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☆ Russia is spending millions to create a new generation of militant Putin clones
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewFor years, Russia's youth has been fed hardline nationalistic ideology as the Kremlin has sought to engineer a new generation of Putin clones. AdvertisementState-run youth groups have also dramatically increased in size since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The group's head said it had opened around 40,000 offices across Russia as of December 2023, per Russia's state-run TASS news agency. DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP via Getty ImagesThe various Academics fraternity cells are largely similar in style, though some display more extreme behavior than others. It's all part of "a much bigger campaign to target the next generation of Russian youth."

Persons: —, Putin, Sergei Novikov, Vladimir Putin, Ian Garner, Garner, Mikhail Komin, frat, Nikita Izyumov, Konstantin Malofeyev, Izyumov, Komin, DMITRY KOSTYUKOV, David Lewis, Izymov, Lewis, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Young Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Business, RBC, Russia, European Council, Foreign Relations, Fraternity, West, Academics, Getty, University of Exeter, Ministry of Defence, UK's MoD, Fraternity of Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Rome, Moscow, Constantinople, AFP, Chelyabinsk

Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. Public opinion in majority Orthodox countries has mostly been opposed, too. Civil unions may become more common among Orthodox countries gravitating toward the European Union. Greek Orthodox showed relative tolerance, with half of Orthodox saying homosexuality should be accepted and a quarter favoring same-sex marriage. As head of the Russian Orthodox Church, he oversees the world's largest Orthodox flock.

Persons: ”, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, “, George Demacopoulos, ” Demacopoulos, —, Vladimir Putin, “ perversions, Putin, Kirill, Moscow, Tiny Montenegro, Aleksandar Vucic, ″, ___ Smith, Yuras, Stephen McGrath, Illia Novikov, Veselin Toshkov Organizations: European Union, Pew Research Center, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University, Ukrainian, of, of Human, Russian Orthodox Church, Kremlin, Russia’s, Levada, MONTENEGRO Serbia, Balkan, Serbian Orthodox Church, of Human Rights, Orthodox, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Associated Press, Gec, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Greece, Montenegro, Cyprus, Russia, Eastern Europe, Washington, New York, European, UKRAINE, Ukraine, RUSSIA, Russian, BELARUS, Belarus, SERBIA, MONTENEGRO, Serbia, ROMANIA, MOLDOVA Romania, Romania, Bucharest, Moldova, BULGARIA, Bulgaria, Pittsburgh, Tallin, Estonia, Belgrade, Kyiv, Sofia

The missiles got into Ukraine within the last few days, said one of the U.S. officials. Their arrival at the warfront gives Ukraine a critical ability to strike Russian targets that are farther away, allowing Ukrainian forces to stay safely out of range. Because of lingering U.S. concerns about escalating tensions with Russia, the ATACMS version that went to Ukraine will have a shorter range than the maximum distance the missiles can have. The small number of missiles underscores the U.S. reluctance to send the powerful weapons. In July, the U.S. agreed to send thousands of cluster bombs to Ukraine.

Persons: Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