6 Jun, 2023 09:25

City of Novaya Kakhovka flooded after dam destruction – mayor

The water level in the Dnieper river has soared by more than 10 meters in the area of Novaya Kakhovka in Russia’s Kherson Region after a Ukrainian strike seriously damaged the local major hydroelectric dam, local authorities said on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters, Vladimir Leontyev, the head of the local administration, said the attack on Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam could result in the water level rising by as much as 12 meters, but that it is projected to return to normal within three days. “However, we have to survive these 72 hours,” he said.

He also said that local authorities have started to evacuate residents from riverside settlements, including the towns of Korsunska and Dniepriany as well as adjacent territories, with some300 buildings being vacated.

Andrey Alekseenko, the chair of Kherson Region’s administration, said that in total 14 settlements with acombined population of 22,000 peoplecould be flooded.

According to local officials, the key infrastructure was “destroyed as a result of a strike” by Ukrainian forces, which was described by Leontyev as a major “terrorist act.” Local emergency services said that14 out of 28 of the dam's spans had already collapsed, with more expected to follow suit.

However, Ukrainian officials denied responsibility, with Mikhail Podoliak, a top adviser to President Vladimir Zelensky, placing the blame on Moscow and accusing it of creating “the biggest environmental disaster in Europe in decades.”

(https://www.rt.com/russia/577555-city-novaya-kakhovka-flooded-mayor/)

6 Jun, 2023 04:02

Hydroelectric dam in Kherson partially destroyed – mayor

The Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam in Russia’s Kherson Region, located on the Dnieper River upstream from the city of Kherson, suffered significant damage on Tuesday morning, according to a local official and several videos shared on social media.

Theupper part of the key infrastructure was “destroyed as a result of a strike,” the mayor of Novaya Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontyev, confirmed to RIA Novosti. Whileseveral of the dam’s floodgates were damagedand unleashed an uncontrolled stream of water, the underwater structure itself withstood the attack, the official claimed.

Leontyev described the incident as a major “terrorist act” and said the water level downstream had risen by up to 2.5 meters, but added there was no need for evacuations thus far. He noted that the area has seen higher water levels during previous floods caused by heavy rainfall, but emphasized that local officials were focused on helping citizens as they prepare for a worst-case scenario.

“All services work in the city, all administration employees are in place. Electricity, gas, internet, communications are available,” the mayor continued.

The dam was reportedly struck around 2am local time. A video captured from a drone has circulated on Telegram purporting to show the aftermath of the attack, with water seen flowing through the breach.

Moscow has repeatedly blamed Kiev for numerous attacks on the Kakhovskaya dam, warning that a breach could result in the deaths of thousands of civilians. In turn, Ukraine has claimed that Russia was planning to blow up the dam in a false-flag operation aimed at framing Kiev for the flooding.

The persistent threat was cited as one of the main reasons for the evacuation of civilians from certain communities in the area last autumn, and an eventual pullout of Russian forces from the city of Kherson to the left bank of the Dnieper River.

Russian military and civilian officials, including acting Kherson Governor Vladimir Saldo, warned at the time that many areas in the region, including the city of Kherson, could be flooded if the Kakhovskaya dam were destroyed.

Kherson Region was officially declared part of Russiain early October, together with Zaporozhye Region and the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, after people in those territories overwhelmingly supported the move in referendums. Kiev and its Western backers have labeled the votes a “sham” and vowed to recapture the territories using any means necessary.

Ukraine considered blowing up the dam toparalyze Russian forceswho were defending the city of Kherson – andeven “conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates” – a former head of Ukraine’s Operational Command South, Major General Andrey Kovalchuk, admitted in an interview with the Washington Post in December.

(https://www.rt.com/russia/577548-kakhovskaya-hydroelectric-dam-breach/)

6 Jun, 2023 09:04

Minsk agreements allowed me to arm Ukraine – ex-president

Pyotr Poroshenko has said he turned to NATO to prepare for war instead of implementing the peace roadmap

Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has boasted about his role in rebuilding his country’s military under the cover of the Minsk agreements. The documents were ostensibly intended to reconcile Kiev with eastern regions that had not endorsed the 2014 Western-backed coup.

