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Language and Geopolitics

0:44 16.02.2013 Vladislav Gulevich

Language and Geopolitics

They say that war is the continuation of politics only by other means. It is equally true that language is a continuation of politics, and the ancient Roman proverb, "who rules, creates the religion" can be safely reinterpreted, saying "who rules, creates the language." The intellectual image of a country …

Stalingrad. History The Imperative

15:05 08.02.2013 Armen Oganesyan

Stalingrad. History The Imperative

History has no subjunctive mood, but the imperative mood is well known. There are events, often compressed into a short space of time, which, due to their high spirit and meaning, strongly connect the human mind and conscience with visionary interpretations. Undoubtedly, the word “STALINGRAD” fits into one of those …

Back on Track to Normalcy Instead of Reset. In the Wake of Munich Conference

13:36 08.02.2013 Pyotr Iskenderov

Back on Track to Normalcy Instead of Reset. In the Wake of Munich Conference

The 49th Munich international security conference had some hidden obstacles. First of all, it took place at the time of utter uncertainty concerning the Syria’s situation. A solution requires close cooperation between the USA and Russia just exactly when the bilateral relations go through hard times. There were two major …

War is war. Obama, Magnitsky and "The Cold Peace"

15:09 04.02.2013 Armen Oganesyan

War is war. Obama, Magnitsky and "The Cold Peace"

Winston Churchill held to the view that America makes the right decisions, but only after having tried everything else first. Senator J. William Fulbright believed that Americans have repeated many mistakes made in the past, just because they neglect the fact that the same thing could happen to them. Also …

Intervention Fund

17:25 02.02.2013 Pyotr Iskenderov

Intervention Fund

The fund created by the European Union to "support democracy" in third world countries and neighboring countries continues to overgrow with new eloquent details. According to the European Commission, the European Foundation for Democracy (European Endowment for Democracy - EED) is designed to provide cash grants to journalists, bloggers, nonprofit …

Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko: "The 21st Session of the APPF is a big step forward"

1:22 01.02.2013 Andrey Davydenko

Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko: "The 21st Session of the APPF is a big step forward"

The 21th session of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Vladivostok became the most representative in the history of the Forum and closed with the adoption of a "package" of 14 resolutions on key political, trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation between the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. During the plenary sessions, …

The 100th anniversary of the legendary Alexander Marinesko

13:17 23.01.2013 Elena Studneva

The 100th anniversary of the legendary Alexander Marinesko

One of the highlights of 2013’s memorable dates was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Marinesko, the legendary commander of submarine "S-13.". How many submariners’ names are famous in naval world history? They can be counted on the fingers of one hand. And so for just the mention …

A date with another Nicaragua

0:08 21.01.2013 Alexander Moiseyev

A date with another Nicaragua

Moscow - Managua - Moscow I am walking through Managua ... and I still cannot believe that the last time we met was 20 years ago. And all around me it is not the same Nicaragua, with which I once had many journalistic dates; it is a completely different country. …

Tomatoes from Morocco

16:49 17.01.2013 Sergey Filatov

Tomatoes from Morocco

Moscow-Morocco-Moscow Photo by author Such was the destiny of this correspondent’s duties that I was to travel to Morocco on a regular basis over the years, and oranges along with Tangier no longer induce in me such a severe emotional reaction. Over the years the borders have opened, and now …

Ivanov- Šainović: The Russian James Bond

16:52 16.01.2013 Vladislav Gulevich

Ivanov- Šainović: The Russian James Bond

In Athens on January 7th, 2013, the 70th anniversary of the execution by the Nazis of British intelligence agent number 033V, Jerzy Ivanov-Šainović, was solemnly marked. This man's name is known to almost every Pole and Greek, but it is unknown in Russia. He was an extraordinary man: multilingual (he …

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