Vladimir Golstein

Vladimir Golstein27.10.2025

How to solve Ukrainian crisis and Make America Great Again. Trump is clearly wasting his time trying to negotiate with Putin, Zelensky, EU leaders and so on. These guys have been fighting with each other for too long to be capable of compromise. But here is what Trump has to do. 1. He has to […]

Vladimir Golstein21.10.2025

In national folklore, which frequently reflects and perpetuates national stereotypes, Ukrainians are the smartest. Through all sort of tricks they always outsmart everyone, from petty devils to Russians. Even Jews frequently come as losers when confronted by a skillful Ukrainian con-artist. If you don’t believe me, read Gogol. Russians — known for their hero, Ivan-the-Fool, […]

Vladimir Golstein11.10.2025

According to the highly respected University of Chicago professor, Robert Pape, who studies political violence, 39% of democrats would approve violent removal of Trump. This is scary. Furthermore, another poll suggests that 2/3 of American students think that it is OK to use violence against “offensive” speakers. This is all pretty disturbing and brings a […]

Vladimir Golstein07.10.2025

“What do you think of European Union”? — “I think it would a wonderful idea.” (Thanks, Mr. Gandhi for inspiration). The tendency is clear. The world is getting more and more united. By boats, trains, planes, rockets, internet. People trade, travel, transfer and do all sort of things to stay in touch. Yet, parallel to […]

Vladimir Golstein28.09.2025

This is too funny to miss. Dostoevsky complaining about lies and BS that western press publishes about Russia. Not much has changed since then. European and American media is as bigoted and as myopic now as it was 150 years ago. And probably even more mean-spirited. In 1868, while in France, Dostoevsky drafted a letter […]

Vladimir Golstein14.09.2025

I don’t know who benefits from the murder of Charlie Kirk, but it is clear who loses very big. A couple of days ago, the media and its sidekicks in politics were screaming about the Russian drones invading Polish airspace. Oh, horror! Some harmless decoy drones which ended up in Poland instead of Ukraine, provoked […]

Vladimir Golstein18.05.2025

Who Are the Guardians Who Lead us to … Perdition. Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov has this insightful episode. Drunken Fyodor, the father of the Karamazovs, embarks on one of his favorite diatribes against the church. They are dishonest, they trade in superstitions, they exploit the peasants, they make up stories, and they try to shame scoundrels […]

Vladimir Golstein25.03.2025

In his War and Peace, Tolstoy has an amazing image of Napoleon, as the French army is being kicked out of Russia. Tolstoy compares him to a child sitting deep in a horse carriage, who pulls the curtain strings and thinks that these actions direct the horse. For Tolstoy, Napoleon’s invasion had unleashed the forces, […]

Vladimir Golstein22.03.2025

And it is much more that the war between two East European countries. The whole damn thing totally penetrated and perverted the western politics for the last eleven years, counting from 2014 Crimea. Endless propaganda and obfuscation as far as the information about the war was concerned. Endless misrepresentation of what was going on. Endless […]

Vladimir Golstein17.03.2025

Apparently there is an Irish Proverb — a clear take on Roman ‘divide and conquer” — which says to the effect, if two neighbors are fighting, at least one of them was visited by a Brit another day. Of all people, Irish should know. And so should the rest of the world, which hardly has […]

The Deal of the Century for Trump the Peacemaker

How Trump Continues to Out-ukrainian Ukrainians

Terrorism as a manifestation of “pedocracy”

The Pathetic State of EU

Dostoevsky About European Views on Russia

Who Benefits from the Murder of Charlie Kirk?

“The Road to Perdition”

Naive Zelensky Believes in Europe

Ukraine is Obviously Much More than Ukraine

Facts are Stubborn Thing

Japan to keep importing Russian LNG

The Deal of the Century for Trump the Peacemaker

Fasting

The Glory of the World