Les Européens de l’Ouest voient les chrétiens orthodoxes et orientaux comme des satrapes et une bande de contrebandiers, tandis que les orthodoxes considèrent les croisés comme des usurpateurs barbares déterminés à conquérir le monde.
Under an ubiquitous, toxic atmosphere of cognitive dissonance drenched in Russophobia, it’s absolutely impossible to have a meaningful discussion on finer points of Russian history and culture across the NATO space – a phenomenon I’m experiencing back in Paris right now, fresh from a long stint in Istanbul.
At best, in a semblance of civilized dialogue, Russia is pigeonholed in the reductionist view of a threatening, irrational, ever-expanding empire – a way more wicked version of Ancient Rome, Achaemenid Persia, Ottoman Turkey or Mughal India. LINK TO ARTICLE
