Past Is Prologue

My Last Summer in Moscow

Moscow, Nikolskaya street and Red Square. Photo by the author

The lack of truthful information is the main obstacle for anyone who wants to get an objective and realistic picture of what is happening in modern Russia. If you have a friend in that country, it is usually very difficult to discuss current political events and especially the conflict in Ukraine. Almost since the beginning of the “special military operation,” there have been military…