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Польша и Россия: испорченные отношения навсегда?
Современная Польша – прекрасная и приятная страна, которая снова обрела себя в европейской культуре и традициях, где всегда и было ее место. Однако, менее прекрасной и приятной вещью в сегодняшней Польше является вездесущая вражда в отношении к России. Конечно, не обязательно любить Россию, и исторически у Польши могут быть серьезные основания испытывать враждебность к своему… Continue reading
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Poland and Russia: a relationship damaged beyond repair? It does not have to be
Contemporary Poland is a fine and pleasant place, a country that has found again its place in the realm of European culture and tradition where it always belonged. A less fine and pleasant thing about today’s Poland is, however, the omnipresence of hostility towards Russia. One does not have to love Russia, of course, and… Continue reading
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Jordan Peterson in Russia: why a professor was turned into a bogeyman by the liberal establishment
The news was shoking and unexpected: Jordan Peterson, one of the most recognizeble public intellectuals of our era, nearly died because of a developed addiction to a tranquillizer and is now seeking treatment in Russia. He was prescribed the tranquillizer a couple of years ago after his wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. But some… Continue reading
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«Призрак страшной России – это часть западной культуры» – интервью с кембриджским профессором Марком Б. Смитом
Марк Б. Смит – профессор истории в Кембридже и специализируется на истории Советского Союза. Он ведет блог beyondthekremlin.com. Его последняя книга называется «Российская обеспокоенность Запада и то, как история может ее разрешить» была опубликована Алленом Лейном/Пингвин в 2019 году. Книгу на Amazon можно найти здесь. Восток и Запад: кажется, что это было давным-давно, но это… Continue reading
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“Ukraine can break up into five parts”, says Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia and the ex-governor of Odessa oblast in Ukraine, who after a fallout with the then Ukrainian President Poroshenko exited Ukrainian politics, in a recent appearance on Ukrainian television predicted a possible break up of Ukraine. According to Saakashvili, the main threat in the country comes from corrupt local officials.… Continue reading
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“The spectre of a scary Russia is a part of Western culture” – interview with Cambridge Prof. Mark B. Smith
Mark B. Smith is Professor of History at Cambridge, and specializes in the history of the Soviet Union. He runs the blog beyondthekremlin.com. His most recent book is called The Russia Anxiety: And History Can Resolve It and was published by Allen Lane/Penguin in 2019. You can find the book on Amazon here. East &… Continue reading
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Did Reagan plan to blow up the Soviet gas pipeline using a computer virus?
American media spread the sensation of a secret CIA operation against the USSR in the early eighties “BIGGEST NON-NUCLEAR EXPLOSION” 39 years ago, in January 1981, the new president, Republican Ronald Reagan, entered the White House. Holding the post for two terms, Reagan led the country out of the economic crisis, intensified foreign policy pressure… Continue reading
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Polish intellectual: “Brexit is like fascism and bolshevism”
It is probably the greatest of all truism that in the XXI century the world changes very rapidly. The problem is that it has become immensly hard to keep up with all the changes, be it in the sphere of technology, views on adoption for homosexual couples or in the realm of grand politics. The… Continue reading
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A brain-dead Moloch called NATO – by Mathias Bröckers
Because current survey results should always be treated with caution, let’s take one from the past first. In 2015, 58 percent of Germans said that Germany should not provide military assistance to the ally in the event of a “serious military conflict” between Russia and a neighboring NATO country. In other countries, too, the willingness… Continue reading
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“He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind” – Myśl Polska
This article originally appeared on Myśl Polska. You can read it in Polish here. Unexpectedly for the majority of Poles, Vladimir Putin attacked Poland twice in the last days of December 2019. Remembering Poland’s participation in the partition of Czechoslovakia in 1938, he accused Poland of joint responsibility for the outbreak of World War II.… Continue reading
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Tolerance, multiculturalism and openness are just a bunch of empty words
Turkey’s announcement of its intention to open three Turkish schools in Germany has provoked a spate of critical reactions over the last week. The idea had been voiced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a way to balance out three German schools that are present in Turkey, one in the capital Ankara, the other… Continue reading
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“History is far from over” – interview with Oğuzhan Göksel
East & West: As you mention in one of your scientific papers, anti-Westernism in generally regarded as a manifestation of fanaticism, of backward, sometimes even barbarous forces, a resistance movement against the natural course of history. Why do you think anti-Westernism has a legitimate foundation? Oğuzhan Göksel: The thinkers who perceive anti-Westernism as backward and… Continue reading
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In embracing utopia, today’s leftists have forgot about the people
It is one of the most surprising things of our times, how quickly groups, society and even established political parties radically change their mind on many key issues. For example, until a couple of years ago it would have made perfect sense for a left wing party to oppose the European Union on the grounds… Continue reading
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Our 12 most important articles of 2019
Soon another year will have passed and like last year we are here to present our readers our most important articles of the year, in chronological order. The endgame of Western policy is the dissolution of Russia “I have no idea what the terms East and West mean”, interview with Prof. Peter Frankopan “Coverage of… Continue reading
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Want to know what’s in for the future of Ukraine? Look at Pakistan
At first glance there is little that two countries so far away as Ukraine and Pakistan may have in common. Ukraine is a continental European country at the gates of the European Union, one of the most prosperous areas of the world, ardently striving to become part of and share at least a bit of… Continue reading
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The Middleasternization of Germany
BERLIN. A few weeks ago, at the end of October, Ibrahim Miri filed an asylum request in request through his lawyer. Miri had been expelled from Germany, the country where he had spent all his adult life, in July. He had been woken up early in the morning by the police and escorted to the… Continue reading
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Is Russia interfering in the UK elections?
The issue of security has come to the fore in the days preceding the British general election. This is not only due to the visit of Donald Trump at the London NATO summit, an event that marks the 70 th anniversary of the organisation. What really got the ball rolling was a terrorist attack that… Continue reading
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Brexit and the NHS privatisation myth
No election in the UK can pass without the NHS being used as a political football: the current election campaign is no different. For those not attuned to the hustle and bustle of UK politics the NHS (National Health Service), established in 1948, is the system of public health care that provides medical assistance free… Continue reading
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Когда Украина вступит в НАТО?
Владимир Зеленский, президент Украины с мая, был избран прежде всего из-за его обещания положить конец войне на Донбассе. На этой неделе человек, которого обычно считали наставником Зеленского, украинский олигарх Игорь Коломойский, в интервью с New York Times заявил то, что представляло собой не что иное, как шокирующую декларацию: «Украине пора отказаться от Запада и повернуть… Continue reading
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The ideologists of contemporary radical Islamism
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the former caliph of the Islamic State, appears to be dead for real time. Since his rapid rise to notoriety in 2014, he had been declared dead at least 15 times, only to appear again when nobody expected. But it would be wrong to think that the elimination of an important… Continue reading
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