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Baltic Provocations Heat Up: Estonia Again Plays with Fire, This Time Gets Burned
MAY 18, 2025
“On Tuesday another provocation in the Baltic Sea-Gulf of Finland strategic zone occurred when Estonia attempted to seize a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker:…..
“…Recall that the Western-fabricated moniker ‘shadow fleet’ merely means a tanker which is not registered in accordance with Western EU/G7 “sanctions”, which themselves do not apply to Russia in the slightest, since Russia is not party to those organizations. Here an Estonian military rep acknowledges that they attempt to check all Russian ships for compliance, which primarily means making sure the ships have proper “insurance”:…”
“….The methods of the West’s criminal economic terrorism are clear: they cut Russia out of the largest insurance market, then attempt to “enforce” Russia’s “illegal” lack of insurance for its ships. The only definition of a “shadow fleet” tanker is one which is not registered in London’s insurance market, because it was deplatformed by the criminal ‘Rules Based Order.’
Swell how that works, no?…”
“…The secretly-agreed-upon plan—just like the seminal RAND paper to ‘unbalance and overextend’ Russia by arming Ukraine—revolves around increasing the tension precisely on Russia’s key pressure points, one of which is the Baltic zone, Kaliningrad, etc. That means we can expect more strong-arm tactics against Russian ships illegally barred from obtaining insurance—but now Russia will be strengthening its Baltic Fleet more than ever in response….”
https://open.substack.com/pub/simplicius76/p/baltic-provocations-heat-up-estonia
Anyone else see this? It’s coming from The Hill, so I didn’t post a link.
“Republican deficit hawks allowed President Trump’s bill of legislative priorities to advance out of the House Budget Committee in an unusual late-night vote on Sunday, marking a key hurdle cleared for House GOP leaders and a sign of progress for warring Republican factions
After gaveling in after 10 p.m. on Sunday, the committee voted 17-16 to advance the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which would extend Trump’s tax cuts and boost his border funding priorities while reforming Medicaid and food assistance programs.”