Nina Khrushcheva at Project Syndicate exposing Putin as a “Demigod of Populism.” Excerpt: NEW YORK – When the Soviet Union collapsed and global communism retreated, many hoped that the days of authoritarian leaders cultivating “cults of personality” were...
(Also, Patriarch Kirill revealed as former KGB informant.) Chrissy Stroop, prophetic in 2018, at Foreign Policy, on how and why Putin wants God — or at least the church — on his side. Excerpt: One of the focuses of this renewed Christian imperialist fusion...
Matthew J Milliner, writing at at The Bulwark, on Putin’s “Outright Satanism.” Excerpt: The very day after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of “outright Satanism” in his war-justifying tantrum, I met a Satanist. I was exploring...
The New York Times reports: Russia has targeted Ukrainian medical facilities since the first days of the war, a pattern outlined by a range of international rights organizations. The bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol in the weeks after Russia launched its...
Historian Chris Snow, at Medium, on the Ukraine invasion as a humiliating symptom, and accelerant, of the imploding Russian Empire. Excerpt: Summary and Conclusion For an outside observer, the Russian visit to North Korea is a disgrace and humiliation. The elite,...
