From the Atlantic to the Urals: ‘Grace of Monaco’, Charles de Gaulle, and...
Recently, on a transatlantic flight, for lack of better ideas, I watched a new film “Grace of Monaco”, released in May 2014. I expected a romantic melodrama about a famous actress who gave up her...
View ArticleThe Putin-Hollande meeting: Why was Putin in such a good mood?
After his surprise meeting with the French president François Hollande at a Moscow airport, Putin held an unscripted press conference which lasted a little less than six minutes.[1] From the way he...
View ArticleAgainst Oligarchy: SYRIZA or Barbarism
The talented French writer, dedicated revolutionary and wise politician André Malraux wrote in his memoires that Charles de Gaulle was France’s “alibi for courage”. According to Malraux, De Gaulle’s...
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