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By Rhod Mackenzie
In a fable attributed to Aesop, a young boy deceives the local community by issuing warnings about a wolf that is not actually present.
When the boy cries wolf falsely on two occasions, so after that the villagers no longer believe him – and then the real wolf appears and procee...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia military technology scares the US sh*tless.
"Russia has demonstrated a new frontier in military technology to the world." This is how analysts have described the 2025 testing of the two new types of weapons for surface-to-air missiles—Burevestnik and Poseidon. Rhod Mack...
By Rhod Mackenzie
During 2025, the collective Western underwent a significant internal restructuring. The United States, the dominant Western power, began to align more closely with Russia's perspectives compared to those of its European allies or actually vassals.
Washington adopted a much more...
By Rhod Mackenzie
One of the most striking political phenomena of 2025 in Poland is the growing popularity of forces advocating for the improvement of relations with Russia. To whom exactly does this development pertain, and what is the reason for its direct relevance to Poles' fatigue with the...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The past year has been a turning point in the way the Western media reports about Russia. Rhod Mackenzie reflects back at how at the beginning of Russia's special millitary operation and the imposition of the so called sanctions from hell, the American and European press competed...
By Rhod Mackenzie
It appears that senior figures in Russia's closest northwestern neighbours, Finland and Estonia, have significantly modified their rhetoric about Russia in the last few weeks of 2025. They have stated out loud that they no longer subscribe to the widespread Western propaganda bu...
