oh man The Telegraph is again peddling Kremlin talking points. What is it with the stupid Western press"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948475087424028744) 2025-07-24 20:07:16 UTC 13.7K followers, 40.4K engagements "@lbary They checked the passports on the train en route. No stop. Coming through Przemysl was much faster then through Chelm"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948625889463599446) 2025-07-25 06:06:30 UTC 13.7K followers, XX engagements "Nothing you wrote contradicted what I said. The cope about the casualties is hilarious. Apparently Russians just dissolve into thin air despite the constant influx of new recruits. Ukraine has already won. Its just a matter of figuring out how deep of a hole Putin will drag Russia into"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948329771894485126) 2025-07-24 10:29:50 UTC 13.7K followers, XXX engagements "They keep throwing all the oldies in an effort to drown out the Epstein Files scandal but it aint going away. This has become a rare bipartisan issue so much so that Johnson had to shut down Congress rather than have it take a vote. It would be ironic if Trump is undone by a conspiracy theory given that his political rise was entirely built on feeding conspiracy theories of all sorts. The WSJ isnt backing down either. While the damnable NYT publishes mealy-mouthed nonsense of both sides (these idiots never seem to have met a side that didnt deserve equal footing) Murdochs newspaper has"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948298378322087990) 2025-07-24 08:25:05 UTC 13.7K followers, XXX engagements "Serbia currently sources crude oilincluding Russian-origin shipmentsvia tankers arriving at Croatias port of Omialj with transport through the JANAF pipeline to the Panevo refinery owned by Gazprom-controlled NIS. In light of EU sanctions on Russian oil and Croatias alignment with Brussels Serbia and Hungary in coordination with Russian representatives are planning a new crude oil pipeline linking Serbia directly to Hungarys Druzhba system. This infrastructure would bypass EU-controlled routes and secure a more stable supply of Russian oil for Serbia a non-EU country. While the project is"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1947529002161475638) 2025-07-22 05:27:52 UTC 13.7K followers, 1063 engagements "Long day from Czechia through Poland and into Ukraine but I made it to Lviv"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1948534342214713758) 2025-07-25 00:02:43 UTC 13.7K followers, 3383 engagements "@FromTheEE Theres no evidence that Musk coordinated this with anyone or that USG approved. In fact I think the push to get the contracts was precisely to ensure operation consistent with USG prefs rather than Musks"  [@slantchev](/creator/x/slantchev) on [X](/post/tweet/1949057972388184418) 2025-07-26 10:43:27 UTC 13.7K followers, XX engagements
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"I dont think so. While Ive no doubt that theres a problem with Russian infiltration people are rightly concerned about the way to handle it. Anti-corruption measures are the favorite tool of authoritarians and those aspiring to become ones to suppress opposition. The optics are terrible"
@slantchev on X 2025-07-24 08:12:32 UTC 13.6K followers, XX engagements
"There are post-communist countries and then theres Poland" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 20:55:15 UTC 13.7K followers, 1060 engagements
"The flare up over the new law that centralizes the anti-corruption agencies in Ukraine is a bit complicated. On the one hand there clearly Russian infiltration that needs to be dealt with. On the other hand people are rightly worried that the new law puts too much power in the hands of the President. The protests in Kyiv and the growing criticism from the EU seem to have caused Zelenskyy to reconsider and he has promised to submit a new bill to resolve some of the concerns. No details available yet. The remarkable thing about this story isnt that the Kremlin shills jumped on it as evidence of" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 05:59:36 UTC 13.7K followers, 1244 engagements
"Bye for now Prague. You are one of the most beautiful cities on the planet. I spent a glorious two days pounding the pavement to see and photograph nearly XX churches and monasteries. Thats about half of them here. It never ceases to amaze me just how pretty this city is everywhere you go" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 11:06:59 UTC 13.7K followers, XXX engagements
"@PressSec The Epstein Files arent going away. Karoline. Why is your bosss name in them repeatedly And if its just innocent mentions why not release them Nobodys buying your gaslighting" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 08:27:36 UTC 13.7K followers, 7150 engagements
"For those of you who have no idea whats going on Gojko Miti was a Serbian actor famous for playing heroic Native Americans like Tecumseh in Red Westerns produced by East Germany. These were quite popular despite being essentially anti-Western (anti-colonial) propaganda. I was much more partial to the novels by Karl May a German who never visited America but who gave us Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. These were also made into movies and Winnetou was played by the Frenchman Pierre Brice. At any rate Miti was no more a Soviet actor than Yugoslavia was part of the Soviet Union" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 22:42:29 UTC 13.7K followers, XXX engagements
