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Tony Rocchi29.10.2024

The tumultuous eight months between the February and October Revolutions of 1917 witnessed many types of violence, but terrorism and even state violence were not among them. Instead, the lands of the former Russian Empire were rocked by many incidents of mass violence from below. Politically motivated killings often happened during 1917, but political parties […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky28.10.2024

But there were exceptions. What scared the mainstream so much and why was the chorus of voices incomplete? Donald Trump’s speech at Madison Square Garden in New York City, along with his wife and allies (including Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson) seriously scared the entire liberal mainstream. It wasn’t clear how to react. And then […]

Lada Zhinova28.10.2024

December 1945. Japan. The war has just ended. In the center of Tokyo, in the half-destroyed building of the Yurakuza Theater, the first post-war premiere is Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. The play was last shown in 1937. Then it was directed by Aoyama Sugisaku, who 8 years later would return to Chekhov again, gathering all […]

Sergey Stankevich27.10.2024

Israel has struck ballistic missile production sites in Iran. Israel’s key allies — the US, Britain, Germany, France — have recognized this step as legitimate and adequate. Thus, an important geopolitical precedent has been de facto established. Missiles aimed at Israel can take off from the Gaza Strip, from Yemen, Lebanon or Syria. People in […]

Serg Levine27.10.2024

It would be fair to admit that neural networks have truly learned to do impressive things by now. Neural networks are already beating chess champions, recognizing a specific human face among many thousands of others, forecasting the weather, and even creating something like works of art that are sometimes so unexpectedly interesting that it makes […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky26.10.2024

Attorney General is sued by the state of Florida for obstructing state investigation into second assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The state of Florida has launched its own investigation into the circumstances surrounding the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump (in Palm Beach, Florida) due to its lack of confidence in the federal investigation. And […]

Alexander Palladin25.10.2024

At the end of January 1985, the 35th boxing match between the USSR and USA teams took place in Reno, Nevada. In connection with this, I visited this city, where I spent several days in the company of our boxing team. Before the match, the organizers of the competition arranged for us a bus tour […]

Sergey Stankevich24.10.2024

The unprecedented activity of Russian submarines with Kalibr, Onyx and Zircon missiles on board, which cruise along the coast of Britain every month, has not gone unnoticed. Moscow is thus preparing to “respond” to the possible use of British Storm Shadow missiles against targets deep in the Russian Federation. The Kremlin considers itself entitled to […]

Kirill Benediktov23.10.2024

Donald Trump’s appearance in the McDonald’s window and his arrival at the stadium where the Pittsburgh Steelers were playing the New York Jets were two of the coolest PR moves by the former and future US president. The Steelers, by the way, beat the New Yorkers 37-15. And two former Pittsburgh Steeler stars Antonio Brown […]

Alexander Palladin23.10.2024

Back in 1935, when the 25th anniversary of Leo Tolstoy’s death was marked by many Soviet newspapers and magazines, my father was sent to Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy’s former estate and burial place. He was given an editors’ assignment to bring back some new interesting facts about the deceased author of War And Peace and many […]

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