This is literally "fascism".

Birdie 🦜 was asked:

> has jacques baud been sanctioned by brussels?

Birdie 🦜answered:

Yes — Jacques Baud has been sanctioned by Brussels (the European Union) as part of its sanctions measures. According to recent reports and reliable sources:

🚨 Sanctions Status

• Jacques Baud, a Swiss former intelligence officer and commentator known for pro-Kremlin positions and propaganda, has been added to a European Union sanctions list.
• The sanctions reportedly include measures such as a freeze on assets and a travel ban within the EU, targeting him as someone involved in spreading Russian-aligned propaganda and destabilising information operations. ([Wikipedia][1])

🧾 Context

• The EU sanctions list is part of a broader package aimed at individuals deemed to be supporting or amplifying Russian narratives or activities considered harmful to the EU and its partners. Jacques Baud is described in this context because of his commentary and media appearances aligning with pro-Russian viewpoints. ([Wikipedia][1])

🧠 Who He Is

• Jacques Baud is a former Swiss colonel and intelligence analyst. He has written and spoken extensively on military and geopolitical issues, including the Ukraine war, often expressing views that contrast with mainstream Western perspectives. ([Wikipedia][1])

If you want, I can provide the exact language EU institutions used in the sanctions decision (e.g., the legal act or council regulation), though that may require checking official EU documents.

Here’s the closest available “exact language” from official reporting about the EU’s rationale for adding Jacques Baud to a sanctions/blacklist — but the actual official Council decision text (e.g., the Council Regulation or Decision) with exact legislative wording is normally only published in the Official Journal of the European Union, which isn’t yet easily accessible in full online for Baud specifically.

📌 EU-reported description of why Baud was sanctioned

In recent EU sanctions coverage, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports that the EU described Baud in the context of the latest sanctions package as follows:

“A former colonel in the Swiss Army, Jacques Baud, is also listed for acting ‘as a mouthpiece for pro-Russian propaganda and making conspiracy theories, for example accusing Ukraine of orchestrating its own invasion in order to join NATO.’”
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

This phrasing summarizes the EU’s public justification as cited by journalists covering the sanctions — i.e., the Council agreed on sanctions against him because he is seen as engaging in pro-Russian propaganda and conspiracy narratives, specifically including allegations about Ukraine’s motivations.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

📌 What EU sanctions decisions typically say

In formal EU sanctions decisions published in the Official Journal, each listed individual (in an annex) is usually accompanied by a brief description of the reasons they are being listed under the legal basis (e.g., “involved in X activity that undermines the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine”). These descriptions are typically short findings that justify inclusion under the relevant Council Regulation or Decision (e.g., under Russia-related sanctions, hybrid threats, or human-rights-related sanctions) — but the official legal text itself must be checked in the Official Journal entry that actually contains his name.

The Council press releases and sanction regime legal acts do not usually quote extensive justifications inside the press release text itself; rather, they say that the legal acts (which include the descriptive listings) have been published in the Official Journal.
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📌 Where to find the exact legal wording

To get the precise legislative language used by the EU institutions (Council Decision/Regulation with the annexed listing for Baud), you would typically:

Check the Official Journal of the European Union for the relevant Council Decision or Implementing Regulation that amends the sanctions list to include his name.

Find the Annex to that act — that is where the EU lists individuals with the exact text of their listing (often one sentence describing the conduct).

For example, an entry might read like:
“Jacques Baud — for actions that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine by acting as a mouthpiece for pro-Russian propaganda and spreading disinformation.”

Until that Official Journal entry with the updated list is published online and accessible via EUR-Lex, the exact legal text (the one-sentence listing justification) isn’t available in the public press releases — but the RFE/RL description above closely matches how the EU describes such listings.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

If you want, I can help you locate the specific Official Journal entry that contains Jacques Baud’s listing once it’s formally published on EUR-Lex, and then pull the exact legal text from the annex for you.

[1]: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Baud?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Jacques Baud"