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Joined Apr 2022
Drunks are always threatening people. Sleep it off, please. https://n.respublicae.eu/tass_agency/status/1678094371533516802
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ТАСС: Россия может ударить по ядерным объектам в Восточной Европе, если подтвердится попытка атаковать Десногорскую АЭС в Смоленске ракетами НАТО. Об этом заявил зампредседателя Совета безопасности РФ Дмитрий Медведев в своем Telegram-канале:
https://tass.ru/politika/18228999?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share https://t.co/XjpnD8HuOW
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1678102729476956163
What are tankies, vatniks, and ‘useful idiots’, and why do they deride traumatised Ukrainians as warmongers and Nazis?
An important explanatory piece by @PaulNiland.
Read it.
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/07/blatant-lies-and-subtle-untruths-about-russias-war-in-ukraine/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677984818615705600
Another important thread from @ChrisO_wiki https://n.respublicae.eu/ChrisO_wiki/status/1677989407591202818
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ChrisO_wiki: 1/ Yevgeny Prigozhin's wealth and wigs got a lot of attention last week, but his medal collection is much more significant. The 30 medals on his jacket show that he is one of the most highly decorated members of the Russian elite. Here's an analysis of what they indicate. ⬇️ https://t.co/2up21Y6vRI
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Nah, we have freedom of speech and rule of law, and your banana republic has neither. Not even bananas. https://n.respublicae.eu/lomtrue/status/1677997220954533890
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ЛОМ / Е.Бланский: Прибалтам посвящается https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1677659297600217091 https://t.co/e85IywfO40
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1678011689109790720
This, by @AndreiSoldatov and @irinaborogan is very good, spotlighting the real failures that came to light with the Prigozhin misadventure.
or,
"It's the FSB, stupid"
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/putin-security-crisis-wagner-rebellion?check_logged_in=1&utm_source=twitter_posts&utm_campaign=tw_daily_soc&utm_medium=social
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1678017696120668160
Re Cold War NATO built the defence infrastructure of its members.
When we have a hot war on our borders but NATO hasn't built defense infrastructure for post Cold War NATO, Cold War NATO whines WAAA, the infra isn't as good as what was built for us so we won't go there.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677950800704815104
Tipa-Tapa...Tapa-Ipa https://n.respublicae.eu/rceallen/status/1677952363812868096
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Ross Allen: Mul on hea meel teada saada, et Tapal on õlletehas!
🇬🇧🇪🇪 https://t.co/Ie4vg3waqh
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677957785298821121
An important paper by former NATO Moscow office head @RobertPszczel on CEE perspectives on the Vilnius Summit:
https://pulaski.pl/en/nato-summit-in-vilnius-will-it-live-up-to-expectations-in-comparison-to-other-post-1990-summits-2/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677960419367960576
The larger problem is that @EU_Commission does not understand digital technology or its importance to 21st C. competitiveness.
Innovation through regulation does not work, technology protectionism to shield inferior products will lead to a Europe that is Perón era Argentina. https://n.respublicae.eu/carlbildt/status/1677970469884944391
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Carl Bildt: But the 🇪🇺 #strategicforesight report in its interesting focus on sustainability seems to miss the stark competitiveness challenge 🇪🇺 faces as both 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳 race towards AI, quantum and other revolutionary new technologies. https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_commission/status/1676924923321671682
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Yeah, we CEE Allies don’t really matter that much.
Indeed, until the invasion of Georgia, Germany blocked NATO giving even defense planning to the Baltic States (lots of embarrassing moments yet to come out).
Meanwhile, this is an absolute must read. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/falling-short-nato-east-deterring-russia
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677935954693160960
Informative thread from @AntonLaGuardia https://n.respublicae.eu/antonlaguardia/status/1677665201598914562
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Anton La Guardia: 🧵1/12
@jakesullivan ahead of NATO summit:
- Allies have to spend more than 2% of GDP on defence
- Sweden membership bid “may not” be solved at summit
- China can be “constructive” in ending the Ukraine war
- Ukraine will have “pathway” towards NATO with “additional steps”
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677715739648618496
Macron blocks NATO outpost in Japan amid Chinese complaints https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-block-nato-outpost-japan-china-complaints/
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Only NATO membership can guarantee peace for Ukraine https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/08/ukraine-peace-nato-membership/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677699668657025026
This, from a representative of the Chinese military.
Good messaging.
@ChineseEstonia. https://n.respublicae.eu/zhao_dashuai/status/1677683413753696257
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Zhao DaShuai 无条件爱国🇨🇳: Just when you thought Estonia couldn't be more of a joke.
The Baltic 3 littles aren't serious countries.
No, they aren't countries https://n.respublicae.eu/kajakallas/status/1677659297600217091
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677703157219041281
Russia’s Pobeda death cult gets an offshoot.
It can call itself #MARA. https://www.wsj.com/articles/prigozhins-movements-a-mystery-as-wagner-fans-gather-in-st-petersburg-f17302ad
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677712446595772416
Low dud rates are unfair! https://n.respublicae.eu/yarotrof/status/1677420995026591747
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Yaroslav Trofimov: Russia, which has been showering Ukrainian cities with cluster munitions that have dud rates upwards of 30% (meaning that 30+% of bomblets remain unexploded and dangerous) is very very upset about the U.S. supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions that have a dud rate below 2.35%.
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In the past two weeks, we all have begun to detect a whiff of Putin's and Russia's fear and uncertainty.
It's in the air.
In their "news programs"; in Rostov's response to Wagner; in the feeble MFA press statements; in the whines on Telegram; in the missing senior officers. https://n.respublicae.eu/myzmak/status/1677575873082568704
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myzmak 🇺🇦🌻 ✙ 🍉 (Ще не вмерла….): Zelensky does this. putin flees moscow ahead of Prigozhin.
Tells you all you need to know about leadership right there. https://n.respublicae.eu/noelreports/status/1677569410993725443
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Re They are beginning to get scared. The bravado and braggadocio has become brittle and hollow.
They feel queasy.
Russians on day 500:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pcwcHF2FKY
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1677584538275332096
What if we give Wagner a fully equipped base and none of them come? https://n.respublicae.eu/BBCSteveR/status/1677567464161288194
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Steve Rosenberg: At a disused army base in Belarus we’re shown rows and rows of freshly pitched tents. Alexander Lukashenko says Wagner mercenaries can move in here, if they want. No sign of them yet. And unclear when/if Wagner’s relocation to Belarus will happen. Producer @LizaShuvalova https://t.co/Pk3UfypDk0
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