We spoke about the difference between worldviews of the supporters of the "federal" approach to the Russian state pursued by existing authorities, and the "true" Russians (imperialists, chauvinists) who are disgruntled by the Russian Federation's lacklustre...
It is a well-know fact that the Russian propaganda uses arguments about suppression of rights of Russian-speaking populations to justify numerous interventions across the whole territory of the former USSR. In essence, this is what the current war in Ukraine is...
"The city *of Donetsk* is being smashed to bits, but we only respond with six Grad missiles, and that's it?! And that in the wrong direction! The great Russia is being shelled, and we are silent! [...] This is not just shelling anymore, that can be tolerated, but...
Since the start of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, over 30,000 Ukrainians found refuge in my home country of Estonia. This is a comparatively large number of people considering the fact that in total, Estonia's population slightly exceeds 1,3 million people....
I will dare and take such a responsibility and (attempt) to explain to my international audience how it might feel being a Russian from several perspectives. I will rely on my own partial belonging to the Russian people, and on the experience of when I was in...
We all love Igor Girkin's doom updates on the war in Ukraine. His overviews are surprisingly critical, precise, and realistic. Yet, why is he allowed to speak like that, given the existence of well-known cases where Russian people are sentenced to prison for simply...
In the three months I've been translating material from the war in Ukraine, no topic has been as consistently popular among my translations as various calls between Russian soldiers and their family members, intercepted and published online by Ukrainian SBU...
I wanted to express something that's been brewing in my head the past couple of days and culminated today in a fairly specific thought which came to my mind as I was skimming my usual bookmarks in search for fresh translation material to share with you. In the past...
Practically every day I come across information on how many in the Russian web space and army are disappointed about the allegedly overly humane treatment of recently captured 'Azov' fighters in Donetsk hospitals. Many are speaking about this, and Igor Girkin made...