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The Tyranny of Fantastical Nonsense

11 Sep 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"These days, you have to make everything obvious, from start to finish.  But in life, it's different.Nothing is obvious."Vladivostok   I have long dreamed of taking the Trans-Siberian Express from Helsinki to Vladivostok, stopping every 5 or 6 hours...

Zelensky: A Reed Shaken By The West

27 Aug 2023 20 minute read 0 comments Mandem

Ukraine’s 6th President since the 20 of May 2019, Volodymir Zelensky, 45 years old, previously a TV showman, is considered a hero by the global mainstream West for defending his country against the Russian aggressor. Born to a Jewish family in Kryvyi...

Global companies and the market in Russia after sanctions

13 Aug 2023 1 minute read 4 comments Vladan Lausevic

Several sanctions have been imposed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. Since then, it became harder for "ordinary Russians" to buy certain goods and services they used to before the war. Products such as Mc Donalds food and drinks such as...

Russians don’t trust the digital ruble, 32% consider it a fraud

9 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Coinpaper

Russians are wary of the digital ruble. According to an online survey carried out by a local media outlet, only 13% of the respondents are willing to use the Russian CBC. Russians don’t take kindly to the CBDC concept. According to the online survey...

Is A Brand New Gold Backed BRICS+ Currency In The Works?

2 Aug 2023 5 minute read 3 comments SweptOverNiagara

While most people are distracted by mainstream news (or cool video games), a new development is brewing in the financial world that will most probably impact our lives, one way or another and could come as soon as within three weeks, later this month...

KURSK 2.0: Russia Victory Ahead

28 Jul 2023 5 minute read 1 comment Mandem

“Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down with his counselors to discuss whether his army of 10,000 could defeat the 20,000 soldiers marching against him? Luke 14:31 Being aware of a personal tendency towards lazin...

Can Russia collapse due to state-military cronyism ? Some recent thoughts

27 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

For the last few days, I have been reading as via The Conversation about the recent developments in Russia regarding the case of the officially private military company and unofficially a more or less criminal group called Wagner and their leader Yev...

Civil war or coup in Russia?

25 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

The recent political challenge faced by Russian President Vladimir Putin when Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary militia, led a column of men toward Moscow in what was called an "armed rebellion." However, the rebellion ended abruptl...

The Kremlin's Nationalist Vision for Russia: Rewriting History and the Conflict with Ukraine

20 Jun 2023 1 minute read 17 comments Vladan Lausevic

The Russo-Ukrainian war is perceived differently by opposing sides, with Ukrainians viewing it as a national liberation war. At the same time, the Kremlin sees it as a nationalist Reconquista to reabsorb Ukraine into Russia. Russia's national identit...

Anti-Putin Russians in the Ukrainian military and the international law

17 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

In recent weeks, reports of attacks on Russian targets on the border with Ukraine have been carried out by non-state armed groups. The Ukrainian government denies responsibility for these operations, which have created legal complications in internat...