By Months: Eerik-Niiles Kross
Total Months: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
03.2025
1 Speeches
The pushback is aimed at critics who dispute the principle, pace, or timing of the constitutional amendment, employing arguments identical to those leveled in 1992. The criticism is general and procedural rather than personal, and the speaker seeks to neutralize these arguments by placing them within a historical context.
02.2025
3 Speeches
The main criticism is aimed at the "Old West" and European nations who, due to domestic political reasons, have undermined European unity and responded to Russia's aggression too slowly and ambiguously. The criticism is policy- and value-based, accusing them of hypocrisy and shirking responsibility. There is also indirect criticism aimed at those who fear the new direction of the US or are panicking because of it.
01.2025
13 Speeches
The primary confrontation is aimed at the ruling regime in Georgia (Georgian Dream), which is accused of losing legitimacy, engaging in systemic extrajudicial repression, and adopting an anti-Western stance. The speaker also sharply criticizes domestic opponents who attempt to downplay or marginalize the crisis in Georgia by employing demagogic tactics such as whataboutism and raising the issue of culture wars. Changing the minds of the top leadership of Georgian Dream is considered hopeless.
11.2024
58 Speeches
The opposition's criticism is primarily aimed at the legal clarity of the draft bill and the retention of voting rights for holders of the alien's passport (grey passport), which they deem inconsistent. The speaker rejects arguments that directly associate the removal of voting rights with supporting Putin or "ideological screening," stressing instead that the measure concerns the streamlining of the legal framework and the mitigation of security risks.
09.2024
2 Speeches
The criticism is directed against the independent and uncontrolled activity of the system or device (the control panel/remote), and not against specific political opponents or groups. Insufficient information regarding the criticism of the political opposition.
06.2024
16 Speeches
The primary adversaries are Russia (Putin's regime, considered illegitimate) and the Georgian government (Ivanishvili's group), both of whom are accused of dismantling democracy and gravitating toward Moscow. It also criticizes Western countries for their previous complacency and diplomatic failure (the 2009 "reset" with Russia).
05.2024
1 Speeches
The main institutional criticism is directed against the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which is accused of inciting aggression and propagating a more radical version of the *Russkiy Mir* ideology. The Kremlin is also criticized for adopting this ideology, with critics noting that the relationship constitutes mutual exploitation. The criticism is ideological and political-institutional.
02.2024
3 Speeches
The primary and sole adversary is the Russian Federation, which is being sharply and legally justifiably criticized for systematic war crimes, the abduction of children, and the ongoing violation of international law. The criticism is directed both at the Russian state and at specific individuals, such as Maria Lvova-Belova and Vladimir Putin, and the confrontation is intense and uncompromising.