Publications

Editor’s office of the Russkiy Mir Foundation internet portal The press-center of the Rossiya Segodnya News Agency presents Poland’s Struggle for Eastern Europe in 1920–2020. The book’s authors believe that the current eastern policy of Poland is a complex blend of old geopolitical concepts and undying national fixations.  Renaissance of old ideas Veronika Krasheninnikova, Director General of Institute for Foreign Policy Research and Initiatives and the book’s publisher, emphasized that the authoring team had aimed to case study Poland’s...

Alexandra Beluza Russia Day is celebrated on June 12. 30 years have passed since the signing of the Declaration on State Sovereignty of the RSFSR. This date is especially symbolic on the eve of the constitutional vote. After all, amendments to the Basic Law are not only about social guarantees, the protection of labor rights and the distribution of powers between branches of government. They are also about Russia - about its national interests and values. Photo credit: zaryadyepark.ru On June 12, 1990, the first Congress of People's...

Anna Genova Photo credit: _freakwave_ / pixabay.com Amid coronavirus outbreak, America has been taken over by the Black Lives Matter movement that opposes violence against blacks. In various cities across the country, some protesters line up and march against police arbitrariness chanting the name of the deceased George Floyd, others trash shops and supermarkets, and overthrow monuments; there are also those who curse the rebels from the stands. Members of the Russian-speaking community of the United States have been both witnesses and hostages of...

Vladimir Emelyanenko On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Garden of Remembrance international campaign sums up the first results. From March 18 to May 1, 2020, more than 7,000 people in 15 countries planted 5.5 million trees. The action is supposed to represent a living monument of nature. 27 million trees will be planted in honor of 27 million who died during the Great Patriotic War. People’s artist of the USSR, co-chair of the Immortal Regiment movement and volunteer of the Garden of Remembrance Vasily Semenovich Lanovoy spoke to Russkiy Mir about the...

Svetlana Smetanina The well-known Finnish political scientist asks the question: why the leadership of the EU and the NATO were helpless in front of the coronavirus. He also commented on the demolition of the monument to Marshal Konev in Prague, which the local authorities carried out on the eve of the Victory Day. According to Bäckman, this glaring fact deserves not only condemnation, but also legal prosecution. - We see that the situation with coronavirus is the worst in Italy and Spain today. The leadership of these countries accuses the European Union of not providing them any assistance. What problems did...

Editor’s Office of the Russkiy Mir Portal The Russian Ministry of Defence sent aircrafts with military medical professionals and medical equipment to residents of Italy, where the situation with the coronavirus has been the most acute.  It is appropriate to recall today another, kind of forgotten chapter of the feat by Russian navy sailors who were not far from the Italian city of Messina in 1908, when the horrible earthquake took place there. On December 28, 1908, there was an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 centered in the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Apennine Peninsula. As the result, the cities of...