https://t.me/nopaywall 4 августаю Олег Кашин. Каждую неделю Олег Кашин пишет колонки и думает о судьбах родины. На этот раз он попытался разобраться в странных совпадениях в деле «банды ГТА», объяснил почему Лиза Пескова — заложник феодальной системы и указал на те свойства путинской системы, которые делают ее более сталинской, чем памятники вождю. Событие недели, или даже года — стрельба в здании Московского областного суда, закончившаяся смертью четверых обвиняемых по делу «банды ГТА». Кровавая развязка самого…

https://t.me/nopaywall 11 августа 2017 г. Catherine Merridale. More than enforced lies, fables of a noble war helped some Soviet women cope with monstrous memories. Catherine Merridale reviews ‘The Unwomanly Face of War’ by Svetlana Alexievich. This challenging, painful book was the first that Svetlana Alexievich, the future Nobel laureate, was able to get past the Soviet Union’s censors. In the mid-1970s, as a young journalist, she set out to record the stories of women who had fought in the Great Patriotic…

https://t.me/nopaywall 14 августа 2017 г. Gordon Lubold. Arriving in Asia, Gen. Joe Dunford says he is prepared for war, but supporting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s efforts. OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea—The Pentagon’s top military officer said Sunday that the focus remains on finding a diplomatic solution to the North Korea crisis, even as the military works up its own options in case they become necessary. Amid heated rhetoric between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, the military…

https://t.me/nopaywall 15 августа 2017 г.  Gordon Lubold, Jeremy Page. A potential North Korea crisis looms large as the American and Chinese armed forces establish new ties. BEIJING—The Pentagon’s top military officer will make a rare visit on Wednesday to the Chinese armed-forces command that oversees the territory bordering North Korea, a move experts say suggests Beijing’s displeasure with Pyongyang. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford, the officer, also signed a deal with his Chinese…