Lada bought with casket money, homophobic picnic, and the other Pelevin
Horrible News with Kirill Martynov
Russian troops continue to fire at Ukrainian cities, while the Russian propaganda reports that a family of a soldier killed in Ukraine has bought a Lada with the money received from the government after his death. Russian Authorities fight against the LGBT movement and threaten to close down the Jewish agency for Israel, while Putin is busy solving Syria's problems. The European Union has introduced a new set of sanctions, and Ukraine and Russia have reached an agreement on grain export. Kirill Martynov, Novaya Gazeta. Europe's Editor-in-chief, comments on this week's Russian and world news. Subscribe to our channel and tell us in the comments: what horrified you this week?
Faith in victory
How Ukrainians can still win as they fight to defend Western democracy
Zelensky’s perfect storm
Washington’s new national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas
No end in sight
No amount of external pressure can force peace on two parties with fundamentally incompatible objectives
Ctrl-alt-defy
How Ukrainians have used memes to counter Russia’s propaganda machine
Trump’s crony diplomacy
The US president is entrusting inexperienced loyalists with complex foreign policy issues, and it shows
Imperishable
A corruption investigation into Zelensky’s inner circle shows Kyiv is on the right path
Doom mongers
A corruption scandal has left Zelensky vulnerable to US and Russian moves to impose an indefensible peace deal on Ukraine
Margaritaville
Would the departure of RT’s longtime head sound the death knell for Russia’s notorious propaganda network?
Buying time
As Europe debates how to keep funds flowing to Ukraine, the outlook on the battlefield is grim
