Open letter
Pieces
OPEN LETTER: Mr. Putin, Your 15 Regions Without Fuel Are Writing to You From Siberia
Mr. Putin, allow me to begin with the facts. On June 23, 2026, at least 15 Russian regions introduced restrictions on gasoline sales. Not…
OPEN LETTER: Merz, Macron, Starmer, Meloni, Tusk — Europe Finally Speaking With One Voice for Ukraine
Ladies and gentlemen, leaders of Europe, allow me to address this open letter to you following your meeting in Berlin on June 24, 2026.…
OPEN LETTER: To a Contracting Ukraine — Your Economy Resists, Even as It Retreats
Ukraine, in the first quarter of 2026, your GDP contracted by 0.6% year over year. This is the sharpest contraction since the wartime recovery…
OPEN LETTER: Shadow fleet, Russian drones, Crimea — the June 15 mini sanctions package
On June 15, 2026, the European Union adopted a supplementary sanctions package targeting Russia: 34 individuals and 47 entities designated, including 2 people and…
OPEN LETTER: To you, the Europeans paying the bill for the Iran war
According to data published by Bloomberg on June 26, 2026, inflation in the eurozone may have reached 3.0% in June — a first slowdown…
OPEN LETTER: To the European Commission — WhatsApp does not belong to Meta alone
Commissioner, on June 9, 2026, you made a decision that few institutions in the world would have dared to make. You ordered Meta Platforms…
OPEN LETTER: Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella — Beijing has already made the choice for you
I am writing to you from outside your headquarters — from the vantage point of someone who has observed, for years, the way you…
OPEN LETTER: To Vladimir Putin — You Can Win Battles, but Not History
I have no illusions. You will not read these lines. You do not read Canadian columnists who write from countries where freedom of the…
OPEN LETTER: Madam von der Leyen, Europe Must Choose Between China and Itself
Madam President, allow me to begin with a number. In 2025, the European Union recorded its largest ever trade deficit with China: €360 billion.…