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cocaine or not, macron, starmer and merz are laughable nasty crooks....

The Élysée Palace has derided as “disinformation” claims being promoted by Kremlin figures that Emmanuel Macron took cocaine with Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, and Keir Starmer while on a train travelling to Kyiv.

The false claims, which emerged on pro-Russian social media channels before being taken up by a Kremlin spokesperson and another official, come amid a recent surge in Kremlin efforts to marginalise European efforts to support Ukraine.

“This fake news is being spread by France’s enemies, both abroad and at home. We must remain vigilant against manipulation,” the Élysée posted on X after images were shared online of Macron palming a handkerchief or tissue from a table where he was sitting with the British prime minister and Merz.

While the handkerchief was clearly identifiable in high-resolution images of the meeting as the object picked up by Macron, conspiracy theorists online suggested the French president was concealing a bag containing cocaine and that Merz was holding a white cocaine spoon.

“This is a tissue. For blowing your nose,” the Élysée posted next to an image from the meeting. “This is European unity. To build peace.

“When European unity becomes inconvenient, disinformation goes so far as to make a simple tissue look like drugs.”

The cocaine claim had been rapidly amplified by senior Russian figures, including the Kremlin’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, on her Telegram channel.

“After pushing Zelensky into yet another hellish scheme to derail a settlement and prolong the bloodshed in Europe, it’s like a joke: a Frenchman, an Englishman, and a German got on a train – and did a line,” Zakharova wrote on Sunday.

“Apparently, they were so out of it they forgot to hide the paraphernalia – a small bag and a spoon – before the journalists arrived. Europe’s fate is in the hands of placeholders who are dependent, in every sense of the word.”

Kirill Dmitriev, an envoy of Vladimir Putin and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), also commented on the video. “Is this footage AI or real? If it’s real – are we looking at sugar or something entirely different? If it’s something else, it explains a lot of recent ideas and proposals,” he said on X.

The disinformation around the drug taking, which is not the first time Russian officials have made similar untrue claims, comes amid wider efforts by the Kremlin to sow discord between the US, Europe and Ukraine over pressure for a ceasefire.

“Putin is attempting to manipulate ongoing discussions about a ceasefire and future peace in Ukraine, likely in an effort to undermine Ukrainian-US-European unity around a comprehensive 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine,” the non-profit Institute for the Study of War said this week.

“Kremlin officials have recently intensified their engagement with western media in an effort to message directly to the Trump administration and American public and portray Russia’s terms for Ukraine’s surrender as reasonable.”

In tandem with that, Russia has stepped up more covert efforts to tarnish western leaders, not least Macron, via “pro-Russian” accounts on social media aimed at undermining political trust.

In the past Russian officials including Zakharova have suggested that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was an “unstable cocaine addict” and Zakharova has also claimed that drug use was common among European leaders.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/12/france-derides-russia-false-claim-drug-use-macron-merz-starmer

 

THE WAY THE THREE MEN LAUGHED, WHILE PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THE BATTLEFIELDS DUE TO THEIR DESIRE TO PROLONG THE WAR BY SUPPLYING MORE WEAPONS AND CASH TO YUCKRAINE, IS SICKENING....

 

Les Pieds Nickelés (French for "The nickel plated feet") is a French comic series, originally created by Louis Forton. The comic premiered on June 4, 1908 in the newspaper L'Épatant, published by Société Parisienne d'Édition.[1] It is considered to be one of the earliest French comics[2] and one of the longest-running.[3] It centers on a group of anarchist youth getting in trouble.[4] In French informal speech of the early twentieth century, "nickel-plated feet" was a moniker for slackers, work-shy people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Pieds_Nickel

 

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

 

a fiasco....

Ukraine’s European backers have failed to defeat or weaken Russia, yet still want to prolong the conflict, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Grushko has said.

The diplomat argued that Britain, France, and Germany were not actually interested in achieving peace between Moscow and Kiev.

“These countries continue aiming to drag out the conflict. Stripping away the diplomatic language that cloaks their political actions, their primary objectives are Russia’s defeat on the battlefield, its international isolation, economic strangulation, and regime change. All of these efforts have ended in a complete fiasco,” Grushko told the news agency TASS on Monday.

