Yesterday was the day of jokes or fools, and it turned out that in the few years since the introduction of the temporary residence program Latvia has issued residence permits to about 50,000 Russian citizens. Unexpectedly many. Surprise. By Latvian standards, it’s a pretty big city. The Berliner Tagesspiegel prints a very positive article about…
March News from Kazan, which is neither Moscow nor St. Petersburg, but one of Russia’s megacities and the capital of a potentially independent Tatarstan: “No major changes so far. Most people still don’t understand that something is happening that breaks the usual order of things. My mother believes everything that is said on television. She…
While there was another round of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations, about which no one was under any illusions, while there was some regrouping on the front, while the Ukrainians still do not have the heavy weapons that could quickly end the war, while in Russia the army was again concentrated on the…
Which of the statements by NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, whose fright is harder to hide at every appearance, should be believed? “NATO will not fight, we will not contribute to the escalation of the conflict.” “We will defend every inch of a NATO country.” Moscow believes in the former. Now also the Ukrainians. I still…
Today it is exactly one month since Russia invaded Ukraine to take Kiev within 48 hours. Poisonous mood. Everyone who is not in Ukraine is already used to war, it is part of the daily routine. If the news had an avalanche-like effect at first, swallowing you whole, now they are well dosed. A little…
While the Ukrainian army, the strongest in Europe, with the help of its numerous allies, fertilizes its country with fascist invaders who, as it turns out, cannot really wage war, the hysteria on Russia’s central TV channels is hard to hide; I quote, “We have something simple to say to Europe. You will get a…
I wonder if Hungary will honor the veto it promised Russia on the issue of European Union sanctions against Russian energy resources. Will Germany do the same? How quickly will we be able to build wind turbines? Or put solar panels on the roof of a garden shed? Is co-financing possible? Who will pay the…
It’s starting to be confusing now how long it’s been going on. War fatigue has set in. Both sides are tired. The front line goes back and forth, Mariupol is still besieged and systematically annihilated along with its population, Kiev has not been taken, negotiations between the warring parties are going nowhere. There is unity…
I was invited to Riga Castle, where an international conference with the participation of the President was held on the following occasion: Today, for the first time, the National Resistance Movement Memorial Day is celebrated in Latvia. The speeches recalled the past and the significance of the date – at the March 17, 1944, during…
21st day of the war News in brief: Russian Nazi fascists invaded the town of Gorlovka in the Donbas region in 2014 and kidnapped city council deputy Vladimir Rybak. For several days he was tortured, then they cut open his stomach and threw his body into the river. This week, in March 2022, the Russian…