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Hannele Räikkönen
@hraikkonen.bsky.social
Progressive / Humanist / Feminist / European / Lover of music, books & arts / Curious about people / Figuring out life in Finland after 30 years abroad
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“Freedom means you decide who you are, and then when things change around you, you continue to be that person. And in so doing, you do constructive work. You set an example for other people. You meet new people who are also trying to remain themselves.” T. Snyder
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I can’t stand hearing the phrase "Europe is weak" anymore when referring to the EU. We are weak because we chose to be weak, because we lack democratic resilience, we lack resistance to ideological subversion, and we lack the capabilities to defend ourselves, as our societies are deeply divided.
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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🔴 Kharkiv is under a large-scale drone attack, says Mayor Ihor Terekhov.

Hits were recorded in the Saltivka district.

Over a dozen explosions were reported by local media.
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Reflexive control “is the psychological trick by which the Russians get their enemies to allow the Russians to do their thinking for them, at their own expense.” @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on how a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence.
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Never again.
On 22 November 2025 Ukraine marks Holodomor Commemoration Day, remembering millions killed in the 1932–33 famine engineered by Stalin.

Up to seven million died as grain was seized and food exports continued.

The Soviet regime denied the famine then; Russia continues to deny today.
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Read my scoop overnight from Kyiv, where US army secretary Dan Driscoll’s brief meeting (he was running late after calls with Vance) with European ambassadors at the US ambassador’s residence in Podil left one feeling “nauseated” and others “shocked.” W/ @henryjfoy.ft.com

on.ft.com/43GWpxI
Trump envoys issue ultimatum to Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thursday
Hardline message over US-Russia plan at volatile meeting in Kyiv sparks alarm among European allies
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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⚡️Russian overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia kills 5, injures 8.

Russian forces launched an overnight attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia on Nov. 20-21, killing five people and wounding eight others, officials said. KAB guided bombs were reportedly used in the attack.
Russian overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia kills 5, injures 8
Russian forces launched an overnight attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia on Nov. 20-21, killing five people and wounding eight others, local officials said.
kyivindependent.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Nyt on Euroopan hetki. Appeasement never works.
Trumpin ja Putinin diili on Venäjälle varsin avokätinen - Venäjälle laajat alueluovutukset, Ukraina ei Natoon eikä Nato laajene, Ukraina EU:hun ja jo sitä ennen sisämarkkinoille, jälleenrakennus Venäjän keskuspankin jäädytetyillä ja Euroopan varoilla, sanktioita puretaan, Venäjä takaisin G8 jne.
Ukrainan kohtalo | Axios: Ukrainalta kielletään Nato-jäsenyys ja vaaditaan laajoja alueluovutuksia, lue suunnitelma sanasta sanaan
Suunnitelman mukaan Venäjä sitoutuu olemaan hyökkäämättä Ukrainaan tai Eurooppaan. Naton ei puolestaan ”odoteta” laajenevan.
www.hs.fi
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Otsikoilla(kin) on väliä asenteiden ja mielipiteiden muokkaantumisessa.
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Ternopil, #Ukraine: 26 dead, 26 missing.

Search and rescue operations continue….
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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🔴 At least 26 people were killed in Ternopil after a Russian strike, and another 26 — including three children — may still be trapped under the rubble.

Nearly 100 people are wounded as rescuers and police work through the night at both apartment buildings.
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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🔴 There is live footage provided by Suspilne from one of the sites attacked last night by Russia in the western city of Ternopil.

You can see rescuers still clearing the rubble & looking for survivors in an ordinary residential building.

So far, we know of 12 dead.

www.youtube.com/live/qRFrvuP...
У Тернополі на місці зруйнованих будинків розбирають завали
YouTube video by Суспільне Тернопіль
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Finnish President Stubb says a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring. He urged Europe to stay the course with support for Ukraine and called on leaders to ramp up both financial and military aid.
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ukraine tonight. 👇👇
🔴 Blackout in Kharkiv. We are plunged in total darkness again.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"Ympäristötoimien U-käännös tekohengittää vanhaa teollisuutta samalla kun se heikentää Euroopan kilpailukykyä pitkällä aikavälillä ja syventää siten teknologista jälkeenjääneisyyttä entisestään."

Erinomainen tilannekatsaus Antti Ronkaiselta EU:n ympäristöpolitiikan lyhytnäköisestä takapakista. 👇
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🙏 After the night strike on Odesa region, two deaths were confirmed. Two more people were injured, one of them was hospitalized with burns. Five trucks caught fire as a result of the attack.

🕯️ Dnipropetrovsk region. 4 people were killed, among them were boys aged 11 and 14.
November 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”

- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Toisille avokätisiä veronalennuksia, toisille kurjuutta. Reilua?

yle.fi/a/74-2018828...
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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”Tutkimuslaitos Laboren laskelman mukaan ostovoima kasvaa eniten työssäkäyvillä ja hyvätuloisilla kotitalouksilla.

Yksinhuoltajan ja työmarkkinatukea saavan työttömän ostovoima supistuu, ja on laskelman heikoin. Myös hallituksen veromuutosten isoin hyöty painottuu hyvätuloisille kotitalouksille.”
Laboren laskelma: Ennätysveronalennus hyvätuloisille, yksinhuoltajat ahtaalla
Hyvätuloisen lapsettoman pariskunnan verot kevenevät hallituksen toimien takia ennätyksellisen paljon, laskee Labore.
yle.fi
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"…vihapuhe on Suomessa yleistynyt ja saavuttanut ”kriittisen tason” sekä verkossa että poliittisissa piireissä. Sen vastustamiseen pyrkivät toimet ovat samalla riittämättömiä."
Vihapuhe | Eurooppalainen raportti: Vihapuhe on saavuttanut Suomessa ”kriittisen tason”
Euroopan rasismin ja suvaitsemattomuuden vastainen komissio (ECRI) arvostelee raportissaan Suomea riittämättömistä toimista vihapuheeseen puuttumiseksi.
www.hs.fi
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Viime vuonna paljastui, että VM oli pyytänyt Euroopan komissiota poistamaan eläkerahastojen ylijäämät Suomen velkaennusteista

Kuviosta näkee, että ylijäämien poiston myötä Suomen velkaennuste on _paljon_ pahempi

Ilman VM:n ajamaa muutosta Suomelta olisi vaadittu merkittävästi pienempää sopeutusta
October 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM