Man behind Banksy mural theft in Ukraine could face 12 years in prison Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Scanpix / LETAThe wall in Hostomel from which Banksy’s graffiti was cut. December 3, 2022 In November, after much speculation, the British street artist Banksy confirmed that he had painted seven murals in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war, including in war-torn locations such as the village of Borodyanka and the city of Irpin.

Советский и российский политический деятель, последний председатель Верховного Совета РСФСР Руслан Хасбулатов умер 3 января в возрасте 80 лет. Об этом сообщил правозащитник Александр Черкасов. Смерть Хасбулатова также подтвердили «Коммерсанту» его родственники. Геннадий Хамельянин / ТАССРуслан Хасбулатов на митинге в Урус-Мартане, 18 августа 1994 года Руслан Хасбулатов родился в 1942 году в Грозном.

Russian officials call to revoke singer Valery Meladze's citizenship after video shows him repeating Ukrainian slogan A video that emerged on social media this weekend appears to show Russian singer Valery Meladze responding to the words “Glory to Ukraine” at a New Year’s Eve party in Dubai. In the clip, the person behind the camera calls out the slogan to Meladze while the singer is giving a speech.

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian Ministry of Culture to organize screenings of “patriotic” documentaries across the nation’s cinemas. Films about the war against Ukraine (which Russian officials continue to call a “special military operation”), about Russia’s “struggle against the spread of Neo-Nazi and Neo-fascist ideologies,” and other “patriotic” subjects are to be screened in theaters nationwide, following the president’s order.

Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets plans to meet with his Russian counterpart, Tatyana Moskalkova, sometime in January, he said on Monday. According to Lubinets, one of the main items on the meeting's agenda will be the release of Ukrainian civilians from Russian captivity. As of now, he reported, a total of 1,596 Ukrainian citizens have been released from Russian captivity.

Теперь российские чиновники хотят лишить его гражданства и объявить «иноагентом» В соцсетях появилось видео с выступления Валерия Меладзе на новогоднем корпоративе в Дубае, снятое одним из зрителей. В нем автор ролика, обращаясь к певцу, произносит «Слава Украине!» В ответ Меладзе, убрав микрофон ото рта, предположительно, говорит «Героям слава» и подмигивает. После этого зритель одобрительно кричит: «О, красавчик!

On December 31, the Ukrainian military launched a strike on Russian forces in Chulakivka, a Russian-occupied village in the country’s Kherson region, the Ukrainian General Staff reported on Tuesday. Approximately 500 Russian soldiers were reportedly killed or injured as a result of the attack. In addition, the agency reported, Ukraine launched a strike on Russian troops in Fedorivka, another village in the Kherson region, on January 1.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has acknowledged the missile strike on Druzhkivka, a city in the Russian-annexed Donetsk region of Ukraine. In a January 3 press briefing, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that two HIMARS rocket launchers, four RM-70 Vampire rocket launchers, over 800 rockets for them, and six vehicles were destroyed, as a result of missile and air strikes on the alleged “accumulation of military equipment” near the Druzhkivka railway station.

The Security Service of Ukraine has announced that it has collected extensive evidence of two high-ranking Russian military officials’ criminal involvement in the air raids and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Felony charges are pressed against Colonel General Sergey Kobylash, commander of the long-range aviation of the Russian Space Forces, and Admiral Igor Osipov, the former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Отца режиссера сначала уволили с поста директора театра, а теперь задержали Театр «Красный факел» / Wikimedia Commons Новосибирский государственный театр «Красный факел» в декабре уволил с поста директора Александра Кулябина — отца режиссера Тимофея Кулябина, выступавшего против войны в Украине.