Category Archives: Opinion

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

I’m learning so much with the Donbass war! And I want to share with my readers three of the most groundbreaking pieces of knowledge I’m acquiring thanks to the Western approach to that conflict. The first one is connected with … Continue reading →

As far as I understand, Nazism was the unique combination of a who, a where and a when: Adolf Hitler and the post-WWI Germany. One person, one country and one time. Outside of those three elements there can be neither … Continue reading →