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They also, as you’ve noted, fail to understand America’s political landscape.

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Courage in leadership. Compare this with TACO.

Leadership, EU style.

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So much for the TACO Mafia's attempt at stealing this money... And so much for Orban's demands to give him special dispensation against the Ru oil sanctions.

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BREAKING: Brussels has unlocked a legal mechanism allowing indefinite freezing of Russian central bank assets without unanimous EU consent—bypassing any Hungarian veto—by citing “economic disturbances caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine.” The European Commission now proposes transferring €210bn to Kyiv in 2026-27, including €140bn directly from frozen Russian funds at Euroclear plus €25bn from other European accounts, with €115bn earmarked for defence industry buildup and the remaining €95bn to repay prior G7 loans and cover Ukraine’s budget needs.

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Brussels hasn’t “confiscated” €210bn yet: the new plan keeps Russian central bank assets frozen longer and uses them as backing for big loans to Ukraine, mostly via a proposed €140bn “reparations loan,” but outright seizure remains legally and politically contested.

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the [EU] bloc just flipped the script on Putin, and its about damn time. Kyrylo Shevchenko's breaking news nails the shift, with the Commission invoking Article 122 of the EU treaties to lock down those frozen Russian central bank assets indefinitely, no more begging for unanimous votes every six months that let Hungary play spoiler. They're citing Russia's war as straight up economic sabotage, triggering qualified majority decisions that sidestep Orban's veto like its yesterday's headache. This isn't some half measure; it's the green light for outright repurposing, kicking off what everyone knows is confiscation with a fancy reparations bow.

Dig into the meat: over 210 billion euros in Russian sovereign dough iced across Europe since the invasion, with 185 billion parked at Euroclear in Belgium alone, plus another 25 billion scattered in other accounts that Brussels wont even name to keep the Kremlins spies guessing.

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Germany stepped up huge, with Chancellor Merz pledging a quarter of the tab to soothe Belgium's jitters about blowback, proving Berlins not just talking tough anymore. Sure, Moscow's howling theft, with Lavrov warning of tit for tat that'll make the West rue the day, but lets call bullshite: the European Court of Human Rights already slammed Russia with full liability for the carnage since Crimea, tallying damages in the trillions when you factor in shattered lives and stolen futures.

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This isn't piracy; its poetic justice, turning Putin's war chest against him while shielding the eurozone from full seizure risks that spooked the suits in 2022. Belgium pushed back hard on the initial 90 billion loan float last week, fretting legal landmines and Russian revenge, but this workaround, hashed out in frantic huddles with von der Leyen, neuters that noise and locks in the flow. The beauty? It forces the hand on unity, with the December 18 summit looming as the make or break where leaders vote this through... Critics whine about market chills or precedent for rogue states, but that's fearmongering from the same crowd that greenlit Nord Stream. Russia gambled its vault on aggression and lost; now the bill comes due, and Europe's collecting with interest. This is how you end wars: make the aggressor pay.

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Russia is prepared to take in millions of labour migrants from India [to replace the male population wiped out in the “SVO”], according to First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov following the Russia–India summit in New Delhi.

He said the country is ready to accept an unlimited number of Indians, noting that the manufacturing sector alone needs at least 800,000 additional workers on top of existing numbers. He added that there is significant demand in other sectors as well, including around 1.5 million people for trade, as well as large requirements in services and construction.

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Normally this would be fun as the jokes would write themselves... convenience stores, motels and all the places in top Russian schools... but we know these don't exist in Russia. So what does Putin need 800,000 Indian workers for? Mimicking the EU-style mongrelization? Or maybe...

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Yeah, they begin as migrant laborers in russia, then suddenly without their knowledge they've signed up for some light work in a neighboring country. The last thing they'll hear is the high pitch noise getting closer.

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And yeah, what's the Hindi term for "human trafficking"?

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Another night...

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Hungary with the passive-aggressive, good cop-bad cop routine yet again. Orban is Putin 2.0 and acts like it, but when he realizes the consequences of his actions with the West, he sends Szijjártó to make nice.

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Cracks in the BRICS... Ultimately, of all the war crimes the Russians have committed, the worst are the continuing crimes against children. No amount of propaganda will overcome the revulsion against these Russian crimes, crimes that Russians will wear for another century.

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South Africa has voted against Russia at the UN, supporting a resolution calling for the return of Ukrainian children who were forcibly taken or unlawfully held by Russia since 2014.

South Africa became the only BRICS country not to side with the Kremlin, and one of just eight African states to support the document.

In April, President of Ukraine handed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa a list of 400 abducted Ukrainian children, asking for assistance in bringing them home.

Russia called the resolution "politically motivated."

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Correct and has been legally established since the portfolio interest was used as collateral almost two years ago. Merz went to Brussels and put a stop to De Wever's unconscionable bullshite.

Oh, to be a fly on that wall... "Say Minister De Wever, when does the contract for all the EU offices located in Belgium expire? What's that you say? There is no contract? Oh dear..."

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Another night...

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As expected, the pressure on De Wever and Brussels was too much. This is a big climb down from their former position that they and they alone are responsible for the Russian investment. What bullshite. With the portfolio interest already standing as collateral for close to $90 billion in loans to Ukraine, the precedent of mutual EU responsibility has been established for over a year.

I don't know too much about EU jurisdiction but why couldn't Ukraine just bring a massive suit for damages in a EU court in Brussels? Put another freeze on the Ru money until the case has run all the way through the court system. A special freeze - one that would allow the funds to be used as collateral for loans to Ukraine but prevent the Russians or TACO's mafia from touching it..

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It's a start...

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