News
2024 September 5

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 [...]

Video
2024 August 30

We were alone

For a long time, I had a collection of documentary footage from foreign TV on my computer. I have edited a half-hour piece that will not only remind you of the events of 1990-1991, but from the perspective of today's Ukrainian war, you will see everything that makes us anxious, angry or proud.Moscow lies, manipulates, terrorises and looks for a chance to wash it all away in blood, while the West is afraid, misunderstands and speaks in ambiguous terms.How [...]

News
2024 August 20

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 [...]

The World
2024 August 15

Continuing the theme of Stockholm syndrome

More than three thousand Russians have already been taken prisoner in Kursk. Most of them are conscripts, still children, who have recently sat on a school bench. This morning, a video was released showing the capture of 102 Russians by an SBU special squad. Ukraine is an example of a very different approach to people. One of the problems there is that most of the soldiers I have [...]

News
2024 August 2

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 [...]

Video
2024 March 26

Will we wait until Lithuania is next to Lithuania?

How are national myths constructed? Historical memory, the growing Belarusian diaspora and the legacy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Žilvinas Svitojus, strategic communication specialist, open source researcher, speaker of Ukrainian, Polish, Belarusian, Russian and other languages