Adding my family members:
Aleksander Annok, 83 years old. Farmer/former head of municipality. Deported, died in Vengerovo on 25.04.1949. My great-grandfather.
Albert Assor, 48 years. Estonia’s Minister of Justice. Arrested, died in Kraslag on 16.09.1943. My great-great-uncle.

The Restoring of Names, an all day ceremony commemorating the victims of Soviet repression is being broadcast all day online here.
Moscow authorities refused permission for it to be held in its traditional location.
Take a minute and listen
Общество Мемориал
youtu.be/3miaqDpq9N0

My weekend reading. Feels so timely - now that a new volume of the same story is writing itself

„Goodwill in the face of evil is not enough“ - this is a good speech by federal president Steinmeier, defending weapon deliveries instead of joining the chorus of those who demand Ukrainian concessions. Good that this comes from his side 👇 bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Red…

Watched all four hours of Putin yesterday. Seems he really thinks he can win…?

This I find hard to understand

Vicky Mount deserves a big hug for painting this old man on his three wheeled walker. I’ve never found another artist who has painted one. Dr S has used one for over 20 years (different ones) . We have them dotted round the garden and house downstairs. Super painting

True

Putin of course does not tell his diplomats what he is going to do or not. Still, I hope the Ambassador is right

Oh yes. I remember those from the Soviet Union. Worked really well to discredit whatever message they had

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke by phone to U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin about topics including the war in Ukraine, Moscow’s Defense Ministry has said. themoscowtimes.com/2022/10/21/rus…

'Налог на человеческие жизни'. Как российский бизнес платит за мобилизацию bbc.in/3ySTGBP

A 9,000-year-old skeleton was found inside a cave in Cheddar, England, and nicknamed “Cheddar Man”. His DNA was tested and it was concluded that a living relative was teaching history about a 1/2 mile away, tracing back nearly 300 generations. Read more: bit.ly/3cGQaz5

St Petersburg governor just sacked the head of the city's mobilisation program a few hours after the Moscow Mayor said the city's mobilisation was over and outstanding draft papers expired. These things do not tend to happen in isolation in Russia.

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