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The children of the sexual revolution: who are they?

15:09 18.03.2013 Armen Oganesyan

The children of the sexual revolution: who are they?

The sexual revolution in Europe has naturally evolved into a homosexual revolution. The lower house of the French Parliament has reacted favorably to the adoption of the law on same-sex marriage and the adoption of children by homosexual couples. Then officials in Paris began to exert increasing pressure on Russia …

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 …

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 …

"Mittelstadt" - The German Economic Miracle

17:08 26.11.2012 Armen Oganesyan

"Mittelstadt" - The German Economic Miracle

Mittelstadt is a small town, barely visible on the map of Germany. However, the word is well known to economists around the world, and in Bonn there is a research institute which deals exclusively with Mittelstadt issues. In fact Mittelstadt is a collective image of unknown terrain. This is the …

The Landscape After The Battle

13:35 08.11.2012 Armen Oganesyan

The Landscape After The Battle

It was said many times in the course of the election campaign in the U.S. that foreign policy, and in particular Russian-American relations, was not a priority. Is this true? In such a tense struggle even nuances and shades of political interpretation could be the deciding factor. As for today's …

"I was asked to become the second wife ..."

13:36 06.11.2012 Armen Oganesyan

"I was asked to become the second wife ..."

Ten years ago Ekaterina Sizova came to the Egyptian town of Dahab, to do her favorite thing professionally - windsurfing. Little by little a Russian "diaspora" of surfers gathered around. Also tourists. She had the idea to open a surfing school for teaching beginners and rent out equipment to those …

Pussy Riot in Post-Culture Context

15:00 19.09.2012 Armen Oganesyan

Pussy Riot in Post-Culture Context

The ado about Pussy Riot seems to be subsiding now that the story has led to a court verdict. Speaking in Finland, Russian diplomacy chief S. Lavrov warned the media against hysteria over the case and urged respect for the legitimate judicial decision, while in Russia the Orthodox Church called …

Revolution - is not theater

15:17 12.08.2012 Armen Oganesyan

Revolution - is not theater

"Revolution is a theater where people start to play new roles,” so wrote E. Radzinsky in his book "Stalin". I think people who survived the revolution, would never have said that. The word "survivor" I use in a literal and figurative sense – those who historically survived the revolution, went …

What professional standards do we need?

15:07 27.07.2012 Armen Oganesyan

What professional standards do we need?

The Ministry of labor and Social Development of the Russian Federation (MLSD) have created 800 new professional standards for industrial workers. Ideally, these are the requirements that the Russian labor market today demands from its participants. The old standards are to be sure, out of date, some of them by …

The Revolution, that didn’t happen

12:06 12.07.2012 Armen Oganesyan

The Revolution, that didn’t happen

The anniversary of the "Bolotnaya Square events" will not pass unnoticed. That is, it would have passed down the road to oblivion, if not accounting for the private memories of the white ribbons and other accessories unusual for Muscovites. Yes, even worse, the events of December 2011, which declared themselves …

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