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Kadri Liik

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2 years

And Russia could have had it all: friendly Ukraine, great power status, Western technology, energy trade with Europe, etc, etc, had it been just a little less heavy-handed and a little more respectful towards its partners’ wishes and choices. I just… keep being baffled…

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That scarf my mother wore on her journey from Siberia to Estonia in 1957, when returning from deportation. I briefly thought of donating it to Memorial… Their latest exhibition was about clothes worn in jails and deportation

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2 years

So, here comes my naval analyses :) This is what I can say about cruiser Moskva - and its linkage to yellow skirts of Muhu island. A thread:

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2 years

So here it is: my Muhu skirt. Made by grandmother/great aunt in 1930s. Self-made from scratch: they grew sheep, cut wool, made fabric, dyed it with ‘mine yellow’, sewed and embroidered. Small traces of Slava in my wardrobe.

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2 years

And for the first time now the poisoning of Navalny makes some sense to me: if Putin was planning that war already back then, the of course it made sense to eliminate the only person who could have mobilized significant domestic protest.

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2 years

Lest you thought no one in Russia is doing anything: 170 Russian journalists and IR experts have signed an anti-war statement. @ElenaChernenko leading on initiative that might lack immediate impact, but is hugely important nonetheless.

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2 years

How can Putin imagine he’ll get a friendly Ukraine after this?! Even if outwardly pacified (a big if,) memories survive. I know what I am talking about: in the peaceful Soviet Estonia of my childhood, no one had forgotten occupation and deportations. Memories passed in families

Anastasiia Lapatina

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2 years

Kyiv after Russian airstrikes.

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6 years

Finally found it: our household’s pre-war Estonian flag. Well-worn and well-hidden. It’s first sunlight after 78 (or 74?) years:

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4 years

Closing time at Tallinn Central Library: a line of people panic-borrowing. More than half of Dostoevsky is already gone, so I cannot choose between different translations, but have to take what’s left.

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2 years

Ready for refugees

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2 years

And now Zhirinovsky has truly died. The timing feels symbolic - for the past 30 years, he has been the embodiment of a farcical/rhetorical version of Russia’s expansionism and aggressiveness. Now that aggression is reality, Zhirinovsky’s role has become obsolete…

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2 years

If they have fuel for these things, energy crisis clearly is not bad enough

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1 year

Seemed proper to celebrate in the company of my great uncle who fought for Finland in the Winter war

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2 years

Not just our rationality that failed us, but also Russia’s. Few among Russia’s expert class believed this would happen. Contradicts most things we know about the logic, aims and means of Russia’s foreign policy. So I feel I was wrong together with the Russians, not with the West

Jana Puglierin

@jana_puglierin

2 years

I know smart people who thought it was impossible that Putin would go that far. And nobody could have been sure how things develop. But I think it's a real problem that in postmodern 🇪🇺 we no longer understand military power and use our own "rationality" always as a yardstick.

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1 year

A bench for Russia-watchers. Literally. Russia there across the lake.

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2 years

When I was a child, older Muhu women would casually talk about ‘mine yellow’ (miinikollane) as a color. For a long time I assumed they meant a specific shade of yellow. The idea that they used the actual explosives to dye fabric was just too… fantastic. But that was the case.

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Kadri Liik

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4 years

My mother’s birthday yesterday. When she turned 15, she was deported to Siberia. When she turned 86, we celebrated in Skype. “Quite a long life, if you think what all has been,” she said the other day.

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Kadri Liik

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2 years

But also picric acid. Apparently, this chemical was used to make explosives, but one could also use it to dye fabric, and that’s what the local Muhu women did. The famous yellow Muhu skirts became abundant after WWI, and this was all thanks to Slava.

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3 years

When the planes crashed into WTC and Pentagon, I was at my desk writing about Lukashenka’s complicated relationship with Russia. On the 20th anniversary of that, I am at my desk, writing - you guessed it! - about Lukashenka’s complicated relationship with Russia.

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2 years

At the risk of making myself unpopular, I tried to add some shades of grey to a dangerously black and white debate

Opinion | No, Putin Isn’t Trying to Bring Down the West (Published 2021)

Moscow has other concerns.

www.nytimes.com

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2 years

This is Putin’s personal blind spot that keeps manifesting: he severely underestimates the role of societies and overestimates the role of special services in world politics. Especially in places like Ukraine.

Matthew Kaminski

@KaminskiMK

2 years

Sounds like Ukrainians are recreating the spirit of the Maidan of ‘13-14 below ground. The power and spirit of civil society there is something you can’t imagine unless you have seen and felt it. Putin doesn’t get or respect that. It’s why ultimately the place can’t be defeated

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In 1979, when Moskva was launched, it was called Slava - in honor of the Russian battleship that sunk in Moonsund battle on 17.10.1917. Only in 1996 was its name changed into Moskva.

