A muffled and reassuring comfort zone. Russian state television before and after the war (by F. Lazzarin)

(by Francesca Lazzarin, PhD in Slavic studies, translator and interpreter) “Perhaps, to understand where we were going, we should have watched TV more often”, a dismayed friend and colleague, a young Russian university professor, wrote to me two days later on February 24th. Because he prefers private and progressive channels like “Dozhd’” (known in Europe … Read more

Giorgio Armani, reassuring aesthetics with a golden thread and a touch of the Orient

Like the ancient Greeks who saw in physical beauty the reflection of a moral value, Giorgio Armani with a golden thread holds together inside and out, convinced that “what is beautiful to see makes beautiful also inside”. To underline the message, “I pushed the pedal – he explains after the show – on a reassuring … Read more

A cushioned and reassuring comfort zone. Russian state TV before and after the war (by F. Lazzarin)

(by Francesca Lazzarin, PhD in Slavic Studies, translator and interpreter) “Perhaps, to understand where we were going, we should have watched TV more often”, a friend and colleague, a young Russian university professor, writes to me in dismay, two days later on February 24th. Because he prefers private and progressive channels like “Dožd ‘” (known … Read more