Micol Flammini

Micol Flammini è giornalista del Foglio. Scrive di Europa, soprattutto orientale, di Russia, di Israele, di storie, di personaggi, qualche volta di libri, calpestando volentieri il confine tra politica internazionale e letteratura. Ha studiato tra Udine e Cracovia, tra Mosca e Varsavia e si è ritrovata a Roma, un po’ per lavoro, tanto per amore. Nel Foglio cura la rubrica EuPorn, un romanzo a puntate sull'Unione europea, scritto su carta e "a voce". E' autrice del podcast "Diventare Zelensky". In libreria con "La cortina di vetro" (Mondadori)

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Gershkovich and the beautiful, cursed land that has fallen into the abyss

The days in Lefortovo, the question Russians are asking themselves about Putin, Moscow as a family saga, and the interview he would have liked to conduct with Prigozhin. The journalist imprisoned by Putin tells us about his book, “This cursed beautiful land: a Russian-American story”

Micol Flammini

10 OCT 26

Gershkovich and the beautiful, cursed land that has fallen into the abyss

war capital

Soldiers like little flags: this is how Moscow is mapping out the invasion

Russia is attacking towns both far from and close to the front line; in Kramatorsk, it struck two buses, killing thirty people. However, from the battlefield, Russian prisoners who surrendered during Operation Vivaldi describe their situation, how they fought and why the army will not allow them to withdraw. The stories gathered

Micol Flammini

9 OCT 26

Soldiers like little flags: this is how Moscow is mapping out the invasion

from Belarus

The incursion into Latvia and Minsk’s border policy: a sharp weapon to help Putin with Kyiv

Armed men, migrants, tunnels and Russian soldiers. Since 2021, Lukashenko has been preparing for war with the Kremlin

Micol Flammini

8 OCT 26

The incursion into Latvia and Minsk’s border policy: a sharp weapon to help Putin with Kyiv

Memorials in Israel

On 7 October, Tel Aviv is seething with grief. The road out of trauma

The country is placing great significance on this vote – a cathartic 27 – to reclaim the future it left behind three years ago. A report exploring memory and reconstruction

Micol Flammini

7 OCT 26

Special: 7 October

Short memories when it comes to Israel: “Even laughter is a cure,” says Israeli stand-up comedian Yohay Sponder

“We all have a responsibility towards peace,” says Yohay Sponder, who has learnt to choose what to talk about and what to laugh at: it has to be relevant to you. His four circles, Naza’s mistake and the pain in the background

Micol Flammini

7 OCT 26

Short memories when it comes to Israel: “Even laughter is a cure,” says Israeli stand-up comedian Yohay Sponder

winning before the battle

The German alert and the Baltic states’ decisions at the border

Preparing for the worst: two signs from Tallinn and Berlin that look the coming winter squarely in the face

Micol Flammini

6 OCT 26

The German alert and the Baltic states’ decisions at the border

THE PLAGUE OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY

What is happening in Siberia and the great fear of a lack of transparency

It is easy to chase after myths in distant Siberia, to imagine the laboratory, the virus that strikes a young woman and kills her, and for which hundreds more people are then placed in isolation. Apart from the myths, however, the facts known so far are few and far between, and therein lies one of the biggest problems

Micol Flammini

5 OCT 26

incompatible

How far apart are Kyiv and the Russian opposition?

The United States is considering easing sanctions on Moscow in order to secure the release of political prisoners. For Ukraine, this is a blow that threatens to prolong the war even further. Muratov’s work and the dissidents’ reasons

Micol Flammini

3 OCT 26

How far apart are Kyiv and the Russian opposition?

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This is how Putin waves the red flag of nuclear power to distract us

For the Kremlin leader, there is no such thing as ‘hybrid’ warfare – there is simply war, and that is all. Intimidation, psychological pressure and sabotage are all part of a single arsenal

Micol Flammini

2 OCT 26

This is how Putin waves the red flag of nuclear power to distract us

The attack in the sky

What happened on board the Flydubai flight bound for Israel

Israel’s perpetual state of alert, the co-pilot with the knife, the struggles and the crash that was narrowly averted. Details and key moments from a flight along a route that symbolises the new Middle East

Micol Flammini

30 SEP 26

What happened on board the Flydubai flight bound for Israel

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