Life

Vladimir Golstein18.04.2026

What makes Dostoevsky forever relevant is his dialectical approach to the most pressing issues of human predicament. Only in the eyes of the extremely naïve thinkers — doesn’t matter if they come from the right, left or center the issues that face modern day materialistic capitalist societies can be quantified, computerized, and resolved. For the […]

Pavel Chirkov24.03.2026

I was born a year after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Since my birthplace wasn’t very far from the site of the horrific accident, I think it had an impact on me and my family, but I didn’t begin to think about that until much later. Three months before I was due, my mother had an […]

Vitaly Golovkov19.03.2026

Death has always been the only “impenetrable” boundary of human existence. Religions offered faith in an afterlife, while science offered resignation to biology. Digital immortality promises us what was for centuries the preserve of religion—eternity. Today, it is proposed to create avatars of the deceased, who continue to “live” in instant messengers, respond to messages […]

Robert Reich07.03.2026

I haven’t retired. I still work. And frankly, I resent anyone thinking otherwise. It happened again this morning. I was in the locker room of a local gym when someone I didn’t know asked me: “So, are you retired?” I mumbled something indecipherable and looked away. I hate that question. Just as bad is: “So, […]

Olga Barinova05.08.2024

In a world where every day feels like a sprint, where time slips away like sand through our fingers, and stresses tighten around us like invisible vise grips, we often forget what true harmony is. We run, we strive for our goals, but sometimes we lose ourselves amid the hustle and bustle. In this chaos, […]

Eugenia Gorbunova21.04.2020

Finding your place in the world might be not easy. And the life of a small acorn from the animated short “Acorn” is a good confirmation of this. When it was the right time he fell from his oak-tree and goes on an adventure chasing his dream. Sounds familiar? We, people, do exactly the same: […]

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Perennial Relevance of Dostoevsky

My Beautiful, Humble Life

Digital Immortality

Please Don’t Ask Me if I’ve Retired or “Still Work”

Singing Through Life

One Ordinary-Extraordinary Journey

A Tragedy That Shook Russia

Tucker Carlson Draws a Line

Russian Strongmen

Gold Is Moving Back Into the Settlement System