Viktor Alksnis, Author at The CommentaTHOR

Viktor Alksnis09.11.2023

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Germany has decided to permanently station its military units in Lithuania. According to the portal “Augen Geradeaus”, the Bundeswehr’s 42nd Tank Brigade will deploy to Lithuania by early 2025. It will include the 122nd Panzergrenadier Battalion from Bavaria and the 203rd Tank Battalion from North Rhine-Westphalia. The advance […]

Viktor Alksnis29.10.2023

Russians were the first astronauts, and they are preparing to take revenge. The Russian orbital constellation of satellites represents 2.5% of the global one, it is necessary to radically change the model of the Russian satellite industry, said the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov. In the USA they can produce 3 thousand satellites per year, […]

Viktor Alksnis16.10.2023

The Russian authorities intend to create mechanical engineering for microelectronics in the country virtually from scratch by 2027, developing equipment for all cycles of semiconductor production. The cost of the project is estimated at more than 100 billion rubles. Compared to the investments of global industry players, the figures look modest: the world’s leading manufacturer […]

Viktor Alksnis03.10.2023

Today is October 3rd. Exactly thirty years ago, a bloody denouement began in the confrontation between the highest authority of the RSFSR, the Supreme Council, and the President of the RSFSR, which ended in the death of hundreds of civilians. On the evening before October 2, the Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian […]

Viktor Alksnis29.09.2023

The conflict in Ukraine could escalate into an international one, and the use of nuclear weapons is also possible — a new report has been released about this by the RAND Corporation, traditionally called the “shadow CIA” and the “Pentagon at a distance.” RAND publishes three possible scenarios for “unintended” escalation: 1. If a Russian […]

Viktor Alksnis18.09.2023

Returning to the topic of placing Sarmat strategic missiles on combat duty, I would like to draw the attention of dear readers to the fact that test launches of missiles before being put into service and placed on combat duty are not carried out for the purpose of fulfilling bureaucratic procedures. This is vitally important […]

Viktor Alksnis17.09.2023

I hope it is abundantly clear — all these roundabout ways to do with the volunteers for contract service might be connected with the Russian government’s fears that carrying out a new mobilization might cause less positive sentiments among the general population. That is why the word “mobilization” is seems to be put on the […]

Viktor Alksnis31.07.2023

A protest action continues in Batumi against the arrival of the Astoria Grande ship with Russian tourists on board. According to local media, the activists threw eggs and plastic bottles at several buses and minibuses with tourists from the Russian Federation. Protesters are being arrested. In the 1990s and early 2000s, I often visited Adzharia, […]

Viktor Alksnis19.07.2023

Another successful attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Crimean Bridge was inevitable due to two factors. The first is political, connected with the policy of “agreements” with Ukraine and its allies, which the Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin personally are actively trying to pursue. The “grain deal” allowed Ukraine to launch semi-submersible […]

Viktor Alksnis08.06.2023

I am constantly asked the question: “What do you propose we do?” My answer is: The new is the well-forgotten old. I propose to return to the “strategy of a madman” or in other words “the theory of a madman”, the author of which is Machiavelli. As far back as the 15th century, the Italian […]

Viktor Alksnis

The Lessons of History Don’t Teach Politicians: German Tanks Will Again Stand at the Russian Border

Russia Intends to Regain its Leadership Status in Space

Russian Government Invests into PR Hole

How Zyuganov has sold Russia to save the Communist Party

The Conflict in Ukraine May Become International

Why are Missiles Tested?

Will Putin decide on a new mobilization?

Even a Small Recreancy Has Big Consequences

Ukrainian Attack on Crimean Bridge

“Madman Theory” at Present

Do Animals have Conscious Thought?

Gavriil Popov — the First Post-Communist Mayor of Moscow

“Bulgakov — Get Out the Russian Chauvinist from Kyiv!”

Japan Reopens to Foreign Tourists