Maria Seyrig
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Ukraine: Essays on a Nation's Fight for Survival by Kost Elisevich www.kostelisevich.com kostelisevich.substack.com Views are my own. 🇺🇦
good overview of the increasing preparedness in europe which nevertheless is pretty scattershot. as putin is backed farther into his losing position, he can be expected to lash out (zugzwang — compulsion to move).
Maria Seyrig@mariaseyrig.bsky.social · 2w ago"As Europe increasingly responds to Russian threats, Putin will be left facing what may be the last move he will make as president - a zugzwang," writes Dr. Kost Elisevich in his latest essay. kostelisevich.com/2026/09/24/p...
"As Europe increasingly responds to Russian threats, Putin will be left facing what may be the last move he will make as president - a zugzwang," writes Dr. Kost Elisevich in his latest essay. kostelisevich.com/2026/09/24/p...
Putin Digs Yet Another Hole to Nowhere - Kost Elisevich
Vladimir Putin continues to prosecute his war with Ukraine in the vain hope of emerging the victor in a conflict that has inadvertently revealed Russia's weaknesses and vulnerabilities to the world. A...
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"The present (russian) regime, in particular, has created a system to advantage itself at the expense of its people and, in doing so, impoverished the nation as it instilled hatred toward an imagined enemy," writes Kost Elisevich in his latest essay. kostelisevich.com/2026/08/18/r...
Russia, the Broken - Kost Elisevich
Societies are most noticeably disrupted when the regime collapses in a violent coup, a revolution, or is defeated in war. Great empires fall prey to calamity when they run out of the energy that once ...
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From Belarus to North Korea and China, russia's enablers are coming into full view - as is Ukraine's defiance. Check out the context in Dr. Kost Elisevich's latest essay. kostelisevich.com/2026/08/05/u...
In his latest essay, Kost Elisevich makes the point that by striking directly at specific targets of Russia’s foreign enablers, Ukraine is sending a message that it will not tolerate overt acts of aggression, direct or indirect, against its territory. kostelisevich.com/2026/08/05/u...
Russia’s Coalition of Troubled Nations and Ukraine’s Defiance - Kost Elisevich
Russia's war upon Ukraine has seen the active participation of three other aligned autocracies - Belarus, North Korea, and Iran - in its prosecution of the largest European military conflict since Wor...
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The Oligarch Evacuation Plan Russia’s elite dismantle their fortunes, ship them abroad and reassemble them behind shell companies A free explainer from Beefy. Please SHARE and support his work to build a free to access research library. open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...
The Oligarch Evacuation Plan
Russia’s elite dismantle their fortunes, ship them abroad and reassemble them behind shell companies
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The Unyielding Obsession: Read why putin's war in Ukraine is pushing russia toward social and economic collapse, and why putin's mental state has everything to do with it, by Kost Elisevich, M.D., PhD kostelisevich.com/2026/03/04/p...
Vladimir Putin and the Hill He is Drawn to Die Upon - Kost Elisevich
Is Vladimir Putin capable of coming to terms with the mounting concerns over the state-of-affairs in Russia brought about by his war in Ukraine? His predilection for conflict has dominated policy thro...
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⚡️We don't need Russia without gasoline, but Ukraine without Russia, - Zelensky
“Her courage was enormous.” Olha was a volunteer, rescuing animals from danger zones. A russian bomb killed this kind woman, as she was feeding strays in Druzhkivka. May Olha rest in peace. And may those who murdered her rot in hell.
“I want russians to look at themselves in the mirror and see Putin,” Kost Elisevich, about his latest essay. kostelisevich.com/2026/07/08/a...
A Different War: Modeling Outcome in an Asymmetric and Unconventional War - Kost Elisevich
Despite clear superiority in armament, munitions, and troop numbers, favored nations have, not infrequently, fallen far short of expectations when it comes to achieving their ends in war. Many factors...
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Essayist Kost Elisevich writes, "Time has seen Russia’s weaknesses exposed in the form of its military incompetence, lack of strategic planning, inability to foresee Ukrainian resolve and innovation, & to understand Russia’s own economic vulnerabilities." kostelisevich.com/2026/07/08/a...
A Different War: Modeling Outcome in an Asymmetric and Unconventional War - Kost Elisevich
Despite clear superiority in armament, munitions, and troop numbers, favored nations have, not infrequently, fallen far short of expectations when it comes to achieving their ends in war. Many factors...
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I asked a (brilliant female) colleague about the apparent gender gap in AI uptake in our field and she suggested that it was driven by women being more likely to be judged as incompetent if they use AI. This resume study suggests, sadly, that she may be correct codeforgoodnow.com/wp-content/u...
It's a good thing we don't have any idiot Presidents burning through unauthorized projects and starting wars to offset these foreseeable costs...
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3mo agoAmericans' Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That's months sooner than the group had estimated in 2025. https://to.pbs.org/4f39DL0
NAACP Halts USPS Plan to Interfere with Mail-In Voting naacp.org/articles/naa...
