This marks the end for the Axis of Impotence.
The big news was, of course, the totally expected (if ahead of schedule) Israeli strikes on Iran. I am on record predicting Washington entering into war with Iran by the end of this fall, by the way. I based this analysis off a fortune teller’s astrology reading I saw last November? I think. That is,...
Read MorePutin's government was too Christian and moral to prevent it.
Most of you have already heard the news because it has been dominating headlines for the last 24 hours. The footage has been released in a timely manner to back up Kiev’s claims and to prevent the Kremlin from dousing the flames (literally and metaphorically) in the aftermath of the attack. We are still speculating...
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The greatest minds have pondered this question.
A Stalker writes: Good questions and thank you for making my article today easy as I ease back into a consistent writing cycle. In short, the answer to all of these questions is a very unsatisfactory “I don’t know”. Longtime readers will know though that I’ve been asking literally all my guests and my readers...
Read MoreBut then so has everyone else as well.
Where have I been these past few days? Shouldn’t I have been taking a victory lap and screaming, “I was right!” and “I told you so!” this whole time? Well, yes … yes, I should have. But I was busy doing some cramming and studying on the topic. See, I had followed Syria closely a...
Read MorePart 1: The Ideology of Mozgovism Translated by Dr. Livci, edited by Rurik; transmitted by Rolo Slavski Previously, we covered Storm Z. What I hope to achieve with this essay is to show that the “Russian Spring” of 2014-2016 was a genuine grassroots uprising that was first and foremost anti-oligarchic in its worldview. This is...
Read MoreAuthors: Dr. Livsci and Rurik … The Russian question is probably second only to the Christianity question when it comes dividing J-woke right-wingers. Back in the early days, blogger Rolo/Rurik of the Slavland Chronicles stated that as far as he was concerned that there were only two political camps that mattered to him: the anti-Russia...
Read MoreI asked Dr. Livsci to provide us with a translation and a summary of the book “Storm Z” and the good doctor went ahead and delivered. Before this, he covered, “Why the SMO?” which was a very in-depth analysis of why the SMO had failed and why the subsequent Not-War that followed was designed to...
Read MoreTime for yet another Slavlands Civil War recap My last major recap was in March of this year. Many events have occurred since then, but the overall situation has not changed much. Kiev + Washington continue to dictate the pace of this war and Moscow continues losing slowly and with as much face-saving grace as...
Read MoreI’d like to introduce Rusty to the Stalkers over at Slavland Chronicles and to anyone else who might pick up and read this story. We haven’t had an interview in a while.Yes, Rusty is a fake name, but the man behind the man is very real. We’ve known each other for awhile, but unlike me,...
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If you look at and analyze the Not-War on the strategic level, well, you can’t help but come to the conclusions and talking points presented by the pessimists. If you’re honest, that is. But the narrative has now shifted and the discussion is being framed on the tactical level. That is, the events around Bakhmut...
Read MoreBack in the day, the USSR used to actually engage in what is referred to as “active measures.” That is, they would work to create networks of sympathizers in the West related to culture, business and politics. The topic of Soviet interference in the West is rather intricate and worth exploring in detail another time....
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What Happens Next Will Determine Whether Russia Continues to Exist as a Sovereign State
Chances are, you started paying attention to Russia right around the time that the Euromaidan coup was pulled off and the rebellion in the East began. Or, you came in around the time that the Syria intervention kicked off. During this period, people on the internet began looking for explanations to understand what was occurring....
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A higher-up in the Security Council of Russia penned a op-ed in which he said that Chabad, the premier representatives of organized Jewry in the Slavlands, was up to no good. JTA: A Russian official has apologized after his deputy published an op-ed that referred to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Orthodox Judaism as a “neo-pagan...
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Thoughts on Igor Shafarevich’s “Postscript to ‘The Three-Thousand-Year-Old Enigma’”
I recently provided a translation of Igor Shafarevich’s final remarks on his own work, “The Three-Thousand-Year-Old Enigma,” addressing the Jewish Question in which he tries to expound on possible solutions going forward. Please read the original text first. If I wanted to, I could easily write a glowing review of Igor Shafarevich and his work...
Read MoreI re-read my book on Jewish history (The Three-Thousand-Year-Old Enigma) and the feeling I experienced was one of dissatisfaction. Since the author (myself) has taken a stab at shedding light on such a broad historical phenomenon, I thought, he could have made more specific observations that shed light on the current situation and the possible...
Read MoreAn Interview With Alexander Porozhnyakov of the “Tsar’s Cross” Movement
Alexander Porozhnyakov is a young, conservative grassroots activist in Russia. He’s been in the wider right-wing movement for a decade, which makes him a veritable veteran of right-wing Russian politics. He runs a media project called “Tsar’s Cross” that promotes Orthodoxy, Russian nationalism and criticizes Liberals in both civil society and the government. We met...
