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By Batiushka for the Saker Blog Almost one thousand years of Western Imperialism are coming to a shameful and self-inflicted death, one way or another As schoolchildren will tell you,

By Batiushka for the Saker Blog Introduction: Capitalism or Communism? A commentator on this site recently accused me of being ‘a visceral anti-Communist’! I was quite amused (but also grateful,

By Batiushka for The Saker Blog And they had tails like scorpions and there were stings in their tails and their power was to hurt men for five months. Apocalypse

By Batiushka for the Saker Blog The Barbarian West By the fifth century AD the barbarians had moved into Western Europe in significant numbers, bringing about the fall of Old

By Batiushka for the Saker Blog A frequent topic among both contributors and commentators on this site is the discussion as to whether the Special Military Operation in the Ukraine

By Batiushka for The Saker Blog Introduction: Going, Going, (and Nearly) Gone Great Nations are born in real belief and enthusiasm. They die in unbelief and cynicism. Speech to Students

By Batiushka for The Saker Blog Power is like cancer – it eats you slowly without you realising it. St Nectarius of Egina (+ 1920) Possibly the greatest clown UK

By Batiushka for the Saker Blog Introduction: The UK The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) has a population of 67.1 million. It is then the fourth

By Batiushka for the Saker Blog The Schloss Elmau, ‘a Luxury Spa Retreat and Cultural Hideaway’ was a very suitable location at the end of June 2022 for the G7

By Batiushka for The Saker Blog ‘The next war in Europe will be between Russia and Fascism, except that Fascism will be called Democracy.’ Fidel Castro, c. 1992   Introduction