STORY: In response to the Russian airstrikes on power plants and other critical infrastructure in Ukraine, the government there imposed nationwide restrictions on the use of electricity shortly before the onset of winter. Attacks also take place with so-called kamikaze drones, which are said to have come from Iran. Unsurprisingly, the subject of the Russian invasion of Ukraine also spilled over to the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj was there on Thursday. “Are you insured against explosions or deadly drones? That’s not a rhetorical question. Russia has done enough to show that it recognizes no borders. Therefore, I ask you to do everything to make people aware of the terror that Russia brought to Ukraine, as it did to Chechnya, Georgia, Syria, African countries, where Russian mercenaries decided who lived and who died. Please write about it, read about it, do everything you can to let Europeans know how many people have died fighting for their rights.” Meanwhile, at another event, critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged views on the developments, including also the historian Irina Scherbakova, co-founder of the human rights organization Memorial. She said, among other things, that in her native Russia there had been a slow weaning of freedoms. Freedom for open discussions, the Frankfurt Book Fair is also ideally a good place for this.