Read MoreWe left Comrade Krieger last time 37 km from Kiev proper, freezing in a sniper nest on the roof of an abandoned shopping center. After our night on the roof and our morning spent drinking tea, our unit linked up with a SOBR unit (hard-hitting Spetznaz SWAT equivalents) and some OMON people (also a kind...
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The next day, after the counter-attack that never came, we left the field because it was too exposed. In daylight, the enemy could, in theory, see us, but we wouldn’t be able to see the enemy. We moved into another abandoned village nearby and took up residence in an abandoned home. Most villages are generally...
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The Great Russian Restoration X
The Russian Orthodox Church has been affected by recent events as much as the rest of Russian society has. Now, more than ever, the Church is being asked to support the government and this has had ripple effects on church politics. The biggest story is the unceremonious demotion of Metropolitan Hilarion. Once the Russian Orthodox...
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I’d like to introduce “Comrade Krieger,” a soldier who was deployed into Ukraine in the early days of the special operation. Comrade Krieger is, quite obviously, a nom de guerre of this young man. I spoke to him to get his account of what went down during the push to Kiev. He is currently not...
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I readily admit that “Stability Generation” isn’t a moniker that will ever stick in the public consciousness. But, I chose the term to highlight the stark difference in society that the younger generations grew up in. Those who spent their conscious, formative years in the Putin period of relative stability are quite different from the...
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I’ve written about the military people in Russia before, but it’s worth bringing up again. There are, or rather, there were nationalist political groups in Russian politics, but they were either assimilated, like Dmitri Rogozin’s “Rodina” party, which basically faded into irrelevance once Rogozin himself was offered a position in the government, or they folded...
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We left off talking about the Soviet Generation last time. By the by, some commenters over on Unz got mad and accused me of promoting pro-Western talking points and being anti-Russian for being a bit harsh, admittedly, about the old-timers. Well, putting aside that some people seem incapable of seeing the world with any nuance...
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In the West, we spend a lot of time endlessly debating the various generations and their voting patterns, values, and economic niche in our societies. While there are exceptions to any rule, certain generalizations have come into focus about the Silent Generation, the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and the Zoomers. But what about in...
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The Great Russian Restoration
It is the opinion of most patriotic voices in Russian alt-media (remember, hardcore Russian patriots are still not allowed on mainstream media in Russia) that while the special operation in Ukraine is all well and good, there is no good explanation for why Ukraine was lost in the first place. How could the Kremlin let...
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Below I present the abridged version of an interview that I conducted with Andrei Tsiganov in St. Petersburg on March 30th. Mr. Tsiganov is a political activist in Russia. You may not have heard of him personally, but it far more likely that you have heard of some of the activity that he and his...
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The Great Russian Restoration, IX
I have resisted the urge to write much about the actual war in Ukraine up to this point for several reasons. First, I am not a military expert, although I have spoken to several retired military men to get their take on the situation since the start of the conflict. This is made easier by...
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I promised an article on the pro-Kremlin faction of the oligarchs, but that will have to wait until we get a final head count of who fled and who stayed in Russia. Friends today, enemies tomorrow — such is life in… well just about anywhere nowadays. Instead, we should probably say a few words about...
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The Great Russian Restoration VII
Many pundits and analysts have pointed out that Russia doesn’t seem to have a visible political/economic/state ideology and they are correct to do so. That being said, the Kremlin civic platform has always been quite basic and straightforward. The Kremlin’s official civic platform is based on three pillars: sport, Orthodoxy and World War II. As...
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The Great Russian Restoration VI
The police operation in the Ukraine is at a standstill at the moment except in a few areas along the various fronts. The Russian army slowly, gingerly advances into the cities, cutting off sections controlled by the enemy like a kolbasa, piece by piece. Civilians fleeing the city of Mariuple have to run the Azov...
Read MoreThe Great Russian Restoration V
The media situation in Russia we have already painted over in broad strokes. As bad as the situation was with the news media outside of the government-controlled state channels, the situation with the entertainment media was only marginally better. Unlike the news media, the entertainment media has not been shut down and purged over the...
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The Great Russian Restoration IV
As per tradition, let’s start with some war updates: The Russian army appears to follow a bomb, advance, surround order of operations. The first cycle ended about a week ago and we are back on the bomb phase now. A base in Lvov/Lviv was bombed and many foreign volunteers/mercenaries were liquidated. The SBU (Security Service...
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The Great Russian Restoration III
There appears to be a breather in the offensive campaign two weeks in. Every talking head with a Telegram channel, a LiveJournal or a radio broadcast has weighed in on what this means. Some accept the statements from Russian officials at face value—that it is a genuine effort to provide humanitarian relief to the civilian...
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There have been multiple overviews of the situation in Ukraine from former government officials, former military officers and veteran Russia watchers over the last month. Most of them present a fairly accurate macro-picture of the situation and include the proper basics with which to form an accurate analysis of the current conflict. NATO expansion, broken...
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