The hot rumour in the Russosphere this week is that Patrushev is the silovik who came in from the cold, has been rehabilitated to be the heir apparent should VVP falter. This would be very much a May… (View Post)

Petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid. I learned that on Erasmus. (View Post)

All of the correspondents with an emergent and burgeoning interest in Erasmus are directed toward this film which is a fairly realistic and amusing portrayal of the experience. https://fr.wikipedia.o… (View Post)

The first question at my Admiralty Board interview in 1988 was "What does your father do?" An inquiry obviously freighted with the subliminal prejudices and expectations of the British clas… (View Post)

The British government hasn't seized the 25 billion quid of frozen Russian assets in the UK so basically what the fuck are you on about? The UK isn't any better, or worse depending on where… (View Post)