Communism

Dear readers, 

As most of you know, I have been writing about Russia’s military actions since the beginning of last fall.

Peng Shuai disappeared after she accused China’s former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault.

Tennis superstar Peng Shuai has not been seen in public since she alleged that China’s former Vice Premier, Zhang Ghaoli, committed sexual assault against her at his house.

“What I propose is to make universal what today belongs to a privileged minority. Let’s empower our people, by giving them not only the access but also the necessary tools to join the globalized world and, therefore, the process of economic development.”

Real Heroes: Witold Pilecki

First of all I would like to remember some historical lines about Georgia. My country is located in Caucasus, neighboring Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. It is true that this region was historically one of the key points of Silk Road and nowadays it is loosing the opportunity to be a hub between Asia and Europe again. 

As an artist, a political analyst and a social media influencer, I have spent my life defending human rights, freedom of expression and democracy.

For the massacre’s victims, and for those whom an increasingly aggressive, totalitarian Beijing would victimize in the future, we must remember June 4, 1989.

Sixty years ago, while thousands of Cubans were celebrating the fall of the regime of Fulgencio Batista, a fevered atmosphere filled with a mixture of hype and hate was taking over Havana. Few foresaw what was coming next. On January 1, 1959, the Republic of Cuba was killed.

In this series we will publish weekly cutouts from the book by Kristian Niemietz

The straw men that were once alive

When Russia's state statistics agency released its initial estimates of 2018 economic growth on February 4, it caught economists, investment bankers, financial analysts, and many others off-guard.

It wasn't because the reported gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.3 percent was earth-shattering, or even that it was the country's strongest showing in six years. It was that Rosstat's figure bettered even the most optimistic forecasts, with experts having predicted something in the range of 1.8 to 2.1 percent.