List of prominent Russian and Belarusian figures that spoke against the war in Ukraine. This is not a complete list but still interesting:
* ๐ท๐บ Semyon Slepakov, actor
* ๐ท๐บ Yury Dud, journalist and blogger
* ๐ท๐บ Zemfira, rock singer
* ๐ท๐บ๐ฌ๐ง Oxxxymiron, rapper
* ๐ท๐บ Boris Akunin, writer
* ๐ท๐บ Danila Poperechny, comedian
* ๐ท๐บ Dmitry Muratov, journalist and editor
* ๐ท๐บ Leonid Barats, actor
* ๐ท๐บ Morgenshtern, rapper
* ๐ท๐บ Sergey Lazarev, pop singer
* ๐ท๐บ Valery Meladze, pop singer
* ๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ Ivan Urgant, TV presenter
* ๐ท๐บ๐จ๐พ Maxim Galkin, comedian
* ๐ท๐บ Aleksandr Gudkov, showman
* ๐ท๐บ Aleksandr Molochnikov, actor
* ๐ท๐บ Leonid Parfyonov, journalist
* ๐ท๐บ Kantemir Balagov, film director
* ๐ท๐บ Kseniya Rappoport, actress
* ๐ท๐บ Manizha, pop singer
* ๐ท๐บ Nastya Ivleeva, TV presenter and blogger
* ๐ท๐บ Vera Polozkova, poet
* ๐ท๐บ Alexander Ovechkin, ice hockey player
* ๐ท๐บ Andrey Zvyagintsev, film director
* ๐ท๐บ Boris Grebenshchikov, rock singer
* ๐ท๐บ Fyodor Smolov, footballer
* ๐ท๐บ Lyudmila Ulitskaya, writer
* ๐ท๐บ Sergei Guriev, economist
* ๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ Evgeny Kissin, pianist and composer
* ๐ท๐บ Anacondaz, rock band
* ๐ท๐บ Ekaterina Varnava, actress
* ๐ท๐บ Gosha Kutsenko, actor
* ๐ท๐บ Nastasya Samburskaya, actress
* ๐ท๐บ Ruslan Usachev, blogger
* ๐ท๐บ Yana Rudkovskaya, music producer
* ๐ท๐บ Yekaterina Strizhenova, actress
* ๐ท๐บ Lev Rubinstein, poet
* ๐ท๐บ AIGEL, hip-hop duo
* ๐ท๐บ DDT, rock band
* ๐ท๐บ Yevgeny Kafelnikov, tennis player
* ๐ท๐บ Polina Ossetinskaya, pianist
* ๐ท๐บ TheHatters, rock band
* ๐ท๐บ Timur Rodriguez, showman
* ๐ท๐บ uma2rman, pop band
* ๐ท๐บ๐ง๐พ Bi-2, rock band
* ๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ Dmitry Glukhovsky, writer
* ๐ท๐บ Artemy Troitsky, journalist and music critic
* ๐ท๐บ Dmitry Spirin, rock musician
* ๐ท๐บ Garri Bardin, animator
* ๐ท๐บ Grigory Yavlinsky, politician
* ๐ท๐บ Liya Akhedzhakova, actress
* ๐ท๐บ Sergey Nikitin, bard
* ๐ท๐บ Veronika Dolina, poet
* ๐ท๐บ๐ช๐ธ Tatyana Lazareva, actress
* ๐ท๐บ Aleksandr Kuznetsov, actor
* ๐ท๐บ Chulpan Khamatova, actress
* ๐ท๐บ Danila Kozlovsky, actor
* ๐ท๐บ Ilya Naishuller, film director
* ๐ท๐บ Leonid Agutin, pop musician
* ๐ท๐บ Noize MC, rapper
* ๐ท๐บ Vladimir Sorokin, writer
* ๐ท๐บ Yura Borisov, actor
* ๐ท๐บ๐จ๐ฆ Aleksei Serebryakov, actor
* ๐ท๐บ Aleksandr Sobolev, footballer
* ๐ท๐บ Alyona Vodonayeva, model
* ๐ท๐บ Artem Dzyuba, footballer
* ๐ท๐บ Glukoza, pop singer
* ๐ท๐บ GONE.Fludd, rapper
* ๐ท๐บ Kasta, hip-hop group
* ๐ง๐พ Max Korzh, hip-hop singer
* ๐ท๐บ Mikhail Shats, TV presenter
* ๐ท๐บ Varvara Shmykova, actress
* ๐ท๐บ Alexander Pushnoy, musician
* ๐ท๐บ Andrey Rublev, tennis player
* ๐ท๐บ Daniil Medvedev, tennis player
* ๐ท๐บ Dmitry Bykov, writer
* ๐ท๐บ Evgenia Medvedeva, figure skater
* ๐ท๐บ Garik Kharlamov, comedian
* ๐ท๐บ Monetochka, pop singer
* ๐ท๐บ๐จ๐ญ Alexandra Kosteniuk, chess grandmaster
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Thread. Vafa Guluzade, a former national security adviser for Azerbaijan who worked with three of that countryโs first presidents.
