As Russia has failed to secure a pipelaying fleet with more advanced technology for the NS2 completion, it is now forced to rely on own, lagging capabilities.
— Read on www.unian.info/economics/nord-stream-2-minor-issues-in-construction-could-result-in-major-disaster-ukraine-intelligence-amp-11375395.html

In the Pro-Kremlin disinformation universe, every day is April Fools’ Day. But the 1st of April is also a global exercise in source criticism: readers all over the world ask: “Can this really be true?”
— Read on euvsdisinfo.eu/the-perpetual-1-april-of-the-kremlin-disinfo/

Author says Ben Hannam’s conviction suggests more extremists are serving and says scrutiny ‘isn’t fit for purpose’
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/02/warning-that-police-grasp-of-far-right-threat-is-decade-out-of-date

POLITICAL leaders in Derry have appealed for calm after police and fire crews came under attack from loyalist rioters for a fourth consecutive night in the city’s Waterside.
— Read on www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2021/04/03/news/appeals-for-calm-after-fourth-night-of-loyalist-riots-2276716/

Tigray: Analysis of massacre video raises questions for Ethiopian Army – CNN
— Read on amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/01/africa/tigray-mahibere-dego-massacre-video-cmd-intl/index.html

How to impose costs on perpetrators of disinformation? – EU vs DISINFORMATION
— Read on euvsdisinfo.eu/how-to-impose-costs-on-perpetrators-of-disinformation/

How Putin made the international media his unwitting accomplices – Atlantic Council
— Read on www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-putin-made-the-international-media-his-unwitting-accomplices/

Determined to make good on the nativist promise of Brexit, it has embraced anti-migrant authoritarianism.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/opinion/uk-immigration-boris-johnson.html

Ukraine and Russia issued statements Tuesday noting the worsening of a conflict that has been on a low simmer for years, with countless cease-fires.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/world/europe/ukraine-russia-fighting.html

Russia blocks military archives in further effort to distort the truth about World War II
— Read on khpg.org/en/1608808937