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Andrey Vedyaev03.10.2026

A scion of an old English family, an urbane aristocrat, and a committed communist, Kim Philby secured a permanent place in the history of intelligence not merely as a member of the legendary Cambridge spy ring, whose work provided Moscow with a remarkable stream of British and Allied secrets, but as perhaps the most accomplished […]

Kamil Askerkhanov02.10.2026

What is happening in France has already grown into something larger than yet another confrontation between high-school and university students and the education authorities. The protests began with demands that were both familiar and readily understandable: teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, and deteriorating school infrastructure. Yet within days, the unrest spread across the country and began […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky01.10.2026

In America’s biggest oil-producing state, diesel is becoming both scarce and painfully expensive. Texas, a state more accustomed to supplying America with fuel than worrying about running short of it, has declared an emergency over diesel. Greg Abbott, the Republican governor, has issued a statewide disaster proclamation for 30 days, which can be extended. The […]

Yuri Chekalin30.09.2026

Whenever I came home, Rei was waiting for me in the entryway. No one else was. I would barely have the key in the lock when I heard a short sound from the other side. “Meow.” Then I would open the door and find Rei sitting on the wooden floor about three feet from the […]

Kamil Askerkhanov29.09.2026

Bitcoin has always had a useful habit: it makes the supposedly virtual economy look stubbornly physical. JPMorgan recently estimated the cryptocurrency’s average production cost at roughly $85,000. According to The Block, citing the bank’s analysts, Bitcoin has spent around 280 days below that level. A sustained move above it could ease pressure on miners forced […]

Michael Moore28.09.2026

The Founders failed to create a true Democracy. Let’s win, then demand one. You can have all the 250th birthday parties you want for America — that great Democracy! But none of your cake and candles or champagne can obscure the fact that we have never been a true democracy. No matter how many times […]

Klim Zhukov27.09.2026

Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, a small town in Kent, England, into a family that seemed to have little connection to the literary world. His father was a professional cricket player who also ran a small china shop. His mother had worked as a domestic servant. “Bertie,” as he was known […]

Yuri Chekalin25.09.2026

A smartphone battery drops to 5 percent, and suddenly the search for a charger feels urgent. You leave home without your phone and experience the peculiar sensation that something important is missing. A subway enters a dead zone, messages stop arriving, and you reach for the device anyway. For some people, these moments are merely […]

Victor Aliyev24.09.2026

Today, the word charisma is everywhere. We use it for anyone who knows how to command a television camera, electrify a crowd, or win an election. But in classical sociology, charisma means something far more powerful than charm—and far more dangerous than a magnetic personality. Charisma is a bond between a leader and his followers. […]

Kamil Askerkhanov23.09.2026

As America’s midterm elections draw closer, the familiar numbers game is already underway. There is no point denying what the polls say: several national surveys do, in fact, show Democrats with an advantage. But the national generic ballot is not an election result. The House is decided across 435 individual congressional districts. The Senate is […]

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