Leena Liukkonen
@LLHelsinki
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Tweeting current affairs. Journalism, diplomacy, communications, crisis management, non-fiction. Five years in Russia, two in Ukraine. Photo: Marek Sabogal
Helsinki
Joined March 2009
This is an offer at a Telegram channel for those that have western visas but missed the few weeks of grace that kept the Finnish border open. "I will take three ppl to Norwegian border in Kirkenes - while that still stays open."
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The more trouble Russian armed forces, economy and domestic policy runs, the more you will see "nobody was ever really for it'. My advice? Buy it. Say - of course of course. We need another Weimar Reich?
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There were Russian people in an out of Rusdian Federation that were against the whole time. Especially those who got bombed by their "aasvabaditeli". Know personally ppl in Moscow who were against from day 1 and said so. To claim that it's the majority is wishful thinking
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Many Russians - even those in exile, who cried that their relatives support the war - are now like, NOOO, nobody wanted any imperialist war for foreign territories. Russians were fond of asking "where were you the last 8 years". Now one can ask - where were you the last 8 months
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Russian Telegram channel reports from "friends at Rus-Fin border": waiting time is now 9-10 hours. Sounds a bit much compared to what @kaakkoisraja @rajavartijat have been communicating lately: that number of arrivals is still below pre-covid era.
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Flow from Russia to Finland increased immediately after declared mobilization. Increase for the whole last last week 64% but in days after the declaration the numbers more than doubled. Still - for that border, technically not a challenge.
73 618 people crossed the south-east Finland border last week through our border crossig points. There were 24 asylum seekers and 199 temporary protection seekers. #bordertraffic #bordersecurity
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What now?
PRESS RELEASE: #Finland files a declaration of intervention under Article 63 of the #ICJ Statute in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (#Ukraine v. #Russia) https://t.co/36Ysm6vyNi
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Over 500 people in 30 cities have so far been detained in Russia for protesting against the mobilization, almost half of them in Moscow. OVD info in Telegram.
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Arrests of Russian anti war protesters in Siberian cities of Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk after mobilization or reserves was declared today. Civil Rights organizations have called for protests for this evening. Live feed here: https://t.co/113wkxeKGv
ovd.info
Рассказываем о задержаниях на акциях против мобилизации.
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Muistokirjoitus | Eduskunnan pitkäaikaisin kansanedustaja Ilkka Kanerva liikkui valtaosan urastaan politiikan huipun tuntumassa:
hs.fi
Ilkka Kanerva jatkoi kansanedustajana kuolemaansa saakka. Hän oli eduskunnassa yhtä mittaa yli 46 vuotta, pitempään kuin kukaan toinen kansanedustaja.
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NOW it did sink. Officially.
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Prime Minister Johnson to meet with president Zelensky in Kyiv. https://t.co/zfJPjxCGia
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The PM offers Ukraine 120 armoured vehicles during a visit No 10 calls a "show of solidarity" .
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The company claims their site was hacked and they "all continue to strongly support the president". Anonymous is having a field day in Russia it seems.
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According to this declaration, the director of Sukhoi, a Russian aircraft manufacturer known especially for making fighter jets, resigns in protest of war in Ukraine. The site is currently down so verifying whether genuine is currently hard.
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Official rate of weekly inflation in Russia is now 1,16%. Prices are up 6,6% from the beginning of March, from 1.1. - 8,91% Yearly inflation level assessed at 15,66% Reminder: official numbers of government bureau Rosstat & rouble is not a freely convertible currency any more.
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I’m with Ed on this. There’s nothing political about putting on a uniform to defend your country, your countrymen and your children from being bombed and shot. We used to call it heroic. #LetThemPlay
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Rouble keeps getting stronger in severely controlled trading in Moscow. There is no way for citizens to buy cash dollars for anything like this rate. Why not simply set dollar for 70 kopecks like in Soviet times? When it also had two rates: official and real
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France is restricting entry of Russian citizens who do not have EU accepted covid shots. Tourism isn't reason enough to travel. Kommersant daily reports.
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One of the last independent Russian newspapers Novaya Gazeta will stop publishing until the end of war. Too many warnings even when trying to toe the line. Editor in Chief, Mr Muratov, holder of latest Nobel Peace Prize, will auction the medal to raise funds for Ukraine.
❗ Мы получили еще одно предупреждение Роскомнадзора. После этого мы приостанавливаем выпуск газеты в сетях и на бумаге — «до окончания «специальной операции на территории Украины». С уважением, редакция «Новой газеты» https://t.co/ppsun7SMGy
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