The Best In Hell, But Not Anywhere Else

the best of hell

I finally got around to watching the 2022 Russian war film The Best In Hell, and was underwhelmed. Not unexpected, but disappointing nonetheless. A thoughtful and poignant Ukraine war film would actually be valuable now. The Best In Hell parades itself as such a film, but underdelivers and focuses on all the wrong things. The … Read more

How To Get a Residence Permit To Russia in 2024

Tonight my Russian teacher invited me to talk with her about getting a residence permit in Russia.

“The Russian government has released a list of 47 countries and territories whose citizens are eligible for its new “Shared Values Visa” (SVV) program. Let’s talk about how to obtain this visa and what opportunities it provides for living in Russia. I have invited an American who has been living in Russia for two years to an interview, and he will tell you more about how to prepare to come to Russia and live comfortably there.”

The White Man’s Complacency and the Myth of Genocide

Lately I have noticed patterns in western right-wing and left-wing discourse and realized they’re both based on the same falsehood; an illusion of power that doesn’t actually exist. The dumbest decisions tend to be made by people with a delusion of invincibility. It is possible to see this invincibility trope on display when American conservatives … Read more