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An Economist and presently the Chairman of Pytheas (@PytheasThe). In the past with BofA Group, Thomson BankWatch & Moody’s Investors Service.
Feb 24, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
The Russian invasion of #Ukraine - Every attempt to redraw maps and country boundaries is criminal! We, however, ought to ask ourselves what caused this blatant by #Russia violation of international law?
Will this 👇 eventually become the new map of Ukraine? [Thread] 1/4 Annexation and territorial conquest is a flagrant violation of international law! Then why,
- the redrawing of the map of the Balkans (#Kosovo) has been ratified by the #West?
- the Russian annexation of #Crimea has silently been accepted by the international community? 2/4
Feb 9, 2022 10 tweets 14 min read
If #NATO is the cornerstone of the #West's "foreign" policy? How about its members and informal allies? Do they behave as true allies? Are Western interests and values being protected?

👉 It is hard anymore to distinguish allies from foes!

A thread - 1/10

| @vtchakarova #EU #Sweden fears an attack by #Russia, and so does #Ukraine. #Taiwan fears an attack by #China. #Armenia fears an attack by both #Azerbaijan and #Turkey. The latter threatens its #NATO ally #Greece but also the #EU-member #Cyprus part of which is under its illegal control. 2/10
Jul 20, 2021 44 tweets 7 min read
Κύπρος 1974 - Μαρτυρίες του τι εστί Τούρκος

Τρεις κοπέλες από το χωριό Άσσια μιλούν για όλα όσα βίωσαν το 1974.

Κάποια στιγμή δυο Τουρκοκύπριοι ήρθαν και στο δικό μας σπίτι. Ζήτησαν να τους δώσουμε λεφτά και όλα μας τα χρυσαφικά... Είπαν και στην γειτόνισσα μας να πάει σπίτι της για να τους φέρει και τα δικά της. Άρπαξαν εμένα αλλά και μια ακόμη κοπέλα και με το όπλο να μας σημαδεύει στην πλάτη, μας πήγαν μέχρι το σπίτι της και αφού πήραν και τα δικά της, μας έφεραν πίσω, μόνο που στην επιστροφή,