“Do you know how many battalions I had north of Kiev when I became president? Zero. What about the state budget? Below zero. What about working tanks? A pittance,” the former leader said, describing the state of Ukraine nine years ago in an interview with Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper published on Monday.

Poroshenko took office in June 2014, as the post-coup Ukrainian government was attempting to quash a rebellion in Donetsk and Lugansk Regions with military force.The two Minsk agreementswere adopted with Poroshenko at the helm. They were supposed to de-escalate the conflict and reintegrate the regions into Ukrainian political systems under wide autonomy, but Kiev stonewalled their implementation.

Instead, Poroshenko told the newspaper that his government had opted for amilitary buildup with the help of foreign sponsors.

“==Immediately after the signing, I invited NATO instructors, bought weapons and vehicles. During my presidency we built an army,” he declared.

The former president insisted that this had allowed Ukraine to prepare for the current confrontation with Russia.Moscow cited Kiev’s failure to implement the Minsk accords, its continued attacks on Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as NATO’s encroachment into Ukraine as key reasons for the launch of its military operation in February 2022.

Russian officials have claimed that the Minskagreements, which were mediated by France and Germany, werenegotiated in bad faith. Former French President Francois Hollande and ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel have since confirmed that the deals were intended to buy time for Kiev.

Poroshenko suffered a landslide defeat to Vladimir Zelensky, the current president, in the 2019 election. The comedian-turned-politicianpromised to reverse his predecessor’s bellicose policiesand reconcile with Donbass. However, Zelensky performed a U-turn after coming to power, as extremist nationalist forces objected to any attempts to negotiate.

In the interview, Poroshenko endorsed the opinion of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who argued last week thatMinsk and Moscow should have “resolved” the Ukrainian situation in 2014-2015, instead of pursuing diplomacy. Poroshenko implied that his government would have been toppled in that scenario.

(Their arrogance will be their downfall)

https://www.rt.com/russia/577553-poroshenko-minsk-accords-nato/

6 Jun, 2023 10:54

European Council president accuses Russia of war crime (repeating Ukraine’s accusation of FF of Russia’s own territory…makes sense, in the midst of war?)

(Leader of Clowns Abound) Charles Michelblames Moscow for the attack on the Novaya Kakhovka hydroelectric dam

The attack on the Novaya Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in Russia’s Kherson Region qualifies as a war crime, European Council President Charles Michel has claimed. He insisted that Russia was responsible for the incident.

“Shocked by the unprecedented attack of the Nova Kakhovka dam,” Michel wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “The destruction of civilian infrastructure clearly qualifies as a war crime – we will hold Russia and its proxies accountable.”

Michel said he would raise the issue at the June meeting of the European Council and would propose more assistance to the flooded areas. (This territory is not in the EU, nor is Ukraine, so they will be funding a Russia territory, great idea. Virtue signaling for attention.)

The power plant, which is located on the Dnieper River upstream from the city of Kherson, suffered significant damage on Tuesday morning. Novaya Kakhovka Mayor Vladimir Leontyev claimed that the upper part of the dam and its floodgates had been destroyed as a result of a series of overnight strikes by Ukrainian forces.

The damage has led to the release of an uncontrolled flow of water which now threatens to flood up to 80 settlements in the region, Leontyev said, adding that several areas are without electricity. He also warned of problems with water supplies to the Crimean Peninsula.

The mayor described the extent of the destruction at the power plant as“very serious” and cautioned that it could be beyond repair. Efforts to restore it may effectively involve rebuilding it from scratch, he added.

Leontyev, who branded the incident a major “terrorist act,” alsonoted that the facility had repeatedly come under Ukrainian shellingthroughout the past year. Kiev’s forces have allegedly targeted the dam’s turbines, only one of which was working at the time of Tuesday’s attack, according to the mayor.

Moscow has frequently accused Kiev of attacking the dam and has warned on numerous occasions that a breach could result in the deaths of thousands of civilians. Ukraine, however, has claimed that Russia was planning to blow up the facility in a false-flag operation aimed at framing Kiev.

Kherson Region was officially declared part of Russia in early October, together with Zaporozhye Region and the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, after the local populations overwhelmingly supported the move in referendums. Kiev and its Western backers have labeled the votes a “sham,” and Ukraine has vowed to recapture the territories using any means necessary.

(This guy is being paid by Ukraine and wants his name in the news is my guess)

https://www.rt.com/russia/577561-eu-russia-kakhovka-attack/

6 Jun, 2023 10:54

The dollar was ‘used to attack Russia’ – minister

Moscow has been forced to seek reliable alternatives for settlements with foreign partners, Anton Siluanov has said

Russia never intended to ditch the US dollar in trade, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in an interview with the TV channel CGTN on Monday. Rather, Moscow was forced to look for alternatives because Western sanctions jeopardized use of the greenback in Russia’s foreign trade, according to the minister.

“We are not challenging the dollar, the dollar has challenged Russia, so we are looking for alternative settlement mechanisms between our exporters [and] importers so that it is convenient, reliable and beneficial in trade,” Siluanov stated.

The official also discussed Moscow’s plans for the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). The Shanghai-based entity was established in 2014 by the bloc’s member states – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – with the aim of facilitating payments among themselves and with their trade partners, as well as expanding links and infrastructure projects across the bloc.

Siluanov noted that Russia has already made several proposals to its trade partners with regard to dollar alternatives, and will continue to discuss the matter in the near future. He did not elaborate on what those alternatives are. However, over the past year Russia has been gradually switching from the dollar to other currencies in trade, particularly the ruble, yuan, and rupee.

He said that Russia is a rightful member of the world economy and plans to retain its place in the global market, with no intentions to “isolate itself.”

“Nothing can be done about [countries] that cut off ties with Russia. We will continue to boost our efforts, our trade and mutual investment activity with our other partners,” the minister stressed.

The US has lost the trust it used to have as the issuer of the global reserve currency by violating international rules and abandoning fiscal responsibility domestically, according to Siluanov. By extension, it has undermined trust in the dollar, he believes. He noted that the US debt crisis highlights how “key countries that used to set the tone in global finance” are now only causing problems, such as global inflation and surging interest rates.

“Why are we… developing settlements in national currencies?Because we do not know how these countries will behave next, what their inflation will be, how much their currency will be worth, how much more money they will print… There are a lot of questions for these countries – our task is to go our own way to fulfill the tasks that we have set, and to be less dependent on those countries that have proved unfriendly towards Russia.”

https://www.rt.com/business/577560-dollar-challenge-russia-trade/

Col. MacGregor said Bidan is using the dollar as a dollar towards many countries, its as if he is trying to ruin the dollar and economy!

New York Times Gains Insider Information on Twitter Revenue, Expanded Financials Look Worse Than Former Estimates

June 5, 2023 | Sundance1/2

The New York Times has gained insider information on the current advertising revenue for the social media platform Twitter. [Article Here] Ignoring the nonsense narrative engineering and just focusing on the data itself, therevenue side for Twitter is half what we previously estimated. This makes the overlay for decisions on platform content even more stark.

According to the data, ad revenue for the month of April was a lackluster $88 million. That’s a pace of just over $1 billion a year. With a pre-Musk operating expense of $4.5 billion, and pre-Musk revenue at $4 billion cited by the Twitter owner as the backdrop, here’s the outlook.

Assuming post Musk labor cost reductions saved $500 million, a decline in revenue to $1 billion/yr would be a $3.0 billion deficit, to wit you would need to add the $1.5 billion in debt service as part of the investor buyout structure.

That puts Twitter into a $4.5 billion loss ballpark per year.

This is the high end of what Musk previously estimated in public statements. Now we see why.

(New York Times) – Twitter’s U.S. advertising revenue for the five weeks from April 1 to the first week of May was $88 million, down 59 percent from a year earlier, according to an internal presentation obtained by The New York Times. (read more)

$1 billion per year in advertising revenue is a whopping 75% loss from the claimed $4 billion in revenue before the Musk purchase. Perhaps the Fidelity estimate of company value at $15 billion is closer to reality.

