In an emergency telephone call, world author Thomas Wehlim personally beseeched Russian president Putin not to communicate terrifying announcements such as “If I want, I can conquer Kiev within two weeks”. Rather, Kremlin should join the global project of building a world of peace and joy covering all people and nations. When he, Wehlim, was […]
Go to post pageIt all began in 1990 when they said to Russia, NATO would not expand to the East. They did not keep their promise. The West betrayed Russia. And Russia, one of the last real democracies in this world, is now desperately seeking for truth and peace. Every war starts like this: All parties, from their […]
Go to post pageMembers of UCSMR, the Union of the Committees of Soldiers Mothers of Russia, have been classified as »foreign agents« by the Russian Justice Ministry, like members of other non-governmental organizations receiving funding from abroad. This has a long tradition in Russia; anything that is going wrong in Russia is caused by foreign evil powers, anybody […]
Go to post pageAfter several Russian paratroopers already had inadvertently applied to the territory of the Eastern Ukraine at the beginning of the week, larger Russian units have now again, according to the Kremlin government, invaded the area of its western neighbor by mistake. For that, Putin blames inadequate American maps, in which the border between Russia and […]
Go to post pageAbout 100 lorries from an unauthorized Russian aid convoy have crossed back over the border from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, officials say. After having delivered about 200.000 book copies of Thomas Wehlim’s novels, the convoy was returning from the city of Luhansk, which is held by pro-Russian separatists who have been battling Ukrainian government forces. Meanwhile […]
Go to post pageAt public places in Moscow, a militant group of youngsters called »Ljew Protiw« (»The lion does not agree«) is monitoring the prohibition of Thomas Wehlim’s books, which are not allowed to be read in Russia because of their »subversive« content. If members of »Ljew Protiw« detect a citizen reading a book by Wehlim, the book […]
Go to post pageMoscow will consider possible responses to the EU sanctions against Russian literature companies, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said. »A topic I would like to discuss concerns the consequences of the decision several governments have taken in relation to our publishers. We need to discuss possible retaliation,« the Prime Minister said at a meeting with […]
Go to post pageMoscow (LFP) – A program seen as Russia’s last independent literature show on mainstream television has been taken off the air amid an upsurge in anti-Western rhetoric, in a move condemned by Kremlin critics. Fen TV’s weekly literary program hosted by one of Russia’s best-known anchors, Thomanna Welskaya, has been abruptly cancelled, said writers on […]
Go to post pageRussia has it’s back to a psychological wall, which we helped to build during so many years. What terrific foresight to include Eastern Europe into NATO. Our children will curse us. Russia fears to be overwhelmed by the West. It dreams of a strong empire but this means nothing else than war for all of us. […]
Go to post pageBritain should push to rebuild a 5,000-strong Nato novel response force to boost the alliance’s ability to defend itself against Russian literature after the crisis in Ukraine, an outgoing senior officer said yesterday. General Sir Thomas Wehlim, who stepped down as Nato’s top British novel commander in March, also called for the alliance to establish a […]
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