Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin, Impaler or Impaled?

Posted on March 21, 2022 by leslie

Vladimir Putin, Impaler or Impaled? The Barbican, 16th March 2022, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Semyon Bychkov, Yuja Wang, reviewed by Leslie Jones In this long overdue return of an international symphony orchestra to the Barbican, politics overshadowed music. Semyon Bychkov, … Continue reading →

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The Ideology of Failure

Posted on September 29, 2021 by leslie

The Ideology of Failure Stephen Pax Leonard, The Ideology of Failure: How Europe Bought into Ideas that Will Weaken and Divide It, Arktos, London, 2018, ISBN 978-1-912079-5 (softcover), xxi + 266 pp, reviewed by Mark Wegierski This book has been … Continue reading →

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Kill Bill Volume One, by Ilana Mercer

Posted on September 12, 2016 by leslie

Kill Bill Volume One, by Ilana Mercer Or, it takes a village (idiot) to vote for Hillary If you strapped Bill Clinton to a polygraph (or to some lie detector that can’t be fooled by the Clintons)—I suspect that, he … Continue reading →

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Hold the Heart

Posted on August 4, 2015 by leslie

 Hold the Heart Gregory Slysz considers the causes of Russo-Western antagonism Introduction ‘The direct consequences of a war with Russia,’ wrote the British weekly The Economist, ‘we look upon with no apprehension, at least under existing circumstances. It may be … Continue reading →

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What next in Russia’s “near abroad”?

Posted on April 11, 2015 by leslie

What next in Russia’s “near abroad”? The Ethnic Conflict Information Centre identifies possible scenarios Ukraine’s modern history has been dominated by its struggle for national identity and self-determination in the face of aggression and outright occupation from its bigger Russian … Continue reading →

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Tsar Putin’s Pobedonostsev

Posted on November 1, 2014 by leslie

 Tsar Putin’s Pobedonostsev* Ed Dutton reviews a timely analysis of Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin ‘The American Empire Should Be Destroyed’: Alexander Dugin and the Perils of Immanentized Eschatology, James D. Heiser, Repristination Press, 211pp. 2014 Alexander Dugin is little known … Continue reading →

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