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24 Apr 2026 3 minute read 1 comment rah
Europe is not who Trump thinks it is nor is America the bastion of freedom as claimed by Roosevelt. We are not the Europe of the 20th century, during which in the first half, it tore itself apart as a rampant militarist nationalism took hold. The pri...
22 Apr 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25
Although years have passed since the collapse of the "village market" in the famous story we call globalization, it took the villagers quite some time to realize it. The world had already entered the 21st century with a major security crisis; followi...
21 Apr 2026 2 minute read 2 comments Perfectionist25
In Hungary, a former Eastern Bloc country that has become one of the most important actors in the European Union (EU), an era has come to an end. The elections held in Hungary over the weekend, which ended "Orban's 16-year rule," were interpreted wit...
18 Apr 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/ac667p09GEyNCzEW It's hard to think of a better place to study the humanities. The same "magical" and "like from the movies" Old Money England can be found in Oxfordshire and Cambridge, in the South of Englan...
15 Apr 2026 1 minute read 1 comment Perfectionist25
In recent years, Europe's energy crisis has been more than just a supply problem; it has also marked the beginning of a structural transformation that has fundamentally shaken the continent's economic model. The sharp rise in natural gas prices, the...
13 Apr 2026 3 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard
Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/adyeluQT5kvVtg_O Well, the end of the story. When the country reaches a point where the question is no longer "are there any problems", but "how long will the system last", the final becomes a matter of time....
12 Apr 2026 2 minute read 2 comments Perfectionist25
It struck me as quite understandable that a country struggling to build its identity, having gone through significant wars, and focusing on economic strengthening from the time it was discovered as a continent until the late 19th century, would not h...
8 Apr 2026 2 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard
Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/aavu_hTEGC_3Y1A1 Admission to Oxford and Cambridge. I used to look at those who went to Oxford and Cambridge as super-people who were going to fly into space, this goal seemed so ambitious and unattainable.An...
8 Apr 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/aarQOAvDYXMMpYJl My immigration to England. All sorts of different thoughts. - Oxford is a small and compact city by Moscow standards.It's only 1 hour by train to London (to Paddington station).Somewhere ther...
6 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aalzYyNQcEMGWT8p A bit of history. Typical phrases from the propaganda that Germany used to justify the outbreak of war. In general, the methodology has not changed for centuries - "the enemy is...
