Russia

Sergey Stankevich12.10.2024

There is such an important social indicator as the “replacement rate”. It shows how much the average pension in a given country (as a percentage) is from the average salary. A replacement rate above 50% is considered desirable — it depends on how it works out. Russia has had long-standing difficulties with this indicator. In […]

Alexander Palladin10.10.2024

The French army has begun to prepare for a new direct clash with our country, claims the American publication Politico, having studied the documents of the French Ministry of Defense. According to the head of the land command of the French army in Europe, General Bertrand Toujouse, “earlier we only played at war” with Russia, […]

Sergey Stankevich07.10.2024

The C919, China’s first domestically-produced long-haul passenger jet, is now in regular commercial service. It is the first domestically-produced commercial jet produced by the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). Boeing and Airbus make almost all the world’s commercial aircraft. Now China wants to get in on the fun and break the duopoly in […]

Tony Rocchi05.10.2024

One of the greatest unknowns about the history of the Russian Revolution and Civil War of 1917-1922 is the extent of political terrorism during these years. There were many terrorist attacks and politically motivated killings during the Revolution of 1917-1922. Note that historians now tend to combine the February and October Revolutions of 1917 and […]

Viktor Alksnis02.10.2024

It seems to me that many readers of my articles underestimate the danger of depriving Russia of its place as a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Incidentally, the UN Security Council is the only one authorized to decide on issues of war and peace. Currently, the Russian Federation, having the right of veto, […]

Sergey Stankevich28.09.2024

Volodymyr Zelensky threatens Europe. The current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing the members of the UN Security Council, in particular, reported: “Ukraine has received information that Russia is planning to attack three of its nuclear power plants. We have evidence of this. If Russia is ready to go so far, this means that nothing […]

Georgy Litvinchuk27.09.2024

On September 24, 1911, Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was born. Younger people probably won’t even remember who he was. He headed the USSR for only 11 months and was remembered only for reinstating the 94-year-old Molotov, who had fallen into disgrace under Khrushchev, into the party. Meanwhile, if he had lived at least another six months, […]

Klim Zhukov25.09.2024

The eductional reforms are once again a subject to discussions. Studying for 11 years at school is an unaffordable luxury, soon secondary, like higher education, will be “compressed in time,” said Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to the Russian president, head of the Russian Military Historical Society and former Minister of Culture. “Time dictates a reduction […]

Vladimir Grigoryan24.09.2024

I had a friend who was convinced that if you launch an Orthodox satellite and broadcast something Orthodox on all TVs, the country will very quickly return to faith, become a churchgoer in a matter of years. I remember when I hear from priests again that most teenagers who grew up in Christian families completely […]

Viktor Alksnis24.09.2024

Russia will not participate in the second peace summit that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to hold in the fall, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, her words are quoted on the website of the Foreign Ministry. According to her, this summit “has nothing to do with the settlement,” and its goal is “to push […]

Pensions are Worse and Worse

Macron is Setting off on a Campaign… Again to Russia

An Inconspicuous Event of Great Significance

Terrorism in the Revolution of 1917-1922: an even greater unknown

Russia’s Place in the UN Security Council

Three Chernobyls at Once

Controversial Chernenko

Medinsky: Education Should be Compressed in Time

How I became Orthodox

The Second Peace Summit Without Russia

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