Kurmasheva was charged with violating the Foreign Agents Act by the Investigative Committee, which functions as a criminal center in Russia. In Russia, there is an official list of foreign agents, to which the Ministry of Justice can add virtually anyone it deems to be under foreign influence. These persons are then subject to stricter … Read more
Résumé Tiki’s Elton John and Harry Potter Night performances were fantastic, showcasing his impressive vocal range. Clues to Tiki’s identity include references to being a rock star and selling millions of records. The panelists had varying guesses about who Tiki was, with John Stamos, David Lee Roth, Dave Grohl, Jon Bon Jovi and Robert Plant … Read more
Gallows humor and serious social themes are combined in the provocative play Noční krajina, whose Czech premiere was presented by the National Theater in Brno last week. It was written by the fifty-one-year-old German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, and was performed for the first time at the end of last year in Berlin. The bitter … Read more
Everyone who watches the news today knows that Russia is killing Ukrainian women and children. Less well known are the tortures it subjects its own citizens to. The world public knows the name Alexei Navalny. He keeps getting new prison sentences, even for the time he was no longer free. The conditions of his imprisonment … Read more
Today we have the opportunity to get acquainted with the story adventure game Indicate, which takes us to an alternative version of Russia in the 19th century. The main character is a nun named Indika and the play deals with sins, sorrow and moral dilemmas. Overall, it is meant to go beyond the traditional framework … Read more
View 20 photos Photo: Reuters In mid-September, Cuba announced that it had detained seventeen people who were recruiting young Cubans to go fight for Russia in Ukraine. For desperate young men, enlistment was one hope for a better life. In addition, not everyone realized what they had actually signed up for and thought that they … Read more
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended Russia with immediate effect due to the inclusion of sports associations from the annexed Ukrainian territories. The IOC announced this on the website after the meeting in Mumbai. At the beginning of October, the Russian Olympic Committee unanimously approved the acceptance of sports organizations from the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk … Read more
In times of clanking guns and political skirmishes between Russia and Europe, we need dialogue, says Russian writer Guzel Jachina. The author of the award-winning novels Zulejka opens her eyes, Children of the Volga and Train to Samarkand likes to chat with readers. She considers preserving the dialogue to be more important today than a … Read more
After all, the Russian under-17 teams will not participate in the battles in the qualification for advancement to the European Championship. The European Football Union (UEFA) allowed them to return to the competition at the end of September, but after the announced boycott of several European countries, it did not find a technical solution to … Read more
While a bloody war broke out between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas is going to Moscow. However, according to analysts, Russia is staying out of the conflict in the Middle East for now because it is benefiting from the fact that the eyes of the whole … Read more