There are those in France who support the war in Ukraine | Great-granddaughter of Peter Struve - Melania Struve

Melania Rakovich-Struve is the owner of a Russian book store in Paris and the YMCA-Press publishing house. Born and raised in Paris, in a family of emigrants. Great-granddaughter of Pyotr Struve, a famous Russian public and political figure, editor, publicist and philosopher. Since 2016, Melania has continued the work of her father and grandfather - she manages the Russian book store Les Editeurs Réunis and the YMCA-PRESS publishing house in France. She participated in the design and creation of the exhibitions “The Gulag Archipelago, a Literary Explosion” (2017), “Peter Struve and Ivan Bunin, the Story of One Friendship” (2022) and “The Gulag Archipelago on the Hill of Saint Genevieve, the world publication is 50 years old.” She organizes cultural evenings in her store. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, there have been more visitors. Many emigrants come for books, leaving their libraries at home, looking for the memories of the first wave of emigrants in order to understand how they survived the trials that befell them. Russian literature is still in demand in France and is loved, although after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine there were attempts to blame Chekhov and Dostoevsky for everything. According to Melania Struve, unfortunately, there are those in France who support Putin. This is due to the influence of Russian propaganda and anti-American sentiment. About Russian culture and its influence on people’s lives, about the attitude of the French towards politics and Putin, about the meeting with Vladimir Kara-Murza after his release and about how the publishing industry in Russia and Europe has changed since the beginning of the war - in a new interview with Eyewitnesses &quot; Become a channel sponsor: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbuvsAw-sbkeXGo4xQeZtow/join" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbuvsAw-sbkeXGo4xQeZtow/join</a> ▶️TIME CODES: 00:00 – Melania Rakovich-Struve about herself 05:56 – how did you react to the start of a full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022? 08:07 – do you feel a moral gap with people in Russia? 09:03 – How much more difficult has it now become to promote Russian culture in Europe, especially amid talk of its abolition? 10:19 – Why in Europe, in France, for example, is Putin popular with a certain circle of people. Where is this from? 11:02 – you communicate with current emigrants from Russia. What do you think, how are the people of this sixth wave of emigration similar or different from the first one that left the philosophical ship? 13:45 – There are two strategies for behavior in emigration: one is to maintain contact with Russia, the other is to break off and fit into a new life. Which one is more productive? 14:55 – Do you feel Russian? 15:53 ​​– cultural work in exile may influence Russian life. Under Soviet rule, books published by the YMCA press were passed around, the intelligentsia read them, now do you see your audience in Russia? 17:28 - It seems that those people who in the 70s. read uncensored literature in the USSR, they failed to fulfill their historical mission, they failed to build a new Russia when the opportunity presented itself. What went wrong? 19:58 – You said Vladimir Kara-Murza came into your store, was this after his release from prison? 21:14 – Russia is a literature-centric country. But can literature influence life at all, or do we habitually exaggerate this influence? 22:45 – You are the great-granddaughter of Peter Struve. What does family tradition mean to you? 24:33 – have you thought about why Putin needs this war? In Europe in the 21st century? 25:13 – Do you have any fear that the war could go further into Europe? 27:45 – Can Russia become a democratic country? Support “Eyewitnesses of February 24” - subscribe to us youtube.com/@tv2-media or make a donation in Telegram tribute <a href="https://t.me/tribute/app?startapp=donation_5520" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/tribute/app?startapp=donation_5520</a> or DonationAlerts <a href="https://www.donationalerts.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.donationalerts.com</a> /r/tv2ochevidcy Turn on notifications for new videos by clicking the bell icon Our social networks: <a href="https://t.me/ochevidcy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/ochevidcy</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ochevidcy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/ochevidcy/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083140511812" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083140511812</a> #tv2 #eyewitnesses #war