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☆ Alexey Navalny: Arrests, vigils, and Kremlin silence as Russia marks Putin critic’s death
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The prosecutor’s office in Moscow warned that any demonstrations in the capital over the death of Navalny were forbidden. Stringer/ReutersSince Navalny’s death more than 366 people have been detained, according to OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights group that monitors Russian repression. “Navalny’s death is terrible: hopes have been smashed,” he said. On some of Russia’s state media channels, however, reports of Navalny’s death have been scant. The claims follow condemnation from Russia’s foreign ministry over the West’s response to Navalny’s death.

Persons: Alexey Navalny, Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Putin, “ Putin, Josef Stalin, SOTA, Stringer, Vladimir Putin’s “, ”, “ Navalny, Alexander, Andrei Bok, Mikhail, Surgut, Alexei Navalny, Peter Nicholls, Maria Zakharova, –, “, CNN’s Eve Brennan, Uliana Pavlova Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Don, Nizhny, Russian, Russian Embassy, CIA, Russia, Foreign, NATO, Putin, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Berlin, Paris, Hague, ”, Moscow, Siberian, Novosibirsk, St Petersburg, Murmansk, Rostov, Nizhny Novgorod, OVD, Ukraine, Germany, Soviet, Surgut, Siberia, St . Petersburg, Belgorod –, Chelyabinsk, Russia’s, London

☆ New York’s Freedom Plaza development will feature skyscrapers joined by daring cantilevered ‘skybridge’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The "skybridge" connecting the two hotel towers is set to feature a 150,000-gallon rooftop infinity pool. Bjarke Ingels GroupThe development is one of several projects competing for three casino gaming licenses recently approved for downstate New York by the state’s gaming commission. Bjarke Ingels GroupSoloviev Group has also promised that an unspecified percentage of the gaming profits, starting with a minimum $5 million donation, will go to an independently run non-profit community fund. Freedom Plaza will also contain public green space and a new Museum of Freedom and Democracy. Bjarke Ingels GroupUnaffiliated with Long Island University’s Museum of Democracy, the new institution will contain pieces of the Berlin Wall and works from the Soloviev Group’s art collection.

Persons: Bruce Munro, Le Corbusier, Wallace Harrison, Oscar Niemeyer, ”, Ray Pineault, “, Michael Hershman Organizations: CNN, New, United, Museum of Freedom and Democracy, British, Soloviev Group, BIG, UN, downstate, Soloviev, Mohegan, Museum of Freedom, Democracy, of Freedom and Democracy, Ingels Group, University’s Museum of Democracy Locations: New York City, Midtown Manhattan, Madison, Danish, North America, York City, York, New York, Long

☆ To Promote a New York Casino, a Different Kind of Light Show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Stefanos Chen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If the owners of one of the largest undeveloped sites in Manhattan get their way, they could soon be building one of New York’s first Vegas-style casinos — on a craggy, waterlogged field next to the United Nations. But first, a gesture of good will: Soloviev Group, the developer, is commissioning the artist Bruce Munro to install a sprawling light installation on the 6.7-acre site that will be free to the public and open for at least a year, starting in late September, the firm said. The art piece, “Field of Light,” an arrangement of 17,000 flowerlike fiber optic stems, will be staked, mounted and lit up in a kaleidoscope of colors on a vacant stretch of First Avenue between East 38th and 41st Streets. The Soloviev Foundation, a charitable arm of the development firm, will cover the $1.5 million cost of installing and maintaining the display, said Michael Hershman, the chief executive of Soloviev Group. “It’s a gift to New York,” he said.

☆ A Russian oil depot caught fire hundreds of miles from Ukraine, the possible result of a daring Ukrainian drone attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A fire broke out at a Russian oil facility on Tuesday night, far from the country's borders. Neither Ukrainian nor Russian authorities verified the incident as an attack, though Russian outlets said drones were seen near the oil facility, run by government-controlled oil giant Rosneft. Russia's Ministry of Defence said that there was a drone attack on a site in Krasnodar, though it claimed to have foiled it. "One where NATO is allegedly directly helping Ukraine to attack Russia." Ukraine has previously struck Russian territory with the same modified drones, unnamed Kyiv officials told Politico in December last year.

☆ NYC's gaming fight heats up as Saks Fifth Avenue proposes casino at flagship, and developer pitches ferris wheel
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Saks Fifth Avenue has placed a bid to build a casino on the upper floors of its flagship store. Saks Fifth Avenue is throwing its hat in the ring for a coveted license to open one of New York City's first casinos. "The Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store is a staple of one of the most iconic streets in Manhattan," the source told Insider. "It is of particular importance to us that we continue to invest in the vibrancy and spirit of Fifth Avenue itself." A rendering of the Saks Fifth Avenue casino lobby.

☆ Russia to evacuate 10,000 a day from Ukraine's Kherson region
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Russian-installed leader of the annexed Ukrainian region of Kherson said on Wednesday that authorities plan to evacuate around 50-60,000 people over the next six days amid escalating pressure from a Ukrainian counteroffensive. He said an estimated 10,000 people a day would be moved over the next six days, and that some regions in Russia were being prepared to accept people. More than 5,000 people have already left Kherson in the last two days, Saldo told state television. Russian forces in the Kherson region have been driven back by 20-30 km (13-20 miles) in the last few weeks and are at risk of being pinned against the western bank of the 2,200-km-long Dnipro river that traverses through Ukraine. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWriting by Caleb Davis; editing by Guy FaulconbridgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Putin's calling the 'unprecedented sabotage' of the Nord Stream pipeline an 'act of international terrorism'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia's President Putin likens the Nord Stream pipelines' damage to "international terrorism." Leaks to the key Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines transporting natural-gas from Russia to Europe were first detected on Monday in the Danish region of the Baltic Sea. The finger-pointing continues, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying the damage to Nord Stream appeared to be due to state-sponsored terrorism, Reuters reported on Thursday. She was referring to Biden's statement on February 7 that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be halted if Russia invades Ukraine. The Nord Stream 2 has never started commercial operations because Germany shelved the project in February, days before Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

☆ Russia says Nord Stream leaks occurred in zone controlled by U.S. intelligence
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 29 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday said ruptures to the Nord Stream pipelines that have caused gas leaks off the coasts of Denmark and Sweden occurred in territory that is "fully under the control" of U.S. intelligence agencies. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a pro-Kremlin broadcast that Washington had "full control" over the waters around Denmark and Sweden where four leaks have been detected on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, which cross the floor of the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"They are countries that are completed controlled by the U.S. intelligence services." Zakharova did not provide evidence of U.S. control over Sweden and Denmark. The European Union suspects sabotage was behind the gas leaks on the subsea Russian pipelines to Europe and has promised a "robust" response to any intentional disruption of its energy infrastructure.

☆ New York Times: Maia Sandu, un economist cu studii la Harvard, a câștigat alegerile în fața rivalului susținut de Putin
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Moldova nu a depus candidatura de aderare la UE, dar Maia Sandu consideră că RM va deveni în cele din urmă membră. Maia Sandu a cerut, de asemenea, încetarea misiunii rusești de pacificare în Transnistria, dar a precizat că e în favoarea relațiilor cu Rusia, acolo unde mulți moldoveni lucrează ca muncitori migranți. New York Times mai scrie că Maia Sandu, care a activat la Banca Mondială înainte de a intra în politică, a declarat că a fost victima unei dezinformări ruse în timpul campaniei. Maia Sandu a militat și pe o platformă anticorupție, dar principala țintă a criticilor sale a fost un om de afaceri bogat susținut odată de Statele Unite, nu de Rusia. În timp ce Dodon s-a întâlnit cu Putin în Rusia și a susținut în favoarea reducerii restricțiilor comerciale, Maia Sandu a spus că discuțiile sale cu liderul rus se vor concentra pe îmbunătățirea condițiilor pentru lucrătorii migranți moldoveni și negocierea retragerii soldaților ruși din Transnistria,conchide New York Times.

Persons: Victoria Maiei, Maia Sandu, Igor Dodon, Rusia ., Vlad Plahotniuc, Plahotniuc, Victoria J ., Victoria, Vladimir, Vladimir Putin, Dodon, Putin Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Moldova, americană, New, New York Times, Banca Mondială Locations: UE, Rusia, Transnistria, New York, Est, Vest, Europa de Est, Ucraina, Belarus, pro - ruse, Statele Unite, Moldova, Turcia, SUA, RM

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