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Kostin: Russians opt for ‘deferred choice’ with support for ruling party during SMO; RFCP, JRFT slide toward abyss; local concerns prioritized
In this article, I examine N. A. Berdyayev’s social philosophy of technology, which he positions as Christian-personalistic-socialistic. I reconstruct its main provisions and identify its “metaphysical” and “sociological” aspects. I show, first, that according to Berdyayev, metaphysics of technology is the critique of the modern idea of man about himself as homo faber or a toolmaking animal, which is the result of his violation of the eternal order of values and the creation of an idol from technology
BY PUBLISHING the article “The Use of Nuclear Weapons Could Protect Humanity from a Global Catastrophe”1 just under a year ago, I, along with some colleagues, helped initiate a global discussion2 on the role of nuclear weapons in preventing global war. Gradually, the concept of “strategic parasitism” – the belief held by most elites and societies, especially in the West, that peace is eternal and does not require effort to maintain, and that nonnuclear wars can be waged with impunity – began to recede into the past.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday [Sept. 12] voiced willingness to work together with China to advance multipolarity and build an international order based on justice and international law.
Xinhua: Israeli-Palestinian conflict must end.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan travels to China.
On Wednesday, Aug. 21, Chinese Premier Li Qiang voiced China’s readiness to work with Russia to strengthen all-round cooperation to lift the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era to a new level.
Lukyanov: As the global society that Telegram Messenger founder Pavel Durov represents begins to contract, the levels of repression in the information sector will rise.
Gallyamov: Leadership failures are causing Russians to recognize that the war is unjust; officials may launch mobilization campaign limited to provinces along Ukrainian border.
Shevchuk: Kremlin has downplayed invasion
As ‘counterterrorism operation’ because it doesn’t fit into the framework of the ‘cosmic battle’ with the West Russia says it is waging.