http://win.ru/en/school/index.phtmlFight the world's centers http://win.ru/en/school/5343.phtml Almost one and a half million Hungarians — that makes up more than 6% of population — live in Romania. In Transylvania, however, this rate goes as high as 20%. In the judeţs1 of Harghita and Kovászna Hungarians make up significant majority and would hardly ever be willing to recognize these territories as the primordially Romanian ones. Hungarians appeared there almost simultaneously with Romanians — although, this historical chapter is far from being unequivocal: its Hungarian and Romanian interpretations vary more than a little. http://win.ru/en/school/5343.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/5328.phtml World mass-media republish and comment an interview of Zbigniew Brzezinski — American authority on global strategy — to the Polish newspaper "Polityka" that was published on the 19th of July. Well-known author of the "Great chessboard" concept, Brzezinski is an inspiration to the foreign policy of the Democratic U. S. presidents (Carter, Clinton and Obama). He believes our world to be at the threshold of some great changes, which can have a bad impact on America. http://win.ru/en/school/5328.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/5273.phtml EU is an ideological rather than geopolitical project. It doesn’t pretend to be the stronghold of democracy. In this connection one might recall Herzen’s words that Europe would never be able to live up to its beliefs. Historically several EU countries had never met the liberal democratic criteria, they have to stand for nowadays. http://win.ru/en/school/5273.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/5257.phtml Though Russia might have a few more friends than just her Army and Navy, Iran certainly isn’t one of them. It’s just a lever to be used for extracting concessions from the US. At this time, supporting sanctions is good for Russia because the Americans are compromising on many spheres (e. g. on modernization, START, Georgia). However, a time may come when Russia performs volte face, e. g. if the US shows signs of reaching a reconciliation with Iran in order to refocus its energies on containing Russia, or ceases supporting Russia’s modernization drive. http://win.ru/en/school/5257.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/5049.phtml We can hardly say that the Russian official was appointed to such high-ranked post by a chance. Mind that it is Russia that has recently become undoubted leader of the emerging world-wide coalition against the spread of drugs with its principle stronghold in Afghanistan. More than 90% of drugs that come to the world market are produced there. http://win.ru/en/school/5049.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4938.phtml Flemish-Walloon "divorce suit" may pass in peace, but it wouldn’t be emotionally painful — first of all, thanks to the "no man’s Brussels" that remains the third federal unit of Belgium for now. Perhaps, Euro-Commission and Euro-Parliament should start looking for the new city for their head-quarters if they wouldn’t like to witness the sharing of property named "Brussels". http://win.ru/en/school/4938.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4789.phtml "Occupation" — is a double-edged term and applying it to Russia is fraught with the risks of hearing the same accusations in reply. Note that U. S. administration may hear them not from the Kremlin itself, but rather from the citizens of the very countries that America is trying to "bring to the democracy and progress". "Person of the Commander-in-Chief — whether it’s McChrystal or Petraeus — doesn’t matter" — said the "Taliban" representatives. Our position is crystal clear: we’re going to fight occupants until they’re out of our country. http://win.ru/en/school/4789.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4695.phtml Today’s ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan are actually nothing new in the essence. Similar event used to take place in the 90s, though the authorities managed to settle them down, or — putting it right — "freeze them for the time being". Today, however, the national antipathy was multiplied by the social collapse and the anarchy that reigns over the republic. http://win.ru/en/school/4695.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4674.phtml Inertial Rusophobia is very uncomfortable. According to a proverb it looks like a suitcase without a handle: it’s uncomfortable to carry it but it’s impossible to throw it away. It is highly important now when the issue of lifting visa regime between the EU and Russia is on agenda. The nationalists lose a subsequent trump card which they used to demonstrate with a mood of superiority: well, at least we move in Europe like at home. It turns out to be so: there is not need to join the EU to move freely in it. http://win.ru/en/school/4674.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4655.phtml While Yahoo! just follows the globalization, having provided the popular services to the users, Google actually promotes it. It wishes to "bring the freedom to every home" and is an ally to quite a number of specialized corporations, international and state structures with the certain technological and technical opportunities. "Freedom" at that, turns out to be a total control as long as the information doesn’t vanish but rather stays at Google servers, with the help of technology providing its very circulation. http://win.ru/en/school/4655.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4641.phtml Russophobia — grounding at the exclusive relationship with the Baltic states, Yushchenko’s Ukraine and Saakashvili’s Georgia — was the essence of Lech Kaczyński’s Eastern policy. If Jarosław is to become Polish President, the country would have to go through the same ole discords between the government and the President. Russia in this case would have to keep ignoring the person of Polish President, while resetting the relationship with Polish government. http://win.ru/en/school/4641.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4517.phtml Lost wars, nostalgia for the majestic greatness, economic and political crises make up perfect grounds for the extremist, nationalistic and purely fascist organizations. It’s only JOBBIK that openly tells the truth about its sympathies towards Nazism but the line that separates the slightly more civilized ultra-rights from the outright Hungarian fascist is so thin that the threat of the European fascistization doesn’t look that unreal anymore. http://win.ru/en/school/4517.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4438.phtml Norway and Holland are considered to be the model countries for the contemporary Europe. The wealthiest, the most tolerant, the most "free" (drugs are legalized, same-sex marriages — too). Correspondent TV-channel offices of these countries are regularly sending the news clips concerning interethnic conflicts, skinheads etc. back home. But few people know that these very "model" countries are having fierce debates regarding prohibition of Koran or deportation of the immigrants into the filtration centers at the African territory. http://win.ru/en/school/4438.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4436.phtml In the EU countries depicting Russia as a huge hotbed of xenophobia, national hatred and intolerance happened to be a sign of good form. Tendentious coverage of the European media led to the fact that every single national-grounded conflict in Moscow or St. Petersburg is becoming an occasion for the articles and broadcastings. At the same time Europeans prefer not to speak aloud about their own interethnic issues that have long ago become chronic and systematic. Meanwhile, ultra-right, radically nationalistic parties in Europe are not the marginal phenomena anymore, but rather the integral parts of the political systems of their respective countries. http://win.ru/en/school/4436.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4422.phtml Jerzy Giedroyć’s statement about two graves — of Piłsudski and Dmowski — that rule over the Poland became truism long time ago. Fierce political fight for the President’s post that unfolded after the brief mourning reconciliation, creates the preconditions for appearance of the third "ruling grave" — the one of Lech Kaczyński. http://win.ru/en/school/4422.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4421.phtml On the eve of the 9th of May Polish priests and artists addressed the Polish nation calling it to light up the candles at the graves of the Soviet soldiers as a token of reconciliation and gratitude for the liberation from the fascists. http://win.ru/en/school/4421.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4375.phtml When you hear that Twitter or mobile phones are essential for democracy and that they give a chance to Iranian or Burmese or Cuban or Zimbabwean "tyranny fighters", give yourself a moment and think about the persons using such a chance and the ways they use it. By the way, some examples of that can be found at not so distant places: the scenario described was frequently used at the post-Soviet space, and last time it was Chisinau, 2009. http://win.ru/en/school/4375.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4241.phtml In fact, the "tulip revolution" that the USA interpreted as an outstanding victory of democracy (George Bush has put it in the same line with the Georgian "revolution of roses", Ukrainian "orange revolution" and the "cedar revolution" in the neighboring Middle-Eastern Lebanon) has just created the preconditions for restoring the medieval order in Kirghizia. New authorities were much more savage towards their political adversaries than Askar Akayev, who was overthrown in 2005 and was accused of "suppressing the freedom". http://win.ru/en/school/4241.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4224.phtml Yet another "color" revolution has ingloriously ceased to exist. When Viktor Yanukovych headed the Ukraine, the "Orange revolution" has relegated to the oblivion. Now the Kirghiz "Tulip revolution" followed it. The main difference, though, was the way it happened. While in the Ukraine everything was settled down in a peaceful way, Kirghiz events were completely opposite to that. Five years ago "color" oppositionists have let the genie out of the bottle. Today this very genie is whipping themselves — literally. http://win.ru/en/school/4224.phtml http://win.ru/en/school/4159.phtml Recently it turned out that Mikhail Saakashvili who launched the hoax of Russian attack to Georgia at the "Imedi" channel is not the only weirdo with the cranky ideas. On the 10th of March Finnish newspaper "Helsingin Sanomat" made a decision to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 in a very odd manner. There was a plan of war with Russia published in this newspaper. It’s said, at first Russian rocket will destroy Finnish television and radio broadcasting company center (YLE) in Helsinki. In return President would announce the complete mobilization; the evacuation of government bodies from the warfare area would take place. First air fights are to take place in the Helsinki sky, and the Russian "aggressors" will take their first casualties. http://win.ru/en/school/4159.phtml