A good piece pointing out the significant problems that are gathering around Putin. https://samf.substack.com/p/paralysis-in-moscow?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email (View Post)

Ahem... *cough* Estonia. Highest PISA education rankings in the world, most digitally connected society in the world. Home of several class leading tech businesses. Population a fraction larger than … (View Post)

We had better hope so. But to be quite clear, it is Russia, not Lithuania that is escalating. Lithuania is simply demanding sanctions complience. (View Post)

The escalation was Russia beginning moves to derecognise the independence of Lithuania. Given that there is a Russian military plan to use the railway to stage an occupation of Lithuania, Vilnius is … (View Post)

The Longest day today and in Tallinn it is the white nights, so it is not getting dark. Nevertheless there is a growing sense that events in Russia are darkening and spiralling out of control. Putin … (View Post)