Media Watch- August 14
War in Ukraine has exposed the truth about Europe
How did the EU allow itself to be caught out by the rise of Russian imperialism?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/war-in-ukraine-has-exposed-the-truth-about-europe
Tech Sanctions Against Russia Are Working
https://cepa.org/tech-sanctions-against-russia-are-working/
The West Has Forgotten How to Keep Secrets
Russian military planners now have access to a treasure trove of European data which can be used to circumvent Western defenses.
https://cepa.org/the-west-has-forgotten-how-to-keep-secrets/
Preparing the West for the Coming China Crisis
https://cepa.org/preparing-the-west-for-the-coming-china-crisis/
Europe’s Energy Crisis May Get a Lot Worse
Do Americans understand the stakes across the Atlantic?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/opinion/europe-energy-crisis-ukraine.html
Ukraine war felt around the globe: Polish ambassador to UN
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3017870
Ukraine says Russian oppression smacks of 1930s USSR
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3018555
Russian economy falters as sanctions bite
While Western sanctions have not succeeded in forcing the Kremlin to stop its war in Ukraine, they have hurt the Russian economy more profoundly than previously thought, a Polish newspaper has reported.
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7786/Artykul/3017473
Storm Clouds Build Over Putin’s War
There can now be no doubt: Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a durable “rally round the flag” effect. The rising tide of public sentiment, however, may be pushing the regime towards dangerous shoals.
https://cepa.org/storm-clouds-build-over-putins-war/
Polish UN representative urges Russia ‘to drop its neo-colonial agenda’
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7785/Artykul/3017318
Polish government to introduce a visa ban for Russian citizens
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/9766/Artykul/3019677
Poland welcomes almost 5.5 million refugees from Ukraine
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3019661
Poland vows fiery response over blocked EU funds
https://www.dw.com/en/poland-vows-fiery-response-over-blocked-eu-funds/a-62761280
How Hungary and Poland could shatter the EU’s power
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-hungary-and-poland-could-shatter-the-eu-s-power
Euro adoption would mean ‘radical impoverishment’ of Poles: ruling party leader
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3016357
Mysterious mass fish kill in Oder River: Climate change or poison?
https://www.dw.com/en/mysterious-mass-fish-kill-in-oder-river-climate-change-or-poison/a-62784099
Polish PM fires officials over mass fish die-off in river
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3018966
What killed tons of fish in European river? Mystery deepens
Laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning its waters
Poland deploys troops as dead fish pile up on river bank in toxic disaster
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/13/poland-oder-river-mercury-fish/
More dead fish in another Polish river
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3019203
Poland remembers victims of Soviet secret police 85 years on
Tens of thousands of ethnic Poles killed in the former USSR in the late 1930s were remembered at a memorial ceremony in Warsaw on Thursday.