Why I envy Valdas Bartkevičius
Silence cannot be punished. Living under the stress of being written to every day, of being asked to meet and threatened with violence against you and your family, of being told that they know where you live and will come, beat you up, shoot you, blow you up. Is it possible to be jealous of this? No. I experience it myself, albeit on a much smaller scale. But these couch knights are only scary on the internet, if you say that [...]
On political correctness
Julia Navalna writes: At last we find those who speak of the urgent need to "decolonise" Russia. Our country, which is too big, supposedly needs to be divided into a couple of dozen small and safe states. The "decolonizers", however, cannot explain why it is necessary to artificially separate people with a common origin and cultural context, and they do not say at all how this should happen.An excellent answer by Dzmitry Khurnievich: "About the common context. One [...]
Who will honour a nation without heroes?
A few years ago, when I personally encountered the submissiveness of the highest Lithuanian officials to the opinions of their foreign colleagues, I wondered, "Are they scared? "It was strange to feel that the apparent defence of one's own interests, which is not to the benefit of us, of Lithuania, has been accepted as legitimate and that even implicitly expressed wish has been satisfied. That thought did not give me peace for a long time. Like all ephemeral [...]
Volunteers.
Vilma Fiokla Kiure wrote - The word “volontior”, from the English “volunteer”. Certainly not from the Russian one, as some people think. In Ukraine it is used for volunteers. Since we work with Ukrainians, it stuck to us. So, who are our volunteers? I managed to talk to many of them, or at least exchange a word. They come from different professions, mostly small [...]
Russian neo-Nazis (and good nationalists) in Lithuania
Photo:August 2024: neo-Nazi (future Lithuanian doctor of law) Vladimir Ratnikov (real name Komarnitsky), a Russian, at our monument to the victims of Soviet repression, presents a campaign in memory of the White Guards of Russia. Or as he says, “Russian heroes”.September 2016: watermelon sellers are subjected to pogroms by Vladimir Ratnikov. Let's talk about the situation? The text is based on material from Sova, a non-state research organisation on xenophobia and nationalism. A little [...]
Expensive and luxurious
Why do Ukrainians in Lithuania and Europe drive ultra-luxurious cars and we still have to donate to them? This is the most common excuse for not making sacrifices. In this post I will explain what is luxury and what is expensive. The internet is full of videos of luxury cars with Ukrainian plates gathered in one place. Whoa! You see! What kind of cars they drive! First of all, a closer look at the video [...]
