Author of PURGE, DOG PARK, WHEN THE DOVES DISAPPEARED, STALIN’S COWS, BABY JANE, NORMA, SAME RIVER TWICE - PUTIN’S WAR AGAINST WOMEN
Jan 29, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Tapaus #MattiSaarelainen. Jos ihminen pelaa Venäjän pussiin systemaattisesti ja vuosien ajan, yleensä ajatellaan että taustalla on taloudellinen hyöty. Se toki on mahdollista, mutta syitä voi olla myös muita, alla niistä lisää. (1/x) 🧵 #Venäjä#turpo
Saarelaisen tapauksessa on syytä myös kysyä, onko Saarelaisella kiristämiseen kelpaavaa materiaalia suomalaisista virkamiehistä tai vaikka ulkomaisista merkkihenkilöistä.Saarelainen on saanut operoida niin pitkään ja hänen toimiaan on salailtu. (2/x)
Jan 25, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Why am I not surprised? Of course there's a connection to the #Russia'n propaganda professionals behind the Quran-burning project in Sweden. (1/x) 🧵#Nato#Ukraineis.fi/ulkomaat/art-2…
When #Finland decided to join NATO, we had numerous headlines worried about possible cyber attacks or hybrid operations against Finland. It was like citizens and tabloids were certain that something like that would happen. (2/x)
About terrorist #bombings by #Russia 1) RU's main tool of influence is spreading terror and fear. The goal is to influence policies in different countries. In #Ukraine they try to affect the conduct of the Ukrainian government. (1/x) 🧵
2) Ukraine is becoming the most experienced nation in dealing with this terror tool. Russian intimidation is not making them scared, but more resistant.
Note: They already had #Chernobyl. They've also experienced a politically motivated genocide, #Holodomor. (2/x)
Sep 30, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Some of you have wondered, why an earth would Russia destroy its own infra #nordstream. The question itself is the answer: all eye balls on the #gaspipe and national security > the attention is drawn to something else than Ukraine. Besides: (1/x) 🧵
- If a country is willing to kill it's own citizens the way #Russia does, why infra would be some special exception? (2/x)
Sep 26, 2022 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
About "referendums" in #Ukraine. Many have asked, why #Russia even makes the effort to stage "#referendums", which look so fake to any Western country. But let's go back a bit and look at the #Baltic states under Soviet occupation.(1/x) 🧵
- In Baltic states we know this "referendum"-play very well: the USSR occupied Baltic states through performances that bears similarities to these "referendums". (2/x)
Sep 21, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
In March I understood that the invasion might lead to the end of #Russia'n Federation. Since that I haven't seen signs suggesting this scenario wouldn't be possible. But is the West prepared for the possible dissolution of the federation and its consequences? #Venäjä (1/x) 🧵
- If the Kremlin understands the collapse might be a possibility, they might find themselves in #China's pocket. That's not good for the West and this also might lead to lifting the sanctions > the rule of tyranny in Russia continues. (2/x)
Sep 6, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I'm grateful to #Ukraine, because:
- I've been writing about #Russia'n colonialism and its consequences for 20 years. I define myself as post-colonial author. But when I said that aloud, Western journalists very seldom understood what I meant: (1/x)🧵
They didn't connect #Estonia's occupation history nor the USSR with colonialism. Since February I haven't had to explain this.
- You made the energy-weapon visible. Even though Russia has been using it for ages, the Western countries just didn't see it. (2/x)
Aug 29, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Muutama sana aiheesta, onko #Venäjä heikko vai vahva. Vaikka sen taistelutaidot ovat ilmeisen heikot #Ukraina'ssa, sen kyky aiheuttaa kaaosta muualla maailmassa on vahva, samoin eskalaatiotaito on kova. 🧵(1/x) mtvuutiset.fi/video/prog1649…
Vaikka Venäjän propaganda ei lännessä uppoa enää yhtä hyvin kuin ennen, samat vanhat disinformaatiokanavat operoivat tehokkaasti esimerkiksi Afrikassa. (2/x)
Aug 22, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Few more thoughts on the killing of the daddy's girl. Many have speculated, if Russia might revenge the recent bombings in Crimea when Ukraine is celebrating its independency on the 24th of August, and if #Dugina's car bomb would spike up the revenge plans. #Dugin#Russia 🧵(1/x)
But Dugina is not important in that way. However the date of the Dugina-bombing has a symbolic meaning of its own. Russians remember what happened in August between the 19th and 21st. in 1991 - the old guard tried the coup in the USSR. (2/x)
Aug 1, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Monet ovat kyselleet, miten jaksan vuodesta toiseen kirjoittaa aiheista, jotka moni kokee ahdistavina:#Venäjä, #Ukraina, #sota. Koska sotaväsymyksestä on nyt puhuttu paljon, samoin siitä, miten lapsille pitäisi puhua sodasta, tässä muutama ajatus:🧵 1/
- Olen kasvanut kahden erilaisen yhteiskuntajärjestelmän välissä: diktatuurin ja pohjoismaisen demokratian. Sen vuoksi olen koko ikäni tiennyt, minkä puolesta taistelen. 2/
Jul 29, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
In 2024 they will have presidential elections in #Russia, in #Ukraine and in the States. This deadline is worth keeping in mind when predicting the future: 🧵
- Putin changed the constitution to allow him to serve as a president after 2024. The elections won't be free, but dictators like to keep up the appearances. They don't like being called dictators. Therefore the election theatre requires something to cheer for (Ukraine!)
Mar 29, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Kuvitelkaa tilanne, jossa heräämme eräänä päivänä uutiseen: tunnuksettomat tai tunnukselliset (#Venäjä) sotilaat ovat valloittaneet Lapissa tunturin. Lippu on pystytetty tunturin huipulle ja siinä lukee Putinogradin kansantasavalta. 🧵👇
Tapauksesta tulee kansainvälinen uutinen. Selviää että venäläisomisteisessa tyhjässä hotellissa majoittui tovin joukko venäjää puhuvia ulkoilmaharrastajia. Ryhmä lähti Lappiin vaeltamaan. Koska tunturi on harvaan asutulla alueella, siviilejä ei ole häiritty. 👇
