Russia

Alexander Palladin30.10.2024

Back in 1983 USA-based press published a report claiming that the American Big Brother managed to eavesdrop on what Leonid Brezhnev would say using the supposedly eavesdropping-prone phone in his limousine. The veracity of this piece of news was supported by quotes from US government sources. This was followed by even more sensational publications on […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sergey Stankevich20.10.2024

In the sense that they promised to bring “rules-based order” to Europe. They discussed Volodymyr Zelensky’s “victory plan” and promised to help as much as they could. But without extremism. Thus, the four leaders grossly violated the important rule of “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine”. But they can. The Fathers can. Vladimir Zelensky was nearby […]

Sergey Stankevich18.10.2024

There is no and will not be any “freezing of the war”. No one will stop the fighting along the front line. They say, let’s just stop the war and freeze everything as is. And then everyone will do their own thing. No, Moscow will say, don’t “let’s”. Now, they will say, this is already […]

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 […]

Russia

US Big Brother and Brezhnev

Terrorism in the Year 1917: a Conspicuous Absence

This is Important

Leo Tolstoy’s Offsprings

Biden, Scholz, Macron and Starmer Talked Like… Gendarmes

About Ukraine — with a Bleeding Heart: Listen!

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

The Question of Science and God

Perestroika Architect Yakovlev And H-Bomb’s Father Sakharov

Melor Sturua As a Mirror of Soviet Elite’s Evolution: Part II

Exodus from Syria