Russia

Tony Rocchi13.05.2024

Part 1. Comparing the Russian Revolutions of 1905-1907 and 1917-1922 to other revolutions in different countries and regions has its risks. In general, it is safest to set the Russian revolutions in the entire history of European revolutions beginning with the revolution of 1768 in Geneva, Switzerland and finishing with the Russian Revolution of 1917-1922. […]

Tony Rocchi08.05.2024

Just how unique were the Russian Revolutions of 1905-1907 and 1917-1922? Both revolutions had their elements of uniqueness, but you can determine their uniqueness only by setting these revolutions in the entire history of European revolutions beginning with the revolution of 1768 in Geneva, Switzerland and finishing with the Russian Revolution of 1917-1922. This means […]

Sergey Stankevich24.04.2024

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34 years ago the democrats took power in Moscow. On April 20, 1990, Gavriil Popov was elected chairman of the Moscow City Council of People’s Deputies. For the first time in Soviet history, the capital of the USSR was headed not by a party official, but by a scientist-economist. On April 21, Sergei Stankevich became […]

Yuri Chekalin19.04.2024

Monument to the great writer Mikhail Bulgakov, who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, now stands in Kyiv wrapped in plastic with the words “Get Out the Russian chauvinist from Ukraine.” We asked political observer Alexander Okhrimenko and our author Vladimir Grigoryan to comment on this event. Vladimir Grigoryan: “Bulgakov is a Russian writer. He encroached […]

Tony Rocchi11.04.2024

The far-right Black Hundreds movement had its biggest mass appeal in the borderlands of the Russian Empire, rather than in the core ethnic Russian regions in the empire. Thousands of people in the nine Western Provinces, a transitional zone between the traditional Russian and Polish states, enthusiastically accepted the Black Hundreds message of <<Russia for […]

Yuri Chekalin07.04.2024

The case dates back to not-so-recent times, the 70s of the last century. In the Russian outback, in one of the small provincial town worked a city prosecutor with the talantes conman. The man is not yet old and, on the contrary, is still very promising in age. He did not shine with particular successes […]

Sergey Stankevich06.04.2024

Our observer Sergei Stankevich about the famous Russian politician: “An outstanding charismatic politician, a model populist. Extraordinary speaking and acting talent. Under him, the party he created performed the most important function: it gathered the lion’s share of the protest electorate and tied it to the political system. At the same time leading protestors away […]

Leon Pufferson05.04.2024

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev commented on Telegram on the frequent statements by the European leaders that they don’t intend to send their troops to Ukraine. However, military specialists from NATO countries have been in Ukraine for a long time. They not only maintain numerous NATO equipment, but also often participate […]

Vladimir Grigoryan26.03.2024

The Greek Foreign Ministry refused to invite Russian representatives to the Independence Day celebrations. There is one nuance here. It was thanks to the Russian Empire that this independence happened. Dates of the Greek War of Independence: March 25, 1821 — February 3, 1829. The Greeks’ struggle for freedom was led by a Russian officer […]

Tony Rocchi27.02.2024

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Far-right political terrorism occupies a virtually minimal place in the history of political terrorism in the Russian Empire between 1901-1911. The overwhelming majority of the 17,000 people killed or wounded in terrorist attacks were victims of left-wing terrorist groups. However, terrorism and other acts of violence committed by the Black Hundreds [черносотенцы] — members of […]

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