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Russian Ministry of Finance on European money markets and the rouble to mark rate

And I, what of it? I simply rejoice at Russia's financial triumphs of 1891. "The key to the financial position of Europe lies in the Russian Ministry of Finance... The Russian Ministry of Finance serves Europe as a brokers' bank... Russian influence on the money markets

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Ghosts of Sanctioned Goods and Pre-Sanction Prices

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If I Were a Chronicler

An elderly man in a white cassock and skullcap cups his hand to his ear, with a television camera visible on the right.

Faith · Observations · Humour

Post author questions the words of a man he links to globalization

Pope Francis has urged priests to beware of the polite, well-educated devil: the one who rings the doorbell, waits to be invited in, and then takes over the house. It is curious that this is said by the very same man who is on friendly terms with the devil

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Tick-Tock Goes the Clock

Maps · Observations · Society · Paris

To see how history, economics, social circumstance and politics are bound together in real life, it is enough to look at the map of how Paris voted for Macron and Mélenchon, which is painfully reminiscent of the map of the distribution of…

To see how history, economics, social circumstance and politics are bound together in real life, it is enough to look at the map of how Paris voted for Macron and Mélenchon, which is painfully reminiscent, on the one hand, of the map of the opposing forces during the revolution of

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The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre launches “Managing Turbulence”, a project to help people cope with stress

The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre is launching “Managing Turbulence”, a project to help people cope with stress. What is it? Open training sessions for adults and an evening lecture series. I never thought I would find myself recommending anything with the word “training” in its title. But in our

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A curious resemblance between Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands, and Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva, the former First Lady of Kazakhstan

A curious resemblance between Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands, and Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva, the former First Lady of Kazakhstan. The ladies, incidentally, are almost of an age: Princess Beatrix is 84, Sara Nazarbayeva 81

Excerpt from Klyuchevsky about changes of rulers and the military and police basis of power, highlighted in blue.

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Klyuchevsky on palace coups and the nature of power in Russia after Peter I

Klyuchevsky on power in Russia after Peter I. Once again the prophetic genius of Vasily Osipovich is confirmed: he saw a great deal further than his own time

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Donkeys on the Steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London on the Day of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem

Donkeys on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London on the day of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem. As is well known, Jesus entered the city riding on a donkey, while the crowd cried "Hosanna" and strewed his path with palm branches. The

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Well, Here We Are

Well, here we are. “This means that new subjects of fundamental research will be formed by scientific and educational organisations, taking into account the priorities for developing regional economies under sanctions, and will be reviewed by governors before being sent for examination by the Russian Academy of Sciences”

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