Tag: great patriotic war
The Biennale of Discontent
On May 6 — the first day of the preview of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale — rain began falling...
Defeat Parade
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...
Bring Back Censorship
A historian and translator of Russian and Swedish literature, and a literary critic for Le Monde, Elena Balzamo closely follows the Russian literary scene....
Ukraine: Old Batteries and Recycling—When Volunteers Take on the Energy Challenge
In a basement in Lviv, the nonprofit Florida Man for Ukraine recycles all kinds of electrical devices to build portable power storage systems. Benjamin,...
The “Median Corridor”: The Geopolitical Implications of a South Caucasus and Trans-Caspian Axis
The organization of a pan-European summit in Yerevan earlier this month highlighted the diplomatic fruitfulness of the European Political Community, Armenia’s pivotal role, and...
“Together, Let’s Save Ukrainian Hostages”
In January 2026, Desk Russie and the association “For Ukraine, for their freedom and ours!” (PLU) organized, at Paris City Hall, an evening debate...
The Price of a Zero: The Russian Economy on Life Support
Our readers are familiar with Vladislav Inozemtsev’s work on the “economics of death” (deathonomics) in wartime Russia. Pierre Raiman offers a wide-ranging reflection on...
Putin’s Regime: A Systemic Threat?
On April 8, Galia Ackerman was invited by the Union of Honorary Consuls in France (UCHF) to give a Zoom lecture, to which numerous...
Gulf War, World War
I was mistaken in my editorial of March 1st when I claimed that the war in Ukraine would prevent Russia from actively supporting Iran,...
Ukraine: Phoenix, or the Project for Humanitarian Autonomy
The Phoenix Center, located in the Lviv Oblast and run by the Volunteer Action association, provides temporary shelter for internally displaced people (IDPs) fleeing...