The first tour of the presidential election was held in Ukraine. He passed, in general, without sensations. In full accordance with the forecasts of sociologists, the showman Vladimir Zelensky (unless of some surprise causes such a great gap from competitors) and the current President Petro Poroshenko entered the second round. The Ukrainian centrizbirk noted the lack of violations that would have a significant impact on the voting results.

On March 24, the Russian military landing in Venezuela reminded me of the events of 1962, the Caribbean crisis. This is not Ukraine or even Syria, this, you know, is also quite under the side of the United States. And even geographically - the crisis is also Caribbean! But, thank God, on March 27 - on the third day after landing! - US President Donald Trump was speechless and strongly stated that “Russia should leave” from Venezuela.

Excerpts from the book “Unmodern Country” by Vladislav Inozemtsev, Alpina Publisher Russia, which for many centuries built its identity based on the imaginary West, throughout its history felt the need to confront the real West - and this required economic power or came down to “economic competition.” Therefore, for a long time, the domestic elite from time to time felt discomfort from the country’s predominantly raw material economy and tried time after time to turn it into one of the advanced

Excerpts from the book of Vladislav Inozemtsev “Nesy Country”, the Publishing House of Alpina Pablisher Despite the fact that in political terms, Russia does not very much resemble developed countries, it seems economically more adapted for “embedding” into the modern world.