The recent news about shootings in #Vietnam's police stations in Đắk Lắk, a province in Central Highlands, may have now recaptured the issues about the history of Montagnards, a group of indigenous tribes living in the region.channelnewsasia.com/asia/several-k… The shootings and recently captured assailants, published by state media, may only further indicated the possible historical grievances in a region that has been largely considered pacified by the Vietnamese regime.

In one year anniversary of the barbaric Russian invasion of #Ukraine, this brought me back to the time I was in #Russia. Years before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I paid my visit to the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, previously known as Petrograd. 🧵 It was modelled after #France's Versailles, so, it has its unique elements. My visit started at the main gate of the Palace, where I tried to understand why Russians want to build everything big.

Today during the new phase of #UkraineRussiaWar, I'll talk about why Nordic, Eastern Europeans and Central Asians want #Russia to be disintegrated, and how pro-Russian supporters seek to undermine these narratives. Thread. 🧵 The map of Russia is very big. Including the Kaliningrad exclave, Russia borders 13 countries on land and one country at the sea. However, Tsarist and Soviet conquests also led to Russia having some sort of influence beyond the border.