Russia

Vladimir Morozov07.10.2025

Irresponsible, unemployed citizens are draining regional budgets. And the question is how does this square with historically low unemployment? The head of the Federation Council Matviyenko and Moscow Mayor Sobyanin proposed reconsidering the approach to paying for health insurance for able-bodied unemployed Russians from regional budgets and considering a mechanism whereby such citizens would bear […]

Tony Rocchi04.10.2025

From Multi-Party State to One-Party State: the disintegration and collapse of non-Bolshevik parties and movements in the Russian Revolution. The former Russian Empire was the most multi-party country in Europe. However, by the early 1920s, the Soviet Union, its successor state, had become Europe’s biggest one-party state. The history of how the Bolsheviks or Communists […]

Igor Filonenko03.10.2025

1. Introduction. Why do they move capitals? History knows many examples when states decided to move their capital. Since the 18th century 69 countries have changed their center. It is always more than just an administrative step; it is a strategic move, reflecting new national priorities. The main reasons behind such decisions can be grouped […]

Vladimir Golstein28.09.2025

This is too funny to miss. Dostoevsky complaining about lies and BS that western press publishes about Russia. Not much has changed since then. European and American media is as bigoted and as myopic now as it was 150 years ago. And probably even more mean-spirited. In 1868, while in France, Dostoevsky drafted a letter […]

Kirill Benediktov25.09.2025

Donald Trump’s post today on Truth Social at first glance indicates his complete defection to the globalists. If he truly believes this, it means his visit to the UK and carriage ride with Karl were not in vain — the British and their allies in the White House have succeeded in reframing Trump’s assessment of […]

Tony Rocchi22.09.2025

Nobody really ruled Russia between the February and October Revolutions of 1917. A governmental and legal vacuum opened in Russia in 1917 with the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II in the February Revolution. Neither the Provisional Government nor the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies showed much enthusiasm in establishing themselves as rulers of […]

Vladimir Morozov19.09.2025

Recently, the media reported on the creation of three domestic analogues of the drug “Ozempic” (used to treat diabetes and obesity) by Russian manufacturers, which was previously supplied by foreign companies that have left Russia. The head of Roszdravnadzor, Samoilova, has already reported to Prime Minister Mishustin that the country is currently equipped with its […]

Yuri Chekalin09.09.2025

The famine of the early 1920s affected about 40 provinces of Soviet Russia. In the summer of 1921, the ARA (American Relief Administration) and other international public organizations responded to the appeal of the RSFSR government for assistance. The ARA staff (300 employees from America and about 10,000 from the local population) worked from September […]

Tony Rocchi09.09.2025

Every European revolution had a counter-revolution. Russia in 1917 was a huge exception to this historical pattern because there was no counter-revolution in the former Russian Empire between the February and October Revolutions of 1917. In fact, the conditions for a counter-revolution were completely absent. Russian revolutionaries prided themselves on their understanding of revolutions of […]

Vladimir Morozov04.09.2025

The first decrees of the liberal Gaidar government in 1992 dealt a blow to those industries of the deceased USSR, which formed the basis of the technological leadership of the Soviet Union. The Americans demanded from their new vassals the immediate defeat of the aerospace industry, which was done. One of the first orders of […]

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Moving the Capital: Global Experience and Prospects for Russia

Dostoevsky About European Views on Russia

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Reluctant Rulers in Russia, February to October 1917

Russian Pharma, Import Substitution, and the Need for Structural Reforms

The ARA and Espionage

Why Was There No Counter-Revolution in Russia in 1917?

A Liberal Approach to Economic Sovereignty

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