Dzīvoju Latvijā, rakstu komentārus žurnālam Ir
Rīga, Latvija
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Pauls Raudseps retweeted
🇺🇦 Zelenskyy delivers a blunt message to the United States:
“Just give us Starlink back. If you refuse, Ukraine will survive. We will continue defending ourselves with or without it.
But why would you restrict a country fighting for its survival? Why make it harder for us to defend our people?
I simply cannot understand the reasoning behind this decision. It is a mistake.”
Ukraine isn’t asking America to fight its war. It’s asking America not to stand in the way of its defense.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Nodevība dīzeļa dēļ. Hutieši spaida Saūda Arābiju. "Prusaki" aizstāv demokrātiju.
Par šīm un citām ārpolitikas aktualitātēm diskutē atvaļinātais vēstnieks Gints Jegermanis un "Ir" komentētājs @raudseps.
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#SIF_MAF2026
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Donald Trump set another record.
There’s NEVER been an election (since polling began in the United States) where voters said “corruption” was their top worry.
Until now.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
If Musk is responsible for weakening Ukraine's defenses at this critical time, his businesses need to be excluded from any critical infrastructure in Europe. Not as a sanction, but as self-protection.
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🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦 Polish PM Donald Tusk:
There has never been such a unified position among practically all EU countries.
Even those who are less pro-Ukrainian, who sometimes show signs of weakness toward Putin, had no doubts that the next several months will be crucial, perhaps not only for the history and future of Ukraine, but for the whole of Europe.
Everyone was aware that, with this shift in President Trump's position on Ukraine and Russia, Europe should support Ukraine even more.
Not everyone does this because they love Ukraine. This is not about symbolic solidarity.
Many countries realize that if Ukraine falls, we will all have very, very serious problems.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
To put this in laymen's terms, Musk and Trump are now hobbling Ukraine's ability to protect its civilian population from a type of Russian drone that functions more like a cruise missile. This is not the United States adopting a neutral position vis-a-vis the war. This is the United States facilitating Russian terror.
Ukraine's Starshield terminals still don't work properly, President Zelensky confirms, disabling Ukrainian interceptors used to shoot down Russian jet-powered drones that have been hitting civilian targets in recent weeks.
kyivindependent.com/planned-…
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
This is the least surprising graph in the world if you understand how gradient descent works.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Ja jums interesē “kā tur īsti ir” ar Netflix nodokli, tad kolēģi paskaidro raidījumā “Kultūršoks”. Gribētu piebalsot, ka @raudseps minējums par Kalifornijas ietekmi ir ļoti precīzs. Bet mums noteikti vajag drosmi turēties pretī. Gaidām to mistisko miljonu lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/kino-f…
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
“However, after what was described as a “night of carnage” in Kyiv because of the blackout, a senior source said Mr Musk had been alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe.” telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Either this is true, which would be a terrible sign that the President is not in control of his own Pentagon, or it's false, in which case the President is lying about a crucial national security issue for some reason.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a comic silence can be eloquent enough for a million.
As demonstrated by @ZelenskyyUa.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Īss makro ainas atsvaidzinājums - kopumā ir labi. 16. septembrī publicētā Luminor IKP prognoze par šī gada IKP pieaugumu (3,0%) tobrīd bija visaugstākā, varbūt ir joprojām, bet izskatās pārāk zema pēc pagātnes IKP datu pārskatīšanas 30. septembrī. Šobrīd šis gads velk drīzāk uz 3,5% (1. pusgadā bija 3,1%), tai skaitā privātā sektora dominētajās nozarēs ~4,0%. Nākamgad bremze, provizoriski 2,5%, vainīgas enerģijas cenas.
Ir viena bēda. Pakalpojumu eksportā padziļinās atpalicība no Igaunijas un Lietuvas, pievienoju grafiku.
Premjers pārcēlies augstākā līgā - viņa pausto pārbauda ne tikai vairs vietējais Re:Check, bet gan arī The Economist Briseles biroja vadītājs.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
"The Economist" Briseles biroja vadītājam par šo bija kas nopietns sakāms. Tā kā.. bsky.app/profile/spignal.bsk…
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Ukraine is out of Patriot interceptors. Trump is waiving sanctions on Russia to enrich its war machine and blaming Zelenskyy for not wanting to forfeit sovereign territory to an occupation regime of child thieves and rapists. The White House decided to toy with Ukrainian lives this week by throttling satellite internet for a day, just to show an embattled ally who’s boss. If the U.S. is aligning with Russia, then no — Ukraine doesn’t have to play it decorously any longer. This isn’t a fucking cotillion. It’s war. And if Europe doesn’t want to treat it as such, and stand up to the Nero in Washington, then MAGA’s point about NATO and the EU is amply demonstrated. Enough is enough.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Kāpēc valdību veido tik lēni? Iepazīstam Apvienotā saraksta deputātus! Ko par Kulberga politiku liecina viņa attieksme pret "Netflix" nodokli un Krievijas graudu tranzītu?
Par šīm un citām aktualitātēm diskutē "Ir" žurnālisti Baiba Litvina, @raudseps un @AivarsOzo.
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Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Well-known Ukrainian military aerial reconnaissance specialist Oleksandr "Serg Marco" Karpiuk writes on Facebook:
"...Starlink is a civilian communications system. And SpaceX is responsible for its civilian use. Standard Starlink terminals currently have a default speed limit of 22 m/s.
To enable flight at speeds above 22 m/s, Ukraine signed contracts for Starshield, which is overseen by the Pentagon. This is already a military system, with Starlink terminals that offer greater functionality, although the accounts are considerably more expensive.
And it was the Pentagon that did two things in a single day: restricted intelligence sharing and changed the parameters of Starshield accounts.
This was a decision by the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth. Clearly on Trump's orders...."
Maybe this is the key to understanding what exactly happened.
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
Meloni: I do not miss the Russian tanks in Prague and Budapest. I do not miss the Berlin Wall.
If Ukraine stopped defending itself tomorrow, Russia would occupy a European nation and Soviet-style imperialism would return.
Surrender is not peace. It is conquest. 1/
Diemžēl
"Did Ukraine’s strikes lead to a decline in Russian disinformation? Probably not."
theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
Pauls Raudseps retweeted
NEW: Ten years on, Prime Minister @andyburnham tells @campbellclaret & @RoryStewartUK that there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote.
FINALLY after years of cover-ups & denials from the highest levels of the UK govt. That in itself deserves an inquiry.
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