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russia was never "different".
This week's reads attack the Krelim's myth that russia has never been imperial or colonial.
Jul 10
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maksym eristavi.
15
4
russia only reforms after losing.
History is clear on this: the only thing that ever changes russia is losing the wars it started.
Jul 2
•
maksym eristavi.
24
12
June 2026
hatred is russian culture.
russia didn’t invent homophobia—but it legally engineered it in its colonies. How empire rewrote Ukrainian, Moldovan, Central Asian laws to…
Jun 24
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maksym eristavi.
38
18
women vs russia.
How women drive effective resistance to imperial invasions — and why their impact stays invisible.
Jun 16
•
maksym eristavi.
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2
16
soviet war memorials were never for the dead.
they're live psyop portals for imperial lies.
Jun 8
•
maksym eristavi.
29
16
russian colonialism 101 w/ Maksym Eristavi.
A 70‑minute deep dive into Russian colonialism with Maksym Eristavi and Chris Sampson, unpacking empire, propaganda, and modern warfare narratives.
Jun 2
•
maksym eristavi.
and
Chris Sampson
7
5
1:10:04
May 2026
the empire’s wardrobe of control.
when culture functions like a missile: russia's soft tools of colonial control.
May 30
•
maksym eristavi.
26
5
20
the empire’s favorite muslim — until he saw through russian lies.
How Zeki Velidi Togan exposed the Soviet de‑imperialisation myth and became the anti‑colonial threat Moscow tried to erase.
May 23
•
maksym eristavi.
29
17
resistance stories moscow never wanted you to hear.
Why Ukrainian, Polish, Baltic, Romanian, and Bulgarian resistance to russian occupation lasted into the 1960s — and the same imperial playbook, eighty…
May 17
•
maksym eristavi.
37
2
18
russia’s “victory day” is built on a war it didn’t win.
russia did not win the WWII. it stole the credit and built an imperial death cult out of it.
May 10
•
maksym eristavi.
28
1
13
the empire made putin. not the other way around.
you cannot defend against what you refuse to imagine.
May 3
•
maksym eristavi.
25
15
April 2026
ending russia’s empire is the climate breakthrough no one talks about.
Why dismantling russia’s petro‑imperial system is key to climate security, decolonisation, and ending fossil‑fuel extraction driving global instability.
Apr 26
•
maksym eristavi.
37
2
23
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