Artis Pabriks

Former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs, former MEP.

[Artis Pabriks @Pabriks]

After USSR attacked Finland in 1939, it was excluded from League of Nations, after Russian attack on Ukraine in 2022 it should be excluded from UN. Especially, if UN wants to be respected again.

[Artis Pabriks @Pabriks]

@amarcord3000 Greatness or just arrogant megalomania

[Artis Pabriks @Pabriks]

Historically, its indeed very true, Russia is not European country since its founding principles are based on Mongol political and power heritage and misses principles of political philosophy and historic experience of Europe. Western negotiators neglect it.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Here are quotes from today's column by one of the main ideologues of the Russian World - Sergei Karaganov. It's titled "A Final Farewell to Europe".

I strongly recommend reading it.

"We would never have become Great Russia - the world's largest, most culturally, nationally, and religiously open country, united through a rigid vertical of power around the Russian people and language - were it not for the Mongolian political and ideological heritage."

"In the military doctrine there is a clear indication and, in case of extreme necessity, the readiness to deliver nuclear strikes against key European countries that are inflaming anti-Russian hysteria while simultaneously supporting the war in Ukraine. Our restraint and peacefulness of recent decades have shown themselves to be counterproductive. They contributed to the revival of the worst in European political culture. Tough deterrence is necessary regarding Europe."

The link is in the first comment.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Holy shit..

As Russians continue to commit msssacres all across Ukraine, blowing up ships off the coast of NATO nations Romania and Bulgaria, sabotaging European railways and power plants across the EU, burning shopping malls in Poland and trying to blow up planes in Germany, the US merrily announces that Putin and the gang are coming to Florida to party.

[Normunds Bergs 🇱🇻🇪🇺🇺🇦 @normundsbergs]

patiesībā tas pats attiecas uz jebkuru biznesu ar krieviju. katrs nopelnīts rublis palīdz krieviem bumbot Ukrainas bērnus.

[Julian Röpcke 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 @JulianRoepcke]

Seit 6 Jahren hat der russische Geheimdienst Zugang und Wissen zu den dunkeltsten Geschäften der Trump-Familie, zu deren Korruption und kriminellen Machenschaften.
Und der am engsten Kontrollierte fährt seit einem Jahr als „Friedensverantwortlicher“ immer wieder nach Moskau.
🤯🤬

[Artis Pabriks @Pabriks]

@RealConsrv Perhaps, what I try to say it that US negotiators are fully on Russian side and its dead end.

[Artis Pabriks @Pabriks]

Until US negotiators will side with russian interests and reflect russian position sustainable peace is not achievable and Russia will continue to be threat to Europe and the West.

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

MORE: Zelensky has repeatedly presented various ceasefires and peace proposals, which Russian officials have continuously rejected and have not yet offered any meaningful concessions toward peace negotiations.

Senior Kremlin officials reiterated on October 21 Russia’s long-standing unwillingness to engage in any meaningful peace negotiations while attempting to present Ukraine and Europe as the main obstacles to peace in Ukraine.

[Artis Pabriks @Pabriks]

@BorchardLeo @grok Ruslandsdeutche heritage of yours is totally different Baltic German heritage. Besides your argumentation is on bots grok level. Tell me how much Baltic population was lost because of Soviet occupation and repressions?

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

It’s absolutely something out of the Twilight Zone…

[Ostap Yarysh @OstapYarysh]

‼️ NEW: The prison administration at the Russian facility where American civilian Stephen Hubbard was held used the prison’s loudspeaker system to broadcast recordings of @RealAlexJones, @PLnewstoday, and other Western bloggers on a daily basis, according to Ukrainian POWs who were held at the same colony No. 7 in Pakino as Hubbard.

The recordings were in English with Russian voice-over translations, and were broadcast along other Russian propaganda content. In effect, Russian prison authorities were using content from Alex Jones and Patrick Lancaster as part of their brainwashing campaign of POWs and as a tool of both physical and psychological torture.

Former Ukrainian POW Arslan Annaiev who met Hubbard in prison also described how the Russians treated him:

“Stephen Hubbard really disliked injections. When they took him out into the corridor and injected him with something, he would yell, "I don't like this! I don't like this! What are you injecting me with?”

He begged the guards to call someone from the embassy. While I was there, he knocked on the door. An operative came in, and James asked him to contact diplomats. They told him they had no influence over it. They just brushed him off.

They took away all his personal belongings. He begged: “At least give me a Bible!”, but they refused. He complained that he only heard Russian and Ukrainian around him. It was driving him crazy. He had no one to speak English with. He felt absolutely alone, and he just wanted to read a Bible. The Russians didn't even give him that.”

Kudos to Michael Duncan and his @truewarcrime project for uncovering this story - please give him a follow. More Western media should be talking about this.

Watch ⬇️

[Erik Marquardt @ErikMarquardt]

Keine Überraschung, aber im Mailverkehr schwarz auf weiß: AfDler haben sich hier z.B. offenbar von Russland zahlen lassen.

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

what a great story. Remember every rouble laundered this way is killing people in Ukraine, and stoking the war machine for more misery later

[Artis Pabriks @Pabriks]

@BorchardLeo @grok I hope that your Baltic history knowledge is not based on 19th century Russian imperial ideologists ideas and russification plans which never succeeded.

[Artis Pabriks @Pabriks]

It also predicts its eastern mentality orientation and prepares Russia to be in a certain way dominated by growing and powerful modern China.

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

The Russians are losing on the frontlines so they embraced terrorism, bombing shopping centers, churches, restaurants, gas stations, etc. I was just there and saw the destruction. Most casualties in these bombings are citizens. The President is blind to Putin’s warcrimes.

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

The GRU hacked into Jared Kushner's iPhone. Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) then recruited a GRU spy who gave them access to the hacked phone. What MIVD discovered was that Kushner had access to two bank accounts --one Azerbaijani, the other Israeli --where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposited money. It sounds like a slightly far-fetched episode of "Slow Horses," but it's real. And it proves just how eye-poppingly corrupt this administration was and continues to be as its "special envoy" decides the fate of tens of millions in Europe in the Middle East. Simply incredible reporting by Matthew Cole, drawn from his new book on Kushner. https://t.co/8AyV60gg1X

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️Former US President Bill Clinton on Ukraine:

“I’m sick of how we treat our allies — like dirt. And so last week Trump finally did what he’d been threatening since his first campaign: he abandoned Ukraine and embraced Putin again.”

[Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow]

First he eased sanctions on Russia.

Then critical Starshield defense capabilities were intentionally disrupted.

Now the President is dragging his feet getting Ukraine support to intercept missiles and drones killing civilians.

Siding with Putin is not in America's interests.

https://t.co/lfoA6xz6J6

[Eerik N Kross 🇪🇪🇺🇦🇮🇱🇪🇺 @EerikNKross]

Witkoff to Putin:
“You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again.”
He did not say whether he was thanking him for Chechnya, Georgia, Syria, or Ukraine. Or for all of it.

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

In what world is Putin a "humanitarian?” He's assassinated political rivals and journalists, bombed hospitals, and started a war that has intentionally killed tens of thousands of innocent people, including women and children. He's a war criminal.