Hannu Himanen

Seasonally adjusted payment flows in Russia really cratered in July. Pretty much across the board too. Tells the same story as weak PMIs. Economic situation in Russia is not strong.

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Sota rasittaa Venäjän taloutta | Venäjä ei tavoittele neuvotteluissa rauhaa | MustRead Ukrainan sodan lopettaminen on Venäjän nykyiselle johdolle suurempi riski kuin sen jatkaminen, arvioi suurlähettiläs emeritus Hannu Himanen. Suomen Pankin Laura Solangon mukaan Venäjä on…

Venäjän nykyisille vallanpitäjille sodan lopettaminen on suurempi riski kuin sen jatkaminen. Onneksi Venäjän rahat ovat loppumassa Haastattelin @hannuhimanen.bsky.social ja @laurasolanko.bsky.social (€)

Venäjä ei tavoittele neuvotteluissa rauhaa @mustread.bsky.social www.mustread.fi/artikkelit/s...

Elon Muskin isä ilmestyi Moskovaan – kommentoi poikansa ja Trumpin riitelyä Elon Muskin isä Errol Musk ihastelee Venäjän medialle, kuinka helposti hänen matkansa Moskovaan järjestyi ja kuinka onnellisilta venäläiset lapset ja äidit vaikuttavat.

Venäjä järjestää Moskovassa Putinin ihailijoiden tulevaisuusfoorumin, jossa puhuu myös Elon Muskin isä Errol Musk. www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art...

Trump, on the leader of Russia:
"Putin is tired of this whole thing and he’s not — he’s not looking good. And he wants to look good”

It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misunderstanding.
No, Putin is not "tired of the whole thing" - the war is the only thing keeping his economy going

This is, as @drjademcglynn.bsky.social acknowledges, not a maximalist solution - it's the bare minimum that the West - or rather Europeans - should do. Ensuring that Ukraine loses more slowly is no use to UA or to Europe; Russian victory in Ukraine wd encourage RU aggression elsewhere in Europe.

Indeed. NATO'S art 5 and EU'S art 42.7 both cited. Preparing for a Euro-centric future

Headline from linked article, with KG giving it loads on a handheld mic.

Apparently it was karaoke night.

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Venäläismedia: Ihantalan taistelun muistokiven teksti hiotaan pois ”laittomana” Venäjällä väitetään, että muistomerkillä ei olisi ollut Viipurin viranomaisten lupaa. Todellisuudessa virallinen lupa oli saatu 1990-luvun loppupuolella, ja Venäjän edustajia osallistui myös useisiin ...

Tästä voisi kai jo sanoa, että ei mitään uutta itärajan takana. Sama meno jatkuu.
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Mitä Putinin ja Trumpin diilistä voi seurata? Tutkija arvioi pysäyttäviä vaihtoehtoja Putinin ja Trumpin ehdoilla Ukrainaan neuvoteltu näennäinen rauha muuttaisi järisyttävästi koko maailmaa ja myös suomalaisten elämää. Helsingissä vieraileva Venäjä-asiantuntija Keir Giles listasi, mit...

Moni ei tule ajatelleeksi, mitä Putinin ja Trumpin ehdoilla pakotettu ”rauha” Ukrainaan todennäköisesti tarkoittaisi. @keirgiles.bsky.social auttoi ajattelemaan. www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...

Last month I did a little experiment.

I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.

The results were...interesting...

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Tänne kannattaa tulla! @keirgiles.bsky.social on kirjoittanut kirjan, jonka ajankohtaisuus on vain kasvanut.
Don’t miss this! Keir Giles’s book Who Will Defend Europe? has only gained in topicality and timeliness since its publication in English in October.
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Menokone - Aina löytyy tekemistä Löydä menot ja tapahtumat lähelläsi. Klubit, keikat, elokuvat, teatterit, urheilutapahtumat, konsertit, tanssi, sirkus, liikunta, ulkoilu, luennot, opastukset, messut ja myyjäiset ympäri Suomen. Helsi...

“Keir Giles saapuu Suomeen.”

Don’t miss it: Thursday 27 March, 1030-1145, in Helsinki’s Oodi in company with @hannuhimanen.bsky.social and Tuomas Iso-Markku.

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Do US-Russia talks on Ukraine mark a reappearance of colonial power play? The unexpected negotiations between the United States and the Russian Federation that began in Saudi Arabia in February were strange. These off-line discussions in Riyadh, which included foreign minis...

The Trump administration appears to be returning to a Yalta-like approach, where the voices of smaller states are sidelined, and Ukraine’s participation in negotiations about its future is unnecessary.

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@sceeus-ui.bsky.social

Military experts' "Sky Shield" proposal would see 120 European warplanes patrol west/central Ukraine, protecting critical infrastructure, including nuclear plants, from air attack by fascist Russia. No "boots on the ground" required.

Ukraine has been begging for this for 3 years.

Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.

Finland stands with the people and the people’s right to choose. In Ukraine, people have chosen freedom.

We stand by Ukraine. 🇫🇮🇺🇦

The unravelling of the transatlantic order is moving from hypothetical and tentative to sudden and brutal. The West as a strategic construct is broken. 🇪🇺 and its 510 million inhabitants (EU, UK, Norway) is now very much on its own. This isn't an nth wakeup call but like being thrown out of bed...

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Finland’s then-president Niinistö said that the masks had fallen.

If anyone was still clinging onto some kind of hope of Trump coming around on Ukraine, this disgrace of a press conference should make everything clear now.

Trump is anti-Ukraine. Pro-Russia.

Trump isn’t fooling anyone. Trump and Vance were the only disrespectful people in that room.

Efter kollisionen i Washington en påminnelse om hur det ligger till för Europa

As it happens, on that very day, The Washington Post’s Keyword play featured the word MUZZLE. Mere coincidence?

Merz with remarkable clarity: „Absolutely no illusions“ about Trump. Goal needs to be step by step
independence from a US who „pretty much no longer cares about fate of 🇪🇺“.
„Unclear whether we will still speak of NATO in present shape“ by time of June summit or we need to come up with 🇪🇺alternative.

Probably it looks like something the Russians drafted because it was drafted by the Russians

Tbh, I saw this and thought: “careful Economist, it can always get worse…”
#happythoughts

The Trump administration should be careful what they wish for If Europe were to implement everything the US demanded of it last week, it would end up empowering Europe at the cost of US power

Wrote a short summary of how antagonizing Europe can backfire on the Trump administration, at the expense of US global power.

More on the European side of things when we know more about the results from Paris

Lavrov will eat Rubio alive.
Good. Let this meeting make America look weak. They’ll hate that and try to compensate later.
In the meantime, European countries need to be planning announcements of aid packages, sanctions crackdowns, troop commitments, and Russian asset seizure.

Nordic-Baltic joint statement on Ukraine just published.

Good to see that coordination has been swift and unhesitant.

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The audacity of Vance scolding Europe for having annulled Romanian election results due to Russian interference, representing a president who violently physically attacked the US system of governance and refused to acknowledge his defeat, still claiming the elections was stolen, is simply disgusting

Tänään klo 21:05 #Astudio ssa hyvässä seurassa keskustelemassa polttavan ajankohtaisesta teemasta. #Venäjä #Ukraina #rauha

Lycka till, Annika! Hanna ja kaksi Hannua #AnnikaDamstrom in haastateltavina #Astudio n suorassa lähetyksessä.