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Trump family firm partners with Chinese AI model provider as Washington presses allies to choose sides. A company partly owned by members of President Trump’s family is doing business with a Hong Kong-based provider of Chinese artificial intelligence models — even as the Trump administration prepares to urge dozens of countries to choose between the […]
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20.08.2026 Yuri Chekalin

The GKChP: The Day the Soviet Union’s End Began

On August 19, 1991, an event began that would enter history under a dry bureaucratic acronym: the GKChP — the State Committee on the State of Emergency. Thirty-five years later, it is easy to look back and see those events as inevitable. The Soviet Union, it seems, was already doomed; the August coup merely added […]
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19.08.2026 Yaroslav Listov

The GKChP and the Chinese Lesson

Why Deng Xiaoping Saved China While Yanaev Lost the Soviet Union History sometimes confronts states with remarkably similar tests. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the two largest socialist states in the world faced crises of their political and economic systems: economic hardship, growing public discontent, factional struggles within the ruling elites, and mounting […]
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19.08.2026 Michael Mozzhechkov

Minamata Disease: Japan’s Environmental Reckoning

After World War II, Japan lay in ruins. Around 25% of the nation’s wealth had been destroyed, while industrial production had fallen to roughly one-tenth of its prewar level. Under these circumstances, Japan set out to catch up with the world’s leading economies—and too often, that drive for growth came at the expense of both […]
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17.08.2026 Yaroslav Listov

How a Chemistry Student Defeated the Tsarist Generals

The 130th anniversary of the birth of Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir (1896–1937), a Red Army commander of the 1st rank and one of the most talented military leaders of the Russian Civil War, is being commemorated this year. Yakir was born in Chișinău into the family of a pharmacist. He studied chemistry at the University of […]
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Silicone Miss Sally: AI Robot Teacher

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09.08.2026 Yuri Chekalin

Tucker Carlson Draws a Line

Tucker Carlson Lays Out 10-Point Manifesto as MAGA Coalition Shows Signs of Strain. American journalist Tucker Carlson has unveiled a 10-point political manifesto that he says should serve as a foundation for “the changes to come” in the United States. His nearly two-hour address offered the clearest indication yet of growing tensions within the MAGA […]
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04.08.2026 Vitaly Golovkov

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

‘Michael’: How legal constraints and corporate sterility undermined the biopic of the decade. The making of Michael, the long-awaited biographical film about the “King of Pop,” has become one of the most remarkable production stories in modern Hollywood. With a reported budget of $155 million, the project was conceived as the definitive cinematic portrait of […]
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22.07.2026 Robert Reich

Integrity

Is it possible to be loyal to Trump and preserve one’s integrity? There’s been a lot of discussion this past week about the meaning of integrity. You didn’t hear the word used directly; it was alluded to indirectly — in wondering whether Lindsey Graham was an immoral opportunist or clever pragmatist; in suspecting Todd Blanche […]
4min 1035
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05.07.2026 Yaroslav Listov

A Childhood Filled with Ancient Mysteries

I have loved reading for as long as I can remember, but when I was nine years old, my life changed dramatically. Up on the top shelf of a closet, I discovered a mysterious old book. Its pages were loose and worn, and its black-and-white illustrations beckoned me toward distant, enigmatic lands. It was King […]
4min 1800
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26.06.2026 Vladimir Golstein

Modern Relevance of Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky sets the events of his Brothers Karamazov in the style of Greek Tragedy. At least the events concerning Fyodor Karamazov, the father of all Karamazov’s brothers. Throughout the novel, Fyodor is on the collision course. All he does is challenging invisible hand of justice, pushing further and further into moral black hole. He rapes […]
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15.06.2026 Yuri Chekalin

The Importance of Trade Unions and Strikes

Trade unions and strikes have played a significant role in improving the lives and working conditions of employees throughout history. They serve as important tools that help workers protect their rights, negotiate fair treatment, and influence workplace policies. In many countries, trade unions have contributed to social and economic progress by ensuring that workers have […]
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29.07.2026 Yuri Chekalin

Political Myths: Authority and Legitimacy (Part.11)

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Political Myths: Authority and Legitimacy (Part.10)

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25.07.2026 Yuri Chekalin

Political Myths: Authority and Legitimacy (Part.9)

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05.07.2026 Dmitri Drobnitsky

The Pope Excommunicates the Bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X

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155 Years Since the Birth of Karl Liebknecht

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