If the value of Twitter has dropped to the $15 billion level, that meansalmost all of the $30 billion in personal equity Musk put into the company has been lost.

Current investor debt is $12.5 billion, with $1.5 billion in debt service/yr. A valuation of $15 billion would only leave Musk with around $2.5 billion in equity position. If the valuation is accurate, Musk personally would have lost around $27.5 billion in this Twitter platform purchase.

The last time I outlined the Twitter financial position, several people took exception to the data as shared. However, the data is from Elon Musk himself, and I will again post the video at the bottom of the article.

Revenue is now Elon Musk’s #1 priority. All other platform decisions are going through the prism of financial viability…

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/05/new-york-times-gains-insider-information-on-twitter-revenue-expanded-financials-look-worse-than-former-estimates/

>>18960442

2/2

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has provided some convincing commentary about his willingness to forgo revenue in order to retain “free speech.” However, more recently he has qualified that outlook by saying, “Freedom of speech is not the same as freedom of reach.” Musk noting Twitter will block, remove, censor, shadow ban, deboost, downrank and stop content from amplifying based on the determination of those in charge of Twitter content.

This controlled “freedom of reach” perspective, which is really shadow-banning in practice, is generally accepted and now admitted. Against this backdrop, it becomes important to understand the priorities of the platform to understand the guidelines of the platform.Within this context the financials are key to understanding what elements are included within “approved content.” {GO DEEP}

Twitter is now a private company, therefore understanding the financials of Twitter is a little more challenging than when they were required to post their financial statements publicly. However, Elon Musk gave an interview with the Babylon Bee yesterday and revealed some of the internal financial challenges. [VIDEO HERE] I am going to summarize the status of the Twitter financial position according to what Musk himself revealed.

♦ Twitter was initially purchased by Musk and his investors for around $44 billion.The company now estimates its value around $20 billion. Last week, the mutual funds giant Fidelity, which owns shares in Twitter, valued the company at $15 billion. Bottom line, Musk grossly overpaid.

♦ Musk put roughly $30 billions of his own net worth into the purchase and financed the rest.

♦ Current outstanding debt on the financing for the purchase is around $12.5 billion. Per Musk statement.

♦ Current debt service, interest on the loans (from investors), is roughly $1.5 billion/yr. $120.5 million per month for debt service. Per Musk statement.

♦ Previous revenue (when public) was roughly $4 billion/yr. Twitter was generally breaking even.

♦ Advertising revenue, as a result of changes in industry in combination with concerns about Twitter, are “half” what they were during the acquisition phase, per Musk statement. That puts current advertising revenue around $2 billion/yr. Per NYT report that’s now $1 billion/yr.

♦ Per conversation, current status of Twitter is -$3 billion/yr and could be as high as -$4 to 5 billion/yr.

The NYT revenue leak now makes the top side of this scale make sense. If $4 billion in revenue was generally the breakeven point (before acquisition), and now they have $2 billion $1 billion in revenue and $1.5 billion in additional debt service [as they trim operational costs (including labor) to offset].

♦♦ For the bottom line to be an operational loss of $3 to $5 billion (est) per year, Twitter is generallylosing around $300 million per month.

♦ There is only so much Tesla stock Musk can sell to support Twitter. He has limits. Per conversation.

♦ Twitter has around $1 billion in liquid cash available. Per conversation. With a burn rate of $300+ million a month.

Twitter is in locked contracts with AWS and Google cloud services through 2025 at roughly $300 million per year for both [AWS $100 million, Goog $200 million].

Twitter Blue subscriptions are around 180,000 users, paying $11/mo. That’s around $2 million a month; pittance in comparison to what he needs.

There’s your prism for platform content!

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/05/new-york-times-gains-insider-information-on-twitter-revenue-expanded-financials-look-worse-than-former-estimates/

Recusal and Conflicts

June 5, 2023 | Sundance |

~ The Background is HERE ~

A brief post just to emphasize a point about DC and how the power centers protect themselves.You might remember when Attorney Jeff Sessions was told he needed to recuse himselffrom anything to do with the Trump-Russia investigation. We know from FOIA requests of schedules, the participants in the meeting on the date of those discussions:

Jeff Sessions was forced to recuse himself at the conclusion of a meeting involving Jody Hunt, Dana Boente, Jim Crowell, Tashina Guahar and Scott Schools; an apparent conflict of interest. Now consider….

