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On May 5th, a Moscow court placed two women, the thirty-eight-year-old Zhenya Berkovich and the forty-three-year-old Svetlana Petriychuk, under arrest for an initial term of two months. About a year earlier, I was startled to realize that Berkovich was still in Russia. Most of my extended circle had left in…

Top officials in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska held a parade to mark World War II Victory Day along with pro-Putin Night Wolves bikers and Moscow’s ambassador to Bosnia, who praised Russia’s war against Ukraine. This post is also available in this language: Shqip Bos/Hrv/Srp The Immortal Regiment parade in Banja…

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2023. — AFPRussian President Vladimir Putin during the Victory Day speech in the Red Square Tuesday said that the world has arrived at a "decisive turning point"  and…

Nextbigfuture interviewed the President and COO of Quantinuum, Tony Uttley, and the scientific lead, Dr Henrik Dreyer. They have used the new H2 32 Qubit quantum computer chip to engineer the waveform of a new state of matter. They have engineered something called the Non-Abelian Topological Quantum state. Topological quantum…

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a “sacred” fight with the West over Ukraine that would end in victory, and accused the US and its allies of forgetting the Soviet triumph over the Nazis in World War 2. Putin has repeatedly likened the war in…

Troops paraded through Red Square and President Vladimir Putin exalted his war in Ukraine on Tuesday, but scaled-back celebrations saw Russia’s cherished Victory Day showcase its vulnerability and military weakness, rather than its might. The country’s annual holiday marking the defeat of Nazi Germany comes nearly 15 months into its…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no goals or strategy in the Ukraine war, according to former Russian commander Igor Girkin on Sunday. Putin launched his "special military operation" on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, aiming for a quick victory against his Eastern European neighbor, which at the time was perceived…

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Skip to main content In the music video for "Chastity," which Pussy Riot made with Boys Noize and Alice Glass, they show the Russian president with Nadya Tolokonnikova's message Pussy Riot, Boys Noize. Courtesy of Pussy Riot; Shane McCauley Boys Noize and Pussy Riot have a simple message for Putin…

A prominent Russian state TV broadcaster on Wednesday compared the alleged assassination attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin to the 9/11 attacks on New York City, according to a journalist who investigates Russian propaganda. Vladimir Solovyov, one of the most well-known figures in Kremlin-backed media, made the comparison on his…