"Guys if people dont stop talking about the Epstein Files the government will reveal the set of the fake Moon landing and the lab where they doctor the NASA photos to hide that the Earth is flat" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 20:02:46 UTC 13.6K followers, XXX engagements
"We had heard about Musks interference with Starlink provision during an attack on Crimea. This one is news to me. Musk was effectively running his own foreign policy. This is why Starlink service should have been provided through government contracts from the start this would have made this sort of interference a lot harder (but not impossible)" @slantchev on X 2025-07-26 04:16:12 UTC 13.7K followers, 2397 engagements
"Gabbard is a fucking Kremlin shill and must be removed. Shes currying favor with Trump after the fallout over Iran. There isnt a cockamamie foreign autocrat that this cretin does not admire or wish to work for. Shame on the Senate for confirming her knowing all of this full well" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 09:21:53 UTC 13.7K followers, 5130 engagements
"These are protests against a measure that the government touts as anti-corruption but that has people worried that it would lead to reduction of civilian oversight of two key agencies and concentrate too much power in the attorney general who is appointed by the President. Ironically the new system is basically what we have in the US but you wouldnt hear the Greene Goblin tell you about that. Instead the Kremlin lapdog is yapping garbage thats designed to undermine support for Ukraine" @slantchev on X 2025-07-23 15:50:05 UTC 13.7K followers, 1997 engagements
"Look at this asshole whose app is fully in service to the FSB and the Russian war criminals pontificate about government criticism. Does anyone take this piece of shit seriously" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 07:36:09 UTC 13.7K followers, 2699 engagements
"The new law Zelenskyy sent to the Rada restores the independence of the two anti-corruption agencies. Seems the Ukrainian government is listening to its people. The Kremlin bots are very confused" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 19:51:04 UTC 13.6K followers, 3627 engagements
"The Kremlin bots swarmed the joke I posted and many are making the same talking point: Soviet leadership was supposedly dominated by Ukrainians because several key figures were either born in Ukraine (Brezhnev) or active there (Khrushchev). This is total nonsense. The ethnic Russians (eg Brezhnev) totally dominated the highest echelon of the CPSU and the state. Stalin had deliberately Russified the USSR and the core ideology promoted Russian language and culture as a unifying civilizing force. There were only two ethnic Ukrainians in the Politburo: Podgorny (who was ousted by Brezhnev) and" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 21:19:39 UTC 13.7K followers, 2557 engagements
"Nothing screams victory more than you having to do nonstop conscription to replenish the losses at the front despite funneling 35000 men per month for years. Do the Russians ever ask themselves where these other soldiers went" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 08:40:31 UTC 13.7K followers, 5237 engagements
"Oh man The Telegraph is again peddling Kremlin talking points. What is it with the stupid Western press" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 20:07:16 UTC 13.7K followers, 40.4K engagements
"@lbary They checked the passports on the train en route. No stop. Coming through Przemysl was much faster then through Chelm" @slantchev on X 2025-07-25 06:06:30 UTC 13.7K followers, XX engagements
"Nothing you wrote contradicted what I said. The cope about the casualties is hilarious. Apparently Russians just dissolve into thin air despite the constant influx of new recruits. Ukraine has already won. Its just a matter of figuring out how deep of a hole Putin will drag Russia into" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 10:29:50 UTC 13.7K followers, XXX engagements
"They keep throwing all the oldies in an effort to drown out the Epstein Files scandal but it aint going away. This has become a rare bipartisan issue so much so that Johnson had to shut down Congress rather than have it take a vote. It would be ironic if Trump is undone by a conspiracy theory given that his political rise was entirely built on feeding conspiracy theories of all sorts. The WSJ isnt backing down either. While the damnable NYT publishes mealy-mouthed nonsense of both sides (these idiots never seem to have met a side that didnt deserve equal footing) Murdochs newspaper has" @slantchev on X 2025-07-24 08:25:05 UTC 13.7K followers, XXX engagements
"Serbia currently sources crude oilincluding Russian-origin shipmentsvia tankers arriving at Croatias port of Omialj with transport through the JANAF pipeline to the Panevo refinery owned by Gazprom-controlled NIS. In light of EU sanctions on Russian oil and Croatias alignment with Brussels Serbia and Hungary in coordination with Russian representatives are planning a new crude oil pipeline linking Serbia directly to Hungarys Druzhba system. This infrastructure would bypass EU-controlled routes and secure a more stable supply of Russian oil for Serbia a non-EU country. While the project is" @slantchev on X 2025-07-22 05:27:52 UTC 13.7K followers, 1063 engagements
"Long day from Czechia through Poland and into Ukraine but I made it to Lviv" @slantchev on X 2025-07-25 00:02:43 UTC 13.7K followers, 3383 engagements
"@FromTheEE Theres no evidence that Musk coordinated this with anyone or that USG approved. In fact I think the push to get the contracts was precisely to ensure operation consistent with USG prefs rather than Musks" @slantchev on X 2025-07-26 10:43:27 UTC 13.7K followers, XX engagements