He was considered a tough and stubborn negotiator, and he held strong opinions on a number of issues, especially on the Kremlin. #Ukraine
Guluzade was widely respected for his principled positions and dignified demeanor.
In 2014, he gave an interview to Radio Liberty on Russia and Ukraine so I've decided to post some interesting bits from it since it touches a lot of stuff on Ukraine and Russia.
Vafa Guluzade:
"Azerbaijanis in general and, I am sure, the authorities also have sympathy for Ukraine and want it to be an independent state, not a vassal territory of Russia."
Russian forces appeared to be moving to cut Ukraine off from the sea via its key southern ports.
Kherson is under Russian control, the siege of Mariupol on its way, as a large amphibious taskforce threatened Odessa to the west.
Cutting Ukraineโs access to its coast would deal a significant blow to the countryโs economy and allow Russian forces to build a land corridor stretching from its border, across Crimea, which has been under Russian control since 2014, and all the way west to Romania.
Another key target for Russian forces in the south east is the Zaporizhzhia and its nuclear power plant in south-eastern Ukraine, Europeโs biggest, where Russian units were trying to break through a barricade to the plant erected by local residents and territorial defence forces.
Thread. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in photos.
A fighter of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces stand guard at the underground crossing in Kyiv. ยฉ Sergei Supinsky.
P.S โ ๏ธ Warning: This thread could be upsetting to some people
A boy plays on a swing in front of a damaged residential block hit by an early morning missile strike in Kyiv. ยฉ Chris McGrath
Residents carrying supplies walk back from the direction of Bucha, amid the debris of battle with Russian forces, on the outskirts of Irpin, Ukraine. ยฉ Marcus Yam
Russian units captured the first regional capital and are advancing towards Slovyansk from the west.
Ukrainian forces recaptured a town near Kyiv but Donbas, and mainly Mariupol, is approaching a critical stage.
Southern front
In Kherson area, soon after the midnight (Kyiv time), Russian forces captured the Kherson city hall and announced the capture of the city. It's the first regional capital captured by the Russian side.
Russian troops landed near Mykolaiv, but were eliminated or captured by Ukrainian forces.
Apart from sporadic shelling, there was no attack on the city itself. The spearheading element still roams in the north of the city, the location is unknown at the moment.
The situation is becoming critical in Ukraine's south. Russian Forces entered Kherson and encircled Mariupol. The situation on the other fronts remains rather stable.
Southern front looks like this at the moment.
Russian forces entered Kherson and met only minor resistance. The city was guarded by local Territorial Defense Unit and Ukrainian Army most likely withdrew from the town in the morning.
Russian forces reached the train station inside the city and de-facto gained control of Kherson.
Still no updates from Ukrainian Armed Forces regarding this area.
If Kyiv falls, it is still not clear what Moscow would do with Ukraine.
Splitting up the country is most likely scenario but it comes with its own challenges.
Yes, Russian forces technically can implement a split, but do Russia has the capacity and wherewithal to enforce it beyond the short run, given Russian Armed Forces arrayed at this point?
The huge challenge for Russia is having in suppressing resistance in/around cities like Kharkiv.
A split โ possibly along the Dniepr River โ remains a possibility,