Kaliningrad's governor with a wild thesis: Kant is to blame for the Ukraine war. In 2024 he will celebrate his 300th birthday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently even named Kant one of his favorite philosophers, state news agency TASS reported. His revolutionary insights made him one of the most important minds in the history of philosophy. In Kaliningrad – the former Königsberg – where Kant was born, he is revered like a hero. There are many memorial places, restaurants, supermarkets and dishes in the city that commemorate him.