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2 years

Slava sunk in shallow waters of Estonia’s West coast, in between Muhu and mainland Estonia. Its 800 of crew seem to have survived. Some in fact came from Muhu, so they just took a boat and went home. Some Russians are said to have settled in nearby Matsalu where they found wives.

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2 years

Ashamed to go to bed, knowing what kind of night awaits Kyiv…

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2 years

Slava’s wreck, though, remained partly above water for a number of years, and became a source of iron and copper for local craftsmen.

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6 years

I was in Vilnius in January 1991. I think ⁦ @Jeremy_Hunt ⁩ was not...

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt compares EU to 'prison' of Soviet Union

The foreign secretary delivers a stern message to Brussels in his Tory conference speech - but also urges the party to unite.

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3 years

Estonia

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2 years

In the country house. My father told me to make sure we have a good supply of matches. The previous generations, during previous wars, have had exactly the same idea.

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2 years

Just some photos I have taken at Memorial office: archives; a painting from jail; clothes worn by people when arrested; a letter the children sent to orphanage have written to their arrested mother…

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@KadriLiik

2 years

‘Finlandization’ of Russia?!

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2 years

I really like the new flag of free Russia. Same colors as Finland. Northern. Blood washed off. The World would welcome this flag in mast anywhere. Once the Russians really hoist it in Russia.

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4 years

I have a new paper out!!! Probably the most interesting work I have done in a long time - because it is about people.

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5 years

“What is that? And why is it attached to your computer?” a colleague just asked, and I happily explained how I can do EVERYTHING with it; and all Estonians can....!

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5 years

Sorry - I know you are tired of news like this coming out of Estonia, but I cannot resist announcing that my parents, both over 85, have just tried E-voting and found it easy and nice!

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8 months

Things one finds among old stuff…

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3 years

First swim of 2021!

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5 years

Tallinn. A group of ‘gilets jaunes’ marching past the US Embassy security perimeter.

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3 years

So much harm done now by this rushed and premature proposal. None of it fatal, but all of it avoidable. Thread below:

EU leaders take hard line on Russia, rebuking Merkel and Macron

Poland and the Baltics lead effort to thwart German-French initiative.

www.politico.eu

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1 month

Just boarded a @Finnair flight from Tallinn to Helsinki, and learned that it was exactly today 100 years ago that Finnair performed its first ever flight from Helsinki to Tallinn - with a Junkers airplane and a cargo of 162 kilo of mail. Happy birthday, @Finnair !

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5 years

Tallinn. Robot crossing a road

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7 years

No, Trump is not like Putin. Putin's lies have always been more skillful & meaningful. Never so crude, childish & grotesque. Different beast

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3 years

Yes, Germany, you should…!

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10 months

My farm was on the same place in 1710 and possibly also in 1561. Told it yesterday that Sweden joins NATO. Heard no objections

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1 year

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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1 year

Barcode:)

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4 years

Dear ⁦ @airBaltic ⁩ - if you are trying to please customers from Estonia, then here’s a tip: try passenger-friendly luggage rules. Works better than these painted colors, I promise you. (Though you can keep the colors too...)

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3 years

Also - have been reading some Russian commentary this morning, and it is clear that respect for Biden has gone up in Moscow. This not because he ‘was tough’ and ‘confronted’ Putin. This is because he showed he chooses his fights wisely, and maintains both sanity and integrity

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Nii peabki. Võtke eeskuju!

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3 years

My last piece of the year - trying to explain the Baltic states’ thinking about Russia

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3 years

Moscow

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3 years

Thankfully no Belarus on the way

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1 year

One day Russia will be proud of you

Jens Siegert

@jenssiegert

1 year

And here the whole #Memorial crowd #NobelPeacePrize

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Kadri Liik

@KadriLiik

4 months

That’s not my sense at all

The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

4 months

President Vladimir Putin has been using diplomatic backchannels to telegraph his readiness for a ceasefire that freezes the fighting in Ukraine along the current lines, The New York Times reported.

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5 months

Someone just asked which city in Estonia I’ll be flying from. So kind of them to assume we have a choice :)!

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8 months

My latest. Suggesting Europe should not expect big deeds from exiled Russians, but still let them be

Caution and embrace: How Europeans should treat exiles from Putin’s Russia

Europeans should allow their countries to be hosts for free debate among the Russian emigrés of the 21st century. But they should resist the temptation to view the exiles as channels of influence to…

ecfr.eu

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10 months

Wow. After cutting down many old, big, beautiful trees, Tallinn suddenly discovers that trees are good and tries to uncut them.

