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A short but thorough piece on why from Finland (where it is often forgotten -- or 1948-92 ignored) to Romania, this day has determined lives, borders, war, death, mass deportations and destruction ever since.

By @DanKaszeta

politics.co.uk/comment-analysi

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And the author of the definitive book on the subject ⬇️
RT @Roger_Moorhouse: On this Day - 1939, German and Soviet foreign ministers Vyacheslav Molotov and Joachim Ribbentrop signed the Pact, bringing a step closer and - in a Secret Protocol - dividing Eastern Europe between them.

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Thread ⬇️
RT @PowerVertical: A Ukrainian victory against Russia will be a paradigm-shifting event for European security - similar to what occurred in 1989. In fact, it could be something of a 1989 redux. 1/6

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Still cleaning up the trash they left all over our countries but you’re doing a great job, Artis @Pabriks.
RT @Pabriks: Today is August 23, the date which radically shaped history of my Latvia in 1939. In that year two Allies: Soviet Union and Nazi Germany decided to extinguish number of neighbouring states and narions. It took us more than 50 years to clean up consequences of this “compromise”.

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🎶🎵”Kaikki ryssät maasta pois”🎶🎵 takes on a new interpretation @minna_alander

(as does “Venäjä on rajamaa ja Suomi valtakunta”)
RT @na_intel: Huge queues of passenger cars on the border of Russia to Finland.

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Abroad, on the territory of the EU and NATO
RT @OlgaNYC1211: @AlexKokcharov @M_Simonyan @NATO At least she admits that Russia conducts extrajudicial killings

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🤣😝
RT @jaanus: Ukrainian trolls report that Margarita Simonyan, Olga Skabeeva, Maria Zakharova, and Alina Kabaeva have joined the National Guard of Ukraine.

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Thread. Do read if you read German
RT @ulrichspeck: Exzellente Kritik eines Kanzler, der seiner historischen Aufgabe bisher in keiner Weise gewachsen ist.

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In the past decade Russians on tourist visas working for the security services have killed people all over Europe.

With this tweet @M_Simonyan is now the new poster child for banning Russian visas to Europe.
RT @AlexKokcharov: In , propagandist-in-chief of the RT Simonyan @M_Simonyan hints that the Russian security services’ agents should execute alleged perpetrators of the Dugina assassination on the territory of

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Ma ei tea Meelis Oidsalu erilisi teeneid Eesti riigikaitses, aga ma tean kindlalt, et sellist luurejuhti nagu MM tahaks endale enamik lääne luureteenistusi.
err.ee/1608691693/meelis-oidsa

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"Ukrainian hackers hacked the signs on the Crimean bridge. Now when you drive from Russia into Crimea it says 'welcome to Ukraine'"
RT @g900ap: Oekraïense hackers hebben de borden op de Krim brug gehackt. Nu staat er als je vanaf Rusland de Krim op rijdt 'welkom in Oekraïne'

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Getting almost everyone in. Only the "Anglo-Saxons" are missing.
RT @HannaLiubakova: As predicted, the FSB accused and its special services of organizing the murder of Daria Dugina in the Moscow region. The perpetrator is a citizen of Ukraine who fled after the crime in Estonia.

So fast, FSB.

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But aren't they both Crackers? @benjaminwittes @offhandmanor1
RT @newrepublic: Lindsay and Franklin Graham aren't brothers by blood, but they have been two of the former president's most notorious enablers, @mtomasky writes. newrepublic.com/article/167480

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Sound familiar, ambassador @Amb_UIyanov?
RT @ipngovpl_eng: "I have placed my death-head formation in readiness – for the present only in the East–with orders to them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language," said Adolf Hitler in his Obersalzberg speech in 1939.

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An excellent analytic dissection of why Macron has failed to achieve his (ofen pompously) stated EU policy goals. @Shahinvallee's piece is remarkably perspicacious.
RT @dgapev: “Macron’s European policy suffers from three fundamental ills: it is vague, unilateral, and self-serving”, writes our @Shahinvallee. Read his for @ForeignPolicy on how the 🇫🇷 president might yet be able to implement his vision of 🇪🇺 integration. https…

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Ah yes, all those corrupt East Europeans.
RT @minna_alander: Since there’s still some disbelief about this outside of Germany: yes, an “environmental foundation” founded by Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Manuela Schwesig (SPD), received €192 million from Gazprom via their subsidiary NordStream 2 AG, in Feb-Nov 2021

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Give the man an EU visa!!!

"I stop one man on the street in Volosovo and ask him if he supports the call-up for volunteers. "Yes! If I were young I'd go, but I'm too old now," he tells me, clenching his fists. "We should bomb them!"
RT @BBCWillVernon: Six months on from the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the Russian army has launched a recruitment drive for volunteer fighters. More in my article 👇👇👇

(with thanks to @…

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Sad. They were hilarious. Such delicious ridiculousness was a welcome source of comic relief
RT @OlgaNYC1211: Welp! The ridiculous Russia today linked commie org is shutting doors after their public spectacle earlier this month in Chicago. What could have gone wrong 🤨

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Says 5 million superpower representative 🤣
RT @MarjattaTukiai2: @ChrisWest_63 @timoheinonen @kajakallas Mikä merkitys on 1millin lilliputtivaltion.

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