the law was ratified by the president of estonia, which this law allows for the use of frozen russian assets to compensate for the damages that russia has caused in this war of aggression in ukraine. several months have passed, i think two months have passed, after this law came into force, have there already been any transfers, this is the first question, to ukraine, i mean, and the second question is whether other western countries have taken an example with estonia, because estonia was the first western... the first countries to start talking about what is not necessary to use frozen russian assets to rebuild ukraine because the aggressor has to pay a price for it, and we were one of the first countries to say two years ago that we need to start. reconstruction,

restoration of ukraine already during the war, we don't need to wait until it ends, because we need to give people hope and help refugees, those who left ukraine and then began to return, then we tried to understand, analyze all possible ways to to force russia. to pay the price for the damage that it is inflicted on ukraine, and we were pioneers in introducing such legislation regarding the use of frozen russian assets for the recovery of ukraine, and these assets are not only state assets, but also the property of private individuals and legal entities in estonia. all those who

are under international sanctions, the law was passed recently, and the regulatory processes are still ongoing, because everything must comply with international rules, so that we do not create unnecessary problems for ukraine in the years to come, so we are currently working on by this, and i think that we are making excellent progress in this direction, i hope. that we will be able to demonstrate to the whole world that this is possible, that it is possible to use all the frozen assets and the profits from those assets, and not just directly the profits for simply that we held these assets before, and you set a very good example for the western countries by passing this law, other countries, in your opinion, personal opinion, why are they like that...

laws are not passed simply by your personal opinion because of fear or maybe something other? it is very difficult for me to say why certain countries do something or do not do something, but i think that there are still some legal issues, legal issues that the countries will discuss. but estonia, our national legislation really tried to do so in such a way, in order to prove that we can do it without violating european or international legislation? i really hope that the western partners will see this, and will not delay and pass similar laws in their countries, but now let's move on to something else. post-war

the reconstruction of ukraine, after all, even this reconstruction is already underway in different parts of ukraine, including those that were under temporary occupation in the first days of the war. tell me, please, does estonia have any projects, in this case state or non-state projects, with which it helps rebuild ukrainian cities and villages? yes, yes, of course, as i already said, we already... in the 22nd year, we started this work, and all these projects related to reconstruction in ukraine began then, in particular in the zhytomyr region, this is conditionally ours, our region, our region because estonia is a small country, and we have limited resources, and we thought that it is necessary to approach the issue of the reconstruction of ukraine in a very comprehensive way, so we chose for... one area, one

region, and we provide reconstruction assistance right there, we helped build a new a kindergarten and... we conduct training for teachers, educators, in order for such help to be long-term, just not just to build one house or one shelter, but to help in such a way that it is long-term and covers the problems faced specific region. of course, well, but we talked about money that... goes from estonia, or, for example, military support that goes from estonia to ukraine, let's talk now about the help that ukrainians who are currently in the territory of the republic of estonia receive. do you have any statistics at this very moment, how many citizens of ukraine are there and

is there any tendency to return to ukraine? yes, of course, we have statistics on ukrainians currently living in estonia, and we provided them from the first day of their arrival in estonia, any help, any kind of help that we could provide, it's medical care, social protection, education, we also opened two special schools, specialized schools for ukrainian children, where they can... be educated in the estonian language, but keep their language, their culture, and can study according to the ukrainian program, that is why we are trying to do everything for the ukrainian refugees who are in estonia, so

that they do not lose this connection with their country, with their culture, of course, we have other plans for projects, but the main slogan of the government is that ukrainians should feel that they are welcome here in estonia, and i can confidently say that ukrainians in estonia definitely feel that , that they are welcomed in this country, because my daughter has been living in the territory of the republic of estonia for more than two years, she studies there and she knows how estonians think like estonians. the yakon people are helping and trying to do everything in order to bring our joint victory over the russian aggressor closer. and now a little about the victory: in estonia, besides women and children, of course, there are many men who received it, it is not temporary shelter,

temporary protection, it is called, as far as i understand in estonia, please tell me , now in many, at least eastern european countries are talking about the fact that they are somehow on... trying to cooperate with the government of ukraine regarding men who are subject to conscription into the army and who are conscripted in order to somehow help these men, well at least to register in ukraine relevant authorities, and maybe even return to ukraine, is there something similar in estonia? yes... such discussions, such requests began to arrive some time ago, but our previous prime minister said that since people live on the territory of estonia

legally, we granted them temporary residence permits and temporary protection. and we do not plan to send them back to ukraine, because we have rules, we have obligations, and this also comes from european legislation, that is , we have no plans to send them back to ukraine, however, in this sense, we cooperate with ukrainian authorities, with the ukrainian. embassy in tallinn, and we understand that there are needs in ukraine, but i think that many ukrainians living in ukraine want to return to their country, they are waiting for such a conspiracy, for opportunities, for return, this

