With Vladimir Putin’s military adventure in Ukraine going poorly, the recent mass mobilization of young men has sent Russians fleeing the motherland for safer havens. The Spectator UK’s John Lloyd talks to two members of an earlier Russian diaspora for their take on “the many tragedies of Russia.”

Palestinian Culture: Unique in its Own Destructive Way
Although the Palestinian Authority enjoys an array of cultural departments and programs, A.J. Caschetta in Jewish World Review finds that all of it – art, education, literature, poetry, music, education and film – is oriented to two goals: the vilification of Jews and the destruction of Israel. Caschetta notes this is in sharp contrast to Arab and Muslim traditions, which include myriad aesthetically normal cultural works. Palestinianism, Caschetta finds, is “a very sick culture”, driven by resentment and fuelled by hate.


