Riga – In a Stalinist skyscraper dominating the skyline of Latvia’s capital, dozens of elderly Russians wait to take a basic Latvian language test as a proof of loyalty to a country where they have lived for decades.
Scores of Russians take Latvian language test as deportation looms
Flashback to when Trump said that he was going to make federal employees to take loyalty tests:
‘Full-blown fascism’: Donald Trump envisions a ‘civil service test’ for ‘every federal employee’
As per the statement posted on the website of the Open Society Foundation (“Open Society” or Soros Foundation – which was declared an undesirable organization in Russia back in 2015), the so-called “charity” of American billionaire George Soros, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes at $6.7 billion, has decided to close its branch – the “Assistance Fund” – in Tajikistan. The alleged reason for this decision being “a restructuring launched in 2021 aimed at setting new priorities and restructuring the more than 20 semi-autonomous national foundations around the world with a new regional approach.”
Why is Soros leaving Tajikistan?
Related:
CNN: George Soros admits to funding the Ukraine crisis [2014]
Leaked: George Soros ‘Puppet Master’ Behind Ukrainian Regime, Trails Of Corruption Revealed
Benjamin Teitelbaum – academic and author of ‘War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right’ [US-War for Eternity: Inside Bannon’s Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers]– is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Benjamin and Brendan discuss the mystical philosophies of Steve Bannon and Alexander Dugin, and why populist movements are so misunderstood.
What next for populism? (YouTube)
Ukrainian academic Olga Baysha details Volodymyr Zelensky’s embrace of widely loathed neoliberal policies, his repression of rivals, and how his actions fueled the current war with Russia.
The real Zelensky: from celebrity populist to unpopular Pinochet-style neoliberal
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 