Grushko added that the ultimate goal of the EU was to “weaken Russia as much as possible.”

The German government has threatened to impose additional sanctions on Russia if Moscow refuses to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire proposed by Ukraine and backed by the EU. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has dismissed “the language of ultimatums” as unacceptable.

On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to hold direct negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions in Türkiye on May 15. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has stated he was ready to meet Putin on Thursday, but only if Moscow first agrees to a truce.

The Russian-Ukrainian negotiations broke down in the spring of 2022 when both sides accused each other of making unrealistic demands. Putin said at the time that Ukrainian negotiators initially agreed to some of Russia’s terms before abruptly leaving the talks.

Moscow has opposed Kiev’s 30-day truce demand on the grounds that Ukraine would use the window to rearm and regroup its military. Putin also insisted that Ukraine must halt its mobilization drive and stop receiving weapons from abroad.

Putin has maintained that Ukraine must abandon its plans to join NATO and renounce claims on Crimea and four other regions that voted to join Russia.

https://www.rt.com/russia/617447-grushko-eu-complete-fiasco/

 

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE ODESSA, KHERSON AND KHARKIV.....

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

TRANSNISTRIA WILL BE PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

EASY.

 

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

 

READ FROM TOP.

 

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

 

please....

Putin, Zelenskyy and Trump aren't going, so will the Russia-Ukraine talks amount to anything?
By Europe Bureau Chief Mazoe Ford

As the call to prayer rang out across Istanbul at sundown on Thursday afternoon, the meeting many around the world were waiting for hadn't happened.

However, after a lot of "I'll go, if he goes" and "we won't go, if they won't go," there now appears to be some certainty about those who will and won't go to the Russia-Ukraine peace talks, now expected on Friday, local time.

Neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend.

Instead, they are sending ministers, diplomats, spies, and defence officials.

The question now, is will these talks amount to anything?

The fact they are due to happen at all is significant, because these will be the first direct discussions between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years.

The only previous meeting was also held in Istanbul, just two months after Moscow sent its armies charging into Ukraine.

Last time, Kyiv accused the Kremlin delegation of demanding its surrender instead of seeking to negotiate.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-16/ukraine-peace-talks-fizzle-out-in-istanbul/105299844

 

PLEASE!!!!! THIS LAST SENTENCE IS UTTER BULLSHIT.... IN A BULLSHIT ARTICLE THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED....

 

IN 2022, RUSSIA ONLY DEMANDED THAT UKRAINE RESPECTS THE MINSK AGREEMENTS... IN A NEW AGREEMENT WHICH UKRAINE SIGNED AND INITIALLED EACH OF THE CLAUSES... UNTIL THE FINAL SIGNATURE BY ZELENSKY, THE MI6 PUPPET, WAS ASKED NOT TO SIGN OFF ON THIS AGREEMENT (BY BORIS JOHNSON ON BEHALF OF THE BIDEN ADMIN) AS THE WEST WAS GOING TO PROVIDE WEAPONS, TRAINING AND LOGISTICS TO THE UKRAINIAN ARMY.... AS WELL IN ORDER TO TARNISH THE RUSSIANS, THE SBU STAGED THE BUCHA "MASSACRE" AND BLAMED RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR IT. THE RUSSIAN ARMY RETREATED FROM KIEV AND CONSOLIDATED IN THE DONBASS WHICH NEEDED TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE NAZI AZOV BATTALIONS. 

FROM THEN ON, ZELENSKY LOST... END OF STORY.

AND HE IS LIKELY TO LOOSE MORE AS TIME GOES ON... PUTIN DOES NOT HAVE TO SHOW UP UNDER THE CIRCUS TENT... IT'S UP TO CLOWN "ZELLO" TO STOP HIS CLOWNING... AND REALISE HE IS LOSING AN AVERAGE 30,000 SOLDIERS A MONTH...

RUSSIA IS WINNING ON THE BATTLEFIELD!

 

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE ODESSA, KHERSON AND KHARKIV.....

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

TRANSNISTRIA WILL BE PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

EASY.

 

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

 

READ FROM TOP.

 

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.