Svetlana Lazareva
22 April 2025
The Iranian execution machine
More people are put to death in Iran than anywhere else on earth. Around the world, the protests are beginning
Read the full article26 February 2025
Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgia’s French despot
As the country’s courts become more Russian, the real Georgia can be found out on the streets
Read the full article27 November 2024
Writing to Putin’s gulag
Following a rise in politically motivated sentences after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, prisoners in Russia and Belarus have come to rely on letters from strangers
Read the full article20 November 2024
Putin’s war on the womb
If you love children and happen to live in Russia, the kindest thing you could do would be not to have any
Read the full article13 October 2024
The hunt for the golden owl is over
Europe's greatest ever treasure hunt is over, leaving thousands bereft
Read the full article31 July 2024
The naked truth of modelling
Nude modelling has been an integral part of French art schools for centuries but now the models are demanding respect and status
Read the full article22 May 2024
France is losing the war on drugs
The most brutal aspects of the country's drug war are spreading nationwide
Read the full article15 May 2024
The French march in Rouen
A call for peace remains an integral part of France's annual workers' march
Read the full article01 May 2024
Students stand up for Palestine
Protesters at the Paris Institute of Political Studies have taken a leaf out of Columbia University’s book
Read the full article21 March 2024
Voting in an election without choice
The polls opened at the Russian embassy in Paris – what I saw there gave me hope
Read the full article28 February 2024
Yulia, Russia’s new messenger of hope
Yulia Navalnaya is keeping her husband’s work alive, making hundreds of thousands of Russians feeling less alone
Read the full article24 January 2024
French kids don’t read books
Reading is not the preferred choice of recreation for France’s youth
Read the full article06 December 2023
Notes from the Parisian Underground Symphony
A journey on the Paris Métro can be a kaleidoscope of cultures, stories and impromptu musical performances
Read the full article18 October 2023
Russia’s new art outcasts
Following in the footsteps of 20th-century exiles who ran from communism, four artists are fighting their own war, from Paris
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