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Взгляд из Донецка – Факты и мифы патриотической войны
Каким я вижу будущее Донбасса? Вопрос, который способен поставить в тупик любого, даже самого профессионального и искушенного политолога. Мне проще ответить, каким я не вижу будущее Донбасса Continue reading
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Кто живёт в Донбассе? Национальная идентичность жителей ДНР
Донбасс в силу исторических условий стал регионом межэтнического взаимодействия представителей многих этносов Continue reading
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The future of the Donbass
From our correspondent in Donetsk At the moment of truth in Ukraine’s “Revolution of Dignity” in February 2014, when President Yanukovich hastily left Ukraine Continue reading
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Куда идёт Донбасс?
От нашего корреспондента в Донецке Зимой 2013-2014 годов в Украине произошла «революция», жители западных и центральных регионов выступили против коррумпированной власти президента Януковича. Continue reading
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“You are fired!” – Trump wins
Now I would expect somebody to show some intellectual integrity and draw a lesson from this. “Experts” said Trump did not stand of chance of winning the Republican nomination, “experts” said that the Republican party was finished, because of demographics and America becoming a much more diverse country, “experts” said Hillary won every single one… Continue reading
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Our “culture” has lost any cultural value
For most of my adult life I used to have education and high culture in general in the greatest of esteem. My respect for culture bordered on deference Continue reading
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Why is the establishment so afraid of Donald Trump?
Donald Trump, for the simple fact of being a large business owner and a billionaire, should have been a darling of capital and global plutocrats Continue reading
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Globalism is just another word for colonialism
There was a time, not many years ago, when globalization was something that everybody loved to hate. Continue reading
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What the West has to offer to the Syrian people is more death, brutality and destruction
It has been well documented and disseminated by the operators of the Western mass media outlets that the Russians “cynically” vetoed the joint French and Spanish resolution for a peace plan for Aleppo Continue reading
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Poland’s neoliberal miracle?
Economists love Poland. The history of Poland since its “liberation from the Communist yoke” is often used as the case in point to show that, yes, neoliberalism works. Continue reading
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In Belarus a Maidan is only waiting to happen
My worries about an inevitable Maidan in Belarus proved to be exaggerated and unfounded last year Continue reading
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Former CIA agent in Donetsk: “MH17 was not downed by a BUK”
East&West: Mister Simpson, how have you ended up in Donetsk? Have you come here from the US? David Simpson: 25 years ago I was a CIA agent in Riga, Latvia. Continue reading
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Dialogue between a patriot and an appeaser
Appeaser: These symbols look really strange … Patriot: You should educate yourself about the symbols of Azov before so easily falling for Russian propaganda. They have nothing to do with Nazism. Continue reading
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Either side of Trump’s wall
There is a proverb in China: “He who has not been to the wall is not a hero”. In contrast to the Western definition of hero, the protagonist within this saying is neither a superman or some otherworldly mystical being Continue reading
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Open Germany is a dead-end
We live in a thriving democracy. We enjoy the benefits of an open and tolerant society, our system of government is transparent. The highest positions and the highest honors are accessible to those who display enough merit Continue reading
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Why I, a life-long Democrat, will vote for Donald Trump
This is a guest contribution for East&West by one of our American readers. I have always been a man of the left. I have a solid working class background, so since I was young, going with the party of the people against the party of the rich Continue reading
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How to write about Russia
Some say being a journalist in Russia is an infernal job. You are lucky if you escape alive. Indeed, Russia may well be one of the most difficult places on earth Continue reading
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Social networks have made us more antisocial
When Facebook started some ten years ago, I acted like one of these old dinosaurs who always look at a new technology with a mixture of skepticism and haughtiness. Continue reading
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The Swedish ideal of society is a dreadful and inhumane dystopian future
Sweden is nothing less than the most progressive country on earth, again and again appearing close to the top in the list of the most developed countries in the world, and the people in Sweden are apparently were well aware of (and make no mysteries about) it. But what does this being “progressive” mean? At… Continue reading
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Polonia resurrecta – a new Intermarium for Poland?
For some people in Eastern Europe, the old American Dream now is a Polish Dream. Undoubtedly, Poland has gone a long way from 1989. Its economy increased by a factor of six since it freed itself from the Soviet domination and it was the only major country in Europe to avoid a recession in 2008-09.… Continue reading
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The tyranny of coolness – or not? Book review: 111 reasons to hate Berlin
Everybody loves Berlin. Especially if you are a cool person you just have to love Berlin, it is young, dynamic, creative, sexy, well, you know the list. Yes, everybody loves Berlin, except Kristjan Knall. Kristjan Knall does not love Berlin, in particular he does not love the Berliners, in particular the hipsters (this subspecies of… Continue reading
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Two years of war propaganda have made Ukraine and Russia enemies for generations to come
“The biggest problem of Ukraine”, told me a man travelling with me in a train from Kiev to Lviv, “is that we have a very bad neighbour”. It did not come as a surprise to me, as the man was from Lviv, the cultural capital of the Ukrainian national awakening that started in the second… Continue reading
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Sometimes history is just another story
“Only times will tell”, the saying goes, and people always repeat that to truly understand the meaning of an event you need the perspective of history. This argument has a point, because having the opportunity to gather and consult a large amount of historical sources on a subject is a privilege that the people “experiencing history”… Continue reading
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The Left has become an intolerant and disorientated elite party
This is a guest contribution by the leader of an emerging political party created around the ideal of direct democracy. You can visit the Facebook page of the New Parliament Party clicking here. A new era in British politics has been ushered in after the leave campaign victory. The referendum result was followed swiftly by the resignation or… Continue reading
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