Monthly Archives: February 2023

Die Zeit: Der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj entzieht mehreren ehemaligen prorussischen Politikern des Landes die ukrainische Staats­bürgerschaft. “Ich habe die entsprechenden Dokumente unterzeichnet, um unseren Staat vor denjenigen zu schützen, die auf der Seite des Aggressors stehen”, sagte Selenskyj in seiner … Continue reading →

“Political repression of communists, peace activists and progressive forces is common in both Ukraine and Russia. If Russians do it, it’s a travesty, yet when Ukrainians do it, they’re spreading democracy and representing European values. Member states are divided on … Continue reading →

Wikipedia: In 2021, however, the Russian Ministry of Culture downgraded the memorial complex at Katyn on its Register of Sites of Cultural Heritage from a place of federal to one of only regional importance.[144] Such decisions, says the preface to the site, are … Continue reading →

Gabor Steingart, Focus: Sanktionsregime werden designt um zu beeindrucken – den Wähler, nicht Putin.

Columbia Journalism Review: No narrative did more to shape Trump’s relations with the press than Russiagate. The story, which included the Steele dossier and the Mueller report among other totemic moments, resulted in Pulitzer Prizes as well as embarrassing retractions … Continue reading →

You were my beginning and again I am with you, here, where I learned the four quarters of the globe. Below, behind the trees, the River’s quarter; to the back, behind the buildings, the quarter of the Forest; to the … Continue reading →

There is something shockingly ambiguous about the jealous way in which survivors insist on their exclusive rights to the Holocaust as intellectual property, as though they’d come into possession of some great and unique secret; as though they were protecting … Continue reading →

Berliner Zeitung: Bis zum heutigen Tag ist vollkommen unklar, wer die Anschläge auf die Pipelines verübt hat, obwohl es Untersuchungen von mehreren Ländern am Tatort gegeben hat. Anfragen der Opposition im Deutschen Bundestag zu möglichen Erkenntnissen hat die Bundesregierung bisher … Continue reading →