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Mihkel Kraav @suijure.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?" — Abraham Lincoln I really like this attitude!

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Mihkel Kraav @suijure.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Russian deception and Western naiveté go hand in hand. Potemkinism is the term for Russia’s misery hidden by a shiny veneer, a façade admired by French intellectuals 100 years ago who mistakenly lauded it as a "land of freedom."

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Mihkel Kraav @suijure.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

In the Soviet Union, there was always a surplus of jobs, but a deficit of sufficient income. Wages were barely enough to survive until the next payday. Owning a house was a dream; most lived in small apartments, frequently subdivided among several families.

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Vance’s Israel Visit Tests Fragile Gaza Truce and U.S. Mediation Strategy

#Trump 's "peace plan" was flimsy. VP #Vance, in his smooth, ill-bred, and arrogant manner, seems more interested in causing trouble than solving it. If a lasting peace emerges regardless, it will be very welcome. #Israeli genocide against the #Palestinian people must finally be halted.

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s arrival in Israel marks Washington’s latest effort to stabilise a fragile ceasefire in Gaza and advance President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace framework.

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"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality." (attributed to #Dante)

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

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That’s seven. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/uni...

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Vivat academia, vivant professores!

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European Commission hides behind IT problems to justify insidious changes to EU deforestation l

I fully support the #EU, but this weak #Commission, which answers to corporations and has no backbone in representing Europeans, needs immediate replacement. The #climate disaster is imminent, but the Commission views retaining power as superior to upholding principles. Truly depressing.

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The European Commission’s move to “simplify” the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a shameful surrender to political pressure.

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Mihkel Kraav @suijure.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Disarming just one side of a conflict is counter-productive. This echoes the post-WWII failure to hold #Russia accountable while punishing #Germany. #Hamas should disarm, but #Israel ’s arsenal must also be drastically cut. This is the only way to motivate them to pursue non-violent solutions.

moderndiplomacy.eu

Trump's Gaza Plan Presents a Central Challenge: The Disarming of Hamas

On Monday Hamas set free 20 alive hostages and later returned bodies of rest of the deceased hostages as per phase one of Trump’s 20-point peace plan.

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

A scientific poll should be conducted to assess the attitudes of Russians in exile, as everyday interactions with Russians reveal a clear picture of high approval ratings for the Russian war and imperialist attitudes, with similarly high levels of support for undemocratic,right-wing extremist views

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Poland charges two Russians with spying for Moscow, parcel bomb plot

Polish prosecutors have filed charges against two Russian citizens accused of spying for Russia’s FSB and involvement in a parcel bomb scheme, the national prosecutor’s office said on Monday.

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Ironically, Polish judge Dariusz Lubowski has had to explain to the Germans that an act of sabotage in wartime is an act of courage. Germany should rather investigate the real saboteurs: the architects and defenders of the pipeline, namely Schröder, Merkel, Steinmeier, Scholz, Schwesig and Warnig.

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International bodies pressured Baltics to naturalise former occupiers. The criminality of these 'new citizens' is markedly higher than that of natives. The immediate question: were the "persons with Latvian citizenship" in this report by chance named Ivanov, Kalinin, or Medvedev?

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"By their fruits ye shall know them."

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Russian influence is a thread across the West: no Brexit, no 2016 Trump, no funding for AfD or Le Pen. Their PMCs (Wagner, et al.) support autocrats in ≈30 nations, even aiding WMD programs for regimes like North Korea. Call them "insignificant"? Hardly.

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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." (Anatole France)

Mihkel Kraav @suijure.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Without Russia's imperial exports — Marxist ideology, military aid, and nuclear technology — modern China simply wouldn't be. Whether they'd be a capitalist success is unknown, but Russia's destructive global influence is undeniable and must not be underestimated.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I know how the media works. The whole China kerfuffle is being bigged up to avoid the bigger picture about Russia. China is not a friend. On the other hand, it hasn't launched the biggest land war in Europe for 80 years with well over a million casualties so far

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California is so modern in its policies that it deserves to be part of Europe. ;-)

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

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'Sold my soul to the devil’: Fox News staffers blast network in explosive court filing

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'Sold my soul to the devil’: Fox News staffers blast network in explosive court filing

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Caligula openly mocked the Senate by considering his horse a Senator. Trump achieves the same effect on Congress but with less honest fanfare.

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What to know about the indictment of former Trump national security adviser John Bolton | CNN Politics

Based on recent experience, #Bolton should simply declare his candidacy for the presidency to see all charges against him dismissed. Jesting aside, this process appears to be political harassment of a kind that would be at home in Stalinist #Russia, yet is now, regrettably, connected with the #US.

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John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland on Thursday.

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Is the UN “Bloated, Unfocused, Outdated and Ineffective”?

The #US has had the greatest historical leverage to shape the #UN from its very beginning. If the body is failing in effectiveness today — and a more robust UN is certainly needed for global problems — then this shortcoming is fundamentally the responsibility of the US.

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UNITED NATIONS, October 17 (IPS) - The US hostility towards the UN is threatening to escalate, as a cash-starved world body is struggling for economic survival.

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This is not about one type of verdict, but about justice in its entirety. Trump would sooner embrace death than endure imprisonment. Neither is on the plate.

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There is no need for Parliament if _the_President_ decides everything! Of course, this is not democracy either...

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I understand the urge for the guillotine but cannot accept it in principle — a genuine paradox of empathy and ethics. By the way, I also understand those who understand!

Though I object to both pollution and inequitable wealth, I welcome the modern justice that finds its voice without resorting to murder.

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Whose expenditures—a party's, a candidate's, a donor's? The less corrupt money there is in politics, the better.

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Many great writers once accepted killing as justice. The world has thankfully matured, and we need not think that way now. There are better methods for justice than murder — a truth paramount not for the sake of the convicted, but for the moral clarity of the judges.

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A tanker, bound for Tallinn??? What will it be doing there — is it possible that the destination might change at some point?

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How many days remain until the first court session begins, when the fascists are finally brought to justice?

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That is encouraging. Now, what of the Baltic Sea? And the essential reform toward a common EU foreign and defence policy?

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Federal Europe @ivan-06.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This is no mere isolated incident. One need only recall Russian agitation during the Moldovan elections. Western nations seem unwilling to concede the doings of hostile states. Why was the investigation into the origins of #Brexit refused? It's a matter of flawed approach, and a shift is now due.

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There is a virus in humankind. Europe was infected by it 90 years ago After long years of painful treatment, the Free World finally healed it. Today, the Free World is sick again The virus is not exactly the same, it has mutated. The Free World has to heal, no matter how painful the treatment is.

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The snake that you find in your path is never as harmful as the one you fail to see.

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Let us emphasize that the rot began over 100 years ago. Russian imperialism has been vital to global decay; the 'Great October Revolution' only sped it up. Western Europe has taken German Fascism for the whole iceberg, consistently seeking partnership with the far deeper evil rooted in Moscow.

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Wars and the accelerating arms race serve as a convenient smokescreen for oil companies. This distraction diverts the public's focus from global warming — a problem rapidly reaching acute, critical proportions. Cause-and-effect relationship or just a lucky coincidence?

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We are at 1.4C and nature is failing. So I am asking you once again why you're allowing a handful of multinationals condemn your children and grandchildren to a hellscape future, just so they can "grow shareholder value" www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

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Level of CO₂ in atmosphere rises by annual record

Scientists believe the increase could be due to trees, oceans and peatlands absorbing less carbon because of heatwaves and drought

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Mihkel Kraav @suijure.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

… and the Supreme Court has rather unfortunately reduced itself to little more than a presidential fan club.

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Poor fishermen! Every murder committed without proof of guilt or a declared war is a crime, and this incident reeks of organized crime. The US, the former flagship of democracy, is regrettably assuming the character of a mafia state. SO SAD!