Tag Archives: totalitarianism

The Soviet Propaganda and Terrorism Offensive Against Pinochet’s Chile

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 December 2025

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Soviet Strategy and the Downfall of Salvador Allende

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 December 2025

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A Note on Viktor Zemskov’s Estimate of Soviet Fatalities in the Second World War

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 April 2025

Russian historian Viktor Zemskov estimated in 2012 that total Soviet losses in the “Great Fatherland War” were sixteen million (11.5 million military casualties and 4.5 million civilian deaths), a far lower total than the official Soviet claim since 1990, inherited by the Russian Federation, of twenty-seven million.

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Bashar al-Assad Falls

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 December 2024

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No Honest Person Should Be Using The HAMAS Casualty Figures For Gaza

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 15 October 2024

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The Nature of Pre-Revolutionary Russian Imperialism

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 29 August 2024

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The Worst Disinformation About Israel Comes From the “Most Credible” Sources

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 June 2024

The Soviet Union Won the Second World War

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 31 May 2024

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The Petrov Affair: Soviet Spies and Australian Reaction in the Early Cold War

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 8 April 2024

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The Strikes in Yemen Avoid the Real Issue: Iran

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 January 2024

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