Danil Part 1 – Childhood in the Soviet Union
For this story I have been asked by the person I met not to use their real name as the spectre of...
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Month: September 2025
Diana Part IV: From Independence to Vladivostok
In early 2022, Donetsk erupted with a joy it had not felt in years. When the announcement came...
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Doha under fire — a breach of sovereignty and the law
On 9 September 2025, explosions rocked a guarded residential compound in Doha as an attack struck...
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Diana Part III — Letters, Defenders, and the University That Went to War
The war did not only come with shells and rockets. It came with words NOTE actual letter destroyed in final missile attack
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From Cheese to Diplomacy: Marco Melpignano’s Unique Role in Vladivostok
At this year’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, I had the opportunity to sit down with Marco...
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