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On the Edge of Apocalypse. About Alexander Gogun’s book «A Calculated Day of Doom: How Stalin Prepared World War III»
Reading Gogun’s major historical study, I kept recalling our family chronicles. The author tells how, in 1946–1947, during preparations for a new world war, army authorities, while freely demobilizing high-ranking officers, sought at the same time to retain combat officers of the lower or middle ranks — with the main emphasis, first and foremost, on field artillery. So it was with my father as well. In 1937, when he was a 14-year-old boy, he was sent off to the camps. Five years later, having miraculously survived, he volunteered for the front and spent the entire war on the front line, commanding an anti-tank 45-mm gun. He was wounded three times. A decorated veteran. In 1947, after a decade of state-imposed captivity, he tried in vain to be demobilized — but they would not release him: «We need officers with front-line experience». He was let go only after, in one of his countless applications, he dared to mention his sentence under Article 58 of the Criminal Code for «counterrevolutionary activity», which he had concealed in army forms («At the time I considered it necessary to keep that hidden»).
#YeiintheUSSR #ideology #historyoftheUSSR #bookclub #communism #worldrevolution #repressionsintheUSSR #review #Stalin #WorldWarIII
«As a Ukrainian, I identified with what is happening to the population of Palestine». Interview with a Ukrainian participant in the «Sumud» flotilla — before and after detention by Israeli authorities
Nina Potarska is a Ukrainian sociologist and researcher in feminist political economy. She heads the Ukrainian Center for Social and Labor Research and is involved in the Global Women’s Alliance for Leadership in Security (WASL). Nina spent her childhood in Murmansk Oblast, from where Russian Air Force fighter jets now take off to carry out airstrikes on Kyiv. But Potarska does not agree with the widespread comparison between Ukraine after February 24 and Israel after October 7: she is in solidarity with Palestinians and criticizes Israel’s actions in Gaza. This spring, Nina joined the humanitarian flotilla «Sumud» — an international maritime initiative launched last year with the aim of breaking Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. She gave the first part of the interview at the beginning of the flotilla’s voyage, and the second part after she, along with other pro-Palestinian activists, was detained by Israeli security forces.
#bigtalk #war #warinGaza #WarinUkraine #Israel #interview #conflict #Palestine #GazaStrip #securityforces #Sumudflotilla
From Chișinău to Yerevan. Why Russia’s Former Allies Are Choosing the European Union
This Sunday, June 7, Armenia is holding parliamentary elections-and the campaign there is unfolding according to a logic reminiscent of Moldova’s 2025 campaign. Nikol Pashinyan’s party is building its campaign around theses similar to those used in Moldova by Maia Sandu’s party: European integration and resistance to Russian threats. However, this is driven not only by the desire to protect themselves from Moscow. Both Armenian and Moldovan societies have become disillusioned with Russia as a partner that promised support but failed to provide it at key moments. For Armenia, this resulted in the loss of Karabakh; in Moldova, residents of Transnistria nearly ran out of gas in winter. The European course is seen as an alternative and a way to escape pressure, economic restrictions, and political ultimatums from Moscow. This distancing from Russia will apparently continue as long as Vladimir Putin remains in power in the Kremlin.
#Analytics #Armenia #elections #europe #Europeanintegration #Moldova #pashinyan #Putin #Russia
Triumph of Weak-Willedness. A Film Has Been Released in French Cinemas About How, in 2020, a Muslim Schoolboy Brutally Killed His Teacher
When information appeared about Vincent Garenq’s upcoming film, one immediately thought it would be about freedom of speech, about radical Islamism, about society’s fear of it. But the director chose a different angle — this is a film about how the state does not protect its citizen, who is simply doing his job
#state #discussion #CannesFilmFestival #movie #Muse #violence #inventory #SamuelPaty #freedomofspeech #secularism #terrorism #murder #France #extremism
Quiet voices in an era of loud statements. What to see at the Venice Biennale besides political scandals
The opening of Europe’s main contemporary art exhibition this year was accompanied by noisy protest actions. But the Biennale will run through the end of November, and there is certainly plenty to see here besides the closed doors of the notoriously scandalous Russian pavilion.
#VeniceBiennale #Venice #WarinUkraine #europe #conflicts #protests #sentimentaltravel #art
«Defend Yourselves.» In the Fifth Year of the War in Ukraine, Russia Has Lost Its Strategic Depth
The events of May 2026 have shown a significant shift in the balance of power on the fronts of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In fact, the two sides have reached parity. Yet, at the start of the full-scale war in 2022, Vladimir Putin did not consider Ukraine a significant opponent at all.
#Analytics #drones #VladimirZelensky #VladimirPutin #militarystrategy #WarinUkraine #lifeinRussia #defense #frontandrear
Mikhail Kasyanov: «A Scenario Where Putin Wins Is Quite Likely, and Europe May Let It Happen»
At the Russian Antiwar Committee conference held last week in Strasbourg, former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov debated with columnist Tatyana Rybakova about the prospects for the Russian economy in the fifth year of the war in Ukraine. We publish the most interesting parts of their conversation
#Analytics #AntiWarCommitteeofRussia #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #discussion #DonaldTrump #europe #lifeinRussia #WestandEast #inflation #Iran #China #MikhailKascentov #forecasts #XiJinping #USA #oilprices
«Minotaur» by Andrey Zvyagintsev — the unofficial but undeniable favorite of the Cannes Film Festival
A gorgeous golden autumn somewhere in central Russia. September 2022. The war started six months ago, mobilization is underway, and people are confused. Those who are quicker, who have the means and the foresight, have already formed huge lines at Verkhny Lars. Meanwhile, in a luxurious villa on the lakeshore, a prosperous family lives — a successful entrepreneur, his beautiful wife, and their teenage son. The villa is beautiful and wealthy, but depressingly dull. Aside from the beauty of nature, everything here is boring. And despite the tender kisses of the characters, the air is poisoned by a lack of love. That distinct Russian lovelessness, which Zvyagintsev explored in his previous film and knows so well.
#AndreyZvyagintsev #business #WarinUkraine #lifeinRussia #CannesFilmFestival #movie #ClaudeChabrol #mobilization #reviews
A playful American who likes to troll: What the first US citizen sanctioned by the European Union is doing
Former Florida deputy sheriff John Mark Dougan fled the US to Russia in 2016 to escape criminal charges when he was 43. Since then, he has given interviews to Russian propagandists as a disillusioned American, claimed to have interfered in US presidential elections, and even allegedly handed «Epstein files» to Russian authorities. He has also created over a hundred websites through which he spreads pro-Russian disinformation to Western audiences. Journalists from The Washington Post have established that Dougan is overseen by the GRU and the Center for Geopolitical Expertise—a think tank linked to philosopher Alexander Dugin. We spoke with Dougan and tell the true biography of a man who made fakes his profession.
#WarinUkraine #MainIntelligenceDirectorate #Dugansbet #theInternet #propaganda #profile #Russia #networktrolls #USA #fakenews
What Russia’s Military Presence in Mali Means for Moscow
The Malian military junta is losing control of the situation in the country. This does not mean its rapid or inevitable fall, but the fragmentation of Mali into zones of influence controlled by various groups—where no laws apply—has already taken place. And it seems that Russian military presence has failed to prevent this disintegration.
#Analytics #Africa #VladimirPutin #warcheck #YevgenyPrigogine #Mali #Russia #France #junta #PMCVagran
«Don’t win. Don’t fight. Don’t give up.» The Story of Užupis — Vilnius’ Bohemian District
Užupis is one of the strangest places in Europe. This city district has its own Constitution, president, ministry of foreign affairs, currency, anthem, and more than five hundred ambassadors around the world. All of this is not entirely serious—it's a game, an art performance, a collective joke that has become part of the city’s identity. But it’s not just a joke, either.
#theartists #Vilnius #lifeinEurope #art #JonasMekas #Lithuania #reportage #republic #freedom #sentimentaltravel #Užupis #philosophy #artists
«They Want to Live Well and Remember Nothing»
Director Liza Stishova made a documentary for the Ost-West TV channel called «Germans in Russia,» featuring people who are currently moving from Germany to Russia in search of a better life. To understand their motivation, she delves into the history of German colonists from the time of Catherine the Great, talks to ethnic Germans who survived Stalin’s deportations, and investigates the biography of her own grandfather, who helped organize those deportations. We spoke with Liza about what her film’s protagonists are willing to ignore for their own comfort, and why they choose to live in Russia—a country that has just experienced a major wave of protest emigration.
#Germany #deportationofpeoplestotheUSSR #documentary #europe #interview #historicalmemory #LizaStishova #GermansinRussia #Putin #repressions #selfcensorship #Stalin #reliableprices #Emigration
Russian Security Forces Begin Unprecedented Internet Blockades. Will This Lead to Mass Protests?
Russian authorities have been restricting internet freedom for years. But recently, these restrictions have reached unprecedented levels and even surpassed China’s Great Firewall. The blockades are undermining the economy and sparking protests, yet the FSB, which now oversees control of the Russian internet, is not backing down.
