Ryszard Gromadzki interviewed Prof. Andrzej Nowak, a historian at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, where he is the head of the Section for the History of Eastern Europe. (more…)
Tag: Do Rzeczy
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The following was originally published in Polish in July 2023 in the Do Rzeczy weekly magazine. This translation was published at the English-language Polish conservative site Sovereignty.pl.
In 2002, Vladimir Putin was asked in an interview how the Russia he rules differs from the Soviet Union of Stalin’s time. The questioner’s intention was obviously to show that the times of bloody dictatorship in Russia were past, and that its present and future were times of freedom and democracy. In a conversation with the same reporter in 1991, Putin had warned with a sad face of a possible “return to totalitarianism.” 11 years later, when he had become the country’s President, he again put on a sad face, albeit for a completely different reason. (more…)
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Written by Olivier Bault
Could Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, until now an unconditional supporter of European Union membership, now be considering exiting the bloc? (more…)