”[in ’22-23] about 10 billion euros’ worth of goods ended up in Russia via Belarus — either exported directly to Belarus and then resold, or simply shipped through the country… It’s fairly obvious that, in order to make the export controls effective, the Belarus sanctions must mirror the Russia… Petri Kajander Feb 21, 2024, 2:32 PM
”The presence of a large proportion of recently produced non-domestic electronic components in a North Korean ballistic missile strongly suggests that the country has developed a robust acquisition network capable of circumventing, without detection, sanction regimes that have been in place for nearly two decades.”… Petri Kajander Feb 21, 2024, 10:34 AM
”Mr. Assange had to be convinced to redact the names of Afghan civilians who had cooperated with the American military. “Well, they’re informants,” Mr. Assange defiantly told them. “So if they get killed, they’ve got it coming to them. They deserve it.”… Petri Kajander Feb 21, 2024, 10:22 AM
Boycotting banana imports from Ecuador by the EU would flip it again? ”Ecuador was planning to send six Russian military helicopters, long-range rocket launchers and air defense systems to the United States… Ecuador's foreign minister said Monday the country did not plan to send Soviet-era weapons Petri Kajander Feb 21, 2024, 5:26 AM
It’s called “Flirt With Los.” There’s no algorithm recommending an endless stream of polished photos. There are no “Super Likes” to consider. The app doesn’t try to sell you subscriptions when you run out of swipes. There aren’t any swipes to begin with. There’s only… Petri Kajander Feb 20, 2024, 2:38 PM
”We didn’t expect that it would go mad. In December 2023, Voyager started sending back gibberish instead of data. A software glitch, though perhaps caused by an underlying hardware problem; a cosmic ray strike, or a side effect of the low temperatures, or just aging equipment randomly causing some… Petri Kajander Feb 20, 2024, 2:31 PM
”This is part of Russia's hybrid attacks, which are not dissimilar to the bomb threats emailed to schools and cyber attacks… The public does not talk about what is happening in other countries. I would say with high confidence that such action has not only been against Estonia Petri Kajander Feb 20, 2024, 2:12 PM
”Russia probably managed to recruit approximately 300,000 contract soldiers in 2023. This massive recruitment effort did not create significant tensions in Russian society, unlike the partial mobilisation in 2022. Rebuilding the military forces through mobilisation and recruitment has been one of the most crucial strategic lessons for Russia from… Petri Kajander Feb 20, 2024, 11:04 AM
