Review & Opinion

Viktor Alksnis10.11.2022

And yet, despite my age and thirty years of political experience, I remain a naive person. Yesterday I didn’t go to bed until 12 midnight, waiting for the speech of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin with an appeal to the nation about the situation with Kherson. Although, based on the previous 22 […]

Yuri Shekhunov01.11.2022

Now in the world it is more alarming than ever. In fact, it is on the verge of a nuclear conflict between the two largest powers. The stumbling block in tense relations between Russia and the United States was the special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. But what are the interests of […]

Alexei Sidnev08.09.2022

It was in 2002, 10 years’ anniversary of the International University in Moscow. President Gorbachev was awarded an honorary doctorate degree. At the ceremony I was asked to speak on behalf of the Alumni. I thanked Mr Gorbachev for opening up the Soviet Union, letting us be free, for the opportunity to learn from the […]

Viktor Alksnis31.08.2022

Gorbachev has died. I will not express grief over this. The only thing I regret so much is that he and his accomplices in the destruction of a great country were not brought to justice. In the period 1989 – 1991. I, being a People’s Deputy of the USSR and one of the leaders of […]

Yuri Chekalin22.02.2022

Recently, my friends from Moscow sent me two cans of dietary supplement Algasgel. They wanted to know my expert opinion on what kind of market there might be in Japan for such products. Since I have been dealing with this topic for quite a long time, I decided to present my answer in the form […]

Sergey Lazutin22.07.2020

Hong Kong’s National Security Law, COVID-19 outbreak and the shifting Poles of the Global Economy are all shocks that have come to the world from China. Hong-Kong, well-known all around the world as business cape and a wealthy harbor and one of the world’s famous multinational corporations checkpoint, now is experiencing the local pressure from […]

Denis Makhotkin28.06.2020

Japan is a miraculous country. Centuries-old traditions, rich history, unique culture, amazing unity of the nation and prominent technological development — all this is mixed in the overall image of the country. Many people are trying to answer the question: what is the essence of the Japanese miracle? The base for effective interaction in any […]

Yuri Chekalin19.05.2020

Yuri Bakhurin’s book, The Front and Rear of the Great War, is a true World War I encyclopedia. In it, the reader will find for himself a lot of informative and fascinating. How did the soldiers eat (even with the scheme of the design of a pack kitchen), what did they drink, what did they […]

Yuri Chekalin17.05.2020

There is one anime that you can be sure every single person in Japan knows, young and old alike, and that everyone has seen at least one episode. It’s inescapable but still largely unknown outside Japan. It is called Sazae-san. Although not many Western fans of anime and manga know about Sazae-san, but you should. The series […]

David K. Shipler08.05.2020

Tired of wishes, Empty of dreams — Carl Sandburg The man who washes cars does not own one. The clerk who files cancelled checks at the bank has $2.02 in her own account. The woman who copy-edits medical textbooks has not been to a dentist in a decade. This is the forgotten America. At the […]

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Wishful Thinking

An Attempt to Repartition the World: Who Needs it?

Gorbachev’s Testament

On Gorbachev’s Death

Dietary supplements market size in Japan

China is the Birthplace of Global Challenges of the 21st Century

What Can We Learn From Japan?

Review of Yuri Bahurin’s Book “The Front and Rear of the Great War”

Sazae-san and Humor in Japan

Poverty in the US

What Was Seized from John Bolton During the Search

A Liberal Approach to Economic Sovereignty

AI is Our Real Future

A Little About Khrushchev