ERR News

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10 months

Tallinn buys three hundred €5,000 shade trees #Estonia

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2 years

Some may want to note that he said 12. And not 15.

max seddon

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2 years

@DiMagnaySky "We live in different worlds," Putin says of Russia and the west. "They said they wouldn't expand and they did." He goes on: "In 1991 we divided ourselves into 12 parts. But that wasn't enough for them. Russia is too big. Only this can explain the constant pressure on us."

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3 years

Coffee. Saturday morning

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3 years

My good news of the day: my parents, both 85-plus, got their second shot of vaccine today. No side-effects. "They probably gave us water," my mother said, not hiding her satisfaction :) My life and its logistics became a bit easier...

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@KadriLiik

2 years

Will we see the day when a Russian leader does the same in Kyiv…?

Lykke Friis

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2 years

I dag er det 30 år siden Willy Brandt døde #statsmand #kniefall

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3 years

Phah. In my childhood home in Soviet Estonia we listened to VOA every day - and the only thing I remember today (apart from cracks and creaks) is being impressed by how they shared news that were negative about the US. That was what set them apart from the Soviet media.

MSNBC

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3 years

In a speech to VOA staff, Sec. Pompeo said the broadcaster had lost touch with its original mission to tell America's story to a foreign audience and instead had denigrated the U.S. A VOA reporter asked Pompeo about the Capitol riot. She was reassigned.

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Kadri Liik

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5 years

So yes - I am a Berliner now!!! You will find me at ECFR office, Unter den Linden 17. Berlin friends, do get in touch, let's meet!

ECFR Berlin

@ECFRBerlin

5 years

Welcome, @KadriLiik ! We are excited to have Kadri joining @ECFRBerlin from @ecfr London and strengthening the clout of our @ECFRWiderEurope programme. Read her latest article " #Europe , #Russia , and the laws of nature: Importance of the #EUelections2019 ":

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3 years

Tallinn today

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1 year

Familiar to so many Estonians. Except our flags remained hidden for nearly 50 years

AlexandruC4

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1 year

This is how Kherson residents managed to hide Ukrainian flags

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3 years

Finland

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5 years

Estonia, deep countryside. Cafe. Not a single soul nearby, but the door is open, the place fully equipped and one is welcome to make one’s coffee.

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6 years

When Russian fake news became a factor in the Baltics - in 2005-2007 - the West told them to be calm and put their own house in order. That was good advise. The Balts should give it back now

Mark Galeotti

@MarkGaleotti

6 years

One useful take-away from todays' great discussion hosted by @Rigas_pils on threat of #FakeNews - local assessments of threat posed by #Russia balanced and nuanced, devoid of hysteria we sometimes see in other quarters. V encouraging

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Kadri Liik

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2 years

Denying visas to all Russians - how is that smart?

Thorsten Benner

@thorstenbenner

2 years

Belgium & others have decided to stop issuing visa to all 🇷🇺 citizens. Theory of change is I guess to punish all Russians who will then stand up to Putin. Even in this situation this is exactly wrong step. Russians should continue to be welcomed in 🇪🇺 (/w necessary visa checks).

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2 years

The oli lamp, idle for 30 years, still works perfectly. I am now all set to cope without electricity, if needed. Only have to figure out how to power my Mac with firewood…

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7 years

All calm on Nevsky prospekt. By this hour in 1917 ca 100 people had been killed & protest turned into revolution.

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4 years

Soviet Estonia, 1980s. A decoy missile base (with expired and/or wooden missiles) scaring American satellites and entertaining local children. The real base was a few kilometers away.

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2 months

Well done. I wish I was there too.

Mediazona English

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2 months

EU Ambassador to Russia Roland Galharague laid flowers at the Solovetsky Stone, a monument in Moscow to the victims of political repression, in memory of Alexei Navalny Photo: @novayagazeta_en

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4 years

I travelled through all three capitals those days and Riga had by far the best barricades. I’ll never forget: fires on streets, men in sheepskin coats, cafes serving food for free all night long, makeshift hospital in the Dome Church & someone very quietly playing organ...

Edgars Rinkēvičs

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4 years

29 years ago our Lithuanian brothers & sisters stood for liberty and independence against Soviet regime of oppression & violence. After news of Vilnius bloodshed broke, barricades were erected in Riga. Today we commemorate brave Lithuanians who lost their lives defending freedom

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2 years

Deep down, Estonians are actually quite selective about which causes or wars we truly view as ours. But this one we do. You can see and feel it. Earlier: the singing revolution… Winter war… the war for independence… and that’s about it, I think?

