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☆ Russia Sentences U.S. Journalist in Absentia for Ukraine War Comments
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Neil Macfarquhar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Moscow court on Monday sentenced in absentia Masha A. Gessen, the Russian-born American journalist, author and New York Times staff member, to eight years in prison over comments they made about atrocities that the Russian military has been accused of committing in Ukraine. Gessen, who lives in the United States and uses the pronoun they, in August over a 2022 interview they gave to Yuri Dud, a popular online Russian journalist. The corpses of at least 400 civilians were found in Bucha after Russian forces retreated from the city. Gessen guilty of spreading “false information” about the Russian military, an all-too-common tactic against critics as the Kremlin uses the courts to suppress any information about the war that diverges from the official version. Russia has accused Ukraine and its Western allies of staging the Bucha massacre.

Persons: Masha A, Yuri Organizations: New York Times, YouTube, Kremlin Locations: Moscow, Russian, Ukraine, United States, Ukrainian, Bucha, Russia’s Basmanny, Russia

☆ Opinion | Al Franken’s Memories of Christopher Durang
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Christopher Durang, 75, Master Playwright With Impish Wit, Dies” (obituary, April 4):I was so saddened to hear of Chris Durang’s passing. Chris was a wonderful, kind, hilarious man. In college I was in a musical he wrote about the life of Jesus. But mostly, Chris was a delightful man with a big heart and brilliant wit. Al FrankenNew YorkThe writer is the comedian, author and former senator.

Persons: Christopher Durang, Chris Durang’s, Chris, Jesus, Christ, Mary Ignatius, “ Vanya, Sonia, Masha, Spike, Tony, Al Franken Organizations: Al Franken New Locations: Al Franken New York

CNN —The four men suspected of carrying out a brutal attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed at least 137 people have appeared in court on terror charges, as the Kremlin defended its security services criticized for failing to prevent the massacre. Shamil Zhumatov/ReutersOn Monday, three days after the attack, rescuers were still searching among the ruins of the collapsed concert hall and trying to clear rubble. CNN has geolocated the 90-second video to the concert hall, where bodies and blood can be seen on the floor as fire rages above. Despite ISIS appearing to provide evidence that its fighters had carried out the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been keen to point the finger elsewhere. Firefighters respond to the burning Crocus City Hall on March 22.

Persons: Dalerdzhon, Saidakrami, Shamsidin, Faizov, Shamil Zhumatov, Reuters Rachabalizoda, Fariduni, ”, Dmitry Peskov, Mukhammadsobir, Vladimir Putin, – Putin, Maria Zakharova, Maxim Shemetov, Adrienna Watson, –, Peskov, Alexander Matveev, ” Matveev Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, Court, ISIS, Novosti, Crocus City Hall, Reuters, Ministry, Emergency, Saturday, Russian Foreign Ministry, ”, Firefighters, US National Security, US, Moscow Locations: Moscow, Soviet, Tajikistan, Russia, Crocus, Ukraine, Kyiv, Siberian, Novosibirsk, Basmanny, Podolsk, Krasnogorsk, Russian, ” Ukraine, Washington, United States, ”

☆ On Ukraine’s Front Lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( German Lopez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The war slogs on in the meantime: Russian soldiers kill or wound as many as thousands of Ukrainian troops a week, adding to the invasion’s toll. My colleagues Yousur Al-Hlou, Masha Froliak and Ben Laffin published a striking video today from the front lines, following Ukrainian combat medics. I urge you to watch the video, which changed how I look at the sacrifice Ukrainians have been forced to make. I spoke to Yousur and Masha about their experience following these medics for a week. German: What is the mood among Ukrainian medics, more than a year into the war?

Persons: Wagner, group’s, Yousur Al, Hlou, Masha Froliak, Ben Laffin, Yousur, Masha, ” Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian

☆ CNN's Christiane Amanpour says she pulled out of interview with Iran's president after he demanded she wear a headscarf
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Daniel Arkin | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour said Thursday that she backed out of an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after one of his aides said it would not happen unless she wore a headscarf. “I politely declined,” Amanpour wrote. I pointed out that no previous Iranian president has required this when I have interviewed them outside Iran." “The aide made it clear that the interview would not happen if I did not wear a headscarf,” she wrote. The interview didn’t happen,” Amanpour wrote in the Twitter thread’s concluding post.

☆ Maria Sharapova dezvăluie de ce nu și-a luat cetățenie americană
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Stabilită de la vârsta de 7 ani în Statele Unite, la academia celebrului Nick Bollettieri, Maria Sharapova nu și-a luat niciodată cetățenie americană. În cele din urmă, e o chestiune de familie și de cultura pe care ți-o oferă familia ta. Am fost formată și m-am dezvoltat ca om potrivit valorilor și culturii Rusiei, de când eram un copil. "Serena Williams și Maria Sharapova au câștigat amândouă o avere din cariera lor fenomenală de tenis, dar o nouă listă le-a pus realizările în centrul atenției", scrie sursa citată. Sharapova, care s-a retras la începutul lui 2020 după mai multe accidentări, se află pe locul 87 în "Fortune List", topul femeilor cu cele mai mari averi.

Persons: Masha, Nick, Maria Sharapova, Williams, Serena Williams Organizations: Tennis World USA, Yahoo Sports Locations: Statele Unite, americană, Rusiei, Rusia

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