material: Gleb Pavlovsky illustrations: LW We present to you a lecture by Gleb Olegovich Pavlovsky (1951–2023), a political strategist, historian, publicist and philosopher. This is his last public performance, which took place as part of the course “Project and accidental in the genesis of the Russian Federation: the Russian system as political improvisation.” We offer both listening to the lecture in audio format and reading its transcript.

The real way nuclear weapons are used is that they are threatened but not used. And yet it is difficult to believe that humanity is safe Photo: pixabay In a recent speech by Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Valdai Club, words were said that launching a nuclear strike on Ukraine to Russia “makes no sense, either political or military.” Some people have a question: what will happen if Russia sees such meaning?

material: Gleb Pavlovsky illustrations: LW Political scientist, publicist and publisher Gleb Pavlovsky with a note about how he created the Russian Journal, a new Russia on the ruins of history, and, most importantly, why it all failed. Memoir 1 The experience of RJ, like almost all political experiences of the last 25–30 years, is, of course, the experience of defeat.

Gleb Pavlovsky - About the book of Simon Cordon "How Russia works" Simon Cordonsky. How Russia is arranged. Articles and interviews of different years. M.: Common Place; The Hamovniki Social Research Fund, 2021 . Content On the cover of this amazing book - someone like a big brother against the background of Russia. This is a book of attacks against all in the world, from power to the intelligentsia (among its anti -heroes there are me).

The institutional impasse, into which the Kremlin drove itself, making the replacement of power through the elections, can be resolved through a military conflict, according to political scientist Gleb Pavlovsky Gleb Pavlovsky fears that the institutional impasse will force the Kremlin to start a war and thus solve the problem of transit of power.

Gleb Pavlovsky - about the next departure of Surkov from public service Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS The director of the Center for the Political Conjuncture, Alexei Chesnakov, said that Presidential Assistant Vladislav Surkov, who oversee relations with Ukraine and self -proclaimed republics, left the civil service and will take care of meditations in the next month.

Gleb Pavlovsky @lya_shepelin The Investigative Committee continues to promote the case of riots on July 27 - and the police and the Russian Guard make it clear that the next action is ready to disperse again. So far, the case is being conducted, against five people, but this does not mean that new defendants will not appear in it. At the same time, the action on August 3 has not yet been agreed, but a new action is being prepared, on August 10.