Ukrainian film '20 days in Mariupol' received an Oscar

The film “20 days in Mariupol” directed by Mstislav Chernov received an Oscar in the category “Best Documentary Feature Film,” TheGuardian reports. “20 Days in Mariupol” is the first Ukrainian film by a Ukrainian director to receive an Oscar since independence. This film is about...

Zelenskaya will not attend Biden's State of the Union address because of Yulia Navalnaya

Elena Zelenskaya, the first lady of Ukraine, declined an invitation from the White House to attend the US President's annual State of the Union address on March 7, the Washington Post reports. According to officials familiar with the situation, they wanted to put Zelenskaya next to Yulia Navalnaya, a widow...

More than 70 citizens of Uzbekistan were deported from the United States: they tried to get into the country across the border with Mexico

On March 3, 74 citizens of Uzbekistan who tried to illegally cross the border with the United States through Mexico were deported back to Uzbekistan, Daryo reports. One of the deportees shared his experience. “After losing my luggage, I spontaneously flew to Madrid. The ticket in this city was lost, and...

Apocalypse engineer: Ukrainian helped Oppenheimer create a nuclear bomb, and then fought for the disarmament of the world

Ukrainian Georgy Kistyakovsky helped Oppenheimer create a nuclear bomb, and then advised three US presidents to abandon it. His story is told by Babel. Among the characters in Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" is the scientist George Kistiakowski. This American physicist and chemist of Ukrainian origin was one of…

It's good where we are not: what in other countries causes the envy of Americans

Everyone loves to travel and learn something new, compare cultures. Also, everyone loves to find out how their homeland differs from other countries. The author of the blog “Yury Malykh | traveler "on" Yandex.Zen "decided to find out what the Americans lack, what they saw in ...

Russian intelligence services are trying to separate Texas from the United States and provoke a civil war in America over migrants.

A widespread Russian disinformation campaign is fueling divisions in the United States over the Texas border crisis. To do this, the Russian Federation uses everything from high-ranking legislators and government officials to influencers, bloggers, bots and large state media, Wired reports. Russia is sending its...

'My family will be a target': Russian immigrants fear Putin even in the US

Russian Americans who oppose the war in Ukraine are afraid to express their opinions publicly or even privately to family members at home, NewYorkPost reports. “I live in fear of endangering my family in Russia,” said a Russian émigré engineer who does not support...

FBI informant slandered Biden at the request of Russian intelligence services

A former FBI informant who alleged that the Ukrainian firm Burisma paid $5 million each to Joe Biden and his son Hunter was arrested on February 14 in Las Vegas and charged with making false statements. The BBC reports how the case is progressing. 43-year-old Alexander Smirnov was arrested in...

A former Russian pilot who surrendered to the Ukrainian authorities in 2023 was brutally killed in Spain.

Maxim Kuzminov, a Russian pilot who flew a Russian Mi-2023 helicopter across the front line into Ukraine in August 8 and surrendered to the Ukrainian military, was killed in Spain, the Washington Post reports. They fired 6 to 12 bullets at Kuzminov, and then drove over the corpse...

Oscar-nominated Ukrainian film collects film awards: what you need to know about the documentary '20 days in Mariupol'

The film by Ukrainian director Mstislav Chernov “20 days in Mariupol” was awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). He received an Oscar nomination. The film about the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is collecting awards around the world...

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