Author's notes Ksenia Kirillova

journalist ForumDaily


A Ukrainian actress living in the USA talks about the theater in bomb shelters and how the war changed Ukraine

Ukrainian theater and film actress Elena Sikorskaya, like many of her compatriots, met the beginning of a full-scale war in Kyiv. In the first months after the invasion, she managed to leave for the United States, but soon Elena returned to Ukraine. About how the people of Kiev met ...


On Putin's anniversary, Russian-speaking Californians recalled his special operation to change urine

On October 7, on the day of the 70th birthday of Vladimir Putin, in the San Francisco Bay Area, a theatrical reading of the play "Special Operation" was held, dedicated both to the long-standing scandal with the substitution of the results of the analysis of Olympic athletes by the Russian leadership, and the current war of Russia with Ukraine. Analyzes…


How the victims of Russian aggression against Ukraine are honored in Europe: photo report from Berlin

While Russian propaganda is trying in every possible way to assure that support for Ukraine in Europe will inevitably fall, the real picture says quite the opposite. In practice, it turns out that the energy crisis in Germany and other European countries is not so terrible, and sympathy ...


Amid wars and poverty: how volunteers from Russia organized a network of clinics in Central America

For more than 6 years, the international charitable organization Health & Help has been building and providing charity clinics in the most remote corners of the planet - where, before their appearance, there was often no medical care in principle. Employees and volunteers of the organization help residents of remote…


His life was no less mysterious than death: what do we know about Russian businessman Dan Rapoport who died in Washington

Recently, a well-known American, Ukrainian and Russian businessman and investor Dan Rapoport was found dead in Washington, DC. According to the preliminary version, he crashed to death after falling out of the window of an apartment building. Although the version of suicide does not believe not only that ...


'Defective, tightly battened down, heavy armored train': a former diplomat told why Russia's foreign policy is ineffective

Former Russian journalist and career diplomat Sergei Konyashin is one of the very few former officials who have decided to openly oppose Moscow's war in Ukraine. Sergei retired from the Foreign Ministry in 2021, after 11 years of diplomatic service, and shortly after starting…


Playing Themselves: How California Immigrants Make a Film on Their Own

A unique project is being implemented these days in Northern California. A group of immigrants undertook their own efforts to shoot a short film. The uniqueness of the idea lies in the fact that the project had neither an allocated budget nor a ready-made script. Moreover, the vast majority of participants in the filming ...


The war in Ukraine caused a new wave of emigration from Russia to the United States: who are these people and why are they unlikely to get along with those who left Russia long ago

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led not only to millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the fighting, but also to a new wave of emigration from Russia, categorically rejecting the war. Some of these people were preparing for emigration in advance, but for some, departure ...


Long, difficult and expensive: difficulties and pitfalls of political emigration to the USA

Since the adoption of the official program for the admission of Ukrainian refugees to the United States Uniting for Ukraine, the number of Ukrainians trying to cross the southern border of the United States in search of protection has dropped dramatically. Now people fleeing the war can fly to America directly from Europe. What…


How the war changed the cultural life of Russian speakers in the United States

The outbreak of a full-scale Russian war against Ukraine changed life not only in both of these countries, but also in the Russian and Ukrainian diasporas around the world. ForumDaily has already talked about the numerous forms of cultural and creative leisure of Russian-speaking immigrants in the United States. These include…

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