Tag: russo-ukrainian war
In Kyiv, May 24, One Unending Day
On the night of Saturday, May 24, Ukraine endured one of the most intense bombing campaigns of the entire large-scale invasion. Four people were...
Ukrainian Strikes Deep Inside Russian Territory: The Expansion of the Conflict Zone
This has now become routine: Ukrainian long-range drones are striking oil and gas terminals and refineries along Russia’s coastlines—in the Baltic and Black Seas—as...
Europe Put to the Test
On May 27 and 28, an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers was held in Cyprus. Among other things, they discussed the possibility of...
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...