toomas ilves, ex-verif @ilvestoomas@respublicae.eu
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Polish-American, Slovak-Americans, Latvian-Americans and indeed all Americans who believe in Freedom and Democracy which America has stood for since 1776 and have made the US beacon of hope all around the world, will not vote for the people below.
They are doing Russia's work.
RT @OstapYarysh: A group of Republican lawmakers to @POTUS: "Unrestrained U.S. aid for #Ukraine must come to an end, and we will adamantly oppose all future aid packages unless they are li…
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Elon Musk’s Twitter strips blue checks from public figures https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/20/twitter-legacy-blue-checkmarks-removal/
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Behind The Lines: Russia Seeks ‘Cannon Fodder’ in Occupied Ukraine https://cepa.org/article/behind-the-lines-russia-seeks-cannon-fodder-in-occupied-ukraine/
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Mike Lindell’s firm told to pay $5 million in ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ election-fraud challenge https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/04/20/mike-lindell-prove-wrong-contest/
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This is a wild thread and the reality of Russia.
RT @pevchikh: 1/22 This is Svetlana Maniovich. She is your guide to the world of extreme Russian glamour. She radiates richness. Diamonds, furs, Rolls Royces - she has it all and more. In summer you can find her in St Tropez where she rents a villa for €150k/month, or on a yacht in Naples🧵
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Europe’s Chip Gambit — Will it Reverse the Continent’s Decline? https://cepa.org/article/europes-chip-gambit-will-it-reverse-the-continents-decline/
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A good piece on the West's response to Russian imperialism as a fear of facing reality.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-ukraine-invasion-is-the-latest-stage-in-the-unfinished-soviet-collapse/
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"Yeah but those Balts and Poles are too hawkish. What is their problem? How can we make a deal with Putin when they are such hard-liners on Russia?"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/18/wagner-mercenary-admits-tossing-grenades-at-injured-ukrainian-pows?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Now four.
RT @betelgeuse1922: @JoRappard I have at least three retweets from @ilvestoomas. I thought this grants automatic access to Europe.
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.@kajakallas in @TheEconomist on the need for cyber resilience.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1648212907610521600
Wagneri sõdurid tunnistasid naiste, laste ja vanurite tapmist Bahmutis | Välismaa | ERR https://www.err.ee/1608950773/wagneri-sodurid-tunnistasid-naiste-laste-ja-vanurite-tapmist-bahmutis
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Former senior diplomats urge west to ‘go all in’ on military support for Ukraine | Ukraine | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/former-senior-diplomats-urge-west-to-go-all-in-on-military-support-for-ukraine
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine Revolutionizes NATO Military Strategy.
(Or would you rather talk (and talk) about some vague vision of something called “Strategic Autonomy”?)
A great piece by the great @StevenErlanger on NATO’s transformation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/europe/nato-russia-ukraine-war.html
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine Revolutionizes NATO Military Strategy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/world/europe/nato-russia-ukraine-war.html
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The Liege sent a subaltern to check if the vassal was fulfilling his obligations. They used to pay tribute to the Golden Horde, now there’s a new master.
RT @Spriter99880: Chinese Defense Minister:
China ready to work with Russia to maintain global security
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This is 2005 vintage Putin, just to put things in developmental perspective.
As with developmental psychology or biology, we need a sub-discipline called developmental authoritarianism. @RadioFreeTom @AshaRangappa_
RT @AshaRangappa_: Can someone remind me what this whole vindictive crusade is about again? It was just Disney publicly expressing disapproval of the Don’t Say Gay law, right?
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This is extremely good and more importantly, very necessary
Freedom needs to be better supplied than tyranny. If democracies stand firm, Putin’s war on Ukraine will fail.
Simon McDonald, Christoph Heusgen, Stéphane Abrial, Jim Jones and Stefano Stefanini https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/17/democracies-vladimir-putin-ukraine-diplomatic-military-europe
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Russia to shackle all potential conscripts
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Send this thread to the office of the president of Brazil please.
RT @InnaSovsun: "I carried out the command. I and my group killed everyone there, we left everyone there. It was a nine-story building and the entire basement, the first and second floors were filled with people. I then gave command: "kill everyone""
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Utterly repulsive yet compelling typical of the Russian army.
RT @Teoyaomiquu: I've listened to an audio intercept in which russian soldier calls his spouse and complains that they have orders to kill everyone, women and children.
It strikes me not that he did it but that his spouse explained that it's a good thing: "Everyone peaceful already left."
I…
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