Putin’s Political and Ideological Struggle With The West
byRussia’s confrontation with the West seems to have entered into a new, existentialist phase: a fierce political and ideological battle that the Kremlin apparently…
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Estonian Film “Tangerines” Nominated For Best Foreign Film at Golden Globes
byAn Estonian-Georgian co-produced film “Tangerines“, has been nominated for a Golden Globe award. Winners of the Golden Globe Awards are selected by the Hollywood…
Estonian Smoked Sauna added to UNESCO List
byThe smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa was added to UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity last week It was decided…
75 Years On Russia Again Engaged in a Winter War
byStaunton – Seventy-five years ago today, Moscow launched what became known as the Winter War against Finland. It used much the same propaganda and…
The slow, imperceptible shifts of life behind bars for a Russian environmental activist
byCharles Diggs of environmental NGO Bellona visits Russian environmental activist, Yevgeny Vitishko in a Russian prison colony. SADOVAYA PRISON COLONY, Sadovaya, Russia – The…
Iceland Airwaves: Highlights and the Future of Rock ‘n’ Roll
byPhoto: Alexander Matukhno/Iceland Airwaves. Another Airwaves behind us, my back is aching and my feet are hurting as I slowly realize: I’m getting too…
Riding “Friekbikes” Towards The Apocalypse
byPlagues, nuclear armageddon, alien invasions…when or how the apocalypse arrives is anyone’s guess. But there’s a Latvian underground biking collective named in anticipation of…
A Clockwork Megahysteria
byI was interviewing Anthony Burgess when the Latvian Foreign Minister told me he was gay. At least, that’s how it felt, for in our…
Bewitched: My Shaman Wife (A Love Story in Five Parts)
byBumper sticker on a beat up Honda: Question Reality I. Pyramids Four men work on muddy ground in front of a pyramid-shaped home. They…
Russia, Ukraine and Europe have been into Vladimir Putin’s black hole of fear
byThe formula for saving any dictatorship is universal: create an enemy, start a war. We are back in Soviet times of total lies. I…