Category: Russia

  • No memories of an August month?

    The Russian Communist Party organized a special event in connection with the anniversary of the August coup against Gorbachev in 1991. The newspaper “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” drew attention to this event and asked some questions. The headline of the article is “THE COMMUNISTS HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN AUGUST 1991“, but could be “It is not easy to…

  • The cult of Stalin in today’s Russia is too superficial

    From Nezavisimaya Gazeta: …The focus on rehabilitating the “red emperor” in principle unites the authorities and the opposition.Departments of the Russian Communist Party have organized competitions to see who will be the fastest to erect monuments to Stalin. For example: if in the Transbaikal region only an announcement has been made, then in Chuvashia a…

  • The President of Serbia in a Russian Perspective…

    Political Scientist Bondarenko: “Vučić Can Make a Choice in Favor of the West, and Not of Russia” Serbian President Alexander Vučić will sooner or later have to choose between Russia and the West. This is what political scientist and Balkan expert Oleg Bondarenko said in an interview for a Russian publication “Vučić is trying to…

  • Putin’s time in power – a reverse lustration process?

     What is lustration? In the case of the Soviet Union and the communist countries in Eastern Europe, this meant that those who had held public offices in the repressive power apparatus during the communist era were deprived of their opportunities to continue to hold corresponding positions after the fall of communism. For example. Czech Republic: …

  • A support action for Ilya Yashin and other political prisoners in Russia

    That is what was carried out on Saturday, June 29 at “Free Ukraine’s Place” next to the Russian Embassy on Gjörwellsgatan in Stockholm. That it was this particular date – June 29 – has to do with the fact that it is the birthday of Ilya Yashin – Yashin, one of hundreds of other political…