Elvira Bary
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Discover fearless, source-based insights into power, history, and culture. I’m Elvira Bary - Soviet-born author sharing articles that reframe the familiar with clarity, depth, and honesty. No trends - just truths I’ve lived and researched.
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What happens when a nation confuses loyalty with love - and loses its moral compass?
What happens when a nation confuses loyalty with love - and loses its moral compass?
How Russia Lost Its Mind — and Its Moral Compass
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November 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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What happens when a nation confuses loyalty with love - and loses its moral compass?
What happens when a nation confuses loyalty with love - and loses its moral compass?
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A war destroyed my old life - and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began.
A war destroyed my old life - and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began.
How Russia’s War Broke My Life — and Built This Channel
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November 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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A war destroyed my old life - and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began.
A war destroyed my old life - and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began.
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A war destroyed my old life - and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began.
A war destroyed my old life - and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began.
How Russia’s War Broke My Life — and Built This Channel
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November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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A war destroyed my old life - and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began.
A war destroyed my old life - and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began.
The Dark Psychology That Turned Russia Toward War
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October 31, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Why cruelty feels normal in Russia - and what it reveals about human nature itself.
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Why Brutality Is Normal in Russia - And What It Reveals About Us All
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October 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Why cruelty feels normal in Russia - and what it reveals about human nature itself.
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Who inherits Putin’s throne when even his children can’t?
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Who inherits Putin’s throne when even his children can’t?
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Why Putin’s Children Can’t Be His Successors
What happens after Putin is not a parlor game. It is the logic of a dying empire. Dynasties need heirs. But modern autocracies breed only…
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October 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
PayWall Free link to my new article on Medium:
Who inherits Putin’s throne when even his children can’t?
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Who inherits Putin’s throne when even his children can’t?
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When Russia invaded Ukraine, I lost my readers, my career, and my voice. Today, I’m finding it again.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, I lost my readers, my career, and my voice. Today, I’m finding it again.
What the War in Ukraine Taught Me About Being Russian
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October 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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When Russia invaded Ukraine, I lost my readers, my career, and my voice. Today, I’m finding it again.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, I lost my readers, my career, and my voice. Today, I’m finding it again.
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Why does Russia so often feel like a nation built on lies and cheats?
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Why does Russia so often feel like a nation built on lies and cheats?
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Inside Russia’s Culture of Lies and Cheats
Why does Russia so often feel like a nation built on lies and cheats? Contracts collapse. Promises vanish. Even the constitution is tossed…
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October 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Paywall-Free link to my new article on Medium:
Why does Russia so often feel like a nation built on lies and cheats?
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Why does Russia so often feel like a nation built on lies and cheats?
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Are We on the Brink of a NEW Cold War with China and Russia?
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October 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Russia’s pressure is building. But is revolution close—or will the system hold a little longer?
Russia’s pressure is building. But is revolution close—or will the system hold a little longer?
How Close is Russia to a New Revolution?
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October 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Russia’s pressure is building. But is revolution close—or will the system hold a little longer?
Russia’s pressure is building. But is revolution close—or will the system hold a little longer?
On my YouTube channel I often get asked: “How is what’s happening in Moldova, Romania, France, or Germany any different from Russia? Don’t they also disqualify candidates, close polling stations, and bend the rules?”
It’s a fair question. But here’s the crucial difference.
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It’s a fair question. But here’s the crucial difference.
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How to Tell a Real Democracy from a Fake One — It’s Simpler Than You Think
On my YouTube channel I often get asked: “How is what’s happening in Moldova, Romania, France, or Germany any different from Russia? Don’t…
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October 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
On my YouTube channel I often get asked: “How is what’s happening in Moldova, Romania, France, or Germany any different from Russia? Don’t they also disqualify candidates, close polling stations, and bend the rules?”
It’s a fair question. But here’s the crucial difference.
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It’s a fair question. But here’s the crucial difference.
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Uncover how Russia secretly shaped the Middle East — and why its influence still haunts us.
Uncover how Russia secretly shaped the Middle East — and why its influence still haunts us.
The Shocking Truth About Russia’s Influence in the Middle East
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October 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Uncover how Russia secretly shaped the Middle East — and why its influence still haunts us.
Uncover how Russia secretly shaped the Middle East — and why its influence still haunts us.
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Alisa Derbeneva is a school principal in Kharkiv. She sent me her memoirs — about how the war began, how she left her hometown, wandered across Ukraine, then across Europe, and eventually returned to her country.
Alisa Derbeneva is a school principal in Kharkiv. She sent me her memoirs — about how the war began, how she left her hometown, wandered across Ukraine, then across Europe, and eventually returned to her country.
Unbroken in Kharkiv: Alisa’s Journey and the Lie of “Greatness”
Alisa Derbeneva is a school principal in Kharkiv. She sent me her memoirs — about how the war began, how she left her hometown, wandered…
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October 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Alisa Derbeneva is a school principal in Kharkiv. She sent me her memoirs — about how the war began, how she left her hometown, wandered across Ukraine, then across Europe, and eventually returned to her country.
Alisa Derbeneva is a school principal in Kharkiv. She sent me her memoirs — about how the war began, how she left her hometown, wandered across Ukraine, then across Europe, and eventually returned to her country.
Exciting news - my second article has just been published in The Spectator UK (the world’s oldest surviving magazine!):
👉 Putin’s dads-and-lags army is struggling
I dive into how Russia’s war machine is scraping the bottom of the barrel:
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👉 Putin’s dads-and-lags army is struggling
I dive into how Russia’s war machine is scraping the bottom of the barrel:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/puti...
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Exciting news - my second article has just been published in The Spectator UK (the world’s oldest surviving magazine!):
👉 Putin’s dads-and-lags army is struggling
I dive into how Russia’s war machine is scraping the bottom of the barrel:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/puti...
👉 Putin’s dads-and-lags army is struggling
I dive into how Russia’s war machine is scraping the bottom of the barrel:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/puti...
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Elvira Bary grades Putin’s record abroad: Europe rewired energy, neighbors hedged away, Turkey & Mideast exploited, NATO revived, Africa stayed transactional, China made him dependent. Intimidation backfired - Russia’s influence shrank.
Elvira Bary grades Putin’s record abroad: Europe rewired energy, neighbors hedged away, Turkey & Mideast exploited, NATO revived, Africa stayed transactional, China made him dependent. Intimidation backfired - Russia’s influence shrank.
Russia’s Biggest Foreign-Policy Disasters Under Putin
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September 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Elvira Bary grades Putin’s record abroad: Europe rewired energy, neighbors hedged away, Turkey & Mideast exploited, NATO revived, Africa stayed transactional, China made him dependent. Intimidation backfired - Russia’s influence shrank.
Elvira Bary grades Putin’s record abroad: Europe rewired energy, neighbors hedged away, Turkey & Mideast exploited, NATO revived, Africa stayed transactional, China made him dependent. Intimidation backfired - Russia’s influence shrank.
👉 From Vikings to Wagner: 1,000 years of killing for rubles in Russia’s quest for power: youtu.be/02MymMKMcuQ
Violence for Sale –The Dark History of Russia’s Mercenary Tradition
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September 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
👉 From Vikings to Wagner: 1,000 years of killing for rubles in Russia’s quest for power: youtu.be/02MymMKMcuQ
