Liudmyla Monastyrska from #Ukraine emerged in the Ukrainian flag at the end of Saturday #NY Met. Opera "Turandot" performance. She replaced Anna Netrebko, from #Russia "whom the company dropped over her past support" of President Putin @nytimes reports. nytimes.com/2022/05/01/art…
2. In fairness, @guardian previously reported that soprano from #Russia Netrebko condemns war in #Ukraine but Met says it’s not enough - Netrebko previously voiced pro-Kremlin views & in 2014 posed with a rebel flag in the contested Donetsk region... theguardian.com/music/2022/mar…
3. #Austria : During Wiener Staatsoper’s press conference, General Director Bogdan Roscic (my note: born in Belgrade, where the pro-Russian sentiment is extremely high) said he wasn't interested in banning artists from #Russia over the war in #Ukraine operawire.com/wiener-staatso…
Above tweets do not cover in any way the nuances of each of those news. However, they show how deep the issues of this Russian war against Ukraine goes, revealing Russians' views, but also their commodity in a globalized world & reminds us the levels of society to which wars go.
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On 27 Apr 2022, as explosions were heard in #Russia controlled "separatist" region of Moldova & Kremlin used them to blame #Ukraine , #US congress voted a resolution to support MLD independence, territorial integrity & strengthen #USA#Molodva relations congress.gov/bill/117th-con…
1May2022 update - after recent explosions in #Moldova "separatist" #Russia controlled region of "transnistria", signaling a possible local extension of struggle for influence in Moscow, local Russian leaderships asks again for recognition & separation. (2) ziarulnational.md/tiraspolul-cer…
2. "Separatist" leadership running "Moldovan" transnistrian republic asks for "civilized divorce" by combining #Russia 's oldest fears that #Moldova will reunite with #Romania & newer fakes that Moldova is already "run by NATO" (also a pre-emptive message) tass.ru/mezhdunarodnay…
Today's thread of updates from #Moldova explosions in #Russia controlled "separatist" Transnistrian region near #Ukraine
- 3 confirmed explosions
- RusMFA threats & blame of #Ukraine
- MLD Govt assessment it's internal separatist war-party, conflicting similar explosions in Ru
#Moldova v.brief update 27 Apr 2022 : shots were heard near Cobasna weapons depot housing ~20.000MetricTons of #Russia munitions in the "separatist" region Ru supports. MLD Govt stated shots were fired nearby in #Ukraine not Cobasna, as the border is near. tvrmoldova.md/politic/trei-f…
2. Here is a video by "Ministry of Interior" of #Russia controlled "separatist" region of #Moldova showing the attack with 3 RPGs on 25Apr2022 on transnistiran MGB. They blamed #Ukraine yet attackers are masked & the car has hardly visible license plates zdg.md/importante/pre…
A Bloomberg reporter abt FSB planning public executions after #Ukraine takover. People, who never followed #Russia, react in disbelief. Yet, during Chechen wars Russia tortured & executed civilians, rebels. Ru army solders & officers freely recognized their Bespredel (next tweet)
2. Russian officers in Chechnya “What rules? What Geneva Conventions? What difference does it make if Russia has signed them?” said a 25-year-old army officer. “I didn’t sign them, none of my friends signed them. . . . In Russia, these rules don’t work.” latimes.com/archives/la-xp…
3. After famous journalist Anna Politkovskaya wrote abt human rights abuses in Chechnya wars, she was siezed by #Russia military & subjected to a mock execution... Then a poison attempt. In 2006 she was murdered. Many opposing Kremlin were murdered too. theguardian.com/news/2006/oct/…
#Moldova election day, July 11 - about 48.28% of the registered voters have exercised their right to elect by 21.43hrs in the Republic of Moldova and abroad. This is a considerably lower percentage than during Presidential elections:
2. The approximate distribution by gender and age of the voters in #Modova elections today (as it was recorded at 21.43hrs Moldovan time) is aprox 54% women voters and aprox. 45% men.
3. Preliminary exit poll data - based on phone interviews and w/o Transnistrian region - was presented at around 20.00hrs #Moldova time with PAS (President Sandu's) in lead. Yet, exit polls in the previous elections have been wildly inaccurate, resulting in confusion.