Elisabeth Braw
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Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil @foreignpolicy @politicoeurope Globalization/geopolitics. Grayzone aggression. 🥇Goodbye Globalization @yalebooks Own views.
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It has arrived: the cover of Goodbye Globalization.
Out in February 2024
@yalepress
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Taxi driver in Rome just now: "The Russians say they have to invade Ukraine because it used to belong to them. Excuse me, but then Italy would have to invade most of Europe."
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Winter War: 🇫🇮, a country of *3.5 million*, facing the mighty Soviet Union.
Minimal support, or even interest, from foreign governments.
Even so, at this time 82 years ago the Finns were approaching their 100th day of resistance.
One of the truly heroic feats of history.
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Peculiar news from Norway: Fishermen have found a whale wearing a harness. The harness says "equipment of St Petersburg" and has a camera attachment. Russian marine biologists say they don't put harnesses on whales. The Norwegians think it may be a "military whale".
@ErikSolheim
Forsker om hvithval med seletøy i Finnmark: Trolig fra den russiske marinen
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More than 120,000 Czechs have crowdfunded €50 million (!) for howitzers and other weapons for 🇺🇦.
Lithuanians have donated €5 million for a drone for 🇺🇦.
Let's all chip in and buy weapons for Ukraine's brave soldiers.
(me today's
@thetimes
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Dockworkers vs. 🇷🇺.
Swedish dockers have been refusing to handle 🇷🇺 cargo for weeks. Elsewhere, too, dockworkers are blockading 🇷🇺 goods.
That means that - sanctions or no sanctions - 🇷🇺 cargo is stuck.
Talk about having an impact.
Me
@ForeignPolicy
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Sweden's incredible NATO luck.
Joining will never get any easier than this. Thank you Finland (and thank you Madrid Summit).
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Finland is giving Sweden an incredible gift.
By going first on NATO membership, it has given Sweden the option of simply falling in line.
NATO membership has never been easier than this.
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A shocking figure from Chatham House's new report on post-Soviet kleptocrats in the UK: half of all "golden visas" ever issued are now being investigated for national security risks.
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Sweden, Finland and NATO:
@niinisto
has truly been the standout performer since this process began.
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Now another Finnish sports star (Lauri Markkanen of Utah Jazz) is returning home for military service. Like scores of Finnish sports stars before him ().
I can't think of a single Russian NHL player who has returned home for military service.
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A letter to Jeff Bezos & the world's other 2,667 billionaires:
- You have a wealth of $12.7 trillion.
- 🇷🇺 war against 🇺🇦 is causing a recession (⬇️ for you too).
- You can help stop it by buying weapons & ammo for 🇺🇦.
- The world won't forget.
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When I arrived at Dulles last night, the immigration officer said:
"Welcome to NATO."
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82% of Finns now support the country's existing mandatory military service for men - a record number.
This is how to defend one's country!
💪🇫🇮
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I have always thought that when this war is over, Ukrainian railway workers and power-utility workers should deliver lessons in crisis response to their colleagues around Europe.
What they've done to keep essential services going is extraordinary.
By the morning, 80% of electricity and water supplies services in Kharkiv region were restored, according to local authorities. Ukrainian emergency and rescue workers are amazing
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The Italians snatched health from the jaws of death. Yes: 🇮🇹, ridiculed and pitied as a chaotic country, has defied Covid-19 and now has infection levels far lower than many "better-organised" countries. How gli italiani did it ➡️
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Navalny is phenomenally brave. But I feel like Yulia Navalnaya should be mentioned by name as well. Most tweets just say "his wife". Yulia Navalnaya is incredibly brave too.
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Russian elite: “We are wealthy and have a lot to lose. A lot of us have second homes in Europe, we have residency permits in the West."
As I've been saying: they worry about losing their Western visas. So let's threaten to revoke the visas.
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Finland has been a part of Sweden.
It has been a part of Russia.
It's striking to compare the way it interacts with each of these countries today.
Amicable partings are possible.
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Estonia Song and Dance Festival❤️
Beat such a national effort if you can.
(Photo credit: Kaup Kalda)
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The more I think about The Baltic Way, the more impressive it becomes. Some two million people holding hands for freedom, all the way through three countries. And organised before smartphones or even pagers!
🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
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Extremely nasty Russian disinformation campaign in the UK:
A fake letter from the UK government asking UK hosts of Ukrainian refugees to provide names & whereabouts of Ukrainian men staying with them.
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Such good news for Sweden.
And NATO.
The moment has arrived:
Turkey's parliament has approved Sweden's NATO accession.
Just as we were beginning to despair.
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The rapid NATO journey 🇫🇮 has made is a testimony to the phenomenal importance of societal cohesion.
No destructive conflicts, and no Jan 6-style insurgencies, just a civilised debate and then decision and action.
Congratulations 🇫🇮!
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76% of Swedes are willing to participate in the country's defence even if it means risking their lives (a new survey by
@FOIresearch
shows).
It's fantastic to see such strong will to defend!
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I'm so proud of how 🇸🇪 is coming through for 🇺🇦.
The latest package, worth more than $300 million: ammunition and spare parts for CV90 and Archer (among other things).
Even at the (temporary) expense of 🇸🇪 own capabilities.
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And Poland is allowing children travelling with their parents into the country even if they don't have passports, the Polish government has announced.
THIS IS IMPORTANT:
Slovak Police announces that Ukraine-Slovak border crossings are open and every Ukrainian coming will be allowed to enter Slovakia, even without a passport, pending individual review.
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It's easy to get numb to all the people killed at Auschwitz.
But we owe it to them to remember them individually. Including Polish nurse Danuta Terlikowska, who lost her life at age 21 in an extraordinarily cruel way.
29 October 1942 | A 21-years old Polish nurse Danuta Terlikowska who was registered at the German camp
#Auschwitz
on 25 August 1942 (camp no. 18294) was murdered at the camp hospital with a with phenol injection into the heart.
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Marina Butina, convicted of spying for Russia and now working for RT, turned up to visit/ridicule Alexey Navalny in prison. "Navalny lectured her for 15 minutes in front of the other prisoners, calling her 'a parasite and a servant of thieves'.”
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@AuschwitzMuseum
is today poignantly sharing photos and names of Ukrainians who perished in the Nazi gas chambers.
Vasyl would have been 100 years old this year. But he was killed aged 20.
23 July 1922 | A Ukrainian, Vasyl Babchuk, was born. A farmer.
In
#Auschwitz
from 6 August 1942.
No. 56875
He perished in the camp on 6 September 1942.
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What might have seemed like a spontaneous anger campaign against Sweden was in fact fuelled by an enormous amount of disinformation from Arabic- and Russian-language sources.
A coordinated campaign.
(Me
@FT
, no paywall)
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They have arrived in Ukraine!
Ten Strv 122 from Sweden.
With Ukrainian crews - trained by Sweden.
🇺🇦🇸🇪💪
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A few days ago, the Russian Navy was going to hold an exercise in Norway's EEZ.
There was nothing much the Norwegian government could do.
But - Norwegian fishermen there refused to leave.
The Russians couldn't hold their exercise.
"The different perspective offered by the fishermen to the conundrum of how to thwart a Russian navy presence in Irish and Norwegian waters, respectively, was to use fishing boats as a tool."
@elisabethbraw
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4.95 billion people on this planet have internet access.
I assume all of us oppose genocide.
@AuschwitzMuseum
should have far more than 1.3 million followers.
In February
@AuschwitzMuseum
got almost 31 thousand new followers❗
Our goal is to reach 1,5 million by the end of 2022.
This will not be possible without your help.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
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Congratulations to Saab's test pilot André Brännström, who has won the Paul Bowen Trophy for Best Solo Jet Demonstration at the Royal International Air Tattoo.
💪🇸🇪
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It's interesting that almost all the Finnish men sharing this tweet will have done military service themselves - and they still support the system.
That's how well-managed military service works.
82% of Finns now support the country's existing mandatory military service for men - a record number.
This is how to defend one's country!
💪🇫🇮
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The internet has 4.66 billion users.
The vast majority of them oppose genocide.
@AuschwitzMuseum
should have more than 1.3 million followers.
This year we hope to reach 1,5 million followers of
@AuschwitzMuseum
.
Do you think you can help?
Please support our mission & amplify our voice.
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500 years old this year.
As active now as then.
The 🇸🇪 Navy.
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Sweden hasn't just donated 50 CV90 to Ukraine - it has been training Ukrainian soldiers on the vehicles too.
