Good list. I also recommend Ben Noble Morvan Lallouet & Jan Matti Dollbaum’s book Navalny, a concise introduction to a complex, imperfect and unspeakably brave man.

In 2021, I interviewed them for Bloomberg Bloomberg Opinion. Much has changed since, but their observations remain relevant today. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

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Alexei Navalny’s movement was once Russia’s strongest opposition force. But after his tragic death, his allies face an uncertain future. A deep dive into the fall of the Navalny movement by Morvan Lallouet: themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/16/the…

C’est faux, faux et faux.

I am in this picture and I don't like it

Qu'avez vous à dire aux Moldaves, aux Polonais, aux Baltes qui craignent la Russie ? Jean-Luc Mélenchon : "rien". youtube.com/watch?v=tKwy-T…

On appropriating the 200 billions of Russian assets, two separate issues: Whether this is creating a bad precedent. If the precedent is that, if you are going to invade another country, you may lose some of your assets abroad: I think we should not care too much about creating

C'est ce soir, venez nombreux !

John Ruskin on this kind of architecture: “An architecture invented, as it seems, to make plagiarists of its architects, slaves of its workmen, & sybarites of its inhabitants; in which intellect is idle, invention impossible, all luxury is gratified, & all insolence fortified”

British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) introduces Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) to chef Gordon Ramsey (C), who cooked lunch at No. 10 Downing Street (2000)

With my little sister sitting on the Sea Wall at Teignmouth 1A57 roars past with a Maroon class 52- D1014 Western Leviathan for Paddington in June 1969 ©railarchive.org.uk

La France n'est pas prête à accueillir ses propres chercheurs

Do you agree that Cooling Towers are an irreplaceable part of our national heritage? From a peak of 240 towers in the 1960s, only 45 now remain. C20 is campaigning to preserve just one set these sculptural giants, before they all disappear for good. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/cooling-tower

Venez nombreux ce vendredi ! 🔽🔽🔽

#OnThisDay 1984. The Sun newspaper front page. Print workers refused to print the picture and lead headline in a historic mark of union militancy and journalistic accountability during the #MinersStrike

Faience mosaic tile depicting Karl Marx, commissioned by Nasser-ed-Din Shah Qajar, Iran. (Private Collection?)

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Would someone have access to this article? thanks a lot! republic.ru/posts/115807