Historian Sofia Shirogorova writes : “It turns out that the famous brown shirts of the Nazi stormtroopers did not appear out of thin air - but it was the uniform of the colonial troops of the German Empire. Until 1918, Germany had some colonies in Africa; during WWI, General von Lettow became famous there, who successfully defeated French and British troops.

The Komsomolskaya Pravda publication writes : “At the end of last year, 28% more TVs were sold in Russia than in the previous year, 2022. In total, Russians bought 8.7 million devices, retailers reported. The leader in sales is Chinese Haier, followed by Hisense and Xiaomi, also produced in the Middle Kingdom. The time of leadership of South Korean Samsung and LG seems to have passed.”

Publicist Anatoly Nesmiyan comments on Roskachestvo’s plans to conduct a psychological and pedagogical examination of toys: “To be frank, this is all going beyond all conceivable levels of insanity. Firstly, you will need to determine what is called a children's toy - the days of wooden horses and dolls are already gone, an innumerable number of different ones are in use, including high-tech gadgets. Accordingly, volumes of instructions and regulatory documents will have to be written.

The former head of the “Fair Russia” faction in the Duma of the Astrakhan region Oleg Shein writes in the publication “RTVI” : “Russian is a nationality, that is, a union of people who, first of all, have a common language. And this language is not just a means of communication with other ethnic groups, but a native language. In this sense, our compatriot with black skin, who has been using Russian as his main language since childhood, is absolutely Russian.

Political scientist Ekaterina Shulman (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents) on the YouTube channel “Living Nail” says : “It is prohibited to mourn the dead, including your own dead. You can’t say: “What the hell is going on here. We are in a terrible situation." This is dangerous, it is punishable. That’s why the whole country is crying over the cat. Of course, these are unshed tears for another reason.

University of Ottawa law professor George Monastyriakos writes in Newsweek about the general context of the CBR asset confiscation problem: “At the moment, Western countries, such as the UK and Canada, do not have the domestic legal mechanisms necessary to seize the frozen assets of the Russian state.

Journalist Roman Eremeev in the Novaya Gazeta publication says : “Revolutions in democratic Kyrgyzstan are being replaced by traditional palace coups according to an authoritarian scenario. It is not known whether the society, which longed for a “strong hand,” was satisfied with this, but the story itself is as old as the world. You don’t need to fly to Milan to understand it.”

on Kommersant Radio Journalist Maxim Yusin says : “Ukraine had high hopes for the new Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. <...> Their most noticeable manifestation was the blockade of checkpoints on the border, which was organized by drivers of Polish heavy trucks, from whom, as they believe, Ukrainian truckers are taking away their bread, driving down prices both in Poland and in Europe as a whole.

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in Forbes Expert of the Russian International Affairs Council Nikita Smagin writes : “The confrontation between the United States and Israel with pro-Iranian forces in the Middle East after October 7, 2023 has consistently followed the path of escalation. Tehran’s position in the proxy war is generally clear: continue to put pressure on the Americans and the Jewish state, but not allow direct confrontation involving Iranian forces.

Journalist Irina Tumakova (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents) writes : “In my circle, people began to say much more often that they want peace,” says Lera. “Even those who are generally in favor of the SVO said this. Many videos from Belgorod appeared on social networks, and even from the comments it was clear: people want all this to end soon. It seemed to me that all Belgorod residents want peace, but they see it differently.

Political scientist Dmitry Mikhailichenko writes : “The authorities of the republic are preparing a large-scale rally against extremism and separatism, at which it will be demonstrated that the current government in the region is supported by many more people than a “handful of nationalists.” <…> However, real sociology in Bashkiria and, especially, in Ufa speaks clearly in favor of the fact that the apolitical majority <...> does not need any ethno-national or other protest.

Americanist Alexandra Filippenko on the YouTube channel “On Two Chairs” says : “It is important to note that Lend-Lease is still not leasing for full payment, and money had to be returned only for equipment that was not destroyed and was not returned. This is such an important moment. There is a famous quote by Roosevelt, who says that if your neighbor’s house is on fire, it is better to lend him your hose, if you have one, for watering, so that your house does not catch fire.

in The Moscow Times (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents) Economist Ivan Lyubimov writes : “The collective Stalin has always had weight and a platform in society, although with varying degrees of influence. The individual, atomized and extremely distrustful, understood that most likely there would be no one to stand up for him: if today he openly opposed Stalinism, tomorrow the collective Stalin would be in power and would remember what was said to him.

Nikita Khrushchev's granddaughter and professor of international relations at the New School, Nina Khrushcheva, writes in Project Syndicate about the atmosphere of modern Russia: “The goal of current Russian propaganda is not to convince people that life in Russia is safe and prosperous. Perhaps it all started from this, but as the Northern Military District developed, the Russian leadership had to change its plans.