July 24, 2024
Wednesday Open Comments
More dispatches from the wider world:
Former Estonian president Toomas Ilves keeps a wary eye on his neighbors to the East while leading Western Europeans and Americans seem to think it’s all someone else’s problem—or perhaps that our enemies will just get tired of all the winning and stop it or something. (Source.)
Meanwhile, in places ceded to the Russian sphere of influence:
(Source.)
The linked report by Obaji for The Guardian.
Good morning.
https://www.newsweek.com/top-russian-economist-dies-after-falling-out-window-1929398
Sudden Russian Death Syndrome strikes again. "Valentina Bondarenko, a top Russian economist, has died at the age of 82 after falling out of her apartment window in Moscow, Russian state-run media reported on Tuesday."