Mary McCord was Acting Asst. Attorney General for the National Security Division, when shesubmitted the fraudulently constructed FISAapplication used against Carter Page. Mary McCord, knowingly and with specific intent, defrauded the court and broke the law. Mary McCord then went on to join Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler in the construction of the articles of impeachment. She did not recuse herself.

At the time the Carter Page application was filed (October 21, 2016),Mary McCord’s chief legal counsel inside the office was a DOJ-NSD lawyer named Michael Atkinson. In his role as the legal counsel for the DOJ-NSD, it was Atkinson’s job to review and audit all FISA applications submitted from inside the DOJ. Essentially, Atkinson was the DOJ internal compliance officer in charge of making sure all FISA applications were correctly assembled and documented. McCord and Atkinson knowingly submitted a fraudulent FISA application.

Atkinson then went on to become Intelligence Community Inspector Generalwhere he changed the rules for CIA whistleblowers to allow the accusation against President Trump to surface which resulted in an impeachment investigation. When ICIG Michael Atkinson turned over the newly authorized anonymous whistleblower complaint to the joint House Intelligence and Judiciary Committee (Schiff and Nadler chairs), who did Michael Atkinson give the complaint to? Mary McCord.

Consider the conflicts within the Supreme Court. Mary McCord, knowingly and with specific intent, lied to the FISA court to support the FBI targeting of Trump.Mary McCord’s husband, Sheldon L Snook, was running the office of the counselor to Chief Justice John Roberts; the office which would intercept any communication from the FISA court to the Chief Justice if the FISA court had any concerns about the false FBI application. No one from the office, or the Chief Justice counselor recused themselves.

Conflicts of interest only surfaceto create personnel changes when those changes meet the interests of the DC administrative state. When those conflicts exist but they are useful to the interests of the DC administrative state, they are ignored.

Incestuous government control, watch the wives and the husbands

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/05/recusal-and-conflicts/

Details Surface of How Ron DeSantis Is Using a Registered Foreign Agent to Assemble His Online Influence Campaign

Christina Pushaw is another Nina Jankowicz, literally

June 5, 2023 | Sundance |

Former DeSantis Press Secretary Christina Pushaw came directly to the Florida Governor’s officeafter working in Ukraine on behalf of Volodymyr Zelenskyy. There is a clear commonality of interest in the actions of Pushaw both in Ukraine and in Florida. Once the national DeSantis operation was fully constructed and funded, in August 2022 Pushaw left the governor’s office to assemble and coordinate the previously solicited social media influencers for the 2024 operation.

After organizing the operatives, Pushaw is now spearheading a U.S. online influence campaign. In essence, aregistered foreign agent is now working on the social media platform Twitter to construct disinformation on behalf of Ron DeSantis. Elon Musk is apparently a partner in the effort, as the details of the operation begin to surface.

Their intelligence community method is to use operatives within Twitter “community notes” to control any negative opinion of DeSantis. If anything is identified that undermines the DeSantis operation, Pushawtriggers a specific account “@NoteNeeded” whichcontains embed operatives who swarm to her commands and affix labelsto Tweets designated as harmful to the interests of the DeSantis regime.

The DeSantis election influence operation is similar to what the U.S. State Dept (Nuland) and USAID (S Power) do in foreign countries; only in this example, Ms. Pushaw is working to influence domestic U.S. politics through the social media platform Twitter.

Thevarious accounts all carry the same alligator emoji as an identifying characteristic. Here’s an example of the operation at work, as well as an explanation from Twitter that just doesn’t reconcile with the claims.

Twitter claims the notes they affix to the targets identified by Ms. Pushaw are not triggered by complaints. However, what exactly is Ms. Pushaw doing in the bottom example, if not complaining? A heavy dose of pretending is needed to accept the premise of the Twitter platform. MAGA does not pretend; there is no need.

