This is the 9th newsletter published in 2025 and the 43rd since the beginning of Russian aggression. Purple/violet is a color associated with modesty, humility, or mourning. It has become the banner of feminist struggles. 'Imperial violets' is also the name of a musical comedy that caused a sensation in the fifties with Luis Mariano. A curious staging, the reconciliation between the American and Russian presidents, in the heart of summer, on August 15th, symbolic day of the Assumption of Mary, but also a public holiday where millions of viewers or internet users were able to follow the "show" live. It recalled the Hollywood of the heyday. The Europeans were not fooled. They reacted quickly to thwart this bad romance; a deal at the expense of Ukraine and the Europeans. Russia continues its global disinformation campaign with unexpected support since January 2025 at the White House. Will the hypnotic charisma of Vladimir Putin, like the python Kaa succeed in manipulating President Donald Trump? The European Union, like the panther Bagheera, watches over Ukraine, embodied by the young Mowgli. If the predators want to impose a law of the jungle, let us be inspired by the Jungle Book to build a European counter-narrative, an operation 'Imperial Violets': from Europe, with all our affection.
1- Color purple
2- Purple remembrance in Russie
3- Purple fidelity for Ukraine
4- Operation «Imperial violets» for Europe