Charlie Hancock

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i love these comments by the editor making the accusations

I can't believe the flood of silly analyses on X about this virtual "Narva People's Republic." If this trend continues, journalists / commentators will effectively orchestrate the secession themselves, annex Narva to Russia, and subsequently ponder how to reverse it. The fairy tale about separatism in Narva and all sorts of "people's republics" in the Baltic states is just a way to get attention/clicks. Virtual "people's republics" online have been popping up since the start of the previous decade. They've already targeted Latvia, Estonia, and there was even a "Vilnius People's Republic" run in Polish. Did any of them come true? NO! The vast majority of these "people's republic" news stories are written by journalists who don't know the local context of Russian-speaking communities in Latvia or Estonia. Okay, but what about these internet separatists this time? Since this "scandal" blew up, the "people's republic"'s online reach has grown from a few dozen subscribers to 500. I'll bet most of the followers who joined last week are people interested in the group for professional reasons. Today's Postimees edition published an investigation into the online phenomenon of the "Narva People's Republic," which suggests there are only two active supporters of separatism in Estonia :) The journalists joined the inner circle of internet separatists. As it turned out, in that circle besides the channel owner, there were just two others: a port worker from Sillamäe and one potential "fighter" from Tallinn. The Sillamäe port worker was the Postimees journalists, and the "fighter" from Tallinn, according to the authors, is probably a journalist from a competing paper or a KaPo officer. Unfortunately, these sensational stories harm Estonia's image.

It is reported that a series of accounts have appeared on social media promoting the narrative of the separation of Narva and the Ida-Viru region from Estonia. Some channels are promoting the idea of Russia's pending actions. Similar tactics were used by the Russians before the attack on Donbas in 2014.

He’s talking about Oswald Mosley, of the British Union of Fascists. The Mosleys so obviously wanted Hitler to win the war that Nancy Mitford informed on his wife—her own sister. The actual wartime opposition leader was Fred Pethick-Lawrence (widower of suffragette Emmeline).