NAACP Halts USPS Plan to Interfere with Mail-In Voting
Today, a federal judge issued an order blocking procedures proposed by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to limit mail-in voting for certain voters. The order came in response to a successful motion file...
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In one of his early essays, Kost Elisevich explained exactly why #CrimeaIsUkraine kostelisevich.com/2022/12/31/c...
Crimea - Kost Elisevich
As might be self-evident to most sentient beings, Crimea remains geographically contiguous with the territory of Ukraine, enough so that all but a Russian ultranationalist would understand the implaca...
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Russian Shahed drone was shot down right in the middle of a couple’s wedding photoshoot in Zaporizhzhia 🤯
History often overlooks the radical brilliance of Ukrainian women. 🧵 1/15 ⬇️
"Hungary is clearly trending in Russia’s direction as it proceeds from a current state of Orbanian illiberal democracy to one of despotism emulating, first and foremost, Russia," Kost Elisevich in his latest essay. kostelisevich.com/2026/04/06/o...
Overview of Current Global and Regional Aspects Concerning Russia’s War in Ukraine Part II: Russia and Europe - Kost Elisevich
Russia has long engaged in a campaign of disinformation, government and electoral interference and outright sabotage in Europe. It has done so in an attempt to weaken resolve and undermine NATO defens...
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"The new war in the Persian Gulf has altered circumstances globally and has once more brought to light Vladimir Putin’s contempt for the United States," writes Kost Elisevich in his latest essay. kostelisevich.com/2026/04/01/t...
Overview of Current Global and Regional Aspects Concerning Russia’s War in Ukraine Part I: Two Wars - Kost Elisevich
The new war in the Persian Gulf has altered circumstances globally and has once more brought to light Vladimir Putin's contempt for the United States. Other events in play have more to do with Putin's...
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Essayist Kost Elisevich: "Putin has shown himself well-suited for the role of an authoritarian or, in plain-speak, dictator. He possesses the required mix of personality disorders that have come to define his particular psychopathy." kostelisevich.com/2026/03/04/p...
Vladimir Putin and the Hill He is Drawn to Die Upon - Kost Elisevich
Is Vladimir Putin capable of coming to terms with the mounting concerns over the state-of-affairs in Russia brought about by his war in Ukraine? His predilection for conflict has dominated policy thro...
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"The refusal by Putin over the past four years to concede anything of substance in deliberations seeking an end to the war he started in Ukraine raises questions as to just what the purpose is of coming to the table in the first place," Kost Elisevich. kostelisevich.com/2026/02/08/p...
The Choreography of the Current Ukraine – Russia – U.S. “Peace Talks” - Kost Elisevich
The second round of trilateral peace negotiations were held in Abu Dhabi on February 4-5, 2026, following initial talks that had occurred on January 23-24, 2026. A week-long U.S.-brokered ceasefire sp...
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Zu Russlands in den letzten 20 Jahren zitiert Maria Seyrig.. "For those who think that Vladimir Putin’s Russia and his war in Ukraine have little to do with the domestic situation in the United States.. it is more than time to reconsider." Kost Elisevich kostelisevich.com/2023/10/21/p...
"...circumstances have changed in the current year enough to threaten the Russian Federation’s (RF) own survival." - Kost Elisevich View 'Winter Comes to Moscow' 👇link
Knocking #Russia Down to Size: #Ukraine’s Cross-Border Offensive Posted on August 29, 2025 by Kost Elisevich, MD, PhD kostelisevich.com/2025/08/29/k... Over the past 3.5 years, Ukraine with the support of over 40 nations worldwide, has withstood the Russian assault upon its sovereignty
Knocking Russia Down to Size: Ukraine’s Cross-Border Offensive - Kost Elisevich
Within its borders, Ukraine confronts Russia's military forces in the east and southeast and, otherwise, defends its civilians throughout the country from Russia's aerial attacks upon its cities. Vlad...
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Negotiating with a War Criminal – A History of Deceit - Kost Elisevich In 1938, Chancellor Adolph Hitler of Germany positioned troops along Czechoslovakia’s border with the apparent intention of invading its Sudetenland kostelisevich.com/2025/01/01/n...
Negotiating with a War Criminal – A History of Deceit - Kost Elisevich
In 1938, Chancellor Adolph Hitler of Germany positioned troops along Czechoslovakia’s border with the apparent intention of invading its Sudetenland region on the false pretense that its predominant r...
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kostelisevich.com/2025/07/20/u.... The Anxiety Over Ukraine’s Entry Into NATO Posted on July 20, 2025 by Kost Elisevich, MD, PhD
The Anxiety Over Ukraine’s Entry Into NATO - Kost Elisevich
Both the U.S. and NATO have shown considerable restraint in support of Ukraine against Russia's invasion by their very measured and incremental provision of armament, succeeding only in prolonging the...
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**BREAKING** Images of a Chinese merchant vessel with containerised missile launchers, radar/comms and close in defense are legitimate. Collaborated via other sources. Sobering. Merry Xmas
