Russia

Viktor Alksnis16.10.2023

The Russian authorities intend to create mechanical engineering for microelectronics in the country virtually from scratch by 2027, developing equipment for all cycles of semiconductor production. The cost of the project is estimated at more than 100 billion rubles. Compared to the investments of global industry players, the figures look modest: the world’s leading manufacturer […]

Viktor Alksnis03.10.2023

Today is October 3rd. Exactly thirty years ago, a bloody denouement began in the confrontation between the highest authority of the RSFSR, the Supreme Council, and the President of the RSFSR, which ended in the death of hundreds of civilians. On the evening before October 2, the Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian […]

Sergey Stankevich02.10.2023

I previously read the book by Sergei Shargunov, which formed the basis of the film. The book is larger and deeper, which is only natural. The film itself was shot professionally and conscientiously. Of course, this is not a document, although some shots almost document the chronicle. The main advantage of the film: this is […]

Sergey Stankevich20.09.2023

A new turn in the history of nuclear energy is taking place in the Far East. Construction begins in the Ust-Yansky region of Yakutia first in the world ground-based low-power nuclear power plant (LNP). The station is being built by JSC RAOS, a subsidiary of the state corporation Rosatom. The ASMM project is based on […]

Viktor Alksnis18.09.2023

Returning to the topic of placing Sarmat strategic missiles on combat duty, I would like to draw the attention of dear readers to the fact that test launches of missiles before being put into service and placed on combat duty are not carried out for the purpose of fulfilling bureaucratic procedures. This is vitally important […]

Sergey Stankevich11.08.2023

Oil still remains the main source of export earnings for the Russian Federation. Judging by the report of the International Energy Agency, the actual weighted average price for Russian Urals oil (export by sea) under contracts implemented in July 2023 broke through the price ceiling set by the G-7 countries. This price was $64.41 per […]

Viktor Alksnis31.07.2023

A protest action continues in Batumi against the arrival of the Astoria Grande ship with Russian tourists on board. According to local media, the activists threw eggs and plastic bottles at several buses and minibuses with tourists from the Russian Federation. Protesters are being arrested. In the 1990s and early 2000s, I often visited Adzharia, […]

Vladimir Grigoryan30.07.2023

The holy 90s, as Naina Yeltsin called them, if not to talk about my happy personal life, about my dear friends — this is a series of pictures that turn the heart into stone. October 4, 1993 — The plot on TV: The journalist is fussy, lively, spinning around the bodies of those killed in […]

Viktor Alksnis01.06.2023

I thought for a long time, what can the Supreme Commander be doing today if he does not plan to address the nation in connection with the attack of Ukrainian UAVs in Moscow? Peskov brought clarity. It turns out that today the head of state works in the Kremlin and plans to hold a meeting […]

Yuri Chekalin08.05.2023

History has a funny habit of repeating itself on a new coil of its spiral. As the classics said, first as a tragedy, then as a farce. History often surprises us with such zigzags. Let’s take a look at the times of Peter the Great. To persuade Mazepa to treason, Charles XII of Sweden sent […]

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Russia

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Russian Civil War of 1993

Big Step of a Small Atom

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Breaking the Ceiliing

Even a Small Recreancy Has Big Consequences

Remembering the 1990s in Russia

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Zigzag of History

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Leo Tolstoy’s Offsprings

Now in Kazan, Let Me Tell You!

The First Soviet Interns at Columbia University