"Russian Orthodox thinkers, because of the czar's gruesome death at the hands of the Bolsheviks, have suggested that it is the departed czar who held back satanic socialism for as long as he could ...
Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s economy has surpassed expectations. Its figures are, if not rosy, not ruinous either. Last year, the war economy likely grew ...
It has forced Russia to reorient its lucrative European energy trade to less profitable markets. Like Czar Nicholas II, Russian President Vladimir Putin has misidentified his primary foe.