Great work.
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Putin has threatened to station more soldiers at the Finnish border in response to Finland joining NATO.
What soldiers?
The Finns know the Russian armed forces have no capacity for such an undertaking.
Me
@POLITICOEurope
, with comments by
@PToveri
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Lots and lots of Western companies are leaving Russia.
They're leaving because Russia has made itself uninsurable.
(Me
@WSJopinion
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Leopard 2 training of Ukrainians: "Five weeks, Monday to Saturday, dawn to dusk" -- and the Ukrainians are extremely motivated, 🇳🇴 instructor Thomas told me.
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The more I think about the Winter War, the more I realise how heroic and spectacular Finland's efforts were.
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Oh to be the defence minister of Finland.
Public approval (dark blue) and disapproval (light blue) of the country's defence policy over the years.
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OTD in 1940 the Finns were finishing their 102nd day resisting the Soviet invaders.
(Pictured: Swedish volunteers fighting on the Finnish side in March 1940.)
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We should be collectively grateful that NATO and NATO member states are led by people who keep a cool head in a crisis.
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OTD in 1940 the Winter War ended.
From Mannerheim's address to the nation:
"You did not want the war. [...] The battle was forced upon you, and in it, you have achieved great things. You did not hate [your enemies]. You only followed war’s harsh law to kill or die."
🇫🇮
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Apologies for another tweet about the Swedish
#forestfires
, but's really demonstrating the value of EU cooperation. Here are the Polish firefighters arriving in a Swedish town -- local residents cheering and some even crying. Bravo FRA/ITA/GER/PRT/LTU too!
BRANDKONVOJEN: Ett hundratal från Bjursås kom ut för att vinka och applådera åt brandmännen från Polen. Många av dem som hejade på längs vägen grät också, enligt folk på plats.
Foto: Ida Ivarsson
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At this time 82 years ago, Finns were bravely defending their country in the Winter War against the Soviet Union.
Today Ukraine faces a potential winter war too.
What the Ukrainians can learn from the Finns:
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NBA star Lauri Markkanen and NHL star Joonas Korpisalo are due for military service.
And like other 🇫🇮 men, they're not dodging the draft.
In 🇷🇺 one third serves, and those who do are the unlucky ones.
1 mandatory conscription. 2 realities. It matters.
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Italian brands have such an incredible soft-power advantage...
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@AuschwitzMuseum
should have far more than 1.5 million followers.
1,3 million people already follow
@AuschwitzMuseum
‼️
It would be incredible to reach 1,5 million followers by the end of the year.
It seems that reaching this goal is possible.
Support our mission.
Amplify our voice.
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Congratulations to our Finnish friends on joining NATO.
Especially to
@niinisto
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I guess Trump Jr hadn't considered there might be a response from the MP representing the Loch Ness Monster's home.
As
#Nessie
's MP, I would say this comparison wins it for Biden. He's effectively saying it's a choice between
a globally beloved and sought out icon, which has enhanced the reputation of its homeland and continues to enchant billions - or Donald Trump.
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Wow.
The 🇪🇪 government has just decided to spend *another* EUR 476 million on military defence.
That's in addition to 🇪🇪 regular, 2%+ defence budget - and in addition to the EUR 340 million allocated in January.
@IlvesToomas
@ViljarLubi
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This week Sweden's ceremonial guard is completing 500 (!) years of service.
How many other countries can compete with such a distinguished record?
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On this day in 1940, the day after the Winter War ended, Marshal Mannerheim spoke to the nation:
"You didn't want the war, you loved peace and work. But the struggle was forced upon you, and in it you have accomplished a great deeds."
These deeds have not been forgotten.
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Stunning photos of the Swedish military from King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50th anniversary this weekend.
NATO will be lucky to have Sweden as a member.
(Photo credit Maja Hansson
@Forsvarsmakten
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LTG Roger Cloutier, Commander NATO Land Command, just posted this photo with Colonel General Oleksandr Sirsky, Commander Ukrainian Land Forces, saying "the world is with with you my brother. Keep up the fight."
Yes, the world is with you, General.
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Greyzone aggression latest: China has inserted malware into water networks & other CNI that supply US military bases.
This is why defence must be a whole-of-society effort. Credit to 🇨🇿 🇦🇺 and a few other governments that are actively working to do this.
