Author's notes Ksenia Kirillova
On Monday, February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially announced the recognition of the independence of the self-proclaimed "DPR" and "LPR" located on the territory of the Ukrainian Donbass, and also ordered the deployment of troops there. At the same time, most world leaders regarded Russia's actions as a flagrant violation of international…
While Russian media and leaders of the self-proclaimed "DPR" and "LPR" scare residents of the non-Ukrainian part of Donbass with the threat of a "full-scale offensive from Ukraine" and organize their evacuation, residents of Donetsk told Forum Daily: the real situation in their city is much calmer than in the first ...
The career of the Russian scientist Peter Lidsky is rather unusual. He worked the first part of it at the Moscow Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitis named after M.P. Chumakov, and then went to Switzerland, where he changed his specialization somewhat, starting to study genetic processes in Drosophila flies. Across…
As ForumDaily already reported, the number of Russian-speaking immigrants applying for political asylum in the United States has increased dramatically in the past year. Since it is almost impossible to obtain an American visa in Russia, the vast majority of such refugees try to enter the United States through the southern border, applying for ...
The number of political refugees in the United States from Russia and other post-Soviet countries has increased dramatically over the past couple of years. There are no exact figures for this period yet, but it is known that 1,5 thousand Russian activists and journalists alone were forced to leave the country for ...
The difference in mentality is probably the most difficult obstacle to the successful integration of immigrants into a new society. You are unlikely to be able to build a successful career and feel at ease in another country if the very communication with its inhabitants causes at least discomfort, ...
"Circus of the Sun" (Cirque du Soleil) is one of the most famous show companies in the world, which actually created a new kind of circus art: a combination of highly professional acrobatic numbers with no less professional theatrical production, plot and choreography. Tours of the legendary circus with a full house are held throughout ...
On January 15 and 16, rallies were held in many cities in the United States to mark the anniversary of the return to Russia and the arrest of opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The capital of California is also no exception. Several hundred activists rallied outside the Capitol to express their…
On the eve of Russia's talks with the United States and NATO, the Russian think tank Eurasian Strategies released a foreign policy report, International Threats 2022, with forecasts for this year. The authors of the text were experts from the Valdai Discussion Club, lecturers from MGIMO and other universities and expert platforms. The paper evaluates...
Alexey and Olga could be called a happy and successful family: excellent specialists, parents of two children, they were confident in their future. However, due to political persecution, the couple was forced to leave their homeland. The family applied for political asylum in the United States, and, ...