Roman Cherevko·Apr 27, 2024Vladimir Vladimirovich Loves to Watch Children DyingIn this essay I discuss some misconceptions about the Soviet Union’s political coordinates and then speculate on some amusing parallels…
Roman Cherevko·Mar 19, 2024Of Apples, Soup, and Grain, Or What Climate Activists and Polish Farmers Have in CommonBack in my hotel room in Berlin on September 24, 2021, I was reading the news to learn that a massive Fridays for Future rally had just…
Roman Cherevko·Nov 14, 2023Petőfi, Orbán, and a War of SymbolsWhen we disregard Alexander Pushkin, whose images have been quickly disappearing from Ukrainian streets and squares since February 2022…
Roman Cherevko·Oct 21, 2023Why Hamas Supporters Quote Céline and How Putinists Learned to Love SolzhenitsynThere is little doubt that Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961) was a talented, original, and influential writer. His debut novel, Journey to…
Roman Cherevko·Aug 30, 2023The Hungarian Far Right Believe Putin Is Fighting Communists in Ukraine: The Publishing FrontIt so happened that my last foreign trip before the full-scale Russian invasion was to Budapest in November 2021. I stayed in the city’s…A response icon1A response icon1
Roman Cherevko·Jul 6, 2023Russia Destroys Its First Polish Heritage Object in UkraineLast night I went to bed after 1 AM, only to be awakened an hour later by an air-raid alert. I was too tired and fell asleep again, but…
Roman Cherevko·Jun 6, 2023The Intricacies of Canceling Russian CultureAfter Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there has been a lot of controversy about canceling Russian culture, both inside…A response icon3A response icon3
Roman Cherevko·May 29, 2023Why Freedom Lovers Support Authoritarian Regimes: Corruption Is the KeyWhen someone claims to be an advocate of freedom, it doesn’t necessarily mean they advocate freedom for everyone.
Roman Cherevko·Apr 28, 2023The Vatican and Russian RouletteTwo testimonies were read at the tenth station of the Via Crucis procession at the Colosseum on this year’s Good Friday. One of them was of…A response icon1A response icon1
Roman Cherevko·Mar 21, 2023Where Have All the People Gone? Lessons from Russia’s Longest WarA brief history of the Russo-Circassian War and the Circassian genocide and its lessons in relation to Russia’s war in Ukraine.A response icon2A response icon2