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Tomorrow looks like the day Sweden will finally get its NATO membership.
(And Sweden's deal with Hungary involving four Gripens is a diplomatic masterstroke.)
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@AuschwitzMuseum
currently has 1.3 million Twitter followers.
Twitter has 450 million monthly active users.
I certainly hope more than 1.3 million of them oppose genocide.
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This prize-winning photo by
@paulhansen64
(from central Stockholm) is so fantastic that I have to post it again.
This is what national defence should look like: a natural part of civic life.
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To everyone boycotting Stolichnaya in support of 🇺🇦: this famous vodka is actually made in 🇱🇻.
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@AuschwitzMuseum
still has only 1.3 million followers. How can this be, especially since we're again entering an era where genocide and crimes against humanity are a concrete threat?
In August we got over 9,300 new followers. Thank you for remembering with us
This year we are hoping to reach 1,5 million followers of
@AuschwitzMuseum
.
Can you help❓
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Russia seizing Ukrainian children reminds me of how the Nazis seized resistance fighters' children & gave them loyalists.
The goal is to remove the children's identity as Ukrainians - just as Russia wants to remove Ukraine's identity as a country.
@cepa
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Poland-Belarus is not a migration crisis: it's a border-violation crisis.
In Belarus's devious game, migrants are simply tools.
If the Polish government didn't protect its border, it would signal to its citizens and the world it's unable to do so.
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Mind-blowing.
Estonia and Latvia have donated *one third* of their military budgets to Ukraine.
True friends!
@Riekstins__M
@IlvesToomas
@selga_maris
🇪🇪 has donated 1/3 of its military budget to help
#Ukraine
🇺🇦 to restore its sovereignty & territorial integrity.
Estonia also offers assistance to the people who have suffered in the war, including with medical & psychological assistance, providing shelter & other essentials.
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Says the woman who spied on the US by infiltrating the NRA.
On a special Saturday edition of Russian propaganda talk show Vremya Pokazhet, Maria Butina condemns the Kyiv authorities for handing out rifles because "people don't know how to handle them and a child might be killed at home"
I don't think that's on Ukrainians' minds right now
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Rarely has a NATO member been more eagerly awaited than Sweden.
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A reminder that the US Senate has just approved the sale of F16s to Turkey - days after the Turkish parliament ratified Sweden's NATO accession.
It has been extraordinary to watch the US spend considerable political capital to help Sweden join NATO.
Thank you 🇺🇸.
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Oh no, Finland wins again. This time they have the world’s best future skills education. They’re also the world’s happiest country. Etc, etc. We’re just a little bit envious.
@charlyjsp
@terischultz
@AGardberg
@JarnoLim
The top 10 countries for future skills education
1.🇫🇮
#Finland
2.🇨🇭 Switzerland
3.🇳🇿 New Zealand
4.🇸🇪 Sweden
5.🇨🇦 Canada
6.🇳🇱 Netherland
7.🇩🇪 Germany
8.🇸🇬 Singapore
9.🇫🇷 France
10.🇬🇧 UK
(Economist Intelligence Unit report)
#education
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Some stunning news from Finland. Authorities have raided a company thought to be a Russian shell company—which has been buying surplus Finnish navy vessels. Very troubling if true. Would be interested in
@charlyjsp
and
@STRATMIL
’s take.
@terischultz
H/T
@niklas_granholm
Company under searches confirmed as "Airiston Helmi" - widely believed to be as a Russian controlled shell company with very little real business. Been buying surplus Finnish navy vessels and properties next to strategic maritime lanes.
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Remembering the Christmas miracle of Tolvajärvi almost exactly 82 years ago, when the Finns defeated the mighty Red Army.
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Arriving above Stockholm and Uppsala this Wednesday: a US Air Force B-1B Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress.
NATO membership is getting closer by the hour.
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"Europeans will have to wake up."
Certain Europeans will have to wake up. Others - eg 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱 - have been highlighting the risk of military aggression for years. But they were dismissed as alarmists.
Amb
@McFaul
is right. Invasion or not, we are living a historical moment in Europe when naked force is the only argument used in an international dispute. Whatever happens, Europeans will have to wake up and draw the right consequences in their defense and foreign policies.
