toomas ilves, ex-verif @ilvestoomas@respublicae.eu
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“Yes, we have no Bananas” — Jimmy Durante, Russia expert
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Theresa Fallon: Prigozhin leaves analysts shrugging their shoulders saying I dunno. “The apparent contradictions in Prigozhin’s relationship with the Kremlin are a glaring sign of weakness, a former senior Russian official said.
“This is just complete impotence. There’s nothing deep there.… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1677202724461457408 https://t.co/Lm3QcGomEh
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It’s total madness,” the former official said. “Putin just doesn’t notice we’re turning into a banana republic without any bananas.”https://www.ft.com/content/f4a6ee67-07d3-448b-a6e4-b83f89a025d8
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Loodan, et Eesti jt KIE valitsused riikidest, kes pole kedagi koloniseerinud, jõuliselt tõmbavad vee nende riikide nõudmistele peale. https://n.respublicae.eu/noelreports/status/1677035093326544897
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NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦: "Central and Latin American countries threw cold water on the EU’s efforts to rally the continent’s support for Ukraine and called for colonial reparations in a counter-proposal of an upcoming EU summit draft declaration," writes Euractiv. https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/leak-latin-american-countries-push-back-on-ukraine-eu-agenda-ahead-of-joint-summit/
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As in democratically elected governments? 🤣 https://n.respublicae.eu/rusembusa/status/1677048078782586880
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Russian Embassy in USA 🇷🇺: 💬Antonov: Western ruling elites should understand that the failures on the battlefield make Kiev eager to create a pretext for the deployment of @NATO contingent to 🇺🇦
❗️Thus to inflate a regional conflict into World War III
🔗Exclusively for Newsweek: http://is.gd/tbj4A1 https://t.co/n3exW6IwPB
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This!!! https://n.respublicae.eu/andreivkozyrev/status/1677000273460330497
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Andrei V Kozyrev: @PhillipsPOBrien Through confidential talks, the Kremlin uses the vanity of some US influencers to influence the US think tanks, and government and LOL on them.
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Very much worth your time. What the war in Ukraine has exposed about the true state of transatlantic relations.
https://warontherocks.com/2023/06/the-art-of-vassalization-how-russias-war-on-ukraine-has-transformed-transatlantic-relations/
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Sending more war-criming mercenaries? https://n.respublicae.eu/EmbassyofRussia/status/1676939081740058624
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Russia in South Africa 🇷🇺: 🇷🇺 On 27–28 July, St. Petersburg will host the Second Russia–Africa Summit.
🤝 It will become a key event in the #Russian–#African relations this year.
📽️ @en_roscongress https://t.co/lOmkoRWNVM
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No Ukrainians invited of course.
A super and a not-at-all, indeed failing power deciding the fate of a third country?
“Yeah, don’t war crime too much in the territories we let you take after we ram it down the Ukrainians’ throats”
Was that what you said?
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Leo Strauss - also on the usual other places: Tom Graham et al. again on a back channel with 🇷🇺, Lavrov. Joined now by Haass, Kupchan.
Graham part of Carnegie led 2014 back channel in Finland attempting an “off ramp” after Crimea.
He’s consistent. Including signing Politico August 2020 Open Letter urging a reset with 🇷🇺.
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Gee, is that what Lavrov told you?
https://n.respublicae.eu/alanoszka/status/1676937396934377480?s=46&t=P6bh7N_g0GWaN4mEo_JuMA
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Council on Foreign Relations: CFR expert Thomas Graham looks at what Wagner’s failed rebellion could mean for Russia. https://on.cfr.org/3JHcdpR
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66118007
Prigozhin here, Prigozhin there... perhaps we should call him Figarozhin?
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Austria, the NATO non-member with a fundamental understanding of and expertise on Russia as evidenced by former Foreign Minister Kniessl as well as the Golovatov case.
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OSINTdefender: Colonel Markus Reisner of the Austrian Armed Forces stated today that they currently believe that the 1st Phase of the Ukrainian Offensive has Failed due to Ukrainian Forces attempting to use NATO Military Tactics which do not work against Fortified and Heavily-Mined Russian… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1676794731215421441 https://t.co/SpqTM6uipW
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Just because it was thanks to the tireless efforts of an Estonian journalist that this was was accomplished, this isn't just an Estonian issue.
It's about how CEE is lazily characterized -- "former Soviet", "former communist bloc" etc, especially in the US and German media 1/n
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toomas ilves, ex-verif: Thank you @marishellrand, who did the heavy lifting and work for such a long time to get this changed.
These things don’t change by themselves.
Aitäh Maris!
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Re The USSR died a third of a Century ago, some countries once occupied (like mine) have outstripped in GDP per capita, rule of law, low corruption, press freedom, educational achievement much of the EU and the US.
Yet this terminology persists.
It is obnoxious. 2/3
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Re I was born and grew up in the post-War West. 33 years after the end of WW2. Nobody but nobody in the media in 1978 wrote about "formerly Nazi Germany" in describing education, politics or economics in the Bundesrepublic.
France was never "formerly Nazi occupied Vichy". 3/3
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.@koutchoukalimar. Here's another sartorial and fashion idea.
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Helen Barrett: On Threads, catching up with Twitter mutuals. https://t.co/ADULe7Nxnu
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"Downfall: Rate Limit Exceeded"
Brilliant. https://n.respublicae.eu/KvotheTheArcane/status/1676795900306374656
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FriendlyKozak 🇺🇦: Downfall: Rate Limit Exceeded https://t.co/90GS2KTbTF
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Thank you @marishellrand, who did the heavy lifting and work for such a long time to get this changed.
These things don’t change by themselves.
Aitäh Maris!
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Maris Hellrand: Thank you, @AP and @DavidKeyton ! Better late than never. A great example for others to follow @AFP @Reuters @Bloomberg @ZDF @ARDde @BBCNews No more “former soviet republics“ https://t.co/BENNHRteHT
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