21 April has been proclaimed as the Day of Intellectuals or the Day of Alternative (anti-totalitarian) consciousness. This day falls between 20 April (Hitler's birthday) and 22 April (Lenin's birthday). The author of the idea is the linguist and philosopher Mikhail Epstein mikhail-epsteinЭтот день стоит в промежутке между двумя датами, которые торжественно ( Read more... )

In his recent book, Swedish writer and journalist Henrik Arnstad compares marshall Carl Gustaf Mannerheim to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. According to Arnstad, it is completely unique that Finns still honour a brother-in-arms of the Nazi dictator. He says that Finland could use two possibilities in the Second World War. Firstly, allow German ( Read more... )