"Putin attacked Ukraine, not Russians" fails to grapple with why millions of ordinary Russians were willing to follow orders in a devastating war against Ukraine. This stuff open up questions over how far Russia as a society will come to terms with the past after Putin is gone.

Russian society cannot be redeemed until it has undergone a full process of denazification. x.com/APHClarkson/st…

'Did any of Kojève’s famous fellow émigrés share his enthusiasm for Stalin?' Caryl Emerson on a Parisian intellectual star, maker of Europe, Stalinist the-tls.com/lives/biograph…

Full credit to Barney Ronay and the Guardian for publishing this and linking Manchester City to the RSF war crimes their owner is directly funding and supporting in Sudan.

"the opening act of Trump’s second term is over...This week’s setback is likely only to intensify his strongman instincts. Only the naive would bet on an unmolested midterm election...But for the first time in a while, Democrats... can see a way out..." on.ft.com/47FZsHq

Herbert Gustave Schmalz - Blind girl of Pompeii, 1908.

Marija Stefanović.

Gleb Bogush maksim 61.8 🦅 Saying "how dare you treat white people from Russia the same as people from African states" can also end up sounding problematic

This is the Russians' war against Ukraine. Whether motivated by ideological or financial reasons, Russians eagerly rushed to murder their neighbours. It would be a huge mistake to hold only the regime accountable, while overlooking the widespread social consent for these crimes

Russians never talked so much about any war crime they committed like they do about canceling multi-entry visas. Never saw so many comments about hitting maternity hospitals in Ukraine, nor about the latest attack that killed another innocent family.

“Our fatigue does not define us.” - Oleksandra Matviichuk. Inspiring. I read defeatist whining by foreigners… what can I say? Grateful for Ukraine and Ukrainians. Grateful to be here. Glory to Ukraine!

I got a tip this morning that Russia had targeted substations at two of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants in its missile and drone attack. Now Ukraine’s foreign minister has confirmed: “Russia once again targeted substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power

This is Maria Khoreva, a talented ballerina who lives in Russian St Petersburg and is the first solo in the ballet of Mariinsky theater (led by Putin's friend Valery Gergiev). Maria has a lot of fans, 670,000 followers on Instagram, and she has never spoken against the war in

“Ukrzaliznytsia has suspended train service to Kramatorsk indefinitely. This was expected, but that doesn’t make it any less painful. Because this place - the Kramatorsk railway station - has long meant much more to all of us than just an important logistical hub. So many

.John Cleese’s outsize support of Ukraine is an unexpected but welcome gift of 2025. Also makes me a prouder Anglophile.

Leonora Carrington- Icone (1988).

A peaceful protest against the performance of Russian ballerina Maria Khoreva will take place today and tomorrow by the main entrance of Liceu Theater, Barcelona. The participants will be holding portraits of Ukrainian artists killed by Russia - actors, writers, dancers,

Look forward to more grand declations about how Europeans must emulate an America whose government is in the sixth week of shutdown and now can't provide safe air travel

Stephen Travers - Montmartre, #Paris.

Texas Book Fest, we are down to our last few copies of Schattenfroh, though it may be hard to tell…