Yrs ago I met Slezekin as a grad student, told him I'm from Sarajevo, he said "I was just near there, at Pale" (former HQ of Radovan Karadzic).. I asked why, he said it's important to see for yourself (but not Sarajevo). When I told him my family was shelled for 4 yrs from Pale, he just walked away.

The Executed Renaissance refers to the systematic elimination of a generation of Ukrainian intellectuals who emerged in the 1920s and were later executed, imprisoned, or forced into silence during Stalin’s purges of the 1930.

Trump announces plans to impose tariffs of up to 100% on pharmaceuticals as the president takes aim at companies that have not boosted investment in the US or reduced their prices. by @aimewilliams.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/25ec...

​BOFIT Weekly Review 14/2026 Finland posted weak performances last year in goods and services trade with China Read more 🔗 www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin... #China #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

We are flying to the Moon again! Safe journey to all!

The russians tell Americans they will capture Donbas within 2 months, Zelenskyi said today. Not surprising that russia spreads this bs. What is surprising though is that people in the US Administration seriously believe russia can get in 2 months what it failed to occupy in 12 years. What a joke.

4 years ago today, Bucha was liberated from a month of horror. 🕯️ As EU leaders gather in Ukraine to honor the victims, we remember the 458 lives lost and the resilience of a town that refused to be broken. Justice and Accountability! #Bucha #NeverForget #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #JusticeForBucha

We owe justice to the victims of the Bucha massacre. The russian monsters killed more than 1,400 people in the Bucha region over a month of occupation in March 2022. 1,400 in that district alone. This can neither be forgotten nor forgiven.

What happens to the Russian economy, if oil prices are much higher than we assume in our baseline forecast? My colleague Heli Simola assesses the situation. Even much higher oil prices would not turn Russia's public finances into surplus. www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202...

Let’s be clear: Russia attacks, Russia refuses a ceasefire, Russia chooses to continue its war of aggression every single day. Ukraine has offered an unconditional ceasefire and wants peace. While Ru refuses to stop the war, Ukraine defends itself and retaliates. Ukraine has never attacked anyone.

I always thought that D'artagnan was a fictional character, but apparently, his remains were recently discovered in the floor of a church in Maastricht

The US war in Iran is a strategic blunder that has put America’s standing at risk and jeopardised the efforts of its NATO allies and of Ukraine to defeat Russia at a time when the Russian economy had started to falter. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Great move from Ukraine - diversifying its strategic alliance partners, while US is losing its influence in Europe, Middle East and across the globe.

US bond market is back to the year highest rate. So far Trump managed to calmed the market down. Prepare to run though when the bond market stop reacting to the president's incoherent messaging

Like with Liberation Day tariffs, Trump's chaotic behaviour generates a lot of uncertainty without a clear advantage. Some people say that it might help to achieve the US strategic goals, but I'm just not sure there are any

1/ The U.S. is arriving at the WTO ministerial with a tougher line: pushing reforms on subsidies, state-owned enterprises, dispute settlement, and transparency to better constrain state-led models and reflect digital trade + supply-chain risks. #Trade #Economics

1/ The European Parliament has conditionally approved a limited EU–US trade deal, backing tariff cuts and cooperation but tying them to stricter safeguards on standards, data, and dispute settlement. This is a clear signal of tougher EU scrutiny. #Trade #Economics

Sure, Trump was right about eveything

Ukrainian sanctions, the only sanctions that work

Right use of percentages and most favoured nation tariffs in one sentence. Stopped talking about reciprocal tariffs. Someone is trying to educate the very stable genius. I really admire the effort.

That is such a weird take. I hit my paid Claude account limit multiple times yesterday, and I am not feeling sorry for that.

"They shot the Ireland, the island the UK was afraid to give us", said Donald. Does it even matter at this point what he says?

🇺🇦❗️"This is a shame": Foreign Ministry spokesman blasts UNESCO for reaction to strike on Lviv "UNESCO reacted. Well, it's a shame, what can I say. If they can't even remember who struck, and these are just some abstract strikes by some aliens on Lviv, well, what can I say?"

US as a paradox in geopolitics and democracy: A global dictator who has no control of his own backyard giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Claude should fix the spelling error with a huge political undertone It is Kyiv time and always has been

Still time to registet! @shepotylo.bsky.social @suomenpankki.fi

The real story… under any other president this would be jail time…

1/ The UK is set to double tariffs and tighten quotas on imported steel to support domestic producers. But HS2 contractor Mace warns this will ‘exacerbate’ cost pressures on an already over‑budget rail project and the wider construction sector. #Trade #Economics

OMG, Fox is showing grain harvesters on screen while Brook Rollins bullshits about the glorious state of the US economy under the great leader. Straight out of my childhood: Soviet TV used to spend half the evening news showing the same footage while praising the greatness of the Soviet economy.

I can't believe he pulls the same trick for 20 years and people still trust their money to this chap.

Just like Milo Minderbinder from Catch 22

The art of the deal: declare a war and surrender

1/ The UK-EU reset is stuck in slow motion. Officials on both sides are frustrated with the piecemeal, sector-by-sector fixes that add complexity without giving firms the certainty they need. It’s time to rethink the strategy. #Trade #Economics

Donald is that very panican, who told us before

Trump cried wolf to many times

MAGA crowd must be ecstatic right now. US is about to launch another ground invasion in the middle east. US to deploy thousands more troops to the Middle East - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

Many of Trump supporters who are now working in his administration were strongly against the far away, never ending war in Ukraine and in spending taxpayers money on supporting Ukrainian people to defend their country, cause it was too expensive.

The US stock market has developed a sophisticated system for pricing assets: bad news is good, good news is bad, and the actual performance of companies is largely decorative. It's working exactly as intended, presumably.

Hassett says that they (whoever it may be) do not give a shit about ordinary US citizens. Not a smart messaging unless they plan to surpress voting in the upcoming elections

Vienna became the Moscow spy capital, with satellite dishes listening to European satellite communications giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Happy Friday, the 13th, to all BlueSkiers!

I will start collecting justification for why forever wars are actually needed. Might come handy: 1. Freedom is not free.

US trade data for Jan 2026 is out, and the headline $56bn import drop has almost nothing to do with tariffs. $33bn of it is Americans not panic-buying gold this year. Another $17bn is not stockpiling pharmaceuticals. Tariffs? Distantly third. Mostly in autos. 🧵

The bond market has entered the chat.

Can be a way forward for mid-sized, but capital and digital-intensive countries to organise defence against dumb, bully-neighbours. Even if the neighbour is smart, it gives a comparative advantage for less labour-intensive countries

1/ The Trump administration is moving to redesign tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court—tweaking their legal basis instead of dropping them. It tries to rebuild it under more solid legal basis of Article 301 #Trade #Economics

The first USTR Section 301 investigation announcement is here: ustr.gov/about/policy... This one covers "structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors." More investigations on the way soon.

China’s exports jumped nearly 22% in Jan–Feb, pushing its 2025 export growth outlook to ~5.5% and putting the annual trade surplus on track for a record ~$1.2T. Chips, autos and electronics lead the surge, even as US demand softens. #Trade #Economics

Unforced error of the US administration, which just declared a strategic pivot to the Pacific and the Western hemisphere, while leaving its other partners hanging in the cold, and then decided to go to another war in the Middle East, is mind-blowing.

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