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from Petrograd to Japan just to be defeated there, to the unnecessary war that the Soviet Union waged in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989, after which the USSR fell apart, to the aggression against Ukraine today.

BoBan SPaSojeVić, Magazine Director Croatia and Editor in Chief boban@diplomacy andcommerce.hr

VladiMir dudaš c e n t r o b i r o Art Director roBerT ČoBan Director

ToMiSlaV SMoljanoVić

Photos goranKa MilošeVić Translation

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Foreword

roBerT ČoBan Director

Ever since the war in Ukraine started over a year ago, I have been thinking how it’s sad that such a great nation like Russia is constantly putting itself in the situation where it’s waging unnecessary wars while lacking the necessary economic strength. Since the 1094/05 war with Japan when they sent the ships from the Baltic Fleet 18,000 nautical miles

In Capri, I found records of Russian intellectuals - Maxim Gorky being the most famous one among them – who ended up in this Mediterranean island after leaving Russia as a sign of protest against the pointless war against Japan in 1904/05. After the October Revolution, millions of people who didn’t agree with the new regime left Russia, and many of them ended up in our regions. Whoever could flee from Stalin’s rule used that opportunity, and this continued until the disappearance of the Soviet Union in 1991. In the past few centuries, people from Russia have been leaving – the Russians are leaving, the Jews are leaving, tycoons are leaving in order to preserve their wealth, the poor are leaving in search of a better life, whoever finds a way is leaving...

I will be happiest when I see that a new generation of Russians has entered the scene, one that is aware that they have to turn their country into a desirable place to live, first of all for the residents of the Russian Federation, and then it also needs to become attractive for tourists, digital nomads and everyone else who wants to enjoy the natural beauty and cultural heritage of this country. As long as Russia tries to prove to itself and to others the status of a superpower and a new “empire where the sun never sets” by waging unnecessary wars, people will leave it, which will make some new societies richer and will forever impoverish their own country..

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BoBan SPaSojeViČ

Director / CEO Diplomacy&Commerce Croatia

Director of “The Economist Svijet u …” Project

We’ve entered month three of 2023, and it seems that things are looking even worse than we hoped for. And while the humanity is drowning in its own greed and stupidity, nature is showing us how powerless we are and how everything we do can change in one second. This time, the earthquake in Turkey and Syria reminded us of that, with thousands of killed, dead, wounded, but also saved. The world teamed up to help – helping one side more than the other, because as in everyday life, we saw on this example that we are all equal in the world of those “more equal than others”.

The end of war in Ukraine is nowhere in sight, what’s more, it seems that they are taking new positions to continue. According to the actors, and also the international community which is a participant in the conflict in some way, conditions have not been met to sit down at the negotiating table because none of the interested parties is satisfied with the current situation on the ground. Many people wonder if World War III is already here, if not, will it be soon, or will everything remain the way it is at the moment.

In addition to the war that affected the lives of us all, a recession is looming in many countries with inflation that is increasing day by day. The question to which we are waiting for an honest answer is whether it is the result of the war alone or both the war and the pandemic and the lock down that preceded it. In any case, someone is “rubbing their hands” while the majority live their days with uncertainty.

Major players are fighting for their positions, some to keep the leading position (US and its allies), others to take a more important one (China), and it seems that this will be the focus of future international relations and crises. Russia is being kept isolated because of the aggression against Ukraine, but it is turning towards new markets and allies, India and the aforementioned China. The rich Europe, slow and torn, seems to be paying the highest price for