My thoughts on every May Day Parade

May 9. Ok, guess why I am making this article.. Because it is the day the Allies declared victory in Europe. In the English speaking world, it is called: "Victory in Europe or VE Day". In Serbian which I am a big fan, it is called "Pobeda nad fašizmom" or "Victory over fascism".

Mainstream media has the impression Russia is trying to revive the Old Soviet Union but, besides from the historical flags the soldiers used for the parade or the war veterans themselves appearing, is it really to revive the Soviet imperialism? I will say NO! Big NO! I hope one day, mainstream media will find itself to be enlightened that it is to celebrate the triumph not just by the combine Russians, Ukrainians and other nationalities of the former Soviet Union but also by the Western powers that liberated the Western and Central parts of Europe. The Soviet forces suffered a lot along with the civilians during 4 years of war: 30-40 million or more combined including Orthodox Christian priests that went through the battlefield as soldiers to protect Russia despite the atheist Josif Staljin's brutal regime. Setting side personal matters for the protection of your country with God's promise of future freedom for your descendants is priceless that doing nothing.

Hope everyone in the world, victors or enemies back in those days will celebrate the event worldwide as a solidarity of hope and redemption by everyone for working together to defeat the common enemy regardless of the suffering they or we will be feeling through the generations. Let's not forget the souls and the current survivors of the Great patriotic war. Hvala Vojska Rusije!

Aral Sea 2014: Can we still hope for it's resurrection?

Remember during historical times how Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world? When it was giving livelihoods to millions of Turkic to Russian speaking peoples for it's rich fisheries and somehow, a wildlife preservation? When the Syr Darya and Amu Darya flows continuously?

Not anymore. Since Stalin's time, the Soviet government decided to divert the two rivers for the irrigation of cotton and other agricultural products, which simply spells DOOM to those who lived around the sea. As time goes on and passes by the collapse of the Soviet Union, the sea staggered and goes down like the world doesn't knew about it since it's thousand years history. What could we do to restore the sea's former boundaries?

Only the Kazakh part of the Aral sea tries that, thanks to the modernization efforts of Kazakhstan and the need for the former port city of Aral'sk could be meters away if successfully continued to major phases. The Southern part completely dried out because of Islam Karimov's policy of finding oil in the dried up basin, which contributes to hot summers and cold winters in the region as whole.

I grew up seeing it on books. Now, i see it's continuous death. Can we stop it before it's too late?