Sebastian Huluban
@hulubans.bsky.social
Sic transit commedia mundi!
The main difference between NATO and the ‘Warsaw Treaty’ was that Soviet Union invaded several times its ‘allies’ (Hungary 1956 & Czechoslovakia 1968). Somebody now just wants to transform NATO into a great success. Good luck with that, what can one say? It’s Svejk’s time anyways
January 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The main difference between NATO and the ‘Warsaw Treaty’ was that Soviet Union invaded several times its ‘allies’ (Hungary 1956 & Czechoslovakia 1968). Somebody now just wants to transform NATO into a great success. Good luck with that, what can one say? It’s Svejk’s time anyways
As anticipated, Russia’s current frozen assets are not enough to paying old debts and reconstruction of Ukraine after Putin’s deliberate genocide war will abate.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
U.S. Investment Fund Sues Russia Over $225Bln in Unpaid Tsarist-Era Debts - The Moscow Times
American investment fund Noble Capital RSD has filed a lawsuit against Russia seeking more than $225 billion in unpaid debt and other financial obligations of the Russian Empire that the Bolsheviks re...
www.themoscowtimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:07 AM
As anticipated, Russia’s current frozen assets are not enough to paying old debts and reconstruction of Ukraine after Putin’s deliberate genocide war will abate.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Best book of 2025: worth reading since 2026 is almost here for many, but not for all.
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Best book of 2025: worth reading since 2026 is almost here for many, but not for all.
There has been no empire in Europe without an emperor/empress, and there is absolutely no inclination among European citizens for being ruled by emperors (again). The rest is just speculation.
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There has been no empire in Europe without an emperor/empress, and there is absolutely no inclination among European citizens for being ruled by emperors (again). The rest is just speculation.
Since 1825: “All the nations of Europe are attaining laws and liberty.The Russian people deserve both.”
economist.com/christmas-sp...
economist.com/christmas-sp...
Two centuries ago, Russian revolutionaries tried to change the world
Bloodied and exiled, the Decembrists failed. But they made a start
economist.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Since 1825: “All the nations of Europe are attaining laws and liberty.The Russian people deserve both.”
economist.com/christmas-sp...
economist.com/christmas-sp...
How Ukraine tragedy is not actually another contingency of the post Cold War self-proclaimed victory. Hybris is always just behind the halls of pompous glory.
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
How Ukraine tragedy is not actually another contingency of the post Cold War self-proclaimed victory. Hybris is always just behind the halls of pompous glory.
If indeed Russians want again ‘a holly alliance’ / ‘Christian alliance’ - this time as vassals of China against China - chances are high it will end in ‘a greater success’ than in 1815.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If indeed Russians want again ‘a holly alliance’ / ‘Christian alliance’ - this time as vassals of China against China - chances are high it will end in ‘a greater success’ than in 1815.
Age, attitude, character: enough criteria to understand which one will survive only as long he is ‘in power’. As about their respective countries, it must be obvious in which one a democratic, open, peaceful transfer of power is possible. The rest is speculating into the future.
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Age, attitude, character: enough criteria to understand which one will survive only as long he is ‘in power’. As about their respective countries, it must be obvious in which one a democratic, open, peaceful transfer of power is possible. The rest is speculating into the future.
Known unknown:
‘K.’ from a first name - Kirill?
2. ‘K.’ from a last name - Kushner?
3. ‘K.’ from both first & last name - Keith Kellogg?
Looks like at least it is not anymore ‘a Polichinelle secret’.
‘K.’ from a first name - Kirill?
2. ‘K.’ from a last name - Kushner?
3. ‘K.’ from both first & last name - Keith Kellogg?
Looks like at least it is not anymore ‘a Polichinelle secret’.
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Known unknown:
‘K.’ from a first name - Kirill?
2. ‘K.’ from a last name - Kushner?
3. ‘K.’ from both first & last name - Keith Kellogg?
Looks like at least it is not anymore ‘a Polichinelle secret’.
‘K.’ from a first name - Kirill?
2. ‘K.’ from a last name - Kushner?
3. ‘K.’ from both first & last name - Keith Kellogg?
Looks like at least it is not anymore ‘a Polichinelle secret’.
“Diplomatic cables documented the catastrophe. The evidence was there for anyone willing to see it. Yet in November 1933, as the death toll rose into the millions, US President Franklin Roosevelt extended diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union.”
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/64700
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/64700
Opinion: How the West Betrayed Starving Ukraine Long Before Munich
As Trump seeks to make a deal over Ukraine with a modern-day Russian Stalin, we should recall what happened the last time a US president did this.
www.kyivpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Diplomatic cables documented the catastrophe. The evidence was there for anyone willing to see it. Yet in November 1933, as the death toll rose into the millions, US President Franklin Roosevelt extended diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union.”
