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Panos Synodinou wrote that this particular person presented not only the opposite of what Nistrup had said, but also added elements that, according to him, he had invented. He ironically referred to him as "God." #olypao #paofc #olympiakosfc https://t.co/0jNaqBqOTN #ποδόσφαιρο #αθλητισμός #Νέα (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that he doubted whether Vladimir Putin had a realistic understanding of the situation in the war in Ukraine or whether he would be willing to accept information contrary to his own views. Vanhanen assessed that in Russia's system, reporting bad news to the leadership could be dangerous and that the military leadership, subordinates, or the president's inner circle might distort or filter information. Vanhanen referred to a recent assessment by the think tank ISW, which stated that Ukraine's successful counteroffensive in northern Donetsk had shattered Russia's plan to encircle the region's key defensive cities from two directions. According to him, Russia's goal of capturing the entire Donetsk region appeared to be further away as a result. Vanhanen wrote that Putin might continue the war to achieve unrealistic goals if he believed that Russia was closer to victory than reality suggests. He deemed it even more concerning that Putin might be receiving accurate information but did not want to believe it. Vanhanen emphasized that Russia's military failure, in his view, might not necessarily change Putin's goals or his desire to continue the war. He believed that an unrealistic situational picture could lead to the prolongation of the war and taking greater risks, and he appealed for continued support for Ukraine and to resist Russia's military pressure. https://t.co/Lb2advefv2 #Ukraina #Putin #sota (translated)

According to the author, Sanna Marin told Italian media that she would be available in an emergency situation, for example, if Russia attacked Finland. The author thanked Marin and described her as exceptionally noble. He mentioned that Marin also stated in the same interview that she had left politics, but did not mention the reason in his message. #SannaMarin #Politiikka #Suomi #FI #IT #RU (translated)

HWL wrote that Europe had severely criticized the USA after Donald Trump's new diesel deal with Russia and claimed that Scott Bessent had subsequently exposed a historical failure. According to HWL, the EU had spent more money on Russian oil than on support for Ukraine throughout the war. HWL accused European leaders of taking a morally superior position despite having, according to the writer, financed both sides in the war. HWL also asked why the media and politicians criticized the USA without acknowledging what the writer described as Europe's own failure. https://t.co/TAv80BT7th #politikeuropa #USA #Ryssland (translated)

The Stock Information published a summary of events marked as Monday, October 12. They reported that the USA wanted Poland to permanently sit in the G20, and the pope was scheduled for lung tumor surgery in a few days. According to the post, the Indonesian minister announced a permanent increase in coal prices, Denmark lifted the ban on corporal punishment of students, and the El Niño phenomenon limited traffic in the Panama Canal. The authors also mentioned a plan to transfer part of the oversight of the Warsaw Stock Exchange from the Financial Supervision Authority to ESMA in Paris, with a decision at the level of EU ministers, as well as a fire at the Komsomolskaya coking coal mine in Russia. They attributed to Donald Trump the statement that Ukraine and Russia were no longer targeting energy facilities and wrote that the USA would halt weapons to Kyiv if it attacked refineries. At the same time, they stated that Russia continued to attack Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The summary also mentioned a student strike in Azerbaijan related to the hijab ban, the resumption of fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and a fire on another supertanker after an Iranian attack. The authors wrote about 72 casualties in a gold mine in Sudan and airstrikes in Egypt, as well as Houthi attacks on additional airports in Saudi Arabia, which reportedly resulted in casualties. They added that Nepal was hit by another flash flood. Among other information were: the arrest of a person threatening Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the official presence of the rainbow flag in Parliament in The Hague, and India's efforts to host the Olympic Games in 2036. The Stock Information also reported that in Japan, the prize in a competition increased to $15,000 for 90 minutes of sleep, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni registered her voice as a trademark to prevent AI from copying it. The post ended with a mention of Columbus Day and a joke about an American snake speaking the language of dollars. #Świat #Polska #Aktualności (translated)

Jarmo Friman wrote that the rapidly changing social media messages distracted attention from what he saw as the ongoing farce in the United States. He described the president's posts as completely soft and downright false. According to Friman, there has also started to be shame or fear among those who previously strongly supported Trump and the MAGA movement, and the president's actions are no longer hailed as brilliant political chess. #politiikka #USA #some (translated)

Saara Huhtasaari wrote that Sanna Marin had been in Italy promoting her book and told Corriere della Sera that she would likely not run for office unless Russia attacked Finland. In that case, according to Huhtasaari, Marin would have said she was available. Huhtasaari interpreted the statement as positioning herself rather than expressing a willingness to be a victim. According to her, Marin implied that conventional political work did not match her capabilities and that only a crisis threatening Finland's existence would be a sufficiently significant task. Huhtasaari compared this to the scale of historical leaders such as Kekkonen, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew, and George Washington, using the metaphor of the "Napoleon syndrome" to describe the phenomenon. She specified that she did not mean it as a diagnosis. Huhtasaari also criticized the contradiction between Marin's book discussing hope and the self-image conveyed in the interview. She argued that the role of politics was to build structures that functioned without a single politician. As examples of such builders, she mentioned Lee Kuan Yew, who influenced Singapore's development, and Mart Laar, who made economic and institutional decisions in post-independence Estonia. Huhtasaari believed that there had not been similar builders in Finland for decades and that Marin did not belong to their ranks. According to Huhtasaari, statesmen did not announce in advance when they would return to politics, but either did their job or stepped aside. She criticized Marin for traveling to present her book, which discussed decisions made behind closed doors, and for associating a potential return with Russia's attack. Huhtasaari described this as a fantasy of seeing herself as a historical exception. #SannaMarin #Politiikka #Historia (translated)

The author estimates that the recent actions of the United States have increased Europe’s need to more strongly support Ukraine's fight against Russia. According to him, Europe has already done so. The author argued that the war and senseless killing must come to an end on terms that would be acceptable to Ukraine and Europe. #Ukraina #Venäjä #Sota #US #EU #UA #RU (translated)

I am a candidate who wants to break away from President Emmanuel Macron's politics; a candidate who wants to end Jean-Luc Mélenchon's hegemony over the French left; a candidate who can defeat our long-time enemy – the far-right. We unite our forces to step into the fight and prevent the Trumpists, the masterminds of the coup, the xenophobes, and the demagogues from taking control of the republic. #PrantsusmaaPresidendivalimised #RaphaëlGlucksmann #Vasaktsentristid (translated)

Oliver Blume, CEO of Volkswagen, presented a plan in Paris to address the challenges of competitiveness in Europe, focusing on four models of compact electric cars and the sharing of technologies, while calling for new rules to support the European industry. #Volkswagen #Elettriche #SalonedellAuto (translated)

"Both sides have agreed to this. Please adhere to it!" Shortly after the surprising announcement by US President Donald Trump that all attacks on energy facilities in the Ukraine war would be stopped immediately, the leadership in Kyiv accused the aggressor Russia of a violation. #Ukrainekrieg #Ölkatastrophe #Sanktionen (translated)

"The probability is high that the next major oil disaster will originate from the shadow fleet off our coasts." EU foreign affairs representative Kaja Kallas has warned of an impending oil disaster at the European coasts caused by the so-called Russian shadow fleet. #Ukrainekrieg #Ölkatastrophe #Sanktionen (translated)

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warns of an impending oil disaster at the European coastlines caused by the Russian shadow fleet, which is considered an ecological time bomb and simultaneously finances the Russian war against Ukraine. #Ukrainekrieg #Ölkatastrophe #Sanktionen (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)