#business #InternetblockinginRussia #state #theInternet #ArtificialIntelligence #China #acrisis #Nepal #Putin #Russia #freedom #securityforces #FSB #censorship
Migrants: The End of Europe? Is it true that newcomers are dragging down the EU economy
This is the final text about the problems of mass migration in Europe. More precisely, about the myths that make people think that migrants, especially from Muslim countries, are Europe's main problem. That the economy (for example, the German one) is stagnating because Germany has turned into either a transit point or a boarding house. Where new residents don't want to work, but to live on benefits.
#Analytics #AngelaMerkel #refugees #business #WarinUkraine #Germany #EuropeanUnion #WestandEast #migrants #Myths #Muse #Syria #welfarestate #servicesector #finance #Digitaleconomy #Emigration
«Chernobyl Way»: A catastrophe that hasn’t ended — for Belarus or its neighbors
Forty years ago, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded. Belarus, which bore the brunt of the disaster, still lives with its consequences. Over the years, the annual «Chernobyl Way» rally has transformed from a mournful procession into a form of civic protest: first against the suppression of the truth, then against the construction of a new nuclear plant, and now — against a system where people's voices mean nothing.
#nuclearenergy #Belarus #catastrophe #Lithuania #society #protests #reportage #ChernobylNuclearPowerPlant #Emigration #nuclearexplosion
«We’ll disgrace ourselves before the whole world.» How Soviet authorities tried to hide the Chernobyl disaster
The 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident is a reason to talk about many things. About the fatal flaws in the design of Soviet high-power reactors and the mistakes made by Anatoly Dyatlov’s ill-fated shift at Reactor No. 4. About the heroism of firefighters like Vladimir Pravik, who battled the flames at the plant, and the courage of hundreds of others involved in the cleanup. About the debates among Soviet bureaucrats and scientists regarding what really happened in Pripyat. Finally, about the construction of the one-of-a-kind sarcophagus over the explosion-ravaged Chernobyl reactor. But most importantly, it’s worth recalling how the Kremlin first denied the disaster on April 26, 1986, then concealed its true scale—and ultimately lost the battle against reality in less than three weeks.
#nuclearenergy #Belarus #state #Twoleggedbelt #historicalmemory #catastrophe #MikhailGorbachev #society #Restructuring #PolitburooftheCentralCommitteeoftheCPSU #theUSSR #Ukraine #censorship #Chernobyl #nuclearexplosion
Unbearable Lenin
Last week, few people remembered Vladimir Ulyanov’s (Lenin’s) birthday. Among those who did mark the date was the Turgenev Library in Paris: on April 22, the complete 55-volume collected works of the leader of the Russian Revolution were ceremoniously carried out from its shelves. In the past 30 years, not a single reader of the Turgenev Library had requested Lenin’s works—so the staff of the oldest Russian émigré library decided to bid a cheerful farewell to the Soviet past, making room for new books. Parisian supporters of Lenin tried to intervene in the process.
#Twoleggedbelt #europe #historicalmemory #lenin #society #Paris #aftertheUSSR #protests #reportage #Russia #TheTurgenevLibraryinParis #Emigration
World War by the Laws of Postmodernism: Putin and Trump Against Global Progress
The general public often treats postmodernist practices with a certain lack of seriousness—since historical religious dogmas can be ironically and bizarrely combined with thoroughly cynical modern «business pragmatism.» However, the growing number of victims of these postmodernist wars is all too real.
#war #EuropeanUnion #Iran #China #conservativesvsliberals #world #Restructuring #aftertheUSSR #satisfactionoftheclaimant #rightandleft #Putin #Russia #USA #Trump #Ukraine #philosophy #essay
Popular Science in Russia and the West: Two Markets, Two Logics, Two Survival Modes
According to the most optimistic estimates, the total audience of popular science publications in Russia is only about 6 million people. That’s roughly 4% of the population. And this market in Russia today, it seems, is experiencing a crisis.
#Analytics #UnitedKingdom #west #acrisis #Thescience #society #Russia #market #USA #censorship
«We understood that neither the Japanese nor the German governments would approve of our actions. But we did it anyway.»
In April 2026, in Vilnius, on the right bank of the Neris, next to the National Art Gallery, the cherry blossoms bloomed once again. Two hundred Japanese cherry trees, planted here a quarter of a century ago in the Chiune Sugihara Park, turned the riverbank into a cloud of white and pink. The name of the Japanese diplomat inscribed on a stone at the park entrance connects the history of this small Baltic country with the history of a Jewish community that was almost entirely destroyed. And it is also the story of a man who saved thousands of desperate people, defying bureaucratic orders.
#Vilnius #WorldWarII #diplomacy #Jews #Israel #History #Lithuania #reportage #sakura #resistance #theUSSR #holocaust #ChiuneSugihara