Window on the Russian soul, by Christophe Trontin (Le Monde diplomatique

Then: workers in a warehouse factory watch Khrushchev discuss Soviet foreign policy Sovfoto · Universal Images · Getty “Who wants to rule a nation of reason? You’d have to stop them from thinking by stirring up their emotions, ”says the Duchess of Langeais in Balzac’s 1834 novel of the same name. Russians are great thinkers … Read more