Russia
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Nothing personal: does Turkey want to break up Russia?
This article was originally published by MNews. At the end of last week, the day after the adoption of the declaration “Vision of the Turkic World until 2040” at the Istanbul summit, a “Map of the Turkish World” appeared in Turkey. It was not President Erdogan who was photographed with it, but the leader of… Continue reading
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Did Russia steal Ukraine’s history?
Can a country steal another country’s history? Did Russia unrightfully claim for herself the inheritance of the old Rus, a polity that was by and large destroyed by the Mongol invasions of the XIII century? Is Ukraine the real Rus? Is Russia a historical impostor? This issue has not been much discussed in the Europe… Continue reading
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Gas prices rise across the world, but some try to blame Putin for it
Gas prices have skyrocketed in the past few weeks, with the price of some gas stocks having risen almost eightfold since the start of the year. Most experts explain this with a rise in demand, particularly in Asia, with economies recovering after the pandemic shock of 2020 and competing markets pushing the prices up. Some,… Continue reading
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Can Navalny save Russia from corruption?
What does the West have so much hope in Navalny? Most people in the West seem to truly believe that Navalny will simply turn up and wave his magical wand and instantaneously transform the Russian federation. He is envisioned a genuine democratic threat to Putin. The BBC and Western media in general often introduce him… Continue reading
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Embittered Ukrainians find joy in schadenfreude
Happiness about other people‘s misfortunes seems to be one of the lowest points that the human soul can reach. The Germans famously have a word for this particularly distasteful feeling, Schadenfreude, and there is an equivalent word in Russian too, злорадство or zloradstvo, most probably like many other words in Russian created and adapted on… Continue reading
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The failure of the Donbass offensive – Myśl Polska
This article was originally published on Myśl Polska. In recent weeks Ukraine has been again at the forefront of the media due to the possible resumption of military operations in this country or in its vicinity. This was due to a complete blockade of the implementation of the agreements aimed at bringing peace to the… Continue reading
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Putin, Putin everywhere – Myśl Polska
This article originally appeared on Myśl Polska. The German Office for the Protection of the Constitution has targeted German vaccine-skeptics who do not trust vaccination against COVID-19 with drugs that are not sufficiently tested for side effects, or for how long they last. Someone might ask: what does the Office for the Protection of the… Continue reading
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Why is the West so obsessed with Putin (and Ergodan, and China)?
Rarely a day goes by without some outraged denunciation of Putin’s regime by some Western intellectual and the Western press. The European Union has devoted an entire agency to the purpose, called EUvsDisinformation, whose task is to label as disinformation, of course Russian disinformation, any hint of criticism of the EU, NATO or the West… Continue reading
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Сериал “Псих” – Рецензия
В декабре уже прошлого 2020 г. вышел новый сериал Федора Бондарчука по сценарию Паулины Андреевой. В главной роли – Константин Богомолов, режиссер известных своей скандальностью спектаклей. Богомолов играет психотерапевта, который, как это иногда бывает, сам является психически не очень стабильной личностью. Год назад герой потерял красивую, добрую, молодую жену и уже как год не может… Continue reading
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Is the truth novichok’s ultimate victim?
Yesterday a rather healthy Navalny was discarged from the Berlin hospital where he has been receiving treatment for what is largely accepted as a very severe poisoning. As we addressed in an earlier story there are several questions that make this episode somewhat hard to fathom. In fact as time progresses more questions have come… Continue reading
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Does the West have proofs that Putin poisoned Navalny?
The whole world is talking about the Russian opposition and anti-corruption activist Aleksey Navalny – and we at “East & West” too, though reluctantly, cannot remain silent on such an important event. We say “reluctantly” because this latest incident is a very dark affair in its earliest stages of development – we do not have… Continue reading
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Long read: How the West subverts itself
In the last decade Western audiences have often been fed a narrative of Russian interference in our domestic affairs. The Western media abounds with horrifying stories of how the Russians are seeking to exploit social division and subvert us. What the precise outcome of such a malicious plan is, remains unclear. After all the great… Continue reading
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US Department of State to Include Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream in Sanctioned Projects
The US Department of State is about to include the Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream projects in a list of sanctions. This was announced on June 15 by the head of the State department Mike Pompeo. According to Pompeo, after having been excluded from the sanctions list, these 2 projects will be subject to… Continue reading
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“We are preparing for a full-scale military confrontation with Russia”, says Ukrainian Navy commander
Ukraine is preparing to a Russian invasion from the South, the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Aleksey Neizhpapa, has said. He added that the Neptune missile system, which the Ukrainian Army possesses, could shoot from mainland Ukraine at targets in the region of Sevastopol in Crimea. “We are preparing for a full-scale military confrontation, realizing… Continue reading
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Why Russians Don’t Want to Be Europeans
By Patrick Armstrong This article was originally published by the Strategic Culture Foundation. In a previous essay I argued that Russia was not a European country. It was its own thing – a civilisation-state. I used a Toynbeean argument that the history of Europe could be written without ever using the word “Russia” up until… Continue reading
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Be ready for a full-scale Russian invasion, says Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that there is the possibility of a full-scale Russian invasion, citing “Kavkaz 2020”, a military exercise Russian armed forces will be conducting in September. Ukraine fears the exercise could escalated into a full-fledged military attack on the country, according to Vasyl Bodnar, Ukraine’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, citing military… Continue reading
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Russia and Belarus to sign agreement on mutual recognition of visas on 19 June
Russia and Belarus intend to conclude an agreement on the mutual recognition of visas issued for foreigners to enter both countries. The document is planned to be signed during the visit of Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov to Minsk, scheduled for June 19. When the agreement will become effective, foreigners will not need… Continue reading
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Novoturkey as the alternative to Novorossiya. Three myths about Ottoman rule in Ukraine
This article was originally published on ukraina.ru. You can find the original version here. In the newly shot Ukrainian film “The Khadjibey Fortress” Ukrainian Cossacks and Georgians are fighting on the side of the Turks against the Russians. However, it is well known that the Cossacks played an active role in the capture of Khadjibey,… Continue reading
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Ukrainian lessons or the romanticism of hatred – Ukraina.ru
This article originally appeared on Ukraina.ru Ukrainian classical literature is full of descriptions of suffering, servitude, existential sadness. Ukrainian classics, trying to emphasize the poor life of the people in the empire, painted a dark kingdom in the best traditions of Russian literature, and their readers dreamed about Ukraine as a progressive, “free, new family”.… Continue reading
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Expect “experts” to come up with a Russia connection for the Minneapolis riots
Protests and riots in Minneapolis and in other US cities have been going for for days following the killing George Floyd, a black man, by a white police officer. The national guard has been called in to bring the demonstrations under control, while much of the media appears to be siding with the protesters –… Continue reading
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