Don't agree with verdicts of the International Criminal Court? Start your own International Kangaroo Court instead! Everyone will have to take it seriously if you just remind them often enough that you've got nuclear weapons. You'll be the envy of all the war criminals.
The argument is usually that WW2 monuments are supposed to be off limits for obvious reasons.
Estonia has removed several.
One might consider the manipulation going on in calling it "Soviet era" instead of "WW2 monuments."
Of course, one might also consider that Estonia was occupied following the Soviet non-aggression pact with Germany and they arrested and deported 60k Estonians themselves within the first year, and Putin is outright declaring an irredentist expansion policy so...
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, numerous monuments to Red Army soldiers also have been taken down in Poland and the Czech Republic, a belated purge of what many see as symbols of past oppression.
The inclusion of Kallas — who has fiercely advocated for increased military assistance to Ukraine and stronger sanctions against Russia — appears to reflect the Kremlin’s effort to raise the stakes in the face of NATO and European Union pressure over the war.
“Estonia and I remain steadfast in our policy: supporting Ukraine, bolstering European defence, and fighting against Russian propaganda,” Kallas said, pointing to her family’s history of facing Soviet repression.
Estonian Secretary of State Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys also are on the list, which is accessible to the public, along with scores of officials and lawmakers from Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Mika Golubovsky, editor of Mediazona’s English-language service, told The Associated Press that Kallas and other politicians from the Baltic nations have been in the Interior Ministry’s wanted database since mid-October and was the only head of state on the list.
The inclusion of Kallas could also mark an attempt by Moscow to counter last year’s arrest warrant against Putin issued by the International Criminal Court over the alleged deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
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Don't agree with verdicts of the International Criminal Court? Start your own International Kangaroo Court instead! Everyone will have to take it seriously if you just remind them often enough that you've got nuclear weapons. You'll be the envy of all the war criminals.
Typical Americans...
The irony
But what about...
If it pisses Russia off, it's a good thing.
I thought Russia is not the Soviet Union.
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The argument is usually that WW2 monuments are supposed to be off limits for obvious reasons.
Estonia has removed several.
One might consider the manipulation going on in calling it "Soviet era" instead of "WW2 monuments."
Of course, one might also consider that Estonia was occupied following the Soviet non-aggression pact with Germany and they arrested and deported 60k Estonians themselves within the first year, and Putin is outright declaring an irredentist expansion policy so...
according to Putin they're one and the same.
Imagine being that fragile.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, numerous monuments to Red Army soldiers also have been taken down in Poland and the Czech Republic, a belated purge of what many see as symbols of past oppression.
The inclusion of Kallas — who has fiercely advocated for increased military assistance to Ukraine and stronger sanctions against Russia — appears to reflect the Kremlin’s effort to raise the stakes in the face of NATO and European Union pressure over the war.
“Estonia and I remain steadfast in our policy: supporting Ukraine, bolstering European defence, and fighting against Russian propaganda,” Kallas said, pointing to her family’s history of facing Soviet repression.
Estonian Secretary of State Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys also are on the list, which is accessible to the public, along with scores of officials and lawmakers from Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Mika Golubovsky, editor of Mediazona’s English-language service, told The Associated Press that Kallas and other politicians from the Baltic nations have been in the Interior Ministry’s wanted database since mid-October and was the only head of state on the list.
The inclusion of Kallas could also mark an attempt by Moscow to counter last year’s arrest warrant against Putin issued by the International Criminal Court over the alleged deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
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