In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, part of Russia's first attempt to claim the country as its own. Upon ceasefire, the ‘Wagner Group’ faded back into shadow, only to reemerge in the Middle East, where they'd go toe-to-toe with the U.S., and in Africa, where they'd earn praise for ‘tough measures’ against insurgencies yet spark outrage for looting,...

In Intent to Destroy, political scientist Eugene Finkel uncovers these deep roots of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Ukraine is a key borderland between Russia and the West, and, following the rise of Russian nationalism in the nineteenth century, dominating Ukraine became the cornerstone of Russian policy. Russia has long used genocidal tactics—killings, deportations, starvation, and cultural...

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country’s literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These heroines include Evgenia, a prominent lawyer turned soldier, Oleksandra, who documented tens of...

An examination of the fundamentalists movements present in Islam, Christianity and Judaism and their commonalities.

The book by philosopher and historian N.A. Benediktov discusses the system of values ??of the Russian people. In addition to general ideas about Russian shrines, it describes key periods in the formation of the people. Without knowledge of national life-meaningful values, it is impossible to govern the country, which the current leaders of Russia seem to be unaware of.

Poetic outlook of Russians on Russian history. Notes on Russian history. Dialogues, essays, analysis.

The book by the famous Russian orientalist Alexander Ignatenko examines theoretical and practical issues of the relationship and mutual influence of Islam and politics based on extensive factual material. The author analyzes the historical circumstances of the emergence, driving forces and ideology of religious and political movements appealing to Islam at the turn of the 20th and 21st...

What did Russia gain and what did Russia lose from three centuries of autocratic rule?