The collapse of the Soviet Union. Captured over three years by Juris Podnieks. mycentury.tv/red-square/39-… #Soviet #Baltic #Riga #Latvia #Latvija #Podnieks #Moscow #Москва

Chinese Muslim pilgrims on train in Ningxia province. Photo by Alain Le Garsmeur, 1985.

Erich Honecker greets Leonid Brezhnev at Schönefeld Airport, Berlin, 1974. Photo by Thomas Billhardt.

90 DAYS THAT MAY WELL HAVE ENDED THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT Michael Goldfarb open.substack.com/pub/frdhfirstr…?

Preparing for the Death of Putin rand.org/pubs/commentar…

Belgrade, 1960s.

None of us should put pressure on Zelenskyy when it comes to territorial concessions. We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. Appeasement never was a road to a just and lasting peace.

How the US Lost Its Hold on Democracy by Michael Goldfarb GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY open.substack.com/pub/frdhfirstr… substack.com/@michaelgoldfa…

kavkazr.com/a/zapretnyy-dl… #Caucasus #Kafkaz #Chechens #Grozny #Russia #Россия #Чечня #Ichkeria

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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT open.substack.com/pub/frdhfirstr…

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open.substack.com/pub/timothygar… #Ukraine #Україна #Kharkiv #Харків #Russia

Sunbathers on a roof in Koper, Slovenia, 1960s.

Prishtina, 1960s.

svobodnaevropa.bg/a/naroden-sad-… #Bulgaria #България #communism Bulgaria

euvsdisinfo.eu/the-rise-of-th… #Russia #Россия #propaganda #disinformation #Moscow #EU

Russia's Language Grooming euvsdisinfo.eu/large-language… #Russia #propaganda #disinformation #warfare #Moscow #Москва #Россия #Kremlin