Publications

Ekaterina Tyunina Photo credit: The All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda's Picasa Gallery / commons.wikimedia.org (CC-BY-3.0) The ideological manipulation of the population of Ukraine with the aim to deprive them of their historical memory and the Russian language, and to create an unquestionable image of Russians as the enemy of everything that is Ukrainian, has been going on for years. Ukrainianization The Russian language has always been an essential marker of self-identification for the residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. One of the reasons behind electing Viktor...

Daniel Kramer Alla Shelyapina Our conversation with the renowned jazzman and educator was aimed at finding answers to some of the most challenging questions of our lives these days. Many of them are revealed to us through historical retrospectives and books by Russian philosophers. – Currently, methods of social construction are actively used. This is the case when loud words and slogans conceal the true objective. I cannot help but recall a quote by Talleyrand, Napoleon's foreign minister: "Words are intended to conceal one's thoughts as best as...

Sergey Vinogradov Photo courtesy of Tumen-Erilik Kyryarba The winter tourist season in Yakutia, the coldest region of Russia, peaks in February. However, temperature above -30°C may frustrate it. Tourists from all over the world travel to the Pole of Cold. Yakutia has been consistently ranked among the top exciting destinations on the planet in the last 10 to 15 years, thanks to the development of travel video blogs. While frost seems to be over the extreme limit, thrill-seekers and video bloggers travel by car, bicycles, and even jogging. Regular tourists who are bored with resorts...

Helge Buttkereit Gifts for the children in Donbass. Photo credit: AK ZukunftDonbass e. V. Iwana Steinigk is a co-founder of the Alliance for the Future of Donbass, a non-profit organization from Thuringia that raises and ships humanitarian aid to Eastern Ukraine. She shared about their efforts and her perception of the situation in the region. – What activities is the Alliance for the Future of Donbass engaged in? – We are a free association of Thuringian residents who want to be involved in humanitarian activities and help the victims of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. It...

Russian powerlifting world champion Maryana Naumova responds to Arnold Schwarzenegger's appeal to the Russian people. The athlete urged the actor to read the letters of Donetsk children, which they gave him back in 2015. Dear Mr Schwarzenegger! I’m sure you remember me. In 2015, at the Arnold Classic competition in the USA, I, a 15-year-old girl from Russia, set a world record by lifting a barbell weighing 150 kilograms. You were congratulating me, asking about Russia, and I was crying with joy. You seemed so thoughtful, kind and smart to me. You left me an...

Photo credit: Psyche Russophobia across Europe became unprecedentedly rampant. It causes ambiguous feelings among Europeans. There are people who are ready to support the Russians in this difficult situation. Spanish citizen Alfonso De Hoyos, wrote that he is ready to do everything possible to draw the attention of the Spanish authorities to discrimination against Russian compatriots who were targeted because of their nationality. - A few days ago, on your Facebook page, you published an appeal to Russian citizens living in Spain and invited them to send examples of discrimination against them because of...