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Laas Leivat: What drives Russian men to run from the draft? Fear of the enemy or fear of one’s own? (2)

As of this writing over 100,000 draft-age men had arrived in Kazakhstan since September 21, the day that Putin announced a partial mobilization of ...

Harri Kivilo: Eesti riik ja kohalikud omavalitsused (1)

Harri Kivilo - pics/2020/12/57569_003_t.jpg

Et NSVL okupeeris juunis 1939 suures maailmasõjas erapooletuks jäänud Eesti, oli toona teada kõigil lääneriikide valitsustel ja peavoolu ...

Laas Leivat: Putin’s/Stalin’s referendums and annexations (4)

Estonia in 1940 and Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 – the similarities are remarkably striking.

In June 1940, the Soviet Union invaded and occupied the ...

Oh sa raks! Riina SÕNASABA

Õuna lahkus Võru maanteel Tartus. Fotod: Riina Kindlam - pics/2022/10/59634_001_t.jpg

Raks! Praks! Nii võib kõlada kõvemat sorti õuna sisse hammustamine. Kõu, pikne (välk) raksatab ehk raksub, lõke praksub, põrand naksub. ...

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Jüri Toomepuu: Putinil ei ole palju töökorras tuumarelvi, enamiku säilivusaeg on möödas (2)

Ajal, mil Putin Ukrainat ründas, oli levinud arvamus, et vene sõjavägi on võimsuselt USA ja Hiina järel maailma kolmas. Nüüd ei tunnista enam ...

Laas Leivat: Russian propaganda update

Since Russia’s assault on Ukraine, the Kremlin’s Russian-language disinformation campaign extends far beyond the audience in Ukraine and Russia, ...

On Russia, the Baltics are having their ‘I told you so’ moment

Photo: Raigo Pajula - pics/2022/09/59612_001_t.webp

The Baltic countries – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – have long kept a wary watch over Russia, their historically hostile next-door neighbour. ...

Laas Leivat: Putin must be held accountable for war crimes. Special tribunal will do the job (1)

By July, Ukrainian authorities stated that it had identified more that 21,000 war crimes. They had identified some 600 suspects and initiated ...

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For Russia, after Putin (1)

Abbas Gallyamov is a former Putin loyalist, now calling for democracy in Russia. How? By way of a massive scheme of Western aid resembling the ...

Laas Leivat: Can Putin still claim victory in defeat? (2)

It’s perhaps one of the questions most often posed recently. At the time of this writing, Ukrainian forces were making significant gains in the ...

Jüri Toomepuu: Parem hilja kui mitte iialgi (2)

Eestlastele kes arvavad, et neil on õigus jääda peremeesteks oma põlisel kodumaal tegi rõõmu teade, et Balti riigid ja Poola kehtestavad ...

Aure's Notes: Don’t Move to Estonia (10)

I had every reason to move to Estonia in September 2021.

Dynamic economy, digital society, most efficient and transparent tax system in the world, ...

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Jüri Toomepuu: Uus USA suursaadik – tunnustus ja toetus Eestile (2)

Teeneka karjäär-diplomaadi, USA riigisekretäri abi asetäitja välisministeeriumi Euroopa ja Euraasia büroos, Georg P. Kenti, arvatav ...

Laas Leivat: Russian spies, in Ukraine and elsewhere (II) (1)

Putin seems to be convinced that he’s the best informed of any world leader. But Putin’s grasp of what’s happening both near and far is bent ...

Beer, not blues (2)

The older the slimster gets, the more he can be overheard humming classic summer tunes during that briefest of Canadian seasons. Thankfully brief, ...

JÜRI TOOMEPUU: Eksistentsiaalne oht Eesti piirides (14)

Artikli, mis käsitleb punamonumentide eemaldamist avalikust ruumist, pidas ERR sobivaks avaldada pealkirja all «Kolmandik venelastest toetab ...

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Laas Leivat: Russian spies, in Ukraine and elsewhere (1)

Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, some 400 Russian intelligence operatives with diplomatic cover have been expelled from European ...

Teet Kalmus: oodatud venelaste massiivset raketirünnakut täna Ukrainas ei juhtunud

Täna on Ukrainas pidupäev ja seetõttu oodati ka võimalikku massiivset raketirünnakut Venemaa poolt, aga vähemalt selle postituse kirjutamise ...

Ants Sild: Alasi ja haamrite vahelt välja (3)

Mõiste – õpetaja – seisis Eesti Vabariigis väärikal kohal. Nii oli see kuni kommunistide võimuhaaramiseni 1940. aastal. Vabariigi ...

Harri Kivilo: On aeg taas Eesti riigielu korraldada eesti keeles (1)

Ukraina sõjas on Venemaa Föderatsiooni relvajõud toime pannud ääretult jõhkraid inimsusevastaseid kuritegusid – täitmaks president Putini ...

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Laas Leivat: Putin: “History is war.” (3)

In June 2016, 37-year-old Vladimir Luzgin was found guilty in court of “rehabilitating Nazism” and fined 200,000 roubles (approx. $2500 US at the ...

Laas Leivat: Morale as a major determinant in Ukraine

'Esprit de corps' is the term often used within the military to describe the morale of one's own troops. There's a positive ring ...

Laas Leivat: Estonia, take a bow. But let’s not lower the curtain yet (1)

It’s no longer news, but it still deserves attention. By mid-April, Estonia had donated proportionally more military aid to Ukraine than any other ...

Laas Leivat: Will Putin’s colossal miscalculation with Ukraine whet or dull his appetite for the Baltic states? (1)

Estonia’s Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, in a New York Times Op-ed in March stated that irrespective of Russia's monumental blunder, the Kremlin ...

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Cracks in the community and St. Peter's (20)

Recently, a lot has been discussed regarding the fact that the St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church's congregation is in dire straits ...

Laas Leivat: Ukraine – what if we lose interest? (12)

Ukraine is desperately fighting for its survival, being out-gunned ten to one on the battlefield. Has war fatigue set in among its beleaguered ...

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