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Less camp, more conservative Ukraine

Less camp, more conservative

Banned from Eurovision after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia will hold a rival international song contest on Saturday, with an emphasis on "traditional values". Instead of camp, think conservative - patriotic pop with a PG-rating. "Intervision" was launched under the order of Vladimir Putin , with the hope it would…
bubmag
September 20, 2025
Eastern Orthodox leader meets with Trump, advocates for Ukraine on US visit Ukraine

Eastern Orthodox leader meets with Trump, advocates for Ukraine on US visit

(RNS) — Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople and one of Orthodox Christianity’s most influential leaders, has begun a nearly two-week apostolic visit to the United States that included a meeting with President Donald Trump. The trip, which began Monday (Sept. 15), is the first in four years for…
bubmag
September 19, 2025
Head of MI6 says there’s ‘absolutely no evidence’ Putin wants to negotiate with Ukraine during outgoing speech Ukraine

Head of MI6 says there’s ‘absolutely no evidence’ Putin wants to negotiate with Ukraine during outgoing speech

Estonia summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission Friday and stayed there for 12 minutes, the Foreign Ministry said. It happened just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland and heightened fears that the war in Ukraine…
bubmag
September 19, 2025
With freeze on new Russia sanctions, Trump abandons key Biden tactic Ukraine

With freeze on new Russia sanctions, Trump abandons key Biden tactic

Democracy Dies in Darkness War in Ukraine Kursk Incursion Cease-Fire Efforts U.S. Election Russian Airstrikes War in Ukraine Kursk Incursion Cease-Fire Efforts U.S. Election Russian Airstrikes Biden imposed new sanctions on Russia week after week, to build pressure to end the war in Ukraine. In his second term, Trump hasn’t…
bubmag
September 19, 2025