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/64700
www.kyivpost.com/opinion/64700
Yet another accurate report on the Russian traditional values. Worth a read.
unherd.com/2025/11/russ...
unherd.com/2025/11/russ...
Russia’s veterans are bringing violence home
unherd.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Yet another accurate report on the Russian traditional values. Worth a read.
unherd.com/2025/11/russ...
unherd.com/2025/11/russ...
For years, when heat reaches Kremlin they constantly use 2 lines:
1) coup d’etat;
2) nuclear weapons.
news.sky.com/story/vladim...
1) coup d’etat;
2) nuclear weapons.
news.sky.com/story/vladim...
Vladimir Putin tests new 'invincible' nuclear-powered missile
The weapon travelled 14,000km (8,700 miles) and was in the air for about 15 hours during the test on Tuesday.
news.sky.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For years, when heat reaches Kremlin they constantly use 2 lines:
1) coup d’etat;
2) nuclear weapons.
news.sky.com/story/vladim...
1) coup d’etat;
2) nuclear weapons.
news.sky.com/story/vladim...
Moldova pro-Russia parties refuse to even speak the national language. Now, because they probably failed to gather enough votes are calling followers to the streets of Moldova capital. For any pro-Russian, losing democratic elections is not a failure, but a chance for coup d’etat.
September 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Moldova pro-Russia parties refuse to even speak the national language. Now, because they probably failed to gather enough votes are calling followers to the streets of Moldova capital. For any pro-Russian, losing democratic elections is not a failure, but a chance for coup d’etat.
Looks like a demented ‘special military operation’ with no objectives has been the best antidote, though: “Russia’s Current Demographic Crisis Is Its Most Dangerous Yet”
carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras...
carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras...
Russia’s Current Demographic Crisis Is Its Most Dangerous Yet
The key difference between the current demographic crisis and the previous one is that the latter was significantly mitigated by an element that is now absent: immigration.
carnegieendowment.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Looks like a demented ‘special military operation’ with no objectives has been the best antidote, though: “Russia’s Current Demographic Crisis Is Its Most Dangerous Yet”
carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras...
carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras...
Reposted by Sebastian Huluban
‘Die Untergang’…
September 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
‘Die Untergang’…
Precisely: Putin desperately wants to have the Russian army smashed by NATO in order to cover up they’ve been already defeated by Ukrainians. Anything works in order to postpone the inevitable overthrow of the indicted war criminals regime haunting the Kremlin.
thedefensepost.com/2025/09/24/g...
thedefensepost.com/2025/09/24/g...
Germany Says Russian Airspace Incursions Could Be ‘Escalation Trap'
German Defense Minister Pistorius urged NATO to stay calm over alleged Russian airspace violations, warning against an escalation trap.
thedefensepost.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Precisely: Putin desperately wants to have the Russian army smashed by NATO in order to cover up they’ve been already defeated by Ukrainians. Anything works in order to postpone the inevitable overthrow of the indicted war criminals regime haunting the Kremlin.
thedefensepost.com/2025/09/24/g...
thedefensepost.com/2025/09/24/g...
Reposted by Sebastian Huluban
On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
Bloodlands
From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killi...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On this date in 1939, the USSR invaded Poland in cooperation with its ally, Nazi Germany.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/timot...
‘This would be funny if it weren’t so tragic for Russia’s prospects: a petrostate doubling down on oil and artillery in the middle of a technological revolution. The Kremlin says it’s waging a war of destiny; in reality, it’s missing the 21st century.’
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Russia Is Losing the War—Just Not to Ukraine
A war meant to catalyze national revival has instead become a case study in national self-harm.
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
‘This would be funny if it weren’t so tragic for Russia’s prospects: a petrostate doubling down on oil and artillery in the middle of a technological revolution. The Kremlin says it’s waging a war of destiny; in reality, it’s missing the 21st century.’
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
On how the minds of indicted war criminals of Russian Federation work: political re-education, indoctrination, and military training for children to be used against the families & country they’ve been kidnapped from. Know something more depraved than this?
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Ukraine's Stolen Children: Inside Russia's Network of Re-education and Militarization
The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) has concluded that children from Ukraine have been taken to at least 210 facilities inside
ysph.yale.edu
September 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
On how the minds of indicted war criminals of Russian Federation work: political re-education, indoctrination, and military training for children to be used against the families & country they’ve been kidnapped from. Know something more depraved than this?
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
They built a parallel reality out of wooden language, got self-mesmerized by it and even managed to attract into their mediocre narrative naives, functional illiterates and other superficial beings. Russians are truly committed to inherit Soviet legacy to its very end.
August 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
They built a parallel reality out of wooden language, got self-mesmerized by it and even managed to attract into their mediocre narrative naives, functional illiterates and other superficial beings. Russians are truly committed to inherit Soviet legacy to its very end.