Woher kommt die ungeheuere Brutalität, mit der die russischen Soldaten in der Ukraine morden, plündern und vergewaltigen? Warum wehren sich so wenige Russen gegen den Krieg? Julian Hans, der langjährige Moskau-Korrespondent der Süddeutschen Zeitung, macht anhand von fünf spektakulären Verbrechen sichtbar, wie sich Gewalt und Erniedrigung in das Leben der Menschen gefressen haben. Wer verstehen...

Deportationsfantasien, Untersuchungshaft wegen Terrorverdacht, Gelder aus Russland und China-Spionage – ganz Deutschland rätselt: Wie gefährlich ist die AfD? Muss die Partei verboten werden, bevor sie an die Macht kommt? Die Autoren Michael Kraske und Dirk Laabs, die seit Jahren im extremistischen Milieu recherchieren, liefern harte Fakten. Sie berichten aus ostdeutschen AfD-Brennpunkten, von...

Die Ost-West-Debatte der Deutschen ist oft von gegenseitigem Unverständnis und Zuspitzungen geprägt. Christina Morina vermeidet die übliche Frontenbildung und rückt – anhand vieler bisher unerforschter Selbstzeugnisse wie Bürgerbriefe, Petitionen und Flugblätter – die Demokratievorstellungen und das Selbstverständnis ganz normaler Bürgerinnen und Bürger in Ost und West seit den 1980er Jahren in...

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,...

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?