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Dmitri Drobnitsky05.08.2026

America’s water infrastructure has become the latest reminder that in cyberspace, the greatest vulnerability is often not an adversary’s sophistication but one’s own complacency. A cyber incident affecting water and wastewater facilities in seven states has exposed weaknesses in the digital systems that underpin essential public services. Although speculation quickly turned to Iranian hackers, the […]

Vitaly Golovkov05.08.2026

An essay at the intersection of law, philosophy, and advanced technology exploring why everyday cruelty toward digital entities may erode the social contract faster than our legal systems can adapt. Public Abuse of Humanlike Forms Is a Threat to Humanity, Not to Machines Over the past few years, a peculiar and fleeting ritual has appeared […]

Vitaly Golovkov04.08.2026

‘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 […]

Yuri Chekalin04.08.2026

It is fascinating that Madama Butterfly, or Cio-Cio-San, has long been regarded as one of the most “Japanese” of European operas. Yet, in reality, it tells us far more about Western perceptions of Japan at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries than about Japan itself. The same can be said, in a different […]

Dmitry Litvinov03.08.2026

The 90th Anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War: the Republic’s response. The Republic’s Fatal Hesitation The attitude of the Republican government toward the approaching military uprising can be summed up in one sentence: they knew that a conspiracy was underway, but they underestimated its scale and the determination of those preparing it. […]

Yuri Chekalin02.08.2026

There are movie stars, there are action heroes, and then there is Arnold Schwarzenegger—the man millions simply know as the Terminator. On July 30, 2026, Schwarzenegger celebrated his 79th birthday, marking nearly eight decades of a life that has repeatedly defied expectations. His story reads less like a Hollywood screenplay than a modern myth. Born […]

Dmitry Litvinov02.08.2026

The 90th Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War: The Rebels Take the Offensive. The Beginning of the Spanish Civil War The uprising began in the city of Melilla, in Spanish Morocco, an hour ahead of schedule. Many soldiers and officers who remained loyal to the Republican government were killed, followed by a […]

Andrey Vedyaev01.08.2026

One day in 1980, a handsome young man walked into the Soviet Embassy in Rome. Introducing himself as a sailor in the United States Navy, he calmly announced that he wished to emigrate to the Soviet Union. The officials in the consular section could scarcely believe what they were hearing. Suspecting that the visitor might […]

Yuri Chekalin31.07.2026

Everything has converged in this Midwestern state: socialists vs. the establishment, the debate over tariffs, and the battle for the political machinery that has shaped elections from 2020 to 2028. Michigan has long been considered a so-called “swing state” or “battleground state” on the American political map. The way voters cast their ballots here often […]

Yaroslav Listov30.07.2026

Seventy years ago, in the final days of July 1956, the world changed. How the USSR Defeated Britain and France A former colony delivered a resounding slap in the face to its imperial rulers. Standing before a crowd in Alexandria’s Al-Manshia Square, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal. He […]

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America’s Water Systems Have a Cybersecurity Problem

The Law of Tomorrow

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

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Rebels’ Post Victories

The Cry of the Albatross, or Spy Games

The Battlefield is Michigan

The Last Stand of the Colonial Powers

America’s Water Systems Have a Cybersecurity Problem

The Law of Tomorrow

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination