A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Marko Mihkelson has an interesting post (in Estonian) about the current rebirth of imperial ideology in Russia. In the context of the Russian invasion of Georgia Mihkelson mentions the “Eurasianist” ideologues of the “Russian Idea” who are now coming into their own - with official encouragement - in their native land, and quotes one fairly [...]
A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Marko Mihkelson suggests that since Russia obviously intends to prolong and even perpetuate its military occupation of Georgia, and is doing its utmost to paralyse the economic life of the country, it’s time that Russia be given a taste of its own medicine. While Moscow can play on the dissensions between individual EU and NATO [...]
A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Writing in his blog, Marko Mihkelson, head of the Estonian parliament’s EU affairs committee, asks (my tr.): Do you know who decided to start the military invasion of sovereign Georgia, and how? Paragraph d) of Part 1 of Article 102 of the Russian Constitution, which has been in force since December 1993, states specifically that permission [...]
A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
This very recently-released Georgian government statement (posted by Estonian member of parliament Marko Mihkelson to his weblog) indicates that the situation both on the ground and in the air is very different from what Russian sources are claiming. Massacres of Georgian civilians by Russian troops are taking place in South Ossetia. Government of GeorgiaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday,...
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Estonian member of parliament Marko Mihkelson predicts that Russia will soon initiate a new international program to counter "the forgers and re-writers of history". The cost of the campaign is to exceed Estonia's state budget by several times. One aspect of the propaganda campaign is the commemoration and celebration in 2010 of the 300-year anniversary of Estonia becoming a vassal state...
