Kirill Serebrennikov. Asking the right questions
This year, Kirill Serebrennikov, Russian director and filmmaker, is attending two major festivals in Cannes and Avignon…
The Other Russian Offensive
Faced with the perilous situation that the West’s unanimous condemnation of the war in Ukraine represents, Russia has launched…
The strategy of barbarism
Desk Russie is continuing to publish the cartoons in which cartoonist Epo reacts to the realities…
The special orthodoxy of Pope Francis
Historian Françoise Thom examines the relationship between the Russian Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis…
The UN, Russian Aggression and the Impasses of Collective Security: Elements of Analysis and Response
The UN is experiencing a serious crisis following the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Sergei Lavrov and the Return of Soviet and Russian Anti-Semitism
After Sergei Lavrov’s outrageous statements about Hitler’s “Jewish blood”, which caused an outcry in Israel…
“They Pretend not to be Nazi!”
Cartoonists have always taken up current affairs. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is no exception.
“The Ukrainian Garrison in Mariupol can Still be Saved”: Urgent Address to European Leaders
Ukrainian human rights defenders, former dissidents and scholars call European leaders to act now. Read the appeal.
Reveling in Transgression
With Vladimir Putin, one always believes that the bottom of disgrace has been reached, that the Kremlin cannot do even worse.
The Power of Propaganda
Former Soviet political prisoner Russian journalist Aleksandr Podrabinek analyzes the power of Kremlin propaganda…