312. Maksym Eristavi - The Russia Empire and it's Destructive Behaviour has no Place in the 21st Century.

Russia is tearing itself away from modern civilization and its
associated values, norms, and comforts. What demons have resurfaced from
Russia’s past, and what is driving a form of sado-masochistic
self-destruction and flagellation, that seems to be propelling Russia
backwards in a painful civilisational decline. And where will this
out-of-control Troika stop – possibly at an era that pre-dates Peter the
Great’s efforts to punch a window onto Europe in the façade of Russia’s
feudal-military despotism, established by the khans of the Mongol
Horde. But what is the role of such a state in the modern world, and how
to defend against it?
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Maksym Eristavi is the Russian colonialism storyteller-in-chief. An
award-winning author of the book “Russian colonialism 101” and founder
of Ukrainian Spaces. Maksym is a Ukrainian journalist and writer and
champion of global awareness about the Russian colonial legacy.
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LINKS:
https://twitter.com/maksymeristavi
https://www.maksymeristavi.com/
https://istpublishing.org/en/russian-colonialism-101-maksym-eristavi
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ABOUT:
Maksym Eristavi is a Ukrainian journalist, writer, and author of
“Russian Colonialism 101,” an illustrated guide to Russian colonial
crimes. A self-described 'Russian colonialism storyteller in chief,' he
champions global awareness about the Russian colonial legacy. This
mission is personal: a mixed Ukrainian with Asian, Roma, and Georgian
roots, several generations of his family suffered from genocides,
assimilation, and identity erasure throughout centuries of Russian
colonial rule.

Eristavi has a two-decade journalism career behind his back that
included championing mainstream English-language coverage of Eastern
Europe by indigenous voices. He went from covering both Ukrainian
pro-democratic revolutions, being the country’s youngest news anchor and
newsroom manager to founding international operations at the leading
news startup covering Eastern Europe, and becoming a contributor to
leading global outlets, such as RFERL, BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, Foreign
Policy, Foreign Affairs, Politico and the Washington Post. At the same
time, Bild and The New York Times called his social media reporting an
essential source on the region. He led pioneering English-language
coverage of the Russian disinformation warfare, Russian colonialism, and
human rights violations in Eastern Europe.

His work and anti-colonial bridge-building made Eristavi a featured
speaker at leading universities, many parliaments, and foreign
ministries, including hearings at the US Congress and the European
Parliament.
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Save Ukraine
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Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
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UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
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Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/

Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine

UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/

Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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