The Estonian view is cautious. Clearly the cracks in the regime are out in the open, and change is coming, but the Ukrainians may need further help to achieve victory. Belarus is now even more bound … (View Post)

That the Conservatives have taken millions in donations from Russian sources is a matter of public record. That the civil service and apparently ministers took the right decisions re: Ukraine is not … (View Post)

Russia´s problem is not geography, but culture. (View Post)

Too much meeja in the UK is patronising Bullshit. Reporters of a previous generation like Charles Wheeler, Mark Tully ,Alistair Cooke, and others assumed the listener or viewer was not a moron. Treat… (View Post)

Moldova is a 80% majority Romanian speaking country (until 1940, it was part of Romania), but it has significant other minorities, including Ukrainian, Russian, Turkish speaking Gaugauz and Bulgarian… (View Post)