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How to achieve economic growth
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How to achieve economic growth

The well-known researcher Erik Reinert, in his economic bestseller “How Rich Countries Got Rich… and ...

Stalin and antisemitism
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Stalin and antisemitism

Accusing Joseph Stalin of antisemitism is a rather serious matter, because if he was an ...

Anti-Westernism in Russia: “enemies everywhere”
Anti-Westernism in Russia: “enemies everywhere”

Anti-Western rhetoric became entrenched in Russia in the middle of the 19th century during the ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Under Stalin, people were repressed for a reason”
“Under Stalin, people were repressed for a reason”

Russian society has grown so desperate from witnessing rampant corruption that it instinctively, subconsciously desires ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Populism or principles?
Populism or principles?

Quite unexpectedly, a serious issue for the Russian left has become the question of whether ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Smearing one’s own history”
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“Smearing one’s own history”

A convenient trick of political propaganda is the accusation of “smearing history” (also known as ...

Why power turnover is needed
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Why power turnover is needed

The most important requirement for any democratic society is ensuring the regular turnover of political ...

“Slandered Stalin”
“Slandered Stalin”

If we take several books from the vast body of journalistic literature that satisfies public ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

What should be included in a lustration program for the nomenklatura
What should be included in a lustration program for the nomenklatura

We have already examined how the nomenklatura in the USSR extracted resources from citizens, what ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

What is patriotism and is it useless
What is patriotism and is it useless

Usually, when the word “patriotism” is mentioned, it is perceived as something lofty and inherently ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Internationalism and its alternatives
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Internationalism and its alternatives

In the articles on racism and patriotism, we examined specific reasons why these values are ...

“Life was good under Stalin”
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“Life was good under Stalin”

When we examined the achievements of the Bolsheviks, we noted that the standard of living ...

Dachas of Stalin
Dachas of Stalin

Today, not all billionaires own more than a few villas – maintenance, security, taxes, and ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Stalin is not responsible for the repressions”
“Stalin is not responsible for the repressions”

Historians of a pro-Stalin orientation sometimes claim that Joseph Stalin either did not take part ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Propagandist Yuri Zhukov
Propagandist Yuri Zhukov

If Elena Prudnikova, Yuri Mukhin, and many other publicists who defend Stalin simply invent facts, ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

How Stalin killed communists
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How Stalin killed communists

As we have already discussed in a separate article, Joseph Stalin carried out a conservative ...

What is the free market and is it efficient?
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What is the free market and is it efficient?

We have previously published an article examining the reasons for the inefficiency of a planned ...

Russian right-wing liberals and why they are disliked
Russian right-wing liberals and why they are disliked

The term “liberalism” is a rather proud word, denoting a broad range of political and ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

What is racism and why is it harmful
What is racism and why is it harmful

One of the fundamental progressive values is the equality of people regardless of their race ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Right-wing and left-wing political movements
Right-wing and left-wing political movements

Today, even Time magazine notes that “right” and “left” are situational terms used depending on ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov