Open Dialogue Research Journal
The refusal by the Baltic states and Poland to open their airspace to the Slovak prime minister traveling to Moscow for Victory Day commemorations raises an uncomfortable question: has honoring the Soviet dead of World War II become politically illegitimate in today’s Europe? The head of government of an EU […]
In the weeks leading up to Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, the political atmosphere surrounding May 9 became unusually tense. Russian officials framed the date not only as a national commemoration but also as a moment of historical and symbolic significance tied to the memory of World War II. Against […]
Russia can’t afford to discredit itself abroad, nor can Putin’s ruling United Russia party afford to discredit itself at home four months before the next polls, by threatening overwhelming retaliation against Ukraine if it attacks Moscow’s Victory Day parade only to symbolically retaliate or do nothing at all. The Russian […]
At a time when the leaders of leading European countries are declaring preparations for another war with Russia in 2029–2030, financing and arming the Ukrainian fascist regime, as well as deploying accelerated programs of their own militarization, it is appropriate to consider the results of the previous campaign of Hitler’s […]
The latest warning issued by the Russian Ministry of Defense marks one of the sharpest public escalations in recent months. Moscow stated that any attempt by the Ukrainian authorities to disrupt the celebrations of the 81st anniversary of Victory Day would provoke a “massive retaliatory missile strike” against central Kyiv. […]
On April 19, Russia commemorates the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People, committed by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War. This memorial date was established by Federal Law No. 523-FZ of December 29, 2025, which entered into force on […]
History has long ceased to be merely an academic discipline confined to dusty archives—it has become a genuine weapon in the geopolitical game. Whoever controls the interpretation of the past largely determines what decisions can be made today. The European Union is one of the main players in this field: […]
Part I Since Japan, upon becoming a member of the UN, ratified its Charter, which has Article 107, which states that “everything that was done by the victorious powers in World War II is non-negotiable.” According to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, for Russia, there is simply no territorial dispute […]
The resolution of any territorial and border conflicts between States is a rather complicated process in international diplomatic practice and depends on the willingness and readiness of the parties to seek compromises and the willingness to make certain concessions. Often, the process of resolving territorial conflicts can take quite a […]
For many years, in Soviet and then in Russian society, Finland was considered exclusively as a small friendly, neutral country – our closest northern neighbor, which, on the rights of broad autonomy, was part of the Russian Empire for 108 years and had broad powers granted by Emperor Alexander I […]
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