This newsletter is the 6th published in 2025 and the 40th since the Russian aggression against Ukraine. Black is a scary color in the Bible. It evokes the darkness, the underworld, hell, the night carrying childish terrors. Black is also the color of authority, austerity and elegance for many designers. The French artist Pierre Soulages has created a “black side” which is “relief, satin light, hidden, then sharp”. (1) Black is associated with hydrocarbons, the black gold (Oil) that made the fortune of Vladimir Putin and his cronies, the «gang of oligarchs». It allowed to exercise a blackmail on the Westerners who have implicitly betrayed Ukraine by agreeing to buy cheap oil and gas from Russia that could finance its wars. The black suns are associated with ultra-right and far-right extremism largely supported by Russia since Putin came to power and declared war on the West in 2007 at the Munich Security Conference. In 2025, the threat is more frightening as it comes from the allies of the West, the United States. A curious alchemy occurs in this year that celebrates the end of the Second World War (1945-2025). The allies of yesterday who allowed the triumph of freedom and democracy in the XXth Century are engaged in a curious ideological and economic war. A surprising black alchemy.
1-Black Coulour
2-Black Gold in Russia
3-Black suns in Ukraine
4-Black alchemy