On the death of the “black colonel” Viktor Alksnis Victor Alksnis. Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA FROM THE EDITOR: At the beginning of January, Viktor Alksnis, one of the most odious representatives of the “national-patriotic” camp in the late USSR and modern Russia, died. A career Soviet military man, Alksnis began his political career in 1988, opposing the Popular Front of Latvia, which sought to secede the country from the Soviet Union.

Six different logicians form a node of the situation of a war of war. Firstly, the war itself has its own logic: military budgets are laid, the production of ammunition is deployed, the logistics of the delivery of military cargoes is built, the planning of hostilities is underway, which will be in the next seasons-in spring or summer, that is, by the time when new contingents and arms reserves are prepared, and so on.

In the wake of the war, much of Russia's civil society infrastructure, opposition movements, and independent journalism has been displaced beyond Russia's borders. This massive 'opposition rhizome' not only left the country but also swiftly and vigorously resumed its activities.

After the outbreak of war, a significant part of the infrastructure of Russian civil society, opposition movements and independent journalism was relocated beyond the boundaries of Russia. The huge “opposition rhizom” not only left the country, but almost immediately and violently resumed its activities.