Journalist Thomas Friedman writes in The New York Times about the two poles into which the modern world is divided: “On the one hand there is the Axis of Resistance, which is committed to maintaining closed and authoritarian systems of government, where the past buries the future. On the other side is the Axis of Inclusion, which is trying to build more open, interconnected and pluralistic systems of government, where the future buries the past.

Journalist Ted Snyder writes in The American Conservative about why peace talks between Russia and Ukraine broke down: “Despite the fact that peace was almost achieved, a peace agreement could not be concluded.

The “Chinese Threat” telegram channel comments on the decline in egg prices and the projected inflation level for the coming year: “The threat of all wallets at the end of 2023 lost almost 1.5% in price over the week. In many respects, such price dynamics are due to the fact that they decided to drown the Russian egg market in supply and gave duty-free access to imported producers. Now on store shelves there may be eggs from Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, etc.

A regular participant in our “After” project, political scientist Vladimir Pastukhov (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents) writes : “Whoever was involved in the logistics of the exchange of prisoners on both sides should have thought that carrying out an exchange practically across the front line at a time when it was in this area that the escalation began and intensive exchanges of blows were taking place was not a good idea.

Return to publications reviews D3J2WAIYU7Z3Y2RF9HYH7VQIB0H7U1S The focus is the danger of religious extremism in politics; possible rebellion of Iranian proxies against their creators; India claims to leaders in the countries of the global south; Two axes - a new value division of the world; Accident as a political factor.

in The Moscow Time (included in the register of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) Social and economic analyst Sergei Shelin (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents) writes : “The generally accepted ways of describing reality in the Western and non-Western world have confused humanity.

The publishing house "New Literary Review" represents the book of Andrea Lan, Kelly Herold and Olga Bukhina "Farewell to communism. Children's and teenage literature of modern Russia (1991–2017) ”(translation by Olga Bukhina). Over the past century, several large social and political cataclysms have occurred in Russia. The consequences of these shocks were also radical transformations of children's experience, both at the beginning and at the end of the 20th century.

Political scientist Hussein Ibish writes in The Atlantic about the logic of the Houthis' actions: “Were the Saudis right about the Houthis and therefore about Yemen as a whole? Yes and no. Riyadh was able to recognize the real sectarianism and growing power of the Houthis, but the majority in Washington did not. The threat the Saudis saw was not just about them: it also threatened U.S. national interests in the Middle East that go beyond oil, Israel, and counterterrorism.

Belgium Poligia Picasso and Shagal paintings, which were stolen from a private collection in Tel Aviv fourteen years ago. The paintings were found in the basement in Antwerp. In February 2010, thieves penetrated the villa Gerzikovich's villa, turning off the complex alarm system. They hacked the safe and abducted jewelry worth 680 thousand dollars. They also carried away the paintings of the Picasso “Head” (1971) and the Shagal “Praying Man” (1970), which were estimated at 900 thousand dollars.

Novaya Gazeta columnist Natalya Chernova writes : “The good intention to “improve the culture of communication” caused the expected tension - any tightening of control in Russian realities causes reflexive rejection. First of all, because control is usually followed by repression. It is not for nothing that doctors fear that an awkward phrase or an informal intonation familiar to a patient they know can literally cost a lot.

Blogger Mikhail Pozharsky writes : “Intuitively, we are accustomed to viewing war as a process in which two or more sides wage an uncompromising struggle with each other. This is a zero-sum game, which each participant strives to end with his victory or at least on favorable terms. When things happen in a real war that do not fit into such a frame, we attribute it to stupidity, accident, conspiracy and other imperfections of human nature.

Senior Research Fellow for Strategy and Trade at the Center for National Interests (USA), Christian Wighton, in an interview with journalist, participant in our “After” project Fyodor Lukyanov, says : “In 2016, many people wondered why people flocked to Trump, but what is even more surprising is why they are doing it again now. If you look, all our institutions are in a state of chaos. Military men who are unable to win a decisive victory.

Journalist and political commentator Sergei Parkhomenko (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents) on the YouTube channel “Living Nail” says : “We are talking about total, massive persecution and discrimination of dissidents in Russia. Therefore, all the crimes that I have listed here are crimes that do not require any physical action, do not require any physical proof, no physical consequences.

Journalist Ekaterina Vinokurova writes in the RTVI publication : “If we talk about the possible consequences of the crisis for the election campaign of the main candidate, my interlocutors are convinced that there will be no such consequences at all, because the topic of accidents will gradually go away. By March, they say, they will have patched up everything they can and put governors in charge. Those, in turn, will look for how to lower this responsibility another level or two lower.

Politico writes that European capitals are now working on the scenario of a possible Russian attack on NATO and what consequences this could lead to: “The alleged Russian attack could pose a dilemma for Europe. The Kremlin has not attacked all NATO members: should others risk a possible retaliatory nuclear strike on eastern Estonia?