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Under Putin Russian social structure has been turning more and more rigid. It is recruiting too few ambitious upstarts, mostly in its economic agencies. Putin increasing and increa...
I'm looking for an editor. I need to polish a 25 000 words long study on a certain military industrial complex. So, I am looking for a: - Native English speaker - Preferably with...
Ukraine has won the battle but not the war (yet). The sooner it wins, the less people will die and the less the poor of the world will suffer from the supply chain disruptions. Don...
As a result of the 1908-1913 revolution and subsequent purges, by the start of the WWI Turkish ruling class was aggressively and outspokenly secular. Jacobin-style secular, I would...
Paradox of ecumenism. The very idea that Turks and Azeri share the "similar religion" could rise in prominence only after Turkey (moderately) and Azerbaijan (radically) secularised...
It's time to update the list of introductory threads 1. By February 27, I concluded that Russia would lose this war. Russian army was overrated, Ukrainian - underrated, while Russ...
I disagree. It's not only about a threat of a criminal prosecution, which you always keep in mind when in Russia. You see, when you are trying to persuade people in whatever, it ma...
I can neither confirm nor deny that certain regions trained and armed volunteer battalions but didn't send them to war. They make zero PR, so local pro-war community is surprised,...
I see a fallacy here. Russian soldiers KIA =/= total Russian casualties. Ministry of defence estimates do not count: 1) Private military companies (Wagner, etc.) 2) Donetsk and Lu...
Czech manufacturer TDZ Turn posted this hilarious public statement on their website. They were triggered because Yale researchers led by @JeffSonnenfeld included them into the list...
Broke: Russian "liberalism" Bespoke: Nuclear War Advocacy https://t.co/urO2PUj9wr https://t.co/tXxm9Mxsc3
Everyone of some prominence and relevance in Russia has a dossier with charges & evidence against them. Absolutely everyone. They can keep these files forever or take them off the...