Letter
Letter
Letter
“I don’t want to once again start a discussion about whether it makes sense for the opposition to take part in the elections in their current state...
Letter
“Concluding the conversation about Speer’s memoirs that I read (started here and continued here ), I will cite two interesting passages from them concerning the issue of so-called “miracle weapons” or “weapons of retribution.” “As we reduced the production of certain types of weapons and even completely stopped some development work, Hitler more and more actively and confidently instilled in the generals and high-ranking officials of the state and party apparatus the hope of creating a new weapon that would supposedly decide the outcome of the war...
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"Continuing what we started earlier conversation about the memoirs of Albert Speer, I’ll write about one concept that came to mind while reading...
Pockets of Efficiency and Technocrats
"Continuing the conversation started earlier about the memoirs of Albert Speer, I will write about one concept that came to my mind while reading. This concept - the so-called 'pockets of efficiency' - is quite closely related to technocrats in the service of dictators."
Letter
“Back in May, I read a book of memoirs by Albert Speer, which somehow mysteriously ended up in the library of the Kresty pre-trial detention center...
Letter
“I recently read Evgenia Ginzburg’s book “Steep Route.” I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in reading an eyewitness account of Stalin’s repressions...
Letter
“It seems that I already mentioned in passing that from the prison library I was unexpectedly given a collection of articles by Lunacharsky, Trotsky and Radek, published during perestroika...
Letter
“Somehow I missed the moment, but meanwhile I’ve been sitting in the Kresty pre-trial detention center for more than a year - there’s something to take in...
Letter
“And today we’ll talk very briefly about Southeast Asia. Another conflict, this time between Thailand and Cambodia, is interesting because both parties involved are monarchies...
Letter
“Somewhat unexpectedly for myself, I celebrated my thirtieth birthday on August 2...
Third Birthday in SIZO
"Somewhat unexpectedly for myself, I met my thirtieth birthday on August 2. This is already my third birthday in the pre-trial detention center, and the previous two were somewhat more memorable... This time everything went quietly and calmly. In the morning I was congratulated by my cellmate in the