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

Estonian citizen supplying Russia with US electronics arrested in Estonia

https://news.err.ee/1608939266/estonian-citizen-supplying-russia-with-us-electronics-arrested-in-estonia #ERR

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643874964397760519

This supposedly professional regiment was in Izyum before its liberation. They committed the massive atrocities and war crimes found there.

All you need to know about Russia's professional army. No point blaming war crimes on rogue Kadyrovites.

This is Russian professionalism.
RT @Ohra_aho: The call-up of paratroopers, part of Russia's wider mobilisation, underlines the degree to which the Ukraine campaign has exhausted the country's professional army, of which…

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Excellent look at the history of arrests of journalists behind the earlier Iron Curtain or Iron Curtain v.2.0. By
@elisabethbraw
https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/prisoner-of-putin/

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Neither Altushkin, his business, nor anyone in his family have been sanctioned by the West.
RT @ilvestoomas: Russian Copper Billionaire Bankrolling Military Unit Fighting in Ukraine https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/04/russian-copper-billionaire-bankrolling-military-unit-fighting-in-ukraine-a80702

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643558960945852417

Neither Altushkin, his business, nor anyone in his family have been sanctioned by the West. cc: @EU_Commission @MFAestonia
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/04/russian-copper-billionaire-bankrolling-military-unit-fighting-in-ukraine-a80702

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Russian Copper Billionaire Bankrolling Military Unit Fighting in Ukraine https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/04/russian-copper-billionaire-bankrolling-military-unit-fighting-in-ukraine-a80702

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Russia Won’t Sit Idly by after Finland and Sweden Join NATO @WarOnTheRocks https://warontherocks.com/2023/03/russia-wont-sit-idly-by-after-finland-and-sweden-join-nato/

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No pasaran!
RT @Me_of_EE:

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We got this one for you, Sweden.

cc: @minna_alander @alexstubb @sakkov @MattiMaasikas @BadBalticTakes @markomihkelson @natvogel @bctallis @kajakallas @LipreJarma @EerikNKross @luukasilves @charlyjsp @BrookingsBunny @McFaul @carlbildt
RT @Me_of_EE:

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643533897949429760

Magnificent.
RT @Me_of_EE:

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643532004191862784

Partei liider, kes sai valimistel enim hääli, kelle erakond sai kohti juurde ja jäi alla vaid kolme koha võrra astub tagasi.

Eestis aga poevad kaotajad nahast välja, et väita et nad midagi valesti ei teinud. #poliitilinekultuur
RT @Nordic_News: NEW — Finland: Sanna Marin leaves party leadership, won’t be minister in next government
https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/a4049437-829b-4409-8488-ac3e2cb54b0e

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.@NathalieTocci has written one of the best articles on the issues Europe faces regarding Ukraine and Russia that I have read in a very long time.
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/learning-to-live-with-russia-west-support-security

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643526841968254976

As always, @NathalieTocci is brilliant:

"Russia has started digging a hole, and the more it comes to realise it is in one, the deeper it will continue to dig."

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/learning-to-live-with-russia-west-support-security

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643523166453497856

The Coming Fight will be Different, by @WarintheFuture https://open.substack.com/pub/mickryan/p/the-coming-fight-will-be-different?r=qn26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643520895204327425

Member of Kremlin Guard Flees Russia, Details Putin’s Secret Life https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/04/member-of-kremlin-guard-flees-russia-details-putins-secret-life-a80699

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Yep.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-spy-rebound-europe/

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Oh Christ
RT @ulrichspeck: Beijing's tactics paying off? "French officials close to Macron have indicated that he is considering offering Xi a deal along the lines of this: France will resist US pressure to decouple from China if Beijing invests diplomatic capital in bringing about peace in Ukraine."

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643144445456527360

'Hey, they have "open carry" laws in Russia, just like us!'
RT @Biz_Ukraine_Mag: VIDEO: Chechen fighters threaten to destroy Russian Orthodox protesters who oppose the construction of a new mosque in Moscow

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643143067325591552

Um, you'd think that after 32 years you could catch up with reality?

I was already in grad school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1978

I do not recall @nytimes articles back then on the tourist joys of visiting the "former Nazi Reich of Germany".

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/travel/georgia-former-soviet-republic-family-vacation.html

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1643136632692809728

Yes, let's base our security policy decisions on Putin's PR spin.

The stupidity of some is astounding.

"Many are nervous about how that could help Russian president Vladimir Putin’s tactic to depict the war as a conflict between Moscow and Nato." https://www.ft.com/content/6172067c-00d3-4fb9-992e-bcb4264ea8c2

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