Category Archives: Russia

Saving Gas Money in Face of Gas Price Rises

Saving Gas Money in the Face of Gas Price Rise Update, March 10, a poll by AAA on American’s how and when they are planning to adapt to the rising gas prices.  With the price of gas greater than $4 … Continue reading

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War, Inhumanity, and War Crimes are a Plague That Easily Spreads

War, Inhumanity, and War Crimes are a Plague That Easily Spreads The US did not get involved in the 1940 German invasions in Europe until Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.  President Roosevelt wanted us to get more involved other … Continue reading

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The International Democracy Survey of 2022

For most countries, there are few changes from the Survey of 2021, which we recently put up.  The 2022 survey includes events through 2021.  The 2022 Survey is at V-dem.org.  It is a compilation of ratings from 0 to 1 … Continue reading

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Putin’s Nuclear Threats, and the Danger of Authoritarians with Nuclear Powers

Putin’s Nuclear Threats and the Danger of Authoritarians with Nuclear Powers Putin has now put his nuclear forces on alert, although there is no evidence of any threats to Russia or Russian forces in Ukraine from NATO or nuclear powers.  … Continue reading

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The Spread of Authoritarians and Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

The Spread of Authoritarianism and Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine freedomhouse.org had a seminar this morning presenting their new Freedom in the World 2022 ratings, which I reported on with current focus in the previous blog post.  I’m partly reporting on … Continue reading

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The Democracy Index 2021 Summary

The Democracy Index 2021 Summary This is produced yearly by The Economist Intelligence Unit, based on 60 indicators in 5 categories.  Each category is rated 0-10, and then the overall score is their average.  We focus on those by size … Continue reading

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The Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and China with the Olympic Games

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and China with the Olympics These are just my opinions and speculations, not based on any inside knowledge. Update February 22nd.  Czar Putin has ruled that the previous Ukraine provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk should … Continue reading

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IHME Summaries of Covid for the US, California, Canada, and Russia

IHME Summaries of Covid for the US, California, Canada, and Russia The IHME estimates the total number of people who have been infected at least once with the Covid variants as of January 31.  For the US it is 72%, … Continue reading

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Covid Vaccinations in Russia and Eastern Europe

Covid Vaccinations in Russia and Eastern Europe We know that pandemics or plagues have historically had importance in military campaigns, or their aftermath.  This prods us to examine the Covid vaccinations of the countries with the threat of involvement in … Continue reading

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The International Democracy Survey of 2021

The International Democracy Survey Evaluation of governments for 2021 shows continual decrease in Democratic ratings.  They use 3,500 scholars and country experts to evaluate 179 countries on hundreds of attributes.  The 2021 report is at V-Dem.org.  In general, the global … Continue reading

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