Terrorism is powerless anger.

     Here is my definition of terrorism:

     Terrorism is powerless anger.

     Why anger?

     Because in all cases of terrorism, some group of people are dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs, embittered by this and trying to change the existing order of things.

     Why powerless?

     Because, according to these …

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Liberal or Socialist.

     Check yourself: do you belong to liberals or to socialists. Answer the seven questions, respectively putting the letter L or S. At the end of the test, add all the answers with the letter L and with the letter S.

     So:

     1. If you think that the human personality is the highest value in …

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Etiquette.

      Almost every time I go to Astana’s public places, it ends with a psychological trauma. Every time I want to hang huge posters on the skyscrapers of the city:

     “People! Be tactful and polite!

     Do not jump the queue. Do not push people around. Do not stand close to the person standing in …

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Dedollarization of the economy.

     Due to the frequent fluctuations in the exchange rate of the tenge and the inconveniences that they cause, many people in Kazakhstan began to call for the dedollarization of our economy.

     Let’s see, and what is dollarization in general?

     First of all, it seems to me, it is necessary to separate the two phenomena …

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For Russia or for Turkey?

          Due to the aggravation of Russian-Turkish relations, Kazakh society was divided into three camps: for Russia, for Turkey, for no one.

          I’ll try to explain my position.

          What are our reasons to be for Russia?

          1. Is it because Russia …

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Unity in diversity

          We are so different: red and dark, tall and low, fat and thin, funny and sad.

          Some of us like beshbarmak, others – he, some dance the polka, others – lezginka, some wear a skullcap, others – a papakha.

          There …

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Rich and poor

           With the development of market relations in any society, a stratification of the rich and poor is inevitable. It is natural as well as the fact that some of us are smarter, others are sillier, some are more goal-oriented, others are lazier, some are braver, others are more cautious. This is how it should be.…

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The etymology of our fears in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

     According to my observations, the majority of Russians living in Kazakhstan have taken the side of Russia in its conflict with Ukraine. And there is an explanation for this. They are connected with Russia by ethnic kinship. Many of them realize themselves first of all as Russians, and only then as Kazakhstanis. Add the information environment here: there …

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Personal economy

              Difficult times which the President of the country warned us about are already coming. Oil does not appreciate. There is less and less hope for a miracle. Anyhow, it is not expected in the short term. The lack of money will be greatly felt now.

             What should …

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The Hand of the West.

     The President of Venezuela Maduro said that the situation in the country is fueled by enemies of the people, who are supported by the West.

     This has become an unchanging tradition: the authoritarian regimes always blame the West for public discontent in their countries.

     Perhaps they are right. Indeed, the West is to blame. …

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