Marv's gardener 🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪

The war will be over some day. Sooner or later in one way or another, but it will be over. And then everybody will have to ask themselves "what did I do, to end it sooner?" It applies to us all, not just governments and officials. "If not us, who? If not now, when?"

Thank you to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for taking a strong stance against the use of their airspace to deepen ties with Russia. For those who have forgotten, Russia continues to wage an aggressive war against Ukraine, posing a direct threat to Europe’s security and international order. Firm and sustained pressure must continue until Russia is held fully accountable. We urge other countries to follow our Baltic friends’ lead and deny the use of their airspace as well. Let’s make up for the lack of consciousness with a lack of air routes.

For those wondering why NATO exists and why countries want to join the defensive alliance.

But when you look closer - who are these people? Where did they come from? They are russians and their decendants relocated to our countries by Soviet regime. 4th Geneva convention explicitly states that transfer of civilian population into occupied territory is a war crime. 11/

So let’s talk about it. Let’s talk about the second class russians in Estonia and Latvia. A narrative rotated in russian propaganda apparatus for decades. Let’s also look what is actually behind it. 🧵 1/

What Trump promised: "I'll end Russia's war in Ukraine in 24 hours if you elect me." What Trump did: "I tried to force Ukraine to capitulate and give Russia everything they want. When that didn't work I ended all financial support to Ukraine, lifted sanctions of Russia, rolled out the red carpet for Putin, and doubled oil prices so Russia can have more money to continue the war."

I am currently in Budapest, and the situation is worse than I imagined. The dictator Orbán is running a real disinformation campaign against Ukraine and Europe in order to stay in power with Russia’s help. Orbán is a threat to Europe and to European citizens.

Trump announced lifting of some oil sanctions on Russia. The SAME DAY we send OUR soldiers to defend YOUR bases with weapons developed at the cost of Ukrainian lives, you let those who killed them rebuild their cash reserves so they can kill more of us. FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

@SichrovskyPeter @Amockx2022 Occupation?

@Amockx2022 When you are finished yelling, Israel is finished doing the necessary job.

🚨 BREAKING : Leaders across the world are now calling out Trump and Netanyahu Belgium MP 🇧🇪: "Not a single soldier or weapon should go for Trump’s war in Iran. We must say No to Trump like Spain did” 🔥 First spain, then UK and now Belgium 🫡❤️

@patrickdeblock4 @TheFl0orIsLaVa You are so wrong I won't even waste my time explaining it to a bot.

@TheFl0orIsLaVa It’s sport, not politics. Please leave it to that. Not everything is about Ukrain Russia

IOC is a fcking disgrace.

Will this be the first Paralympics in history where an invading army is being allowed to compete against the people they disabled, while the conflict is still going on? Fucking disgusting 🤮

This is a big mistake to allow the aggressor to take something. It was a big mistake at the very beginning, starting with 2014. And even before that, during the attack and occupation of parts of Georgia. And even before that, when Chechnya was occupied, with total destruction and one million casualties – both killed and wounded. Many mistakes were made. That's why now I don't want to be the President who will repeat the mistakes made by my predecessors or other people. I'm not just speaking about Ukraine. I'm speaking about the leaders of different countries that allowed an aggressive country like Russia to come onto their territory. Because you can't stop Putin with your kisses or flowers. I never did it and that's why I don’t feel that it's the right way. My advice to everybody – don’t do that with Putin. Otherwise, there will be a first step, then in five years, he will rebuild his military, increase the number of soldiers, his army will be well trained. Because he has lost a lot of well-trained people. He is losing 30–35 thousand people per month now. Can you imagine this in the 21st century? Can you imagine – he’s losing 35,000 each month? I'm not sure that he knows about it.

Am I showing “conflict” on the helmet? I’m showing athletes who died since last Winter Olympic Games . By which details did he determine that the helmet is showing a conflict? The whole world sees ‘memory’, but he sees a conflict?

We won medals without state-sponsored doping. Try that sometime.

@karlisknauss Pirms "jeb" nav jāliek komats. #valoda

Iespējams esmu palaidis garām, taču cik daudzi no Latvijas krievu sportistiem ir pauduši nostāju sakarā ar krievijas iebrukumu Ukrainā? Manuprāt ir būtiski paust nostāju, jo negribētos, lai Latviju pārstāv sportisti kuriem karš ir ''neviennozīmīgs'', jeb kuri simpatizē krievijai!

Šodien 🇮🇹 oficiāli atklātas ziemas olimpiskās spēles, kas Milānā un Kortīnā d'Ampeco notiks līdz 22. februārim. Starptautiskās Olimpiskās komitejas izpildkomiteja pieņēmusi lēmumu, ka 🇷🇺 un 🇧🇾 sportistiem būs atļauts piedalīties šajās spēlēs zem neitrālā karoga. @lasilvportals

Nicely done, @slantchev.

@AntiTrumpCanada Just don't call them Nazi. Call them what they are - MAGAs and Trumpists. Those names should go down in history with the same smell as Nazi and fascism.

If they dress like Nazis, salute like Nazis, use Nazi slogans, use Nazi songs in their propaganda, mercilessly execute like Nazis, arrest, deport, cage, starve and murder like Nazis, THEN THEY’RE FUCKING NAZIS! (credit: i.think.2 Instagram)

BREAKING: Grizzly Affair — American tech company’s networking gear is powering Russian battlefield communications in Ukraine. The company is Ubiquiti, $UI, a $34 billion Wi-Fi giant whose founder became the youngest owner of an NBA Team in 2012.

An investigation by Hunterbrook Media has found that the American technology company Ubiquiti is supplying Russia with equipment used by the Russian military in its war against Ukraine, including for drone operations, circumventing sanctions. The deliveries are routed through third countries, including Turkey, Armenia, and Kazakhstan. According to Hunterbrook Media, Ubiquiti radio bridges - wireless long-range data transmission devices that do not require cables - are widely used by the Russian military to maintain communications between units and to operate drones. Approximately 80% of the radio bridges used by the Russian armed forces at the front are manufactured by Ubiquiti. There are effectively no alternatives to this equipment. As part of the investigation, a journalist posing as a Russian officer procuring equipment for his unit contacted online stores selling Ubiquiti products in Russia. Many of these retailers use the company’s brand in their domain names and website designs, and some explicitly claim to be "official" distributors. Around ten sellers agreed to supply equipment for the needs of the Russian armed forces. Hunterbrook Media also contacted Ubiquiti’s official distributors. The Armenian-based company ITsupport agreed to ship sanctioned equipment to Russia. The American firm Multilink Solutions initially stated it could deliver directly to Russia, later withdrew that offer, but subsequently agreed to arrange shipment via Turkey. An analysis of trade data shows that the total value of Ubiquiti shipments crossing the border into Russia surged 66% after the invasion despite U.S. and EU sanctions and export controls. Ubiquiti itself claims it is unaware of where its distributors resell the equipment. At the same time, as Hunterbrook Media notes, the company has not announced a complete withdrawal from the Russian market since the war began. Although Ubiquiti’s website no longer lists official distributors and resellers in Russia and Belarus, an archived version of the site from 2014 includes a list of Russian partners - many of whom continue to operate and sell Ubiquiti products in Russia. Investigation: hntrbrk.com/ubiquiti/