Really Hillbilly Elegy material in getting the industrial base working again, right?

March 2022, Raiffeisen CEO, Johann Strobl: 'All of you must understand we are not walking away from Russia'.

He kept his word and in the first quarter of 2024, about half of Raiffeisen Bank’s net income came from operations in Russia and Belarus.

Sanction Raiffeisen!

SEC shuts down Trump Media auditor over ‘massive fraud’ ft.com/content/169479… via @ft

“Lack of interest from the West in Ukraine &CEE countries helped Russia in its information war &also in the great invasion. Featuring journalists from CEE in 🇪🇺media is an act of respect &helps the security of all of us against Russian war and aggression.”
#WorldPressFreedomDay

Foreign agent getting ready for a show.😂

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RUS expands its comprehensive domestic repression to Falun Gong practitioners. These innocent people have their religious practice without violating any Russian law. Any properly functioning court will have to release them. But Putin needs China to survive. So he makes them happy

.Reuters spreading fake news with FSB, a Russian intelligence agency, as a source. Another success for the Kremlin's propaganda factory.

Also, Russia trying to partly blame Lithuania seems to have become a pattern, we'll probably see more of this in the near future.

Really interesting article - Norwegian authorities believe #Russia has operatives in the #Vestland region who might be planning sabotage against critical infrastructure.

russia is the most depressing place on Earth. Fact!

Just getting started. Doomers like J.D. Vance have no real appreciation for the strength of American industry. It's in America's interest that Ukraine defeats Russia. This will fix European security for decades, will deter China, and will lead to the isolation of Iran.

What happened in Eastern and Central Europe is nothing short of an economic miracle. From misery and poverty under socialism to free market prosperity.

x.com/MichaelAArouet…

Wholeheartedly wish Donald Tusk and the people of #Poland happiness, prosperity and security on the occasion of the 3 May Constitution Day. Estonia and Poland are closer than ever – glad to celebrate this day with you.

#Konstytucja3Maja

Selmet suruda jalakäijaid maa alla, Boston pani hoopis autod sõitma läbi linna maa all. Kallis aga Bostoni elamisväärsus tõusis oluliselt

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig

For all those who live in Estonia and resent Paulig coffee labels in Ukrainian instead of Russian.

Here's the alternative:

Flowers on your gravestones for centuries...

Guardian: glass is half full.

Times: there is no glass anymore. Biden broke it because it fell out of his feeble old hands.

It's been 4 days but I'm still so mad I have to write about it.
On 29 April, Sergei Kachimov, Khanty activist, shaman, protector of holy lake Imlor, died after a long illness, having denied medical care.
The land he was protecting sat on vast reserves of crude oil.

By Dr. @keirGiles, who has been warning NATO for years

chathamhouse.org/2024/05/russia…

Recruiting proxies to carry out sabotage is just one of the ways in which Russia is already attacking Europe beyond Ukraine, warns Keir Giles (@CHRussiaEurasia).
chathamhouse.org/2024/05/russia…