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The article raises the concern that Russia's diesel fuel supplies to the world market, although seemingly large, do not significantly affect the price of diesel or strengthen the positions of Western countries, but rather provide Russia with the necessary economic breathing space to continue its military operations. #Venemaa #diislikütus #majandus (translated)

Jari Sarasvuo asked what was going on and wrote that respecting different worldviews as well as commitment to common rules and culture helped build a better future without discrimination or forced relocations. According to him, Western culture was based on mutual respect, tolerance, and trust. Sarasvuo urged to hold on to these ideals and encouraged Sukkolaa and Juha Itkonen. #kulttuuri #suvaitsevaisuus #yhteisö (translated)

Yaron Nadbornik criticized Heikki Hiilamo's column published in Yleisradio, stating that it presented a one-sided image connecting the actions of Israel's leadership, Finnish Christian groups, and Minister Antti Häkkänen's visit to the structures of oppression. Nadbornik argued that the column's treatment of Israel and Zionism made Jews collectively responsible and expanded the criticism to also include Israel's supporters and Jews in general. According to Nadbornik, Hiilamo's text divided the parties into white and Christian oppressors and non-white and Muslim victims. He said this framing overlooked the Jewish roots, history, and vulnerability in the Middle East, as well as the fact that millions of people from various backgrounds lived in Israel. He also believed that the framework wrongly fit the conflict into a narrative of Western colonialism and racism and presented Israel as a refuge for a people without another homeland. Nadbornik wrote that the prejudices against Jews were based on their otherness. He noted that studies had shown that Jews living in the diaspora were unjustly held accountable for the actions of the state of Israel. He argued that Hiilamo's rhetoric, which connected Christian groups and ministerial visits with the suffering in Gaza, reinforced this framework. Nadbornik recalled the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, describing it as a massacre involving rapes, mutilations, and the abduction of civilians, including babies, festival-goers, and the elderly, into Israel. He called it the largest single act of violence against Jews since the Holocaust. According to Nadbornik, Hiilamo overlooked the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah openly sought the destruction of Israel in connection with Israel's military actions. He believed that framing the terror attack merely as a security threat or comparing it to Russia's invasion of Ukraine ignored the rights of Israeli citizens to exist and be protected. https://t.co/PFvBFdaoiQ #Israel #Juutalaiset #Rasismi (translated)

Lucia-pulla stated that she had posed several questions to Said Awmuss, to which she had not received answers. She had asked, among other things, what kinds of hobbies Muslim girls could engage in and whether twerking, hip-hop, and ballet were acceptable. Additionally, she inquired about the attitude towards dating a Finnish Christian, marrying a Jew or a Hindu, and the Muslim Brotherhood. On the day of Aleksis Kivi and Finnish literature, Lucia-pulla asked what the Finnish language, literature, and culture meant to Said Awmuss, and urged him to discuss it with her. She also wrote that Islam was not a race or ethnicity but a religion or ideology, and considered discussing racism in this context misleading. According to her, no one is born a Muslim. #uskonto #kulttuuri #kysymykset (translated)

Nine-time world rally champion Sébastien Loeb tested a Rally1 car compliant with the 2027 specifications of Project Rally One in France with Teemu Suninen, even though he does not plan to compete in the World Championship series. #SebastienLoeb #Rally1 #ProjectRallyOne (translated)

Flu vaccines will arrive in Estonia later than usual this year, as the World Health Organization changed the flu strains, which causes a delay in the production process, and the small Estonian market is not among the priorities of pharmaceutical companies. #tervishoid #vaktsiin #gripp (translated)

The parliamentary group believed that social security should be based on citizenship. The group justified its position by stating that Finland should not be responsible for the social security of the entire world. https://t.co/GRgauMCmco #sosiaaliturva #kansalaisuus #Suomi (translated)

A bronze ring has been found off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, featuring an image of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and the discovery was made among the ruins of a sunken royal palace during underwater archaeological research. #arkeologia #Aleksandria #maailmanihmeet (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that Finland had paid billions of euros because, in his opinion, the geopolitical risks posed by Russia were not taken seriously in time. He referred to Fortum's Uniper transactions, in which he claimed nearly six billion euros were lost, as well as Rosatom's assertion that it had won the arbitration concerning the Hanhikivi nuclear power project against Fennovoima. Vanhanen noted that the final resolution and possible compensation were still unclear. Vanhanen said the losses were in the billions and had also been a detriment to taxpayers. According to him, lessons should have been learned from these cases that geopolitics and security policy could not be separated from economic decision-making. He wrote that warnings about Russia's aggression had been issued for years, but economic interests often outweighed them, and he felt that Finland could no longer afford to ignore the realities of global politics until the billion-euro bill arrived. https://t.co/Omv0fRGsLq #geopolitiikka #turvallisuuspolitiikka #Suomi (translated)

Ukrainian representatives were in Florida on Friday negotiating with Americans to find ways to end the war, but they were hit by an unpleasant surprise when U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he had agreed with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to allow Russian diesel fuel into the global market, FT reports. #Ukraina #Venemaa #luureinfo (translated)

Historically, almost no country has done more for international criminal law than the USA. It was the United States that fought after World War II for the main perpetrators of the Nazi regime to be brought to justice in Nuremberg, thereby laying the foundation for international criminal law. It is utterly shocking that now the USA is trying to permanently destroy this idea, according to Germany's Minister of Justice Stefanie Hubig, who finds the actions of the USA shocking. #RahvusvahelineKriminaalkohus #USA #Eesti (translated)

The ICC is not a court. It is a political body that represents the death threat to law-abiding democracies around the world and to the idea of national sovereignty more broadly. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for the actions of US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. #RahvusvahelineKriminaalkohus #USA #Eesti (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that the agreement announced by Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin to bring millions of tons of Russian diesel to the global market would be very bad news for Ukraine. According to Vanhanen, the arrangement would give Russia new opportunities to earn from energy exports, even though its war of aggression in Ukraine would continue. Vanhanen assessed that the agreement could help Russia mitigate the economic impacts of the strikes on Ukraine's oil refineries. He wrote that the strikes had caused problems and fuel shortages for Russia. In his view, facilitating Russia's energy exports would also reduce the pressure on Putin to negotiate an end to the war. Vanhanen considered it possible that the promised deliveries might not materialize, as he claimed Russia's refining capacity had suffered from the strikes. Vanhanen speculated that Trump was aiming for lower fuel prices in the United States before the midterm elections, but questioned the agreement's impact on prices. He also found the political message of the agreement concerning: in his view, the Kremlin could present it as evidence that Russia is not isolated and that the U.S. president is willing to do business with it. According to Vanhanen, the agreement could place Ukraine's strikes on Russia's oil industry in conflict with Washington's fuel price objectives. He urged Europe to prepare for greater responsibility in supporting Ukraine and pressuring Russia, and maintained that Russia's war economy should not be helped to recover. https://t.co/gpRe9acHoW #Ukraina #Venäjä #Trump (translated)