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2 years

This is not bad: “Germany, crucially, has not changed — but the world in which it acts has. The country is “like a train that stands still after the railway station has caught fire.””

Opinion | Europe Thinks Putin Is Planning Something Even Worse Than War (Published 2022)

The threat of war could be more destructive than war itself.

www.nytimes.com

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5 years

Our wolf has now made it to BBC! I confess I like everything about this story - one case of people and wilderness cooperating in a sensible and respectful manner.

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4 years

Wild orchids blooming in Estonia right now

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3 years

Now, this is interesting: there was a demonstration in support of Navalny yesterday in Tallinn, and from what I read it seems that the bulk of participants were young local Russians. Given the diaspora’s traditional loyalty to Putin... this is significant

Gallery: Demonstration in support of Alexei Navalny takes place in Tallinn

A demonstration in support of detained Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny took place in Tallinn's Vabaduse väljak Saturday, joining many other similar events across Russia and beyond.

news.err.ee

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@KadriLiik

3 years

Flew over Estonia without even stopping…

Randomware

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3 years

A falcon 🦅 was recently tracked migrating from South Africa all the way to Finland. In 42 days she flew over 10,000 km in almost straight lines, at speeds of the 230 km/day.

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What a very Finnish message: talk less, do more. Very old-fashioned and unorthodox. And one I completely agree with.

Europe should talk less and prepare more against Russian threat, says Finnish president

Alexander Stubb urges allies to refrain from ‘belligerent’ rhetoric about Russia attacking soon

www.ft.com

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4 years

Me here again saying things about Russia that few people like to hear

How Russia is winning at its own game

War and revolution are not inimical to Moscow if they follow paths Russian policymakers understand and even support.

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Estonia

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5 years

Ahh - here they go again on “sanctions do not work….” Below a thread outlining my disagreement.

Russian sanctions: why ‘isolation is impossible’

Rhetoric has not matched reality as Moscow sells arms and builds alliances

www.ft.com

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4 years

Ehh... I have not met a single person in Moscow who’d think that this could lead to anything at all (excluding purely opportunistic agenda.) And I have been asking everyone, and for months. Living in parallel worlds?!

French president’s office describes Macron’s conversation with Putin as profound

The two presidents also agreed to continue their effort aimed at convoking a summit of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council

tass.com

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6 years

My piece in NYT today

Opinion | Putin’s Favorite Tactic Has Finally Backfired (Published 2018)

Russia has used ‘plausible deniability’ from Syria to cyberspace. That was before a double agent was poisoned in England.

www.nytimes.com

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6 years

I suspect Trump overdid it. Now the Russia-issue has gained renewed toxicity in the US - while Moscow hoped for exactly the opposite.

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3 years

I know, I know - the economy, incomes, taxes and all that... but I cannot help that the quiet old town of Tallinn is so much nicer & homelier than that tourist trap we have at ‘normal’ times. Plus, you can still buy books, croissants and coffee - and what more would you need?!

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3 years

Crossed that bridge again

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Estonia. Island classics

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4 years

An airplane flew over Tallinn just now!!! I went out onto balcony to watch it.

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Spring in Tartu

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Sunrise

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9 years

Today 75 years ago the Winter war started. My great-uncle was among the 3500 Estonians who fought for Finland's freedom and Estonia's honor.

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4 years

A good day to think of my great uncle Ants Viira (1921-1978) - one of 3500 Estonian volunteers in the Winter war & Continuation war. I remember him - he was a kind man with good humor, fun for children...

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Estonia

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4 years

Yes! People in Tallinn have been instructed to stay home - because of bears, not virus. Certainly an upgrade, I feel?!

Estonian Embassy UK

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4 years

Bears have been spotted in Estonian capital. #wildlife #citylife #COVID ー19 #nature #Estonia #StaySafe

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Sõbrad, kuulge - Boris Johnsonil oli lihtsalt vaja fotot koos Briti sõjaväelastega. Riigijuhtidel on selline komme: jõulu eel oma välismaal viibivate vägede juures käia. Briti omad on juhtumisi Tapal. See oli selle visiidi kogu mõte ja sisu.

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4 years

Just cycled through a bit of Russia

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2 years

Fighting against women usually ends badly.

Sarah Rainsford

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In #Dnipro crowds of women spent Saturday making Molotov cocktails. Teachers, lawyers, housewives, all crouched on the grass, filling bottles. They told me they try not to think about what they’re doing. They didn’t choose this. But they have to be ready to defend their city

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5 years

Visited care home yesterday. My relative has a new roommate - a Russian man who will turn 100 this summer. "100 years, this is not really very long," he said. "A few summers, a few winters - and you are 100. No, it is not much at all..." And I fear he is right...

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