Bill Browder on Sergei Magnitksy in Toronto
byAnti-Corruption campaigner, investor and author of New York Times best seller, Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight…
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Sofi Oksanen in Toronto: How History Is Falsified – Deportations in the Politics of Russia and the Soviet Union
bySofi Oksanen’s speech at the Toronto Conference on Repressions and Human Rights: Commemorating the 1949 Baltic Deportations. From an early age I wanted to…
A Premonition
byAt first you don’t notice it, but then, really, even to the contrary. The central figure on the painting reminds you of Putin. It…
Russian Leaders Doing Interesting Things
byFrom Vladimir Putin’s participation in a NASHI Youth pan crushing competition to Leonid Brezhnev’s naked late night phone calls to Finnish President, Urho Kekkonen:…
KIWA: ESTONIAN HIPPIES WITHOUT ACID IN NYC
byEstonian multidisciplinary artist KIWA gives a rare New York performance and lecture, “HIPPIES WITHOUT ACID – in memory of A. Hoffmann”, on Tuesday, March…
March 16 Rolls Round Again in Riga
byAs another March 16 prepares to roll around, exactly the same sequence of events as usual is set to unfold – hopefully. Because any…
Canadian Trans-Atlantic Sauna Dub Comes Home To Tallinn
byInspired by the tranquility of remote lakeside saunas, the ambiance of a northern Ontario forest in summertime and distant Estonian-Nordic culture, Heiki Sillaste has…
The Queen of Estonian Underground
byAlthough on her album she sings of ebony towers and intergalactic romances, she is currently dealing with rather mundane issues – settling down in…
Lessons Not Learned: The Balkan Wars, Ukraine and Europe
byEurope has changed and that change has confused us. Life was supposed to be a sweet dream, but that dream is turning into a…
Russia Experts Call for Lustration in Finland
byA group of Finnish commentators has published a collection of articles analysing Finland’s position as Russia’s neighbour and the impact of Russian networks of…