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American military Travis King, who served in South Korea and illegally fled to the DPRK, explained his act with “antipathy to humiliation and racial discrimination” in the US army. This was reported by the Central News Agency of Korea (KCNA).

“During the investigation, Travis King admitted that he had an antipathy for inhuman humiliation, racial discrimination in the US troops and decided to go to the DPRK. He said he was disillusioned with the unjust American society and expressed his will to emigrate to our country or a third country.” says in a statement from a North Korean government agency.

The KCNA report was the first public confirmation of the incident by North Korea.

US Defense Department spokesman Martin Meiners said the US authorities could not assess the veracity of Pyongyang’s statement. “The Department’s priority is to bring Private King home, and we are working through all available channels to achieve this.” quotes his statement to NBC News.

23-year-old US Army private Travis King, who served in South Korea, escaped to North Korea on July 18. The soldier traveled between North and South Korea with a tour group, and then illegally crossed the demarcation line and was detained by the Korean People’s Army. Shortly before his escape, King was to be removed from service and returned to the United States “for disciplinary reasons.” It was reported that he was in custody on charges of assault. On July 10, he was taken to the airport for a flight to the US, but he somehow managed to escape.

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2023-08-16 15:23:00

More than 1.5 million people made transactions on the Moscow Exchange during Monday, August 14, which was the maximum activity of private investors in the history of exchange trading.

“The trading volume on the stock market on August 14 amounted to 240 billion rubles. The share of individuals in the total trading volume was 84%, the share of qualified investors – 66.5%, the share of the evening session – 14.3%,” the exchange said.

Most transactions were made by residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, which accounted for a third of all transactions, as well as St. Petersburg (5.4%), Voronezh (3.8%) and Rostov regions (2.8%), Kuban and Tatarstan (both regions with share of 2.7%).

The Moscow Exchange announced that on August 4 fixed a record volume of trading in shares, starting from February 24, 2022 – 251 billion rubles against 374 billion rubles on the first day of a full-scale war. During the day, transactions were made by 1.23 million investors, most of whom (84%) are individuals.

2023-08-15 18:58:00
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Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera and the theater’s CEO Peter Gelb over her canceled performances following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. About it informs Associated Press.

The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court in New York. Netrebko is demanding at least $360,000 in compensation for canceled performances and rehearsals. The singer claims that the actions of the Metropolitan Opera caused her “great mental anguish and emotional distress”, including “depression, humiliation, embarrassment, stress and anxiety.”

The singer’s representatives said that after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Metropolitan Opera and Peter Gelb used Netrebko “as a scapegoat in their campaign to distance themselves from Russia and support Ukraine.” They also noted that the reputation of the singer was thus damaged, which is why other theaters and cultural institutions in the United States stopped cooperating with her. The statement also says that Netrebko had to unprofitably sell an apartment in New York.

Anna Netrebko, before the start of the war, repeatedly publicly supported Vladimir Putin. At the beginning of the invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine, she did not comment on what was happening. As a result, the largest Western venues, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Bavarian Opera, began to refuse to cooperate with her. March 30, 2022 singer published statement condemning the war in Ukraine. After that, her performances began to be canceled in Russia.

In mid-March 2023, a US court ordered the Metropolitan Opera to pay $200,000 to Netrebko for canceling her performances.

2023-08-05 08:39:00
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