The history of BRELL is a story about countries that left the empire, but remained connected to its socket for a long time. Now this outlet is de-energized for them. Disconnection from Russian networks was the last step in a process that began not with wires, but with the understanding that energy independence is a continuation of political independence.

The events of last month have strained Russian-Polish relations. Some believe that foreign drones in Polish airspace are a provocation, a test of NATO’s defense capabilities, and maybe even more - a reason to be drawn into war. Is war possible between Russia and Poland? Political scientist, specialist in the history of Eastern European countries, and deputy director of the Juliusz Mieroszewski Center for Dialogue, Lukasz Adamski, helped figure this out.

The growing popularity of right-wing populist movements in Europe and the United States is a consequence of migration policy, says American journalist Bret Stevens. “Post-liberal governments have used unclear legal mechanisms or simply ignored the law to try to bring about social transformation without explicit public consent,” he writes in an article for The New York Times. We publish a translation of Stevens' text.

October 8 would have been the 100th birthday of Andrei Sinyavsky, a philologist, writer who published literary works under the pseudonym Abram Terts, dissident and political prisoner, long-time editor of the Syntax magazine, which he published in Paris with his wife Maria Vasilievna Rozanova. Sinyavsky is in every sense a unique figure for Russian literature.