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Kirill Benediktov06.06.2025

The bipartisan consensus in Washington calls for hellish sanctions against Russia. The attack on Russian airfields has added to the pressure. “The push for a tough sanctions package is gaining momentum,” The Hill reports. “Trump and his allies have been increasingly negative about Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has shown no signs of slowing down […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky05.06.2025

Bannon also expressed “disappointment” with Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia. Steve Bannon is a former White House strategist (during Trump’s first term), one of the ideologists of Trumpism, and a shadow activist of the MAGA movement. It is still unclear whether Trump and Bannon really parted ways badly, or whether they remain allies at a […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky02.06.2025

Trump’s promises to “expose” the deep state were taken seriously by many, and now they are close to disappointment. In its Friday review, the Associated Press agency mocks Trump and his supporters: they say that conspiracy theories have not come true, and the enemies of Trump and “all that is good” have not been repressed. […]

Sergey Stankevich24.05.2025

On Donald Trump’s signal, the US Department of Defense accepted a gift from the Qatari Ministry of Defense of a luxury Boeing 747-8 aircraft in an exclusive VIP configuration. This gift aircraft will temporarily replace the current 40-year-old presidential aircraft Air Force One. According to Trump, we are talking about a “very public and transparent […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky23.05.2025

All international students at Harvard must transfer or leave the U.S. The Trump administration has blocked Harvard University from accepting international students. Current students have two options: transfer or leave the country. The Department of Homeland Security announced the action Thursday, saying Harvard had created an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terror agitators” to […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky19.05.2025

The basis was a social media post that could mean a call to assassinate the US president. Former FBI Director and longtime Trump foe James Comey posted a photo on his social media account from his vacation in the Seychelles, where the numbers “8647” were laid out in the sand using shells. Trump supporters believed […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky12.05.2025

The White House is considering accepting a 747-8 as a gift from Qatar. The Boeing aircraft concern cannot replace the heavily worn-out US Air Force No. 1 in a reasonable time frame and for affordable money. In the best-case scenario, the two new aircraft will only be at the Air Force’s disposal by 2029. Donald […]

Yuri Chekalin07.05.2025

The “Immortal Regiment” event and a concert in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War were held on May 5th at the Russian Embassy in Japan. Descendants of the victors with portraits of their relatives and friends, participants in the Great Patriotic War and home front workers, honored the memory […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky02.05.2025

It would all be swell and good, but Americans (including Republicans) believe that Trump has the wrong priorities. According to the results of the AP-Norc Poll, 4 out of 10 Americans believe that Trump has been a “terrible” president so far, another tenth of respondents believe that he has been a “weak” president, another 2 […]

Yuri Chekalin15.04.2025

Despite the decision of the Japanese government to release additional volumes of rice from strategic reserves — after April 21 of this year, the third batch of 100 thousand tons will be put into circulation — retail prices for it remain high. At the same time, grain prices on the world market are falling, as […]

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Sanctions Against Russia

Bannon Calls for Senator Graham to Be “Arrested”

Trump Supporters Demand “Truth” and “Jails”

First Thing — Airplanes

Trump Bans Harvard from Accepting International Students

Former FBI Director Comey is Under Investigation

“A Gift, Free Of Charge”

The Immortal Regiment in Tokyo

Trump’s Ratings are Slowing

Bread Instead of Rice

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old