’Ukraine will respond in kind’, Zelenskyy says after Russia breaks Kyiv’s ceasefire ⊖
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Ukraine will decide its course of action towards Russia’s Victory Day parade “depending on the situation tonight and tomorrow”, Zelenskyy said, sending a warning to Moscow that Kyiv will “will respon…
Pussy Riot protest at Venice Biennale forces Russian pavilion to briefly close ⊖⊖
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Demonstrators, angered by Russia’s inclusion at arts festival, shouted ‘Curated by Putin, dead bodies included’
The Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale was forced temporarily to shut its doors on …
Russian Customs Seize British Children’s Books as ‘Extremist Literature’ ⊕
The books shown included “The Dinosaurs Who Met Santa Claus” and “Baby’s Very First Big Play Book.”
From Eurovision to the Venice Biennale, culture contests are being overshadowed by politics ⊖
The Venice Biennale, Eurovision and Cannes are framed as artists representing their nations. But in a fractured world, national identity seems increasingly futile
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Shostakovich’s First at 100 – how prodigious genius sounded before Stalin set about silencing it ⊕
The composer himself never matched the joy, optimism and boldness of his first teenage symphony, as the chill of Stalinism settled on his music
This week we mark two extraordinary centenaries. Sir Dav…
Russian drone hits kindergarten in Ukraine ○
A Russian drone strike has hit a kindergarten in Ukraine’s Sumy region.
Italy: Femen and Pussy Riot protest Russia’s return to Venice Biennale ⊖
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The 2026 Venice Biennale opened press previews on Wednesday with protests outside the Russian pavilion, marking Moscow’s return since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Putin sacks head of Russian air defences amid mounting Ukrainian drone strikes as paranoid dictator scrambles to secure skies ahead of Victory Day parade ○
General Viktor Afzalov, who headed the branch responsible for Russia's air defences, is being replaced by Colonel General Alexander Chaiko.
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From V2 rocket-scarred London to Ukraine: how nature thrives in bomb craters ⊖
In the UK capital, Bomb Crater Pond is full of wildlife, while scientists studying land obliterated by recent Russian blasts 1,500 miles away have seen ‘how quickly nature begins to heal itself’
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Trump and his oil-and-coal oligarchy should face sanctions for its war on the environment | Alexander Hurst ⊖⊖
Europe punished Russian billionaires over the war in Ukraine. It should do the same to those abetting an ecocidal regime
The ecological disasters of the US-Israel war with Iran are already bad enough.…