From the Brezhnev era to the present day, May 9 parades have served to glorify the USSR’s victory in World War II. Over the four years of the Great Patriotic War, the Red Army first lost a large part of the USSR’s European territory and then, in a massive...
I was mistaken in my editorial of March 1st when I claimed that the war in Ukraine would prevent Russia from actively supporting Iran, since it was becoming bogged down there. In fact, Russia is providing military aid to its ally, notably through satellite surveillance and advanced missile guidance...
The Atlantic summit in The Hague (June 24-26, 2025) has granted additional time to the United States' European allies. Thanks are due to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who has deployed a wealth of diplomatic skills in recent months to prevent Donald Trump from acting on his impulses, which...
The headline of this editorial is taken from Winston Churchill’s famous speech of October 5, 1938, in which he condemned the Munich Agreement. French historian Françoise Thom compares the abandonment of Ukraine by the Trump administration to those agreements between Hitler’s Germany on one side and France and England...
The tariff war has diverted public attention from a deeper analysis of the Trumpian revolution. Indeed, a true revolution is happening before our amazed eyes : Trump and his administration openly aim to destroy the American “deep state” – in other words, the state itself – and to completely...
Since the beginning of time, people have loved to take stock of the year that is ending and sketch plans and forecasts for the one that is about to begin. It is pure superstition because, truth be told, the last day of the year is no different from any...
In November 2003, the Rose Revolution took place in Georgia. Following disputed parliamentary elections, large demonstrations organized by the opposition spread across the country, ultimately leading to the resignation of President Eduard Shevardnadze, who was suspected of corruption. In the subsequent presidential election, pro-Europe opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was...
For several days now, a storm has been shaking Russian opposition circles, now scattered across several European countries, the United States, and other parts of the world. One could also call it a gigantic verbal joust, where mutual accusations fly, and passions run high.
This storm was triggered by the...
What does this daring operation tell us about the state of the Russian army? About the mentality of Russian leaders? About the state of Russian society?
Moscow has chosen its side. A few days before the second round of the French legislative elections, the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry published a message that leaves no room for ambiguity: "The people of France demand a sovereign foreign policy that serves their national interests and a break from...
Where does the idea come from to invite Russia, which did not participate in the Landing nor does it share the values that are the very foundations of our societies?
A new documentary, produced by Alexeï Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund and devoted to the Yeltsin period, has sparked contrasting reactions. This intense controversy reveals a lot about the state of mind of Russian society.
While continuing to accuse Ukraine and its Western “sponsors” of being behind the Crocus City Hall attack, the Russian leadership is strengthening its anti-terrorist repression… against its own political opponents.
The scale and atrocity of the Krasnogorsk attack shook the world, bringing back bloody images of other mass killings around the globe. Yet 48 hours later we remain dumbfounded. Without questioning the Afghan branch of Islamic State’s claim to have carried out this terror act, we cannot but reflect...