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This afternoon, on the last day of our nearly month-long stay in Petersburg, my wife and I took lunch at the Hotel Astoria that is situated at one end…
 • Gilbert Doctorow
Ardent Russian patriotism on display in the Mariinsky Theater
Ardent Russian patriotism on display in the Mariinsky Theater last night
 • Gilbert Doctorow
Further musings
Further musings
 • Gilbert Doctorow
This and that: further travel notes
It occurred to me after publishing my essay on Fabulous Petersburg two days ago that when I mentioned the Nevsky Center shopping center at the Uprising…
 • Gilbert Doctorow
'Judging Freedom' edition of 10 June: Are Russians happy?
The title regrettably does not describe the content of this important interview which dealt first and foremost with the overriding conclusion I reach at…
 • Gilbert Doctorow
War Diaries, Volume 3, 2025 now available for purchase as an e-book
I am pleased to inform the Community that Volume 3, 2025 has just been placed on the Amazon global websites for sale as an e-book, complementing its…
 • Gilbert Doctorow
Russia at war
Yesterday evening’s restaurant life in the very center of Petersburg with the Church on the Blood (site of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II) in…
 • Gilbert Doctorow
Fabulous St Petersburg - Installment 2
Fabulous St Petersburg – Installment 2
 • Gilbert Doctorow
The joys of Petersburg
Let there be no misunderstanding: as a geopolitical analyst I am obliged to report on the depressed or anxious mood of people I have met here in St…
 • Gilbert Doctorow
Today's interview on News X World relating to the Zelensky Open Letter
See minutes 21.15 to 26.30
 • Gilbert Doctorow
What is circulating now in Russian social networks
I post below a shocking and dramatic text now circulating in Russian social networks about the way current leadership is presenting Russia to the world…
 • Gilbert Doctorow
Which way is the war going? Is Russian victory imminent?
Which way is the war going?
 • Gilbert Doctorow
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