On Sunday, two close associates of US President Donald Trump — his special representative for the Middle East Stephen Witkoff, who just returned from Moscow, and his national security adviser Mike Waltz — on top US programs slightly lifted the curtain on the Moscow-Washington talks on the Ukrainian conflict, which are currently taking place in […]

Yuri Chekalin18.03.2025

Einstein once said in an interview in J.S. Viereck’s book “Glimpses of the Great”, in response to a question about whether he believed in God: “Your question [about God] is the most difficult in the world. It is not a question to which I can answer simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’. I am not an atheist. […]

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 […]

Robert Reich15.03.2025

In loving memory of my very dear 6-foot-7-inch Republican senator friend. My old friend Senator Alan Simpson died this morning. He was 93. Our friendship began at one of those interminable Washington receptions I had grown to hate. They were always stand-up events where I was expected to engage in small talk with dozens if […]

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We are following the fate of the American idea of a 30-day truce for Ukraine. On March 11 in Jeddah, US representatives managed to wring consent from Zelensky’s envoys under pressure. On March 13, Washington’s special representative Steven Witkoff discussed the Russian position, later made public by President Vladimir Putin. This position has become a […]

Alexander Palladin12.03.2025

Two weeks ago, a new feature movie, called “North Pole”, was released in Russia. Based on real facts, it is dedicated to the crew of the first Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-3. Nearly 63 years ago, in mid-July of 1962, it became Soviet Navy’s first submarine to surface in the North Pole area. The vessel was […]

Robert Reich11.03.2025

Friends, from time to time I burden you with some personal stuff, based on my belief that our values begin with who we are and where we came from. So today I want to get very personal and tell you why I’m so short — a condition that led to lots of bullying and ridicule […]

Morgana Devlin09.03.2025

Finally got around to making rassolnik, I really wanted it! Yes, pearl barley again, what can I do, but I love it so much. So, for rassolnik you need: – Chicken gizzards (package, 500 g) – Chicken hearts (1/2 package, 250 g) – Pearl barley (200 g) – Pickled cucumbers (3-5 pcs) – Carrots (1 […]

Vladimir Golstein08.03.2025

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Yuri Chekalin07.03.2025

“The streams of the receding river…, they are continuous; but they are not the same, the old waters… Bubbles of foam floating in the backwaters…, they will disappear, then they will reconnect anew; but they are not given to stay for long. In this world, people and their dwellings… and they are like bubbles on […]

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