The @NoteNeeded account, has gone private – restricting access as soon as the operation was identified. This seems to be a rather odd move to make, considering the argument of the entire enterprise is based around truthfulness. If the @NoteNeeded account has nothing to hide, then why take the account private permitting visibility only from the approved members.

It is obvious the Ron DeSantis ’24 operation originated on a principle of being fraudulent in purpose to the Florida voter in 2022. What we are seeing today is a billionaire funded scheme to promote Ron DeSantis, and part of that scheme involves deploying online activists, what they call “influencers”, as conscripts for the effort. Ms. Pushaw, a registered foreign agent, is the leading organizer of this assembly. The goal is to elevate the impression of Ron DeSantis and use weaponized platform rules to attack any voice that might rise in opposition to their agenda.

Obviously, as CTH represents the key account that predicted, publicized and then deconstructed the scheme of the Sea Island billionaire class on behalf of DeSantis,our Twitter account is one of the primary targets for the Pushaw operation. I will admit to laughing at them hysterically, because quite frankly they are joyless idiots mired in a profound sense of self-importance, perpetual anger and blame-casting. The entire DeSantis tribe trigger very easily.

All of that said, in thisera where Big Government and Big Tech have merged to control information, block freedom of expression and thought, the intention of the DeSantis operation –which is based entirely on control– speaks rather loudly to what the DeSantis policy handlers would do if he were ever to reach federal office.

DeSantis has already grown the size and power of state government more than any FL governor before him. DeSantis has created all the tools for a weaponized state government as soon as Democrats take power. While ignoring the essential economic needs of the state in order to create the optical legislation for a 2024 presidential run around anti-wokeism, the people behind DeSantis will walk away from Florida having created the state authoritarian boot that will sit upon our neck. Be forewarned.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to the presidency of Ukraine as Ron DeSantis would seek to become by attaining the presidency of USA. Both men are puppets for people really in charge behind them==.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/06/05/details-surface-of-how-ron-desantis-is-using-a-registered-foreign-agent-to-assemble-his-online-influence-campaign/

>>18960505

Anon had posted this the a couple of weeks ago.There’re jar babies Nina Jancowicz style, Christina Pushaw is one. When anon had researched Nina early on, anon found there are many more of them, always women, they all follow the same path. (One in particular, the learn Russian, visit Russia, usually end up working for one of the corrupt countries in EU and Balklands, end up running disinfo campaign attacking Russia with foreign interests. This has been going on for 15-20 years at the very least.

PB>>18902490

Christina Pushaw was probably in the graduating class of spy and propaganda school with Nina JankowiczDid Pushaw work in Ukraine when J was training them in 2012-2016+. Now its clear why DeSantis let Mossad only investigate the Florida.

https://twitter.com/WarlordDilley/status/1661816643758989327?s=20

PB>>18902490

Christina PushawI’m right similar timeline of Nina Jankowicz

Christina Pushaw

Christina Maria Pushaw (born September 3, 1990)[1] is an American political aide

Christina Pushaw: September 3, 1990

Education

University of Southern California(BA, 2012) Johns Hopkins University (MA, 2017): Occupations, Political aidepress secretary Employer(s)

Stand Together(2017–2019)

Mikheil Saakashvili(2018–2020)

Ron DeSantis(2021–present)

Political party Republican

Early life and education Pushaw was raised in Malibu, California.[1][2] Her father is Robert J. Pushaw, the James Wilson Endowed Professor of Law at the Pepperdine University School of Law.[3][4]She attended La Reina High School, a Catholic preparatory school in Thousand Oaks, California.[1] In 2012, she graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in history from University of Southern California (USC).[1][5] While an undergrad, shevolunteered for John McCain's2008 presidential campaign.[6] In 2011,Pushaw studied abroad in Moscow, Russia.[7] In 2017, she obtained a M.A. in international relations and economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Studies (SAIS).[8] In her first year of graduate school, from 2015–2016, she studied abroad at the SAIS campus in Bologna, Italy.[9] In Bologna, she worked as a research assistant at the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development, researching Ukrainian constitutional reform and democratic development in Central Asia.[10In her second year of graduate school, she spent time in Kyiv, Ukraine to complete her graduate thesis, titled "The status of Crimean Tatars under Russian occupation".[9][11]