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OTD in 1939 one of modern history's most heart-warming (and urgent) initiatives was launched:
The Swedish Volunteer Corps, which would see 12,000 Swedish volunteers help Finland keep the Soviets at bay during the Winter War.
🇸🇪🇫🇮: the best of neighbours ♥️.
Den 12 december 1939 godkände regeringen Svenska frivilligkåren, som rekryterades för att delta i finska vinterkriget.
#svhist
#dagensdatum
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82% of Estonians support their country's current model of mandatory military service for all men (and 90% consider military service necessary).
What a phenomenal testimony to a well-managed military-service system!
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Finland has just led its first naval exercise as a NATO member.
Just wait until Sweden (with a larger navy, though not large enough) joins the alliance!
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This is wild: the Belgian parliament is targeted by a large cyber attack just as it's about to debate a China genocide motion.
Belgian media reports that the govt's Internet provider is facing a "very large-scale" DDoS attack and that all Parliamentary hearings are canceled as a result.
That includes a debate on a motion to accuse the Chinese govt of committing 'genocide':
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Executed OTD in 1943: Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl and Christoph Probst. Sophie's last words were: "Es lebe die Freiheit" (long live freedom). The memory of these three heroes will live on forever.
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How many of us would dare sabotage rail transport in order to harm Russia's war efforts - and do so knowing we'd receive massive prison sentences as a result?
Massive credit to these Belarusian heroes.
Another group of Belarusian rail partisans was sentenced to lengthy prison terms today. The men were sentenced to 14 to 16 years for "terrorism". The women received two years for aiding and abetting as well as insulting Lukashenko.
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Poland ♥️
- Took the risk of war seriously.
- Made comprehensive plans to help Ukrainians.
- Then executed those plans.
PROOF that you really do get FREE TRAINS if you’re a Ukrainian who’s escaped into Poland. Showed my passport to the inspector, he printed out the ticket for me, which lists PLN 0.00 on it as a price 🤍❤️ Dziękuje!
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The moment has arrived:
Turkey's parliament has approved Sweden's NATO accession.
Just as we were beginning to despair.
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Swedish kids are suddenly becoming anxious -because TikTok is feeding them content saying 🇷🇺 is about to attack 🇸🇪.
More clever use of psychological warfare - whoever is behind it.
The West's adversaries are using every tool at their disposal.
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"No one listened to us. No one cared about us." This 🇪🇪 forest brother lived in a dugout in the forest for more than eight years, fighting the Soviets - but he and the others had to assume the world had forgotten about 🇪🇪.
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When you have a 500-year-old navy, you should definitely issue a stamp to celebrate it!
Oh, and this illustrious navy may join NATO very soon!
💪 🇸🇪
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So far Germany has (after initial mishaps) treated 229 intensive-care corona patients from other EU countries, donated ventilators & much more. Everyone loves to pick on the Germans, but this time let's thank them & ask them for more global leadership.
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Latvian Song and Dance Festival
How many countries can match this joy of getting together to make music?
Go Latvia!
Photo credit Mikus Kļaviņš
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So it turns out that the same Russian vessel (and a Chinese vessel) was present
- when the Balticconnector was sabotaged
- when two undersea cables between Sweden-Finland-Estonia were damaged
Greyzone aggression.
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It's chilling to read every single one of
@AuschwitzMuseum
's inmate portraits.
Even the prisoners who were not killed straight on arrival rarely survived long.
In the case of 27-year-old teacher Josef Zylbersztejn: one month.
7 November 1915 | A Polish Jew, Josef Zylbersztejn, was born in Radom. A teacher.
In
#Auschwitz
from 20 February 1942.
No. 23122
He perished in the camp on 26 March 1942.
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82% of Finns want to help defend their country.
No other Western country can match that.
But we can learn from 🇫🇮. National will to defend starts with trust in the government and includes teaching & courses offered to everyone.
(me
@FT
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How Greek shipping companies and a global ghost fleet are helping Russia:
Yes, there's a global ghost fleet transporting sanctioned goods. That (obviously) harms sanctions and poses a safety risks.
(Me
@ForeignPolicy
)
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Born OTD in 1867: a man who showed his small nation, and other small nations, that resistance against a mighty enemy is possible.
#Mannerheim
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What a wonderful illustration of 🇸🇪🇫🇮 & NATO from Weekendavisen!
H/T
@HthHans
and
@lykkefriis
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