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Ukraine

Ukraine – the world is watching

It is not about Ukraine anymore. It is about the security of the world as a whole. It is...

Jan 3, 2022

What is wrong with Russia?

It appears that Russian leaders cannot free themselves from the medieval concept of regional influence, where weaker neighbors were...

  Ukraine
Dec 23, 2015

Can Russians’ seizing of Crimea be legalized?

Drafting a contract converting a grab of Crimea into a sale gives an opportunity for forming a treaty resolving...

Mar 27, 2014
Remark of the day

Testing 7

December 21, 2024
Artificial intelligence, Life and politics

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar joke from 1971 when Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon tested the newly upgraded hotline. Brezhnev said: “I saw the White House in my nightdream last night.” Nixon responded: ”What is unique about that?” “Above it was a red flag with a hammer and sickle on it,” Brezhnev replied. “It is an interesting coincidence,” Nixon said, “because, in my nightdream, I saw the Kremlin with the red flag above it and something written on that flag.” Curious, Brezhnev asked, “I understand the red flag, but what was written on it?” Nixon answered: “I could not figure it out because it was in Chinese.” That joke is timely because, after the dust settles, China will be the real winner of the war in Ukraine. It might not rule in the Kremlin, but it could de facto control the big part of Siberia.

Testing 6

December 20, 2024
Climate change

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar...

Testing 5

December 20, 2024
Artificial intelligence, Media

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States.I remember a similar j...

Testing 4

December 20, 2024
Media

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar...

Testing 3

December 20, 2024
Artificial intelligence, Climate change

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar...