An American tourist in Russia
Maria Kondorskaya 
In a way, the West denied people in the Global South and in the former USSR the right to protest. I mean, whenever people in those countries are unhappy about a specific(!) problem and start protesting against this specific thing, there are western NGOs ready to help them balkanize and fail the motherland. See also … Read more
Something to have in mind when you emigrate. Sometimes people are forced to emigrate for economic or political reasons, sometimes they just feel their homeland is not the best place for them. So they pick a place on the globe and go there hoping to build a better life without all the problems that bothered … Read more
The Dark Side of the Democracy is a 2003 book by Michael Mann. I’m reading it now and the main subject seems to be the genesis of genocides. The book made me think and inspired some thoughts that are probably out of its scope or disregarded by it. Anyway, I decided to put those together … Read more
These days I often hear my compatriots say, “I have many friends in the States and in the UK, I love them, but I fear we will not get over it without striking Westminster and the WH, we simply don’t have that many people to fight otherwise”. Now, don’t focus on the “strike” thing here, … Read more
Have you ever seen or read those detective stories and thrillers where the main character is being framed, accused of a crime they have never committed? In a movie the main character works miracles to get evidence and prove they are not guilty. Watching or reading a story like that is a great pastime for … Read more