Marcus Kolga
@marcuskolga.bsky.social
Why Canada must quickly identify and double-freeze $22 billion in Russia state assets as part of the $300bn in Euroclear.
Image here in case you were caught behind the paywall.
Image here in case you were caught behind the paywall.
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Why Canada must quickly identify and double-freeze $22 billion in Russia state assets as part of the $300bn in Euroclear.
Image here in case you were caught behind the paywall.
Image here in case you were caught behind the paywall.
As Russia once again pokes-probes Estonian + NATO
reactions Minisrter @tsahkna.bsky.social says: “nothing acute is happening on the border. The Russians are acting somewhat more assertively and visibly than before, but the situation remains under control.” #staycalm news.err.ee/1609827133/e...
reactions Minisrter @tsahkna.bsky.social says: “nothing acute is happening on the border. The Russians are acting somewhat more assertively and visibly than before, but the situation remains under control.” #staycalm news.err.ee/1609827133/e...
October 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
As Russia once again pokes-probes Estonian + NATO
reactions Minisrter @tsahkna.bsky.social says: “nothing acute is happening on the border. The Russians are acting somewhat more assertively and visibly than before, but the situation remains under control.” #staycalm news.err.ee/1609827133/e...
reactions Minisrter @tsahkna.bsky.social says: “nothing acute is happening on the border. The Russians are acting somewhat more assertively and visibly than before, but the situation remains under control.” #staycalm news.err.ee/1609827133/e...
Russian and Belarusian transnational repression targets brave journalists and activists and threatens the sovereignty of all democracies.
Honoured to organize a powerful panel with @jhrnews at the Riga Conference featuring courageous defenders of democracy.
Honoured to organize a powerful panel with @jhrnews at the Riga Conference featuring courageous defenders of democracy.
October 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Russian and Belarusian transnational repression targets brave journalists and activists and threatens the sovereignty of all democracies.
Honoured to organize a powerful panel with @jhrnews at the Riga Conference featuring courageous defenders of democracy.
Honoured to organize a powerful panel with @jhrnews at the Riga Conference featuring courageous defenders of democracy.
While Ukrainians sleep, Putin bombs their homes. This is terrorism, plain and simple. Designate Russia a terrorist state. Enforce a no-fly zone. Stop Putin’s war of terror. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
June 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
While Ukrainians sleep, Putin bombs their homes. This is terrorism, plain and simple. Designate Russia a terrorist state. Enforce a no-fly zone. Stop Putin’s war of terror. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Honoured to have had the privilege of presenting the 2024 Platform of European European Memory and Conscience Prize yesterday in Prague to a heroic defender of democracy and freedom—and my dear friend— @vkaramurza.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Honoured to have had the privilege of presenting the 2024 Platform of European European Memory and Conscience Prize yesterday in Prague to a heroic defender of democracy and freedom—and my dear friend— @vkaramurza.bsky.social
Congratulating Putin’s Russia while it wages a savage, genocidal war against Ukraine is as obscene as praising Nazi Germany during WWII. And yet here we are.
June 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Congratulating Putin’s Russia while it wages a savage, genocidal war against Ukraine is as obscene as praising Nazi Germany during WWII. And yet here we are.
Heck of a day at the @NATO #RigaStratComDialogue! Grateful to JC Boucher for masterfully moderating our panel, and to Ambassador Galadza and Kenton Thibaut for their insights into foreign interference in Canada’s last federal election. Important conversations—and more to come.
June 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Heck of a day at the @NATO #RigaStratComDialogue! Grateful to JC Boucher for masterfully moderating our panel, and to Ambassador Galadza and Kenton Thibaut for their insights into foreign interference in Canada’s last federal election. Important conversations—and more to come.
A full house of Kremlin Western influencers at a conference organized by Russian neo-fascist Konstantin Malofeev - including Alex Jones, Max Blumenthal (Greyzone), Jeffery Sachs, Errol Musk and former Chair of Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries, Konstantin Babkin.
June 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A full house of Kremlin Western influencers at a conference organized by Russian neo-fascist Konstantin Malofeev - including Alex Jones, Max Blumenthal (Greyzone), Jeffery Sachs, Errol Musk and former Chair of Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries, Konstantin Babkin.
Western democracies have paid more for Russian oil and gas than they’ve provided in aid to Ukraine. Canada needs to step up—developing our energy export capacity can help cut off the Kremlin’s war funding and support our allies. www.bbc.com/news/article...
May 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Western democracies have paid more for Russian oil and gas than they’ve provided in aid to Ukraine. Canada needs to step up—developing our energy export capacity can help cut off the Kremlin’s war funding and support our allies. www.bbc.com/news/article...
See you in Riga for the 2025 NATO Stratcom Dialogue?
May 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
See you in Riga for the 2025 NATO Stratcom Dialogue?
The open embrace of Chinese government influence in my federal riding, Markham-Unionville, is deeply disturbing. It’s a betrayal of our democracy—and it’s voters who pay the price for this cynical opportunism. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...
April 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The open embrace of Chinese government influence in my federal riding, Markham-Unionville, is deeply disturbing. It’s a betrayal of our democracy—and it’s voters who pay the price for this cynical opportunism. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...
We’re in an August 1939, Molotov-Ribbentrop, situation.
March 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We’re in an August 1939, Molotov-Ribbentrop, situation.
🇪🇪🇪🇺 @kajakallas.bsky.social highlights Russia’s ‘negotiating’ playbook:
1) Demand the maximum for something that was never yours.
2) Issue ultimatums and threats.
3) Never concede an inch.
1) Demand the maximum for something that was never yours.
2) Issue ultimatums and threats.
3) Never concede an inch.
March 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🇪🇪🇪🇺 @kajakallas.bsky.social highlights Russia’s ‘negotiating’ playbook:
1) Demand the maximum for something that was never yours.
2) Issue ultimatums and threats.
3) Never concede an inch.
1) Demand the maximum for something that was never yours.
2) Issue ultimatums and threats.
3) Never concede an inch.
Delighted to join a fantastic discussion on election interference over the past year in the western world, moderated by the great Paul Wells here in Montreal this morning. Huge thanks to MEO, Taylor Owen, Aengus Bridgman and Jennie Phillips for organizing an excellent conference.
March 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Delighted to join a fantastic discussion on election interference over the past year in the western world, moderated by the great Paul Wells here in Montreal this morning. Huge thanks to MEO, Taylor Owen, Aengus Bridgman and Jennie Phillips for organizing an excellent conference.
Proud to have been included among a group of 20 Canadians who were targeted w/ Chinese government "countermeasures"/sanctions this morning among the brave members of the @uyghurproject.bsky.social
December 22, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Proud to have been included among a group of 20 Canadians who were targeted w/ Chinese government "countermeasures"/sanctions this morning among the brave members of the @uyghurproject.bsky.social
It was a such a privilege to organize a fireside chat with Belarus President-elect Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya in Ottawa last night. Her brave commitment to bringing freedom and democracy to her people is inspiring. Zhivye Belarus!
November 26, 2024 at 1:46 PM
It was a such a privilege to organize a fireside chat with Belarus President-elect Sviatlana Tikhanouskaya in Ottawa last night. Her brave commitment to bringing freedom and democracy to her people is inspiring. Zhivye Belarus!
Disturbing video from the anti-Israel/anti-NATO protests in Montreal this weekend. Extremists waving Russian flags and making threats about a final solution.
November 25, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Disturbing video from the anti-Israel/anti-NATO protests in Montreal this weekend. Extremists waving Russian flags and making threats about a final solution.