Ври, да не завирайся
(vri, da ne zaviráisya).
Lie, but don’t overdo it.
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#RussianSaying: Lie, but Don’t Overdo It!
Tag: MSM
The Sad News of #FakeNews
What actually surprises me in the Russian invasion meddling in the US elections conspiracy is that instead of aborting this intellectually lazy, gross and harmful arc (especially, after Trump’s victory), and analysing the reasons which led to this event, the reaction is to double down on the fakery: Continue reading “The Sad News of #FakeNews”
Gas Pipe Dreams Holy Media Crusade
Russia & the West.
Pt. VI: Gas Pipe Dreams Holy Media Crusade
Some thoughts after reading another analytical piece on Russia: there are some repetitive motives which I’ve noticed in the Western Russia discourse. I’m on my tourist trip to Veliky Novgorod now, so I’ve decided to publish a quick update on one of this ‘cornerstones’.
Continue reading “Gas Pipe Dreams Holy Media Crusade”
The ‘Western Cunning Plan’ (in #Russia) & the ‘Russian Cunning Plan’ (in the #West)
This post was sponsored by the Russian Unicorn Mafia (RUM).
I’ve recently stumbled on several articles (published on BuzzFeed or something) in which their respected authors besides the general the-Russkies-are-coming Cold War 2.0 discourse articulated a statement that the collapse of the Soviet Union was actually… a Putin’s Russian cunning plan to re-shape Russia’s image as a peaceful and democratic country, then – take the best from the West (technologies, etc.), and in the form of the Trojan Horse Bear – finally – conquer the world. Oh, my stars and garters! Continue reading “The ‘Western Cunning Plan’ (in #Russia) & the ‘Russian Cunning Plan’ (in the #West)”
Post-world: The Meaning of the End of Meaning
[Part 1]
Classic postmodernism cheered the end of metanarratives and started recycling the cultural heritage of previous epochs. In a post-postmodern world (post-world) the recycling of what has already been recycled is going on. Continue reading “Post-world: The Meaning of the End of Meaning”
