toomas ilves, ex-verif @ilvestoomas@respublicae.eu

This will be suppressed. The true nature of Russian occupation will not reach the masses
RT @visegrad24: Major scandal in Russia.

The TV presenter Olga Zenkova from NTV was sent to occupied Melitopol to record a propaganda piece.

While visiting a restaurant, Kadyrov’s nephew Hasan Ibrahimov and men from his unit walked up to her, beat up her camera man and then raped her.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620328357979369479

TFW knowing what you’re talking about means “too hawkish”.

Conversely, being naïve and clueless means “the right person to lead NATO. https://www.politico.eu/article/jens-stoltenberg-new-nato-secretary-general-same-old-europe-ukraine/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620325750460096513

NATO’s new secretary-general, same as the old one? – POLITICO https://www.politico.eu/article/jens-stoltenberg-new-nato-secretary-general-same-old-europe-ukraine/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620324128774389760

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2022/12/why-uk-must-deliver-nordic-baltic-security?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=uk&utm_content=nordic-baltic

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620304266043998208

Today's article to read.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/30/boris-johnson-putin-nato-ukraine/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620301848526872579

Putin has paved the way for Ukrainian membership in NATO https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/30/boris-johnson-putin-nato-ukraine/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620300650335854593

How to Get a Breakthrough in Ukraine: The Case Against Incrementalism https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-get-breakthrough-ukraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620289286837866498

“The real malady,” writes @RadioFreeTom, “is the deluge of narcissism in the modern world, especially among failed-to-launch young men whose injured grandiosity leads them to blame others for their own shortcomings and insecurities”: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/lost-boys-violent-narcissism-angry-young-men/672886/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620162780430221312

Western Elites — Rubles Bought (Some of) the Best https://cepa.org/article/western-elites-rubles-bought-some-of-the-best/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620151491637186560

Along front-line river, this deadly road shows toll of Russia’s war https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/30/road-russia-ukraine-war-river/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620045437939093514

How the war in Ukraine met the war on woke https://www.ft.com/content/8e8d0f8e-dd29-41c4-80a6-90bd3676208b

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620042280844558336

Scandi vibes at a fraction of the price? All the reasons Estonia should be your next winter break https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/estonia/scandi-vibes-fraction-price-reasons-estonia-should-next-winter/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620038548903854082

Fantastic thread!
RT @KuldkeppMart: A thread about Western Orientalism towards Eastern Europe 🧶

Centering of Western points of view and othering attitudes towards the East (Orientalism) have for a long time been commonplace in Western social and political thinking. (1/22)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620030512856444929

Eesti saun Ukrainasse – http://Toeta.me https://toeta.me/projects/saunad-ukrainasse/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620027036721991680

What’s behind the Western divide over arming Ukraine? - Atlantic Council https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/whats-behind-the-western-divide-over-arming-ukraine/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620019310071513091

“Germany’s steely leadership” ???

This is *really* bad ⁦@CNN⁩. Terrible, in fact. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/europe/germany-russia-us-relations-intl-cmd/index.html

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620008090715279360

Strategy, capabilities, technology: A manifesto for new European defence: https://ecfr.eu/article/strategy-capabilities-technology-a-manifesto-for-new-european-defence/ via @ecfr

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1620004048794681345

There is no emoji for this thread. Just read it.
RT @olliecarroll: Yesterday I attended the opening of an art exhibition in St Petersburg Wagner Center — a “co-working hub” and “innovations centre” opened in St Petersburg by the same men who brought you decapitations and sledgehammer executions. I know, don’t ask. Just read on…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1619998748683407361

Estonia was, in the words of EU Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen, the "Musterknabe"

It took us 1997 - 2004 from candidacy to membership.
RT @POLITICOEurope: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has a tight two-year timetable for securing EU membership.

The problem? No one within the EU thinks this is realistic. https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-eu-membership-two-years-prime-minister-denys-shmyhal/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1619953455283736578

Israel carried out a clandestine drone strike targeting a defense compound in Iran https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-strikes-iran-amid-new-international-push-to-contain-tehran-11675004979?st=5y052ezlwjncsjt&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via @WSJ

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1619945729363173376