Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations
Apr 16, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
So, here comes my naval analyses :)
This is what I can say about cruiser Moskva - and its linkage to yellow skirts of Muhu island.
A thread:
In 1979, when Moskva was launched, it was called Slava - in honor of the Russian battleship that sunk in Moonsund battle on 17.10.1917.
Only in 1996 was its name changed into Moskva.
So much harm done now by this rushed and premature proposal. None of it fatal, but all of it avoidable. Thread below: politico.eu/article/eu-uni…1. Biden managed to change the tone of the US relationship with Russia, and this is good. The EU, however, cannot replicate the trick right now. The US had agenda with Russia where progress was possible. The EU, for the moment, does not, because...
Mar 19, 2019 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Sometimes it is not analysis but some details of everyday life that communicate it the best. I spent 18th of March - the Crimea annexation anniversary - in Moscow and below is my account of it (thread).
Visited someone in one of the villages off Rublevskoye highway - where Russia's mighty, wealthy and famous tend to live. Now many cottages are for sale. "People are emigrating," says my host. "Do not like living in this country."
Nov 12, 2018 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Ahh - here they go again on “sanctions do not work….” Below a thread outlining my disagreement. ft.com/content/c51ecf…1. The 2014 sanctions were not meant to 'isolate' Russia, but to squeeze it in order to send a message. Had the intention been to isolate Russia and bring down its economy, one could have used harsher measures that were available.
