France

Yuri Chekalin25.07.2026

The transformation of political vocabulary represents only the first stage in the symbolic reconstruction of legitimacy. Toward the Symbolic Reconstruction of Authority Words acquire their fullest political meaning when they become embodied in public ceremonies, commemorative practices, national symbols, civic rituals, monuments, and the visible performance of political authority. Revolutionary governments therefore moved beyond language […]

Klim Zhukov08.06.2026

In 1881, France grabbed another colony—Tunisia. The Italians were very upset about this, as they had long wanted Tunisia for themselves. The public dubbed this unfortunate demarche the “Tunisian slap in the face,” after which Italy joined the then-secret alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary. But that’s a different story. The issue lies in Tunisia itself—an […]

Sergey Stankevich24.05.2026

Marine Le Pen, chair of the National Rally faction in the French National Assembly, plans to change the country if she comes to power in the 2027 elections. She believes Paris should withdraw from NATO’s Joint Military Command. “I believe we should withdraw from NATO’s Joint Military Command,” Le Pen said on BFM-TV. At the […]

Sergey Stankevich03.04.2025

Using the support of the European “deep state” and the super-obedient French justice system, Emmanuel Macron has neutralized, as he sees it, the main political threat — Marine Le Pen. The court has banned her from running for office, which means she will not participate in the 2027 presidential elections. This maneuver has been in […]

Alexander Palladin25.01.2025

Ever since 1821, my ancestors, the Palladins, used to live in the village of Dyutkovo not far from Moscow. Some of them served in the local Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founded in the 16th century. A few years ago, while collecting materials about my family tree, I came across an […]

Yuri Chekalin21.01.2025

The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to go to Egypt. It was created as a gift to commemorate the construction of the Suez Canal by the French. However, the Egyptians refused the gift, and France decided to give the statue to America. In August 1875, the creation of the Franco-American Union was announced. The […]

Sergey Stankevich08.09.2024

Pavel Durov broke the prolonged silence after his arrest in France and clarified his position. Since he speaks emotionally and somewhat vaguely, many interpretations and speculations have appeared: like, someone has moved somewhere, is drifting, maneuvering, breaking down, bargaining, giving in, etc. But what is the reality? Let’s leave Durov’s personal affairs aside. Serious people […]

Sergey Stankevich03.09.2024

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French President Emmanuel Macron continues to spin. Macron’s gamble with calling early parliamentary elections in June ended in failure: his centrist coalition lost dozens of seats in parliament, and no party received an absolute majority. The New Popular Front alliance of the left came in first place, but Macron denies the winners the right to […]

Sergey Stankevich28.08.2024

A ghost of a big sensation has loomed in France. The oldest and most popular satirical newspaper “Canard Enchenet” (“chained duck”) reported on the X network: Pavel Durov, during his detention at the Paris airport, allegedly told the gendarmes that “Emmanuel Macron was waiting for him for dinner…” What’s that? Invited— lured — put in […]

Natalia Tanshina09.07.2024

A significant date is approaching — 235 years since the beginning of the French Revolution. Which we called either the Great French Bourgeois Revolution or the French Bourgeois Revolution (without the great one, because the great one is only ours, the October Revolution, because it is socialist). Now they also call it ambiguously: some, the […]

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