How universal hatred cancels the future of Russia Ilya Yashin speaks to his supporters in Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, August 7, 2024. Photo: Markus Schreiber / Ap Photo / Scanpix / Leta "A man is not fighting out of hatred that in front of him, but out of love for him" for him " Captain IDSal Eitan Oster, who died in Lebanon What is happening in Russia is terrifying. In a terrible dream, we could not think that we would live to such a nightmare.

Leonid Gozman about why Putin can use nuclear weapons The launcher of the intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" during military exercises near Yoshkar-Ola, Russia, July 22, 2024. Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. From the moment the Soviet Union has reached nuclear parity with the United States, nuclear weapons were considered as a deterrent.

Why the shootout for Wildberries and Kashpirovsky will not send the country to the past A law enforcement officer at the headquarters of the Russian online retailer Wildberries. Photo: Ramil Sitdikov / Imago / Scanpix / Leta After each, practically gangster disassembly, someone laughs at official propaganda-the main thing, they say, is not to be like in the nineties. Well, after shooting at Wildberries, many began to say that the nineties returned. Or return.

How democracy works in difficult moments of history - on the example of the debate Harris and Trump Donald Trump and Kamal Harris shake hands at the beginning of the presidential debate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, September 10, 2024 Elections - real elections, not farce - an amazing phenomenon.

Leonid Gozman - about why the war will not end until Putin is in power, and what will happen next Posters in Warsaw, Poland, March 23, 2022. Photo: Str / Nurphoto / Shutterstock / Vida Press I am confident in tomorrow. And I don't like this tomorrow! What awaits us in the near future? Putin will continue the war. No losses - human, economic and others - will stop him. Of course, he will carry out mobilization: fools who are ready to sign contracts end.

Leonid Gozman reflects on how to solve issues with Telegram in a legal state Opposition activists with a “freedom of political prisoner” during the rally in support of Russian political prisoners in St. Petersburg, Russia, November 10, 2012. Photo: Anatoly Maltsev / EPA Professional people about Durov have already explained everything. And about what Telegram is beautiful, and about what he is terrible. And about Durov’s connections with Putin and with Macron, with drug lords and with a phantom.

Leonid Gozman made a list based on the actions of the Russian authorities, and not on their words Kremlin, Moscow, May 17, 2023. Photo: Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta To whom Gogol addressed the question of where the three (Rus') is rushing, it is not completely clear. Who did he ask, horses? So they are subordinates. The three rushes to where the coachman leads it. Where? Does he know? Ask him, he will not say or will lie.

Leonid Gozman - about why the war in Russia does not lead to solidarity The place of issuance of humanitarian aid evacuated from the Kursk region, Kursk. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov “I will tell you about the country Where Satan was allowed into the temple ... " Andrey Makarevich We have a state. It is weak, because it often cannot achieve the implementation of its own laws and orders, it is corrupt, it is cruel.

Why does the dictatorship not know how to protect the territories of Russia and its inhabitants The military column is moving in the direction of the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region, Russia, on August 9, 2024. Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation / AP / Scanpix / Leta “And in every propeller breathes The calm of our borders " Popular Soviet song Now, when I write this (Friday, ninth of August) Ukrainian troops continue to hold the territory in the Kursk region.

Leonid Gozman - about what actually means the exchange of political prisoners Vladimir Kara-Murza, Andrei Pivovarov and Ilya Yashin at a press conference on the exchange of prisoners, August 2, 2024. Photo: Christopher Neundorf / Epa-EFE Churchill said that the problems generated by victory are even more complex than generated by defeat. The first of August was a wonderful day.

A Soviet-era dissident explains why he’s behind bars yet again Activist and dissident Alexander Skobov over the years. Photos from personal archive. As illiberal forces take over Russia and the regime ruthlessly silences its critics, the few remaining heroes still willing to risk their lives for their political beliefs have only proven their resilience.

One of the last Soviet dissidents wrote a letter from prison to the Russians. "New Evrope" publishes him Alexander Skobov during the announcement of the court decision to determine the preventive measure, St. Petersburg, April 4, 2024. Photo: Andrey Bock / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Vida Press The deeper our country plunges into hell, the more examples of self -sacrifice and heroism. In prisons in political articles there are already at least one and a half thousand prisoners.

How the Russian authorities took up the eradication of the identity of the people and why nothing will work out Eurasia Square in Moscow. Photo: E. Samarina / mos.ru We are watching a horror movie. No, we live inside him.

How officials in Russia are looking for simple explanations for a complex world Photo: Yuri Kochetkov / EPA *“Everything in the world has its limits, Only human stupidity is infinite "* Attributed to many, because the truth Evgeny Kisin, an outstanding pianist, laureate of everything in the world, who left the Soviet Union in 1991, was recognized as a foreign agent. It is no longer surprising - a common thing.

A few words about Mikhail Shishkin’s book “Mine. Essay on Russian literature " Book cover Who does not like school literary criticism - do not be afraid. This is not about "what the author wanted to say with his work." Shishkin understands better than others that the author often does not know this himself, and to talk about it - and completely bad tone. The book is not about texts - about people who wrote these texts.