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

https://n.respublicae.eu/TimothyDSnyder/status/1688675743998660613?s=20
Not a bad deal...
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toomas ilves, ex-verif: People who have said not a word about Russian war crimes, rapes, torture, castrations, kidnapping of Ukrainian children, DEMAND in all caps cancellation of the legalization of gay marriage by the Estonian parliament.
Gay marriages are illegal in Russia, and war crimes legal too.
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History of CEE. The order may vary, however.
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Wojtek44: #OTD in 1747 the Załuski Library opened to the public in Warsaw, Poland. Its initial collection of 200K volumes grew to 400K by 1794, which made it the biggest public library in 18th-c. Europe. It was first looted by Russians and later burned by Germans.📽️ https://youtube.com/watch?v=gX2lULi15Yw
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People who have said not a word about Russian war crimes, rapes, torture, castrations, kidnapping of Ukrainian children, DEMAND in all caps cancellation of the legalization of gay marriage by the Estonian parliament.
Gay marriages are illegal in Russia, and war crimes legal too.
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Lєta 🇺🇦 enneaegne artikulatsioon: Lausa nõuavad
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Anyone still using Yandex???
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Madi Kapparov: The FSB will gain 24/7 access to Yandex's ride-hailing service data starting from September 1. Customer data is centrally stored in Russia for the international markets including Israel, Norway, Finland, Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Armenia: https://meduza.io/feature/2023/08/08/sovsem-skoro-fsb-poluchit-kruglosutochnyy-dostup-k-dannym-servisa-yandeksa-po-zakazu-taksi-kak-vyyasnila-meduza-v-tom-chisle-k-poezdkam-za-predelami-rossii
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Huomio Suomi!
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toomas ilves, ex-verif: Anyone still using Yandex???
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This is rather sick. But glad Russia now agrees that the crimes of the Soviet Union are Russian, not anyone else's.
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Stardust Collector: Look at this Russia-produced clip where Russia with a matreshka breaks the emblem of Ukraine and the USSR emblem appears.
Recently, Ukraine replaced the USSR swastikas for a trizub at the memorial of Motherland.
Think about this clip next time you see a matreshka, not an…
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Suurim oht eestlase autole on Venemaa.
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ebamugavusvalitsus 𝕏 🇪🇪 🇺🇦: et eestlane ohtu nii tõsiselt suhtuks, et ta ka mingid kaitsemeetmed kasutusele võtaks, tuleb talle selgeks teha, et see oht kahjustab kõige rohkem ta autot
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The Finno-Ugric Liiv minority in Latvia visited by President @edgarsrinkevics.
(Unfortunately Twitter translates Liiv (libiešu) as the "Libyan" language.
cc: @X
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Valsts prezidenta kanceleja: Valsts prezidents @edgarsrinkevics Mazirbē: "Latvijas valsts pienākums ir nosargāt lībiešu valodu un kultūras mantojumu!"
🔗https://www.president.lv/lv/jaunums/valsts-prezidents-mazirbe-latvijas-valsts-pienakums-ir-nosargat-libiesu-valodu-un-kulturas-mantojumu
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcLQGEmpAvw

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They know full well, they only say (and say) it to rouse and inflame their base and the so-called "Freedom Caucus"
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The New Republic: Claims of free speech will not protect Trump from being convicted for conspiracy. Someone ought to tell his lawyers. https://trib.al/Oz0cNLF
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On NATO's shared burdens, Europe is finally starting to pull its weight https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4130966-on-natos-shared-burdens-europe-is-finally-starting-to-pull-its-weight/

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.@edwardlucas, spot-on and brilliant as usual:
https://cepa.org/article/heart-of-darkness-russias-african-empire/

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-bombers-us-patriot-surface-to-air-missiles-ukraine-dh6x8vcgn

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toomas ilves, ex-verif: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-bombers-us-patriot-surface-to-air-missiles-ukraine-dh6x8vcgn
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Funny, here in Estonia and the rest of backward Central and Eastern Europe, so in need of lessons on how to be, ex-commies made these same anti-lustration arguments back in 1990-93
It's hilarious to read the same things 30 years later from those who couldn't resist "teaching" us
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toomas ilves, ex-verif: Translation regarding the former Finnish PM
"According to Paavo Lipponen's former assistant, finding out about recent history is a "prying desire" that would endanger Finland's security. Say no more."
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The Washington Post: The looming courtroom showdown is poised to push his insistence that election fraud occurred in 2020 toward the center of the 2024 presidential campaign, a dismaying prospect for Republicans and some of Trump’s advisers who have urged him to stop belaboring that subject.…
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Russia: "Hold my beer"
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War on the Rocks: “Now is not the time for Colombia to sign disadvantageous deals with criminal actors that give away major concessions with little in return.” http://ow.ly/n5Qz30swzBu
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Re "Ah, mutta se on täysin eri asia" 😆

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https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/90327?utm_source=rssemail&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;mkt_tok=ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGNX2jeoa15hcpEFWRbW_nOOljqWimQkCtPiLS-0DC8ghJct6SxCxbGSOsjWOJoiuMWL_rp6ZR7bmi4cK1dEFm08J-tbkltm8qil1EWuG1m

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Or... a new Mad Max movie on the Taiga.
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Shashank Joshi: “Russian regions will soon have the authority to establish their own private military companies and arm them.”
Feudal historians:
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