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Living, as I do now, in Estonia one comes across (mentions of) Stalin now and then.
He was IMHO a paranoid murderous monster yet British people (including my friends) and many other nationalities who escaped his direct influence still seem to have “no idea” and many people even respect him as a “strong leader” rather than [...]

Немного новостей из жизни altex и Интернет-маркетинга, пока все не уехали на пляж и в лес. Как всегда, новости есть интересные и очень интересные.
1. ВАКАНСИИ
2. ФУТБОЛ
3. НОВОСТИ ИНТЕРНЕТ-МАРКЕТИНГА
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1. ВАКАНСИИ
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(ссылка здесь и далее – на эстонском языке)
Клиенты altex предлагают работу различным специалистам Интернет-маркетинга.
Первое конкретное предложение от Neticom – веб-маркетологу с большим опытом и/или будущим специалистам Интернет-маркетинга [...]

“Of course, at the moment, I cannot state for certain that the cyber attacks were managed by the Kremlin, or other Russian government agencies,” said Estonia’s Defense Minister, Jaak Aaviksoo, on the Estonian Kanal 2 TV channel.
Here is the story is reported from two angles: Police conclude probe into alleged riot ringleaders (Baltic Times)
and
Estonia [...]

Here’s an extract from a wonderful little Newsbiscuit post spotted by Pets: Russia and Estonia ‘pretending to have computers
‘The Russians are electrocuting our interweb mailsites.
Their floppy disks are blocking our e-posts and we are catching viruses from their DVD clinic,’ said the Estonian minister for technology, speaking from his horse.
The Russian Foreign Minister was [...]

It’s not like me to swear. Really.
And especially not on our company blog.
No doubt I have upset someone, sorry… no actually I am not, not really.
I am just exercising my right to free speech in a democratic society.
Putin you ARE full of sh*t and you seem hellbent on disturbing the peace.
Let it go, man.
Estonia is [...]

Extracts of front page news in the UK, Guardian newspaper today.
Without naming Russia, the Nato official said: “I won’t point fingers. But these were not things done by a few individuals.
“This clearly bore the hallmarks of something concerted. The Estonians are not alone with this problem. It really is a serious issue for the alliance [...]

Here they are Playing Estonia’s Political Cards
and Russian roots and an Estonian future

Nice to see The Economist beginning to acknowledge the serious implications of the cyber attacks on Estonia.
As we commented at Global Neighbourhoods this is serious, really.
“As Angela Merkel reflects on a Russian cybertank on EU territory she might contemplate which assets are under attack - perm one or all four: sovereignty, territory, resource, or ideology….”
Anyway [...]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Concerned of Attack against Estonian Chancery in Pskov
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern over the attack against the Pskov Chancery of Consulate General in St. Petersburg in the morning of 10 May. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the government of the Russian Federation to take all measures [...]

And I don’t mean Red or Black or Blue (or combinations thereof).
I just mean White.
I am not Estonian but my wife, son, closest family, many business colleagues and friends are.
Some are “Estonian” some are “Russian” - frankly I don’t care if they are martians or from timbuktuu.
So I want to show my colours and support [...]