24/01/2019 | 10:29:26 I have only four short remarks. First, I find it absurd to have a debate on the Russian Federation without ensuring full membership for Russian Federation members. This is not what democratic debate looks like; this is what a lynch mob looks like. I have demanded repeatedly that all rights be returned to the Russian Federation because, as a democrat, I am interested in the opinion of the accused party. Secondly, I had the honour of speaking with the former Foreign Minister of Ukraine and the... 23/01/2019 | 11:17:45 It should be stressed much more in our debate that in capitalist societies the main threat to media freedom comes from private corporations. One of the most famous living intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, warns us that the media are owned by the big corporations and financial groups, which, logically, tend to spread pro-business values. In my country, Slovakia, the mainstream media are mostly owned by dirty financial groups, transnational corporations or mafia-connected oligarchs. The information...