It intrigues me that France, Germany, and Russia retain an interest in the Newspaper Spoon offerings; and I'm always gratified when I get a hit from a Muslim-majority country, since I so often oppose positions taken by Saudi Arabia, in particular its Yemen genocide in which both the United States and Great Britain are complicit; and its support of Salafi Jihadists in Syria.

Russia was Europen at the end of the 19th Century and I continue to think of  it as European.  Dostoyevsky first published The Brothers Karamazov serially, one chapter at a time, in a French monthly magazine.  I can't help but think how powerful Europe would be if Russia were to adopt European values and join the European Union.  I know what many of the obstacles are.  Do any of you see a hope for a n accommodation?

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