Letters

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Jan 31, 2026

Vasily wrote this text by January 17, but due to the peculiarities of censorship, it only arrived now...

Dec 31, 2025

“I think there is nothing wrong with repeating unfulfilled New Year’s wishes. We all expect peace from 2026, just as we once expected it from the now-outgoing 2025...

Dec 26, 2025

“Another round date – 200 years since the Decembrists’ speech, which took place on December 14 (26), 1825...

Dec 23, 2025

“Perhaps you already know that December 5 it was Another case was opened against the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, Lev Shlosberg, no less absurd than the previous two, and house arrest was replaced by imprisonment in a pre-trial detention center...

Nov 24, 2025

“The Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (COAO) contains Article 20.3, which provides for liability for propaganda or public display of prohibited paraphernalia or symbols...

Nov 20, 2025

“In the flow of news, I saw two messages from the political life of Africa: in Cameroon, 92-year-old Paul Biya became president for the eighth time, and in Côte d’Ivoire, 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara was elected to his fourth term...

Nov 20, 2025

Political Life of Africa

Nov 10, 2025

“I have heard rumors about the disgrace in which A. Prokhanov found himself for his new novel “Lemner”...

Nov 6, 2025

“I can’t help but recommend interview member of the Federal Political Council of the Yabloko party, academician Alexei Arbatov...

Oct 27, 2025

“In connection with the potential imminent ban of the collection of articles by Boris Lazarevich Vishnevsky “Chronicles of the Revived Arkanar”, it is worth taking a look at the passage from “It’s Hard to Be a God” by the Strugatskys, which served as inspiration for this title...

Oct 10, 2025

“The reality of Russia in 2025 is when, sitting in a caged aquarium in a courtroom, you learn from lawyers about the detention of another of your party members on charges of the same unconstitutional article of the Criminal Code under which you yourself are accused...

Sep 29, 2025

“Wearing a wide bolivar. On August 7, the United States increased the reward to $50 million for information that could lead to the capture of Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela...