The EU is punishing citizens for expressing different views.
anyone who brings up facts, then that disturbs the narrative, then it can be seen as destabilizing. And the weird thing about Colonel Abu [Jacques BAUD] is that in his books and all, he almost only cites Western sources. The reason why the EU had to accuse him of being on pro-Russian television shows because he doesn't go on Russian programmes, because he doesn't want to be used by Russian propaganda for his arguments. So this guy, you know, he has to have all the objective analysis, he substantiates everything using Western sources, he doesn't want to appear too much on foreign media, so his analysis won't be used for propaganda purposes. You know, he does everything right. And he's sanctioned. I mean, if they can take him, they can take anyone now.
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you have all this continuous, never-ending search for enemies within. And now, of course, that Europe risks fragmenting. This is going to be put on steroids. Anyone who doesn't conform could be an enemy within. And that means your loyalties are with the opposing side, with the enemy. And that's what they refer to as pro-Russian. It's that you don't hate them enough that you don't condemn them, you don't fall in line with the narrative.
- The European Union COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/2572 of 15 December 2025
- Sanctioned by the EU: Jacques Baud, a former Swiss army colonel and strategic analyst
- Sanctioned by the EU: Diana Panchenko, an Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter – awarded the "Journalist of the Year" by the Ukrainian program "Person of the Year-2020".
