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“It’s a photo of Grandma with all her children posing against the same lilac bushes in blossom. Not quite the same thoug...
21/12/2023

“It’s a photo of Grandma with all her children posing against the same lilac bushes in blossom. Not quite the same though: the lilac bushes grew denser. The look is the same on Grandma’s face. She will keep it until her death. The girls are wearing light-coloured dresses, the boys are wearing white shirts. Grandma has a checkered suit on. I would dress seven dolls and five pupsiks in Belarusian folk clothes. Which they never wore. And I regret they did not.”

T.S., a Belarusian writer hiding under the pseudonym T.S. tells family stories and shows archive photos. For her, memories serve as a method which provides her with the strength to cope with everyday life in contemporary Belarus. Her essays are a kind of game with the past, where she metaphorically dresses and feeds the ghosts of her ancestors.



[Links to texts in Belarusian and Russian can be found in the first comment.]

On the eve of the unknown the Belarusian writer is playing with the past

“Even though Georgian post-constructivism was comparatively less articulated and experimental than its Russian counterpa...
15/12/2023

“Even though Georgian post-constructivism was comparatively less articulated and experimental than its Russian counterpart, the works from that era are notable for their unconventional and intriguing solutions.
In the Soviet Union, buildings were erected to glorify the grandeur, power and invincibility of the USSR. Although the Soviet Union is no longer around, its architecture endures, serving as the poignant chronicle of a state where not only people but also architectural styles were subjected to repression.”

Tamara Amashukeli, an art historian and professor at Tbilisi’s Ilia State University, shows the most interesting buildings of the 30s in Tbilisi and talks about a very brief period in the history of Georgian architecture of the 20th century, when it had not quite become Soviet yet — on OSTWEST Monitoring.

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[Links to texts in Georgian and Russian can be found in the first comment.]

The history of Georgian post-constructivism

“While people were starving in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian peacekeepers began receiving food and supplies by helicopter fo...
12/12/2023

“While people were starving in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian peacekeepers began receiving food and supplies by helicopter for their own needs, as Armenian children watched them from the ground. According to one report, they gave some food only to kindergartens. There are eyewitness reports about peacekeepers selling food and fuel for multiplied prices.”

Sossi Tatikyan, Armenian international relations expert, delves into Russia's mediating role in the Karabakh conflict and the unfortunate collapse of its peacekeeping efforts. With years of experience working with UN, EU, and OSCE missions, she scrutinizes Russia's role as mediator and peacekeeper in Nagorno-Karabakh, questioning the effectiveness and motives behind their post-2020 interventions.

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[Links to texts in Armenian and Russian can be found in the first comment.]

Russia used the Karabakh conflict as a bargaining chip to advance its geopolitical interests

“An “Orthodox” pro-Russian politician once claimed that a conspiracy against Georgia was masterminded by “the builders o...
09/12/2023

“An “Orthodox” pro-Russian politician once claimed that a conspiracy against Georgia was masterminded by “the builders of the Antichrist’s throne”. But who are these conspirators? They encompass the Global West, Western and Eastern “sects,” liberalism, capitalism, various minorities, Freemasons, secret world government, non-governmental organizations, mass media, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, definitely Jews, and, especially, President Zelensky. Some Georgian priests promptly labeled President Zelensky the “clown of Christ,” or the Antichrist, as soon as the war erupted. The Patriarchy and its affiliated pro-Russian organizations consistently stage aggressive actions against these perceived enemies”.

Caught between East and West, the Georgian Orthodox Church's apocalyptic narrative positions Russia as a saviour against Western encroachment.
Two Georgian theologians — Professor Beka Mindiashvili from the State University of Ilia and the former Mayor of Tbilisi, Gigi Ugulava, discuss the cost of Georgia's sovereignty and its place in the global community, and the role the church plays in this, on Ostwest Monitoring.

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[Links to texts in Georgian and Russian can be found in the first comment.]

Georgian “political Orthodoxy” and Russia

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