Early career

In 2008, Pushaw developed an interest inGeorgia in the Transcaucasusafter hearing presidential candidate John McCain speak about it.[12] After graduating from USC,she lived in Tbilisi from October 2013 to June 2015.[1] There, she worked as a college admissions counselor and freelance journalist.[6] From June 2017 to August 2019, Pushaw worked in Washington, D.C. for Stand Together,aphilanthropic organization founded by Charles Koch.[12]Work for Mikheil SaakashviliFrom August 2019 to December 2020, Pushaw worked in Georgia full-time, for former Georgia president Mikheil Saakashvili. She had worked for Saakashvili since January 2018, but was limited to part-time consulting on a "voluntary basis".[1][14]Pushaw first encountered Saakashvili while he was lecturing at the Reagan Library in California, where she was a volunteer.[6]Later, while doing graduate field research in Ukraine, she and her class had a meeting with Saakashvili.[6] InAugust 2019, Pushaw established the New Leaders Initiative, a non-governmental organization (NGO)that hosted events for Georgians interested in "democracy and international affairs".[8]

Pushaw assisted Saakashvili with improving his international profile and prepared him for a re-introduction into Georgian politics.This included outreach to Georgia, European Union, and U.S. media and politicians. She ghostwrote op-ed articles for Saakashvili that appeared in English-language publications.[15] When Pushaw first started working for Saakashvili, he had recently been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship and already had previous criminal charges in Georgia.In May 2019, Saakashvili had his Ukrainian citizenship restoredby President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[16] All of Pushaw's work for Saakashvili had been terminated by December 2020.

Controversies: Registration as a foreign agent In June 2022, Pushaw retroactively registered as a foreign agent== per the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), after the USDOJ contacted her.[8] ] She was paid $25,000 over the course of two years for her work and lived rent-free, for six weeks, in a Tbilisi apartment owned by a Saakashvili associate.[26] In a November 2018 interview for Georgia Today, Pushaw claimed she was "not paid by anyone" for her support of Saakashvili.[27]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Pushaw

>>18960633. Reminder

Nina Jankowiczis an internationally-recognized expert on disinformation and democratization. Her debut book, How to Lose the Information War (Bloomsbury 2020), was named a New Statesman 2020 book of the year; The New Yorker called it “a persuasive new book on disinformation as a geopolitical strategy.” Her second book, How to Be A Woman Online (Bloomsbury 2022), an examination of online abuse and disinformation and tips for fighting back, was deemed “essential” by Publisher’s Weekly.

Currently the Vice President at the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience, a social enterprise focused on countering disinformation, Jankowicz’s expertise spans the public, private, and academic sectors. She has advised governments, international organizations, and tech companies; testified before the United States Congress, UK Parliament, and European Parliament; and led accessible, actionable research about the effects of disinformation on women, minorities, democratic activists, and freedom of expression around the world.

Jankowicz has extensive media experience, with writing published in many major American newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. She is a regular guest on major radio and television programs such as the PBS Newshour, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and Amanpour, the BBC World Service, and NPR’s All Things Considered and Fresh Air.

In 2022, Jankowicz was appointed to lead the Disinformation Governance Board, an intra-agency best practices and coordination entity at the Department of Homeland Security; she resigned the position after a sustained disinformation campaign caused the Biden Administration to abandon the project.Between 2017-2022, Jankowicz held fellowships at the Wilson Center, where she was affiliated with the Kennan Institute and the Science and Technology Innovation Program. In 2016-17, she advised the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on disinformation and strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Prior to her Fulbright grant, she managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute.

Jankowicz holds a Master’s degree from the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She is a proud alumna of Bryn Mawr College, where she studied Political Science and Russian and graduated magna cum laude. She is fluent in Russian and speaks proficient Ukrainian and PolishIn her spare time, Jankowicz enjoys acting in local musical theater productions and hiking. She lives outside of Washington, DC with her husband, son, dog, and cat.

https://wiczipedia.com/about-2/

>>18960666

I have to point out thats perfect digits for Nina post