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Today, Russia celebrates Victory Day. Germany capitulated on 5/8, but it was past midnight in Moscow, and Russians, who wound up calling the war Great Patriotic, are a bit Russo-centric.I've

(Thread)US history is an extremely fascinating subject, ever more so for being very pertinent to today's issues. Like, there is no law passed in XIX century Russia that remains relevant

Nobody in American politics reminds me more of Soviet Politburo members circa 1983 than this buttoned-down church man who makes love to unfettered capitalism. NOBODY!"Promoting patriotism in education", Mikhail? Seriously?https://

OMG, the horror!Turns out, the evil, godless, horrible commie Soviets had universal day care. And because we all know that EVERYTHING Soviets had led to Gulags, we must all reject

Just finished watching Captain USA and the Frozen Warrior, and the last episode is actually as good as one can hope for. The Not Handsome Enough Cap gets a happy

So, the IOC has forbidden to kneel during the anthem at the Olympics and threatened athletes who do it with sanctions. IOC's position here is of course unchanged since 1968,

Another personal thread. Previously, I have told the story of my grandfathers, both genuine, extremely badass WWII heroes, whose stories I have only recently uncovered in the Russian Defense Ministry

The politics of militant bullshit right-wing grievance are fun and games until someone gets killed, and by that measure, it hasn't been fun and games since mid-1930s.Cruz doesn't give a

I have decided to troll an ultra right-wing Russian immigrants' Facebook group. Let's see how this goes. The like is from the moderator Racking up the likes! This post should

Fuck. And I cannot emphasize this enough. Them.Fuck them.Fuck them for the mindless racist morons they are.Fuck their feelings.Fuck them and consign them to the trash heap of history.Fuck them

My American friends and colleagues often ask me how the 1980 Miracle on Ice was covered in the USSR. It's a good question. I was 5, and it was likely

Congresswoman, if I may... I'll probably disagree with you on many issues. Or, maybe, on some. On Israel, likely. It's cool, I can live with that. People disagree about crap.