Nailed testicles, giant phalluses: The shock tactics of Russian protest art
Muscovites were treated to a surreal sight on Sunday: a naked man who had nailed his testicles to the cobblestones in Red Square, in protest at what he sees as apathy in contemporary Russian society....
View ArticleUkraine's 'Europe vs Russia' debate gets heated online
Will they or won’t they? Ukrainian leaders have gone back and forth on whether or not they will sign a historic free trade deal with the European Union at a summit on Thursday. On one side, Russia is...
View ArticleSochi Olympic hotels: Awful or exaggerated?
As athletes and journalists from around the world stream into Sochi, where the Olympic Games are about to kick off, many have complained about poor infrastructure and shoddy hotels. Some of their...
View ArticleThe fanciful claims of Russian propaganda amid Ukraine's crisis
As the threat of armed conflict hangs over Ukraine, Russian media outlets are firing the opening salvoes of a parallel propaganda war. But several reports have already raised eyebrows. We get to the...
View ArticleIs this video of separatists executing two Ukrainian army officers staged?
The authenticity of a video that alleges to show the execution of two Ukrainian officers in the restive east of the country is under heavy scrutiny. In the footage, a masked man shoots two men hooded...
View ArticleVideo: ultra-nationalist militants fighting alongside Ukraine’s army
The Ukrainian army made stunning gains over the weekend, overrunning pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern towns of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk after months of bitter fighting. But according to new...
View ArticleA young Spaniard fights ‘against fascism’ in Ukraine
Two young Spaniards recently arrived in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region, which is currently the theatre of violent clashes between separatists and government forces. One of them, 27 years-old Rafael...
View ArticleUkraine police watch as pro-Russian politician thrown in dumpster
A municipal council member in Kharkov, in Eastern Ukraine, is thrown into a dumpster by a group of masked men.
View ArticleThe doctors working on Ukraine’s frontline without pay, supplies
Even the hospitals aren't safe in eastern Ukraine.
View ArticleUkraine rebels launch grisly propaganda war
A separatist leader cuts an army crest from the uniform of a Ukrainian prisoner of war and forces him to eat it.
View Article'Badass' Russian waitress video is fake
The video, filmed in a bar in Russia, is just too good to be true: when a customer grabs her butt, a waitress smacks him in the face with a menu, knocking him to the ground.
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