People everywhere in the world have Russian connections. There is nothing wrong with having Russian connections as long as you're transparent about it. Kersti Kaljulaid More Quotes by Kersti Kaljulaid More Quotes From Kersti Kaljulaid Cyber attacks rain down on us from many places. You have to make your systems secure and safe and teach your people cyber hygiene. Kersti Kaljulaid down you rain people NATO's deterrence has always been adequate, and I'm not worried about the physical security of my country. Not at all. Kersti Kaljulaid about always security country Industrial jobs are disappearing, and they will continue to disappear owing to productivity gains from automation. Thus, social models that were created to fit industrial and early service economies will no longer be viable. As the industrial workforce shrinks, the social model founded on it will go, too. Kersti Kaljulaid will go service automation Estonia is proud of the fact that the country today has a flourishing and happy Jewish life. Kersti Kaljulaid proud happy today life Small nations have no time for small goals - they have to think big in order to become contributors. Kersti Kaljulaid goals small think time Too many people in the world associate democracy with their ability to go and buy more and more every year. I come from a country where it's much more popular to remind people that democracy is available at every income level, and this is something which you need to protect. Kersti Kaljulaid you democracy people world My mother was a doctor, and I grew up with her in a little apartment belonging to my grandmother, because the Soviet Union never saw fit to let our family have its own apartment. Kersti Kaljulaid doctor never family mother From kindergarten, I knew that politics is something that you talk about only at home, because if you weren't quiet, your parents might be taken to prison. All Estonian families have these kind of stories. Kersti Kaljulaid parents you politics home In Estonia, the Russian minority can move freely, travel freely, work anywhere in Europe. Kersti Kaljulaid minority work europe travel I don't believe Russia would attack a NATO country or NATO as such, no matter which country we are talking about. Kersti Kaljulaid matter talking believe country It is interesting that cyberwarfare is developing into something conventional and attacking objects, infrastructure, and critical services. Kersti Kaljulaid something infrastructure interesting I don't know of any problems countries in Europe are facing - environment, infrastructure, markets, market development, the fifth freedom being digital freedom, border security, terrorism, migration - that can be better solved alone. Kersti Kaljulaid alone problems terrorism freedom Digital society is born when your people refuse to use paper. And in our country, we know that our people refuse to use paper. If you arrive at such a point in your development, you have to make your digital state always secure. Kersti Kaljulaid you society country people Estonians are much more used to Internet banking rather than an online credit card. Kersti Kaljulaid more banking credit internet Our people are willing to work with the government on new technologies. Now, it's a habit; every Estonian looks at it as part of our national identity. We understand that this allows us to provide better services to our people than our money would allow. Kersti Kaljulaid government money work people In 2008, when Russia attacked Georgia, Western countries took it as an isolated incident, but probably this was the start of the push against our underlying international security architecture. And this push then started a landslide which in 2014 resulted in Crimean occupation. Kersti Kaljulaid push start security architecture We've had Vice President Pence visiting Tallinn, where he met not only with me but also with my other Baltic colleagues - Lithuanian President Ms. Grybauskaite and Latvian President Mr. Vejonis. And, of course, Vice President Pence has been very clear that NATO acts as a whole. Attack against one is attack against all. Kersti Kaljulaid only me colleagues president We have every reason to put our trust in NATO and in transatlantic cooperation. Kersti Kaljulaid nato cooperation trust reason If we look decades ago, we know that NATO allies contributed a lot of equipment close to the border of the Soviet Union. Kersti Kaljulaid close border look know I don't want to sound like I'm a special type of Russia hater. There are very few heads of state in Europe that would not like to have very good relations with Russia. Kersti Kaljulaid good special sound want
