Speech coach, speechwriter, principal of Retoriikan kesäkoulu (Summer School of Rhetoric), enthusiastic about persuasive communication. Tweets in Fin and Eng.
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This is *absolutely* how to handle him. Stay on script. Insist on facts. Give him hell. 👏🏾
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The president allegedly approved the chip exports after Nvidia contributed $26 million toward his personal priorities, including the White House ballroom project. washingtonsun.com/technology…
Totaalisen naurettavaa!
Venäjän maksimaaliset vaatimukset ovat yhä överimpiä. Ei tällaisista voi neuvotella.
Mutta taktiikka onkin varmaan se, että esitetään jotain aivan tavatonta ja sitten ”tyydytään” vähempään, joka oli kuitenkin enemmän kuin mitä aluksi oli.
Russia is demanding that Finland withdraw from NATO and that Moldova be transformed into a federal republic—coupled with "independence for Transnistria and Gagauzia." These are just a few of the conditions mentioned by Russian representatives during unofficial negotiations regarding an end to the war in Ukraine, reports *Bild*.
Other demands from Moscow include:
➡️ NATO must agree not to establish military bases in Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania;
➡️ Russia must retain control over all occupied Ukrainian territories;
➡️ The entire Donbas—including parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions currently controlled by Ukraine—must be handed over to Russia;
➡️ Ukraine must adopt a non-aligned status and renounce any intention to join NATO (though EU accession is not ruled out);
➡️ The ports of Mykolaiv and Odesa must be "demilitarized";
➡️ Agreements must be reached regarding freedom of navigation in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea;
➡️ Should Moldova join the EU, Transnistria and Gagauzia must be granted the right to hold referendums on their independence.
In return, Moscow is reportedly prepared to withdraw nuclear weapons from Belarus, refrain from stationing intermediate-range missiles there, and pull Russian troops out of Transnistria.
How should Europe respond to these outrageous demands?
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Venäjä haluaa Suomen ulos Natosta, kertoo Bild.
Vaatimus on täysin mahdoton, eikä se tule toteutumaan, mutta sitä ei pidä myöskään kuitata pelkäksi venäläiseksi provokaatioksi.
Emme tiedä, kuinka tosissaan Moskova tätä yksittäistä vaatimusta ajaa. Kyse voi hyvin olla tarkoituksellisen mahdottomasta neuvotteluavauksesta, jolla pyritään siirtämään keskustelun lähtökohtia Venäjälle edullisemmiksi.
Silti meidän kannattaa uskoa, mitä Venäjä itse tavoitteistaan kertoo.
Jo ennen Ukrainan suurhyökkäystä Venäjä vaati Naton laajenemisen pysäyttämistä ja sen sotilaallisen läsnäolon rajoittamista Itä-Euroopassa. Nyt se yrittää nostaa samat kysymykset takaisin neuvottelupöytään.
Putin pyrkii saamaan diplomatialla sen, mitä hänen hyökkäyssotansa ei saavuttanut. Euroopan turvallisuusjärjestyksen, jossa Venäjällä olisi sananvaltaa naapurimaidensa turvallisuuspoliittisiin ratkaisuihin.
Tässä piilee koko rauhanprosessin suuri vaara. Vaikka kaikkein mahdottomimmat vaatimukset torjuttaisiin, ne voivat avata tien kompromisseille asioissa, joista Venäjällä ei pitäisi alun perinkään olla päätösvaltaa.
Suomella ei ole mitään syytä neuvotella Nato-jäsenyydestään. Me emme tarvitse Venäjän hyväksyntää turvallisuuspoliittisille ratkaisuillemme, eikä meillä ole velvollisuutta tarjota niistä mitään vastineeksi.
Suomen turvallisuus ei ole kauppatavaraa, eikä Ukrainan rauhan hintana saa olla Venäjän etupiiripolitiikan palauttaminen Eurooppaan.
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Those still clinging to this crazy alibi for Putin that he was justified in invading Ukraine to stop NATO expansion, please listen here to PUTIN'S top negotiator.
He's not talking about NATO. He is threatening to annex more Ukrainian land. Full stop.
The chief russian negotiator has stated: “We will return every inch of OUR land one way or another.”
The so-called “talks” with russia are futile.
1. Russia has not abandoned its neo-imperial ambitions towards Ukraine, let alone its delusions of restoring hegemony over Europe.
2. Moscow has been emboldened by the Trump administration, which not only shows little regard for Europe but also shares russia’s ambition to undermine the EU and weaken Europe. Trump would welcome a joint russian-American stranglehold on the European economy, achieved in part by restoring Europe’s energy dependence on Moscow.
3. Europeans made a strategic mistake by opening up the question of Europe’s future security architecture for discussion with russia. Moscow’s vision is fundamentally incompatible with the principle of a “Europe whole, free and at peace”.
Rather than discussing the restoration of Cold War and early post-Cold War mechanisms – arrangements that russia itself has systematically dismantled – Europeans should focus on establishing a new balance of power in the face of the declining credibility and presence of the United States in European affairs.
Russia will only take transparency, arms control and other confidence-building measures seriously when it recognises that Europe has developed credible defence and deterrence capabilities, and that Moscow can no longer sustain the arms race.
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Dmitriev is wearing the uniform of the Russian Olympic team to demonstrate just how "separate" sports and politics are.
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As they say in Russia, appetite grows while eating.
Russia’s top negotiator Medinsky says in Abu Dhabi that Moscow’s demands extend to all of Europe, far beyond Ukraine.
“The security system in Europe works very badly. The entire organism is sick. Ukraine is just an abscess that burst. The organism must be cured as a whole, a band-aid will not be enough.”
Dr Putin to the rescue of poor sick Europe…
The more Trump seeks to mollify Putin, the more megalomaniac the Russian demands become.
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I can’t believe I have to write this.
russia destroyed a rehabilitation center for children with disabilities in Ukraine.
A place where children were supposed to receive care, learn, and recover.
Now it’s ashes.
Just NO WORDS
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This is what Russians feed him every day - Zelensky, against Russian expectations, refused to surrender Ukraine to Putin in Paris in 2019 easily, and that is being told to be treated as an “act of disrespect.”
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My extended interview with President Trump:
youtube.com/watch?v=m2aC8lAO…
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Trump is given several chances to say something negative about Putin, and like always, he refuses
The guy insults everyone else on Earth constantly. But can never say anything slightly bad about Putin. Why?
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Trump: I pardoned the J-Sixers. I don't think any group has been treated more unfairly than them.
Ross Douthat: Even the ones who attacked police officers?
Trump: There were some who got rough, but [capitol police] were rough to them too.
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Journalist: Ukraine was, in fact, attacked by Russia.
Trump: During their first meeting, Ukraine showed great disrespect toward Russia.
So, the Ukrainians are not being respectful while they are being slaughtered by Russia.
As long as this madman Trump is in the White House, Ukraine will not have any fair negotiations.
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The point of the GOP talking point "It was the Iran War and only the Iran War" is to enable the 2028 nomination of the number-two man in the most corrupt, authoritarian, nepotistic, and generally insane executive branch since the Borgias.
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To the WSJ ed board: Trump didn’t steal this election only because our coalition stopped him for 21 months.
We beat 8 major sabotage schemes—culminating in our election-eve SCOTUS win in California.
Read the inside legal story in my column 👇 -TN contrariannews.org/p/contrar…
