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russia’s “victory day” is built on a war it didn’t win.
russia did not win the WWII. it stole the credit and built an imperial death cult out of it.
 • maksym eristavi.
the empire made putin. not the other way around.
you cannot defend against what you refuse to imagine.
 • maksym eristavi.
ending russia’s empire is the climate breakthrough no one talks about.
Why dismantling russia’s petro‑imperial system is key to climate security, decolonisation, and ending fossil‑fuel extraction driving global instability.
 • maksym eristavi.
how i got russia wrong — and what finally changed my mind.
russia is a 500-year empire. stop treating it like a normal country having a bad decade.
 • maksym eristavi.
you don't think of russia when you hear 'slavery'? you should.
how russia ran the largest slavery camp disguised as 'modernisation'.
 • maksym eristavi.
rc101 dispatch: the escapism is getting louder. so is the war.
At Leipzig Book Fair, I ended up sandwiched between two crowds — one escaping reality, one confronting it clearly. Which one are you?
russia will not collapse on its own. stop waiting.
all empires eventually end. but not without a help.
 • maksym eristavi.
russia's most effective imperial propaganda isn't designed for russians.
one oscar, and the western cognitive weakness russia has been exploiting for generations.
 • maksym eristavi.
rc101 dispatch: a drone is not a drone is not a drone.
Eight Ukrainian artists turning imperial erasure into reconnaissance.
 • maksym eristavi.
Ukrainian Spaces. Six windows on Ukraine: Acceptance.
season five finale.
 • maksym eristavi.
50:36
the queerness of choosing Ukraine.
Austrian archduke, unapologetically queer and ... an authentically Ukrainian?
 • maksym eristavi.
Ukrainian Spaces. Six windows on Ukraine: Love.
season five returns with six powerful anti-colonial testimonies.
 • maksym eristavi.
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russian colonialism 101.
russian colonialism 101.
the first and only newsletter expanding russian colonialism awareness from the russian colonialism storyteller-in-chief.
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