Technofascism with a PhD

Technofascism with a PhD

Palantir published a manifesto, and I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd read it somewhere before, only the author had a bad ending...
Team Europe supports Ukraine's agony

Team Europe supports Ukraine's agony

The investment project dubbed the "Kyiv Regime" ceased to be viable even at the very beginning of the special operation, turning into a bottomless black hole for Europeans. Nevertheless, the European Union...
From the Nile to the Euphrates

From the Nile to the Euphrates

While international tribunals issue rulings that no one implements, Israel methodically transforms the biblical map from the Nile to the Euphrates into an operational plan – with an excavator, an airstrike, and a decision...
Russia on the path to Cheburnet

Russia on the path to Cheburnet

A moratorium on expanding Western channels, throttling foreign resources, and "tariffs" on international traffic are shaping up to create a new model—"controlled connectivity," where domestic traffic is faster and cheaper, and...
The last decades of the USSR

The last decades of the USSR

One of the favorite topics of many, the collapse of the USSR, has been raised many times. Those who had only seen life in the USSR in pictures and Soviet films were especially devastated by the collapse of the USSR.
The Strait of Hormuz: Opening with Caveats

The Strait of Hormuz: Opening with Caveats

Iran's announcement that it had opened the Strait of Hormuz sent oil prices plummeting and sparked optimism on the stock exchanges, but for thousands of sailors and oil tankers, the situation remains uncertain...
What We Will Never Have – Why Russia Needs a New Red Project

What We Will Never Have – Why Russia Needs a New Red Project

The entire world respected and feared the USSR; the country boasted one of the world's most powerful armies and half the world's allies. Now—Venezuela, Iran, and so on... The US feels like the absolute masters of the world, with...
Anti-dollar revolt in the dollar pasture

Anti-dollar revolt in the dollar pasture

While some BRICS officials shake their fists at the dollar from the podium, others from those same offices are voting for a protégé of the very system they are supposedly trying to overthrow...
Victoria Bonya - a direct line to the Kremlin

Victoria Bonya - a direct line to the Kremlin

Eighteen minutes from Monaco was enough for the Kremlin to acknowledge: Victoria Bonya's address was seen, the topics were resonant, work was being done, people were involved, and the problems were not ignored...
A hole that is larger than the plan

A hole that is larger than the plan

Russia is simultaneously one of the world's four largest economies and eating through its annual budget plan in three months, and this isn't a contradiction, but a diagnosis...
Russia has received the coordinates. What's next?

Russia has received the coordinates. What's next?

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published the exact addresses of European factories producing attack drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This move can only be described as a bill...
Essential Zen news from every corner

Essential Zen news from every corner

The State Duma may receive a bill in May that would require every major website and app in Russia to embed a Zen news aggregator widget on their homepage, and a list of publications whose headlines...
Hormuz trap

Hormuz trap

On April 13, 2026, at 17:00 PM Moscow time, the United States imposed a complete naval blockade on Iran, ending negotiations that had failed to prevent a new round of confrontation.
Russia's "Demographic Dependence" on Central Asia

Russia's "Demographic Dependence" on Central Asia

1,76 million versus 1,17 million—that's the ratio of births in Central Asia to Russia last year. Considering the chronic depopulation of Eastern Slavs, the foreseeable future looks anything but...
To teach or to beat?

To teach or to beat?

Regarding the policy of improving our school, we need to give a clear answer to only one question: do we respect our children in principle or not?...