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“Russia was a genuine great power, but with a tragic flaw. Its vicious, archaic autocracy had to be emasculated for any type of better system to emerge. Unmodern in principle, let alone in practice, the autocracy died a deserving death in the maelstrom of the Anglo-German antagonism, the bedlam of Serbian nationalism, the hemophilia bequeathed by Queen Victoria, the pathology of the Romanov court, the mismanagement by the Russian government of its wartime food supply, the determination of women and men marching for bread and justice, the mutiny of the capital garrison, and the defection of the Russian high command.
But the Great War did not break a functioning autocratic system; the war smashed an already broken system wide open.”
― Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
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Free Syria Media Hub Retweeted
31st March 2023
“We see how Russian propaganda is preparing people to think that nuclear war isn’t bad.” In conversation with Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov. Producer
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Free Syria Media Hub Retweeted
It sounds like a bad April Fool’s Day joke, but tomorrow, April 1, Russia will take over the one-month rotating presidency of the U.N. Security Council, which is meant to uphold the international peace and security that Putin has pulverized in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Community in Ireland
1st April 2023
«Irish coaches helped me win international gold in taekwon-do», Ivan (12) via
«I like Ireland very much, but I dream of returning home to Ukraine and I am waiting for the victory of the Ukrainian armed forces as soon as possible.»
Ukrainian diary: ‘Irish coaches helped me win international gold in taekwon-do’
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1st April 2023
“Russia’s presidency begins on 1 April and, frankly speaking, you can not imagine a worse joke for April Fools Day”
on Russia’s presidency of the
Security Council. Watch in full: https://bit.ly/42VQJxv
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1st April 2023
Russia may have scarred Ukrainian souls, but Putin has not broken our will.
politico.eu
Through fury and grief, remembering Bucha
Russia may have scarred Ukrainian souls, but Putin has not broken our will.
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The Bucha Massacre depicted by the Ukrainian artist Anton Logov. Nearly 500 Ukrainian civilians slaughtered by the Russian Army in a single small town…
1st April 2023
“The devil walks among us and I saw him in Bucha,” – Zelensky
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1st April 2023
Saint Javelin has risen in Lavra.
Who Watches the Watchers? 