Philip Ruff
@RuffPhilip
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Anarchist historian with a weakness for Latvia, good music and things that go bump in the night. Anarhistu vēsturnieks.
London & Riga
Joined August 2011
A Towering Flame: The Life & Times of the Elusive Latvian Anarchist Peter the Painter. "Ruff avoids the traps of simplistic celebration or condemnation - a marvellous work of historical rediscovery" - John Patten, KSL Order from @BreviaryStuff
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UPDATE: Armed Russian soldiers were spotted standing inside the Saatse Boot Border patrols reported unusually large armed groups, definitely not border guards moving along the road.
NEW: Estonia’s Police and Border Guard Board has temporarily closed the Saatse Boot passage after detecting increased Russian border activity. The narrow Estonian road briefly cuts through Russian territory, where vehicles may normally pass without stopping. Authorities say more
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Getting in the zone for #StrictlyComeDancing tonight at 18.05
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Lieliskas ziņas. Mūsu ilggadīgais darbs Alīses torņa atdzimšanai un atvēršanai gan Jūgendstila muzeja industriālās Rīgas ekspozīcijai, gan apkaimei ir nonācis pie ''naudas punkta''. Alises tornis tiks iekļauts RD Investīciju plānā 2025 - 2027. Ticu arī, ka Gaujas torņa nākotne
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Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter jets flying over Riga’s Freedom Monument yesterday @CanadaLatvia #Latvia #Baltics 🇨🇦🇱🇻
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Poetry corner: Seamus Heaney exhibition opens at Latvian National Library: https://t.co/V1wPvuW4mG
#Riga #Latvia #Baltics
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October 7th saw the opening of a new exhibition at the Latvian National Library on the life and work of the great Irish poet, Seamus Heaney (1939-2013).
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Bristol-born Hollywood megastar Cary Grant (then Archibald Leach) left for America at 16 but returned to the city many times until his 70s. As a child he was told his mother had died, when in fact she had been sectioned in Glenside Hospital - then a mental institute. 1/2
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Šodien Liela diena - Latvija oficiāli atzīst seno baltu reliģiju (dievturību) par vienu no valsts oficiālajām reliģijām. Senču ticība, ka attiecības ar Dievu ir jāveido bez starpniekiem, ka dzīve ir jādzīvo ar godu, saskaņā ar dabu un dabas ritiem tiek atzīta pēc tūkstots gadu
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This guy has stolen all my moves! 🤣
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Where is the apple? It's not the year of apples... 🐍
Gada beigās vai gada sākumā varētu pieaugt ābolu cena, vēsta ziņu aģentūra LETA, atsaucoties uz @llkc_lv vecākā speciālista dārzkopībā Māra Narvila teikto. Daļai komercaudzētāju esot ļoti slikta ābolu raža. To ietekmējušas pavasara salnas un mitrie laikapstākļi. @lasilvportals
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Interview: Ryanair's Chief Commercial Officer on airline's Baltic plans: https://t.co/jlrkfSVv7n
#Riga #Latvia #Baltics
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“The Baltic states are an important element on Ryanair’s map, but various cost increases at Baltic airports are making it harder to compete with Western Europe,” Ireland’s low-cost carrier Ryanair’s...
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#RandomClipsOfAbba is a day early this week... just to be more random! 🦊
ABBA THE NAME OF THE GAME (1977) They weren’t Rock ‘n Roll, Funk, Punk, New Wave or Soul etc. They were however - from their perfect palindromic name - to their Songs & Lyrics, quite simply Pop perfection.
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REMINDER: New Latvia and EU border entry rules from October 12th: https://t.co/WnhlAQPAy5
#Latvia #Baltics
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From October 12th, 2025, the new European Union Entry/Exit System (EES) will start operating in Latvia, as well as in other European countries.
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@RuffPhilip Te ir manis filmētie kadri no tā pasākuma. Diezgan miglaini, bet varbūt sevi tur ieraugat.
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"Loki's brood", an illustration by Emil Doepler (1905) depicting the monstrous children of Norse god Loki - Fenrir the wolf, Jörmungandr the serpent, and Hel, the jötunn and ruler of the dead.
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Another demo against Latvia's pull-out of Istanbul Convention as signature drive hits target: https://t.co/eUgSuxXgdd
#Latvia #Baltics
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Within a few days, more than 10,000 signatories have joined the initiative "Latvia must continue to participate in the Istanbul Convention" on the public initiative platform "ManaBalss.lv".
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Kim Philby at the Sēnīte restaurant outside Riga in October 1987. From the left, KGB General Jānis Lukašević, Andris Trautmanis, Kim Philby, his wife Rufina Ivanovna Pukhova, journalist Jānis Lukss. #Baltics 🧐
At the Sēnīte restaurant outside Riga, May 1989. I didn't know it then, but another Englishman in a tweed jacket had been there before me, in October 1987, Kim Philby. #Latvia #Baltics
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