The season of tolerance and humanism has opened in Russia: Yulia Samoilova, a singer in a wheelchair, will go to the Eurovision final. Only recently did Russia appear to be boycotting an event taking place in the capital of a state with which it is de facto at war; His constant admirer Philip Kirkorov even disowned the competition, saying that we were not welcome there.

With the arrival of calendar spring in Russia, the signs of economic and political spring are becoming clearer. Officials and experts vying with each other to report on the slowing down of the crisis and the still timid but sure signs of economic recovery. Oil prices and the ruble exchange rate have stabilized, the economy has become accustomed to sanctions, and now experts are predicting slow and uncertain, but still growth and reduction in inflation.