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A thesis on visa restrictions to Russians

Posted on 18/08/2022 by freelander

Visa isuing policies can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical. Whereas the first type is, I assume, a matter of bilateral agreements between two given countries (or blocks), the second type is more likely a result of “the market”, meaning that … Continue reading →

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Slava Ukraini

Posted on 23/07/2022 by freelander

Yes, I also uttered that watchword once. But before scolding me with swinish fury in your comments, please let me tell you how it happened. It was my very first trip to Ukraine. I knew nothing about that country except … Continue reading →

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The international rules-based order

Posted on 17/07/2022 by freelander

For the past few months, one expression is being repeated by the leaders, politicians, elites and journalists all over the West: A rules-based international order. Although the term was coined at the end of the Cold War, it has recently … Continue reading →

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Exercises on sociopolitics

Posted on 15/07/2022 by freelander

Today I am going to propose the reader some exercises (which I hope to be amusing) on a sociopolitical situation. I will set forward a fictitious–yet plausible–scenario and then ask some questions. It may be a good way, I believe, … Continue reading →

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The Green agenda hoax

Posted on 10/07/2022 by freelander

Being a genuine environmentalist myself since my early teens–that is, four decades before I begun being interested in politics–I don’t think any single human being can lecture me on what loving nature and respecting the planet does mean. Except for … Continue reading →

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Global agenda and war in Donbass

Posted on 09/07/2022 by freelander

Index 1. The global agenda 2. The war in Donbass 3. Revving up goals fulfillment 4. The question The information channels I usually follow to be updated on the war in Donbass and its political implications agree, among other things, … Continue reading →

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Live with us the European dream

Posted on 20/06/2022 by freelander

Once more, Mrs. Ursula Vonderleyen has managed to chill her audience with her eloquent words: “We all know that Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us the European dream.” These two … Continue reading →

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Let’s castrate the Russians

Posted on 08/06/2022 by freelander

A couple of months after the special military operation in Ukraine begun, one of my most trustworthy Russian contacts (who, by the way, generally dislikes Vladimir Putin) told me the following, shocking story: “Yesterday I was talking with a doctor … Continue reading →

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