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“Blood and Ruins,” a revelatory history
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945, by British historian Richard Overy. That’s the book that has transformed my mind. So much so, every day I find myself absorbing news about our world and events within it with such … Continue reading
Posted in Government, The Facts of Life, War, War on Ukraine
Tagged ", "Blood and Ruins, Baltic states, Harry Truman, NATO, Putin, Richard Overy, Russia, Soviet Union, Stalin, United States and NATO, World War I, World War II
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Do we need to reactivate the word “defenestration”?
From Harper’s Weekly Review: The last leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, passed away at the same hospital where the chairman of Russia’s second largest oil producer, who had called for a speedy end to the war in Ukraine, fell … Continue reading
Posted in Komprosplat, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life
Tagged defenestration, Jan Masaryk, Lukoil executive, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow Center, Putin, Russian bloggers
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What happens if you dis the State?
Depends on which State you’re dissing, and which part of It. From Harper’s Weekly Review: A Russian rock musician was charged with discrediting the army after declaring onstage that “the motherland, friends, is not the president’s ass that should be … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Human rights, The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged Putin, Russia, Russian army
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