was one of the reasons why we started the reconstruction so early that people could see. perspective, the future, we have kindergartens, our local communities, etc., to make it easier for people to return, we, of course, cooperate with ukrainian ones. bodies in order to understand how you can help the ukrainians, but as i say, we are not going to send them back if they don't want it, of course, madam ambassador, one more question, and the question can be said from ukrainian students studying in estonia, recently, well , just a month or two ago, there was information about what will be tried in lithuania... are they going to or have they already passed a law according to which ukrainian students

studying on an exchange program will be deprived of benefits, or are they going to do something similar in estonia or not? we there are ukrainian students who have been studying in estonian universities for many years, even before the full-scale war began, and there are many. we have students, and we are proud of them, because they are very smart, they are very eager to learn, and so far i have not had any information about the government's plans to stop assistance under the programs that are currently active, so ukrainian students should calm down. will be good thanks to our brothers and sisters in estonia of course. let's

now once again return a little to , unfortunately, the military theme and talk there is a lot of talk about red lines in the west, for some they exist, for some they are clearly defined, for some they are very unclear, but for estonia, in this war, in our common war, i will call it that , in our joint war with the russian aggressor. are there any red lines? this is my favorite question, thanks for it. estonia has never spoken of any red lines. for us, the most important thing, one of the most important things, is integrity. the real integrity of democracy, the cultural identity of the people, and we strive

this is also the case in estonia, in our country, and this is what we really like in ukraine, and we do not see any red lines when it comes to russia's brutal war against ukraine, all war crimes, genocide, whatever they are. knew, we believe that there cannot be any red lines here, and our goal is to preserve ukrainian independence, democracy, territorial integrity, so we support ukraine in everything we can. in order for it to be able to achieve these goals, and accordingly, we do not see

any red lines here as such, the government in i have already said on many occasions that we are ready to discuss any possibility of helping ukrainians, and the most important thing is to help ukraine win this war, then we are ready. discuss any solutions, ways, but since we are a small country, we understand that we need to cooperate with other countries, move together, then it will be easier to discuss these issues with our partners, and we are ready to be a pioneer. in one or another decision, so our red line,

if i can call it that, or blue-yellow line, it is precisely to help ukraine win this war. just great words, it's not a red line, it's a yellow-blue line, and it's to help ukraine win this war of aggression, it's just, it's just incredible, i thank you very much for that, and look, in the very... i understand, you now you are trying with all your might to help us win this war, but in estonia they are not considering, i will not say so, they are preparing, i will say directly, they are preparing. in estonia to a possible attack from russia now, because there was a lot of talk about it at the beginning invasion of ukraine 2.5 years ago, but are they talking about it now in estonia? of course, when we became an independent state, in the early

1990s, we were always very wary of... our neighbor, and we had no illusions that russia had no plans to invade, and we always both nato and the eu talked about a possible threat from russia, we, we warned other countries about it. we have been preparing for self-defense for a long time since the beginning of the 90s, that is why we wanted to acquire membership in the eu, and we wanted to join nato. we have been preparing step by step for this, and every year we have increased our spending on

defense, on... and called on others, other nato countries for this, to defend themselves both individually and jointly, collectively. therefore , yes, we are preparing, and we continue to prepare. i cannot say that we started thinking about it or preparing only after 14 years, when russia occupied part of ukraine, or after the beginning. during the war, we did something step by step every day to protect ourselves from willow, from this evil, and from this evil you must always prepare, defend yourself, because this evil is not foreseen, this evil can attack in any wave, i witnessed it, we were in february 2022, so you must constantly prepare, let's say two more words about

ordinary estonians, you have a small country , but as far as i know... different people live in different parts, of course, what is the attitude of estonians after 2.5 years of a full-scale invasion of ukraine to your government's support of ukraine and to what is happening in ukraine. why am i asking because as far as i know in the north east estonia, in the narva area, there are a lot of russian-speaking citizens of estonia living there, do they support all the support actions of your estonian government. for so many years we have a russian-speaking minority living in estonia, we have been trying to integrate them into estonian society for almost 30 years, and of course we see that there is a certain contingent of people

who do not want this integration. they still look more in the direction of russia, but estonia, estonian society and the government of estonia, of course we support ukraine and beyond that even there is no question of reducing such aid, i think, since the war has been going on for more than 2.5 years. and the brutality of putin 's regime is increasing every day, intensifying, and we are ready to help ukraine in the long term, not only for victory, but also for further recovery,

that's why support is increasing, i can say, and if... we look at non-governmental organizations of ordinary citizens who help ukraine, we see that every month, or even every week, support comes from ordinary people estonians who collect or provide humanitarian aid, but just yesterday i read that three estonian non-governmental organizations, which... have been helping ukraine for over 2.5 years, sent a new aid column to ukraine again. and there were medical products, and drones, and military aid for the front, for

the army, for the rescuers, they help and the aid continues to come and even increase in volume, as much as i said, this is the seizure of ukraine. it is very big in estonia, and every day we are shocked by the brutality of putin's regime, which he and further, this brutality is happening, and of course, our support will not decrease, it will only increase, well, this is a mutual admiration, i must tell you, we admire the estonians for their support and help to ukraine from the very beginning, because in some countries they are trying to... you some things to justify the fact that they don't want to help, and we admire the estonians, who have helped and supported us since the first day of the war, madam ambassador, thank you very much for

coming, i have one last question for you today : have you been in ukraine for a year? understand that you have a busy schedule, you came to us after an important meeting, i mean for an interview, and you have a lot of such meetings, but do you have time or have you had time this year to travel a little bit. travel in ukraine, do you have a favorite place in ukraine? when i came to ukraine a year ago, i told my colleagues that i am the ambassador in ukraine, not in kyiv, which means that i have to travel a lot and see how local communities live, i have to communicate with people, and... so i was in kharkiv, odessa, rivne, zhytomyr, of course, this is our partner, a partner

region, and has been to many corners of ukraine, and i think it is important to demonstrate to local communities that we support them, and we are not afraid to come to them, come to these territories. we understand that what they face every day are these attacks, shelling, alarms, and it is important for me to demonstrate that i am here, i am ready to provide adequate information to my capital, so that they can decide that more help is needed in that direction or in another direction, so what, i love your country very much, it is very beautiful, very. every day i see more and more surprisingly very beautiful things, and i really

like the resilience of ukrainians, and by the way, i was also on the front line at the beginning of march, i said that i need to talk to the soldiers, see what is happening. at the front, and it was during those difficult times, when foreign aid began to be kind of reduced or delayed, and i said then that i needed to get this feedback from the front itself, so that i could pass this information to tallinn, so that they could make the necessary decisions regarding what is specifically needed, so... i will continue to travel, now i want to focus more on those areas that are facing

the most energy crisis and understand what specifically is needed for these regions, so of course i will travel as much as possible, traveller, madam ambassador, for that we thank her, and we thank her for all the help and support we receive from the estonian government and from ordinary estonians. who from the very beginning began to help us defend our country, our independence, our our sovereignty and our territorial integrity. madam ambassador, i thank you very, very much for joining this conversation today, thank all the citizens of your country for everything you do for us. ah, it was an interview with the ambassador of the republic of estonia in ukraine, anna liikolk, who came to us a year ago already. a lot has been done in this position. espresso interviews will continue. my name is yuriy fizar. before meeting. vasyl zima's big broadcast.

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project: for smart and caring people in the evening with espresso. see this week in the collaborators program. family betrayal, how a family from kherson sold themselves for positions. our act, a meaningful act, is absolutely decisive. but which of the ukrainian bloggers became a fake minister of culture? greetings, i'm olena kononenko, and this is the collaborator program. about the traitors who, following the call of their heart and wallet, went to serve the monetary occupiers. our today's issue is about those who in the temporarily occupied territories are blindly guided by the orders of the kremlin and vainly think that punishment will be avoided. he was a failed streamer on youtube, and became the russian minister of culture. a year ago, we already made our choice to connect the regions with russia, and now we confirm our choice. we are together, we are united, we will win. this is artem oleksiyovych lagoisky

, born in 1991, originally from kherson. he graduated from kherson state university, worked as a teacher at the department of economics at kherson university, was the head of the educational and methodological laboratory, and over time artem left teaching and started blogging, created the good games youtube channel with video game reviews. the nickname was taken by a very eloquent cattle prod. i wonder if he sees himself that way, or was he often told about it? russia, ukraine, belarus and a number of others. be artemko didn't want to be a cattleman for a long time, so he went into business from streaming, in 2019 he became a co-founder of the bulastroy company, which was engaged in the organization of construction. when a full-scale war broke out in ukraine, lagoisky fully justified his nickname. under the leadership of the russians, a former youtuber nicknamed bydlo began to take care of

cultural issues in the region. in 2000 and 2022, he became the acting first deputy of the so -called minister of culture of the kherson region. our story continues, simply, unfortunately, our region had a certain period when history was changed, history was twisted, but the current history is not forgotten. in the position of deputy, this cultural connoisseur took care of the philharmonic, libraries and museums in the occupied part of kherson region, as well as issues of the so-called real. stories of fables about how great russia is. when ukrainian troops liberated kherson, artemko fled to the left bank of the dnieper. once again, he proved his loyalty to the occupiers and received a promotion in the form of a new chair, an acting fake minister culture of the kherson region. everything happens transparently, comfortably and most importantly - safely. unlike the minister of culture, lagoisky is removing ukrainian

literature from libraries. to teach the history that is beneficial to the kremlin in schools, in every possible way imposes poor russian culture on the local people. in addition to this , he was also made the head of the regional branch of the assembly of the peoples of russia. it was created on the initiative of the president as a platform for dialogue between society and executive authorities. such industrious work on the slopes did not go unnoticed by us law enforcement agencies. in august 2023 , the security service of ukraine notified lagoisky of suspicion of collaborative activity, and he faces up to 10 years in prison. now the case is in the kherson city court, so we are waiting for artemko's streams to play during the convoy. and this is lagoiskyi's deputy in the so-called ministry of culture of the kherson region, larisa anatolvna kosenko, she is 55. dear colleagues.