Posts by Erica Marat 🇺🇦
Peace, but only during trading hours
Deorbànization
Now Tisza projected at 138 seats against 54 of Orban’s Fidesz. If these numbers are confirmed, this is a larger victory than Orbàn’s 2010 landslide, which allowed him to change the 🇭🇺Constitution and start backsliding towards an illiberal democracy. A historic day.
As Ukrainians celebrate Easter today, please spare a moment to reflect on how, in part of its genocide of Ukrainians, in the last 4 years, Russia has damaged or destroyed close to 1,000 places of worship all across Ukraine.
📚 In a new editorial for Central Asian Survey, @ericamarat.bsky.social reflects on what makes strong scholarship — critical questions, robust methods, and clear writing.
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It's going to get better. Yes, that's indeed my April Fools Day joke.
135 countries
LT. GEN. WHITNEY: The biggest thing we’ve seen coming out of Ukraine is the rapid pace of innovation and how quickly they turn new concepts into reality. They fly things, test them, then iterate and constantly improve them. Their level of innovation is "out of this world".
Yaroslavl oil refinery in russia got sanctioned 🔥
Are you a university instructor who would like to support Ukraine? The Flying University for Ukrainian Students organizes remote classes taught by faculty outside Ukraine for students in Ukraine. Those who have done it find it very gratifying. Express your interest here:
www.flying-university.org
A viral dog rescue in Almaty is now commemorated with a public sculpture celebrating unity and human solidarity https://ow.ly/qIFf50Yz9jt #Kazakhstan #Almaty #PublicArt #CentralAsia #DogRescue #AlmatyArt #PublicSculpture
In a single series of attacks, Ukraine may have negated Russia's entire oil windfall from the Iran war. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Battle of Chesma
Knew it reminded me of something
Ukraine has built a fast, low-cost defensive shield to stop Russian attacks with Iranian-designed Shahed drones. While waiting for enemy drones, crews tests and fine-tunes interceptor drones, searching for flaws that could undermine their performance once the buzzing Russian threat appears.
This is the worst geopolitical side effect
💯 my thought. Thank you Maria for articulating this perfectly as you always do.
DiCaprio looks like any daydya Sergey or sosed Rinat from the late Soviet period. The only giveaway is his smile.
Germany, Australia and Japan say they won’t be joining U.S. efforts, while the U.K. and France say they are willing to discuss options www.wsj.com/world/u-s-al...
Love of russia runs deep in the western arts community
The full performance of “I Lied To You” from ‘SINNERS’ at the 98th Oscars.
#Sinners #Oscars2026
"A Russian list of 316 deceased African recruits shows that, on average, they died less than six months after being deployed to Ukraine" www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Putin hasn’t been shy about gloating over the upside of the Iran conflict for Russia, as oil prices surge www.wsj.com/world/russia...
*what it must be like