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Artis Lapsa 🇱🇻🇺🇦 retweeted
Replying to @BrankoMilan
Impressive how an economist got every single number and causal link wrong in one tweet. "Half live in Europe" (the Baltics are in Europe), "a third are Russians without citizenship" (non-citizens are ~9% in Latvia, ~5% in Estonia, 0% in Lithuania), and "bad memories" is a cute euphemism for gulags and mass deportations. Stick to Gini coefficients, Branko.
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Pjotrs Avens savu saistību ar twitter iegādi protams noliedz, tomēr Varbūt @Valsts_drosiba un @janisdombrava būtu vērts atkal pārcilāt šo jautājumu?
🚨 Elon Musk has finally complied with the demands and provided the list of shareholders of X Holding Corp who helped purchase Twitter. And who do you think turned out to be investors in the X platform, besides Islamists and Trump's lobby? That's right, Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich. Now it is absolutely obvious where Musk's love for Russia comes from. 🙄‼️ Let me remind you who Aven and Moshkovich are. Petr Aven is a Russian billionaire and founder of Alfa Group, which is one of Putin's main financial backers. This man is completely controlled by the Kremlin. Aven is one of Putin's oldest friends. In fact, without Petr's intervention, Putin would have ended up in prison instead of becoming president. After all, Aven covered for Vladimir Putin in 1992, when Putin organized illegal trading in export licenses. Aven also attended a meeting with Putin on February 24, 2022, marking the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. ‼️ Vadim Moshkovich is a sanctioned Russian agricultural billionaire who was a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. In other words, he officially belonged to Putin's innermost circle. Moshkovich owns Rusagro, Russia's largest agricultural holding company. ‼️ Another interesting figure is Al-Waleed bin Talal Al Saud, who appears on the list of investors no fewer than three times, both personally and through his company, Kingdom Holding Company. This man continues his investment business in Russia and privately supports Hamas in its war against Israel. In his investments in Russia, he regularly cooperates with Rosneft, Lukoil, and Gazprom. ✅ Everyone was wondering how it was possible that Twitter (X) shares were falling, advertisers were terminating contracts, and nobody was doing anything. After all, this was causing direct financial damage to investors. But everyone overlooked the fact that the investors did not care about profits. They needed the platform to promote their narratives, such as supporting Putin and Russia, lobbying for a freeze of the war in Ukraine, pushing Ukraine-related issues out of the top news stories, justifying Hamas's activities, and so on. 😳
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Are Ukrainian Men Being Dragged into Vans to Serve in the Army? @BGatesIsaPyscho is a liar and a grifter who knows absolutely nothing about the Ukrainian Army or Ukrainian gun laws.
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How much I must add for another russian? 😎
Since 2022, NL has allocated €12 400 000 000 to Ukraine. Billions taken from Dutch taxpayers’ pockets to fuel a conflict and to kill Russians. Is contributing to further escalation really the right priority for The Hague?
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Tikmēr Latvijai ir Printful Un Porziņģis. Abi pārsvarā dzīvo ārzemēs.
Estonia’s 11th unicorn is officially Skeleton Technologies. 🇪🇪 But if you count Starship Technologies, the real number is 12. With 12 billion-dollar startups for a population of 1.3 million, Estonia is an absolute outlier—competing only with Israel and Singapore for the world's highest unicorn density! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Nenoturējos. 🤬
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Latvia’s prime minister is based: “One less beer per European could help Ukraine survive this brutal winter. For us, it’s about comfort. For Ukrainians, it’s about lives.” Thank you, Mr. @AndrisKulbergs. 🇱🇻🤝🇺🇦
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Šodien Latvijā ir Valsts valodas diena. Un es esmu laimīgs un lepns, ka man ir divi latviešu valodā izdoti romāni, un viens no tiem, starp citu (kā teica mana redaktore), ir pirmā antiutopija par Latviju. Tas ir mans nelielais ieguldījums latviešu valodas stiprināšanā.
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🇺🇦 With tears in their eyes, residents of frontline villages welcome Ukrainian soldiers, embrace them, offer them apples, and call them “our boys.” “Everything will be okay,” the defenders assure these people, whose lives have been devastated by the war and whose familiar way of life has been taken away from them.
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Artis Lapsa 🇱🇻🇺🇦 retweeted
#Latvia holds a special place in my family’s heart. My first experience of solidarity was The Baltic Way as a child. That spirit lives on. On my first visit as President, I thanked President @edgarsrinkevics for his warm welcome & our nations’ enduring friendship.
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Artis Lapsa 🇱🇻🇺🇦 retweeted
Breaking News - Russia Rejects Ceasefire with Ukraine
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Zelensky: “Why doesn’t America make a diesel fuel deal with Ukraine? After all, we’re the ones who determine whether oil refineries operate.”
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Map of Europe in the Latvian language
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🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky: It would cost the U.S. nothing, absolutely nothing, to help Ukraine. And I said openly: Help us defend our skies and dominate them. And then Putin will sit down at the negotiating table. Why? Because he will lose everything. Lose everything. Three months, two months — he will lose everything.
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❗️Russian Telegram channels report that Putin cannot land in a Moscow airport as they are all closed due to a drone threat. Putin is returning from a trip to Turkmenistan.
More than 350 flights have been delayed and over 100 canceled at four Moscow airports due to a drone attack. Russian Telegram channels report that air defenses are active in Moscow region.
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GATAVO AR KRISTIANU BREKTI! ĀŽA ČURA! Kopā ar LABIETI esam sabrūvējuši jaunu alus šedevru! 14. oktobra pievakarē tiekamies LABIETĪ! Dzersim ĀŽA ČURU, ķersim merču un sitīsim klaču! Nekavē, bundžu skaits ierobežots!
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Latvijā dzīvojošs un valstij nelojāls personāžs ir Latvānis!
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Lithuanians according to some. 07:00 – coffee 07:30 – complain about wages 08:00 – hate Poland 09:00 – worry about Russia 10:00 – hate Poland again 12:00 – cepelinai 13:00 - gira 14:00–22:00 – more Poland hatred 🤣
Jak patrzę na to, jak zachowujemy się wobec Litwinów, rozumiem, że jesteśmy wyjątkowo mało dyplomatycznym narodem. Tak, zrobili nam to i tamto. Ale nie o to chodzi.
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Polijā uzdarbojušies Bebri Recidīvisti!
In Poland, beavers gnawed down a sign that warned… about beavers.
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Artis Lapsa 🇱🇻🇺🇦 retweeted
Krievi apgalvo, ka nav Ordas pēcteči, kas tai gadsimtiem kalpojuši un pārņēmuši tās tikumus. Krievi uzstāj, ka ir slāvu tauta, pie tam (kā paši uzskata) - pati galvenā. # Valodas analīze gan par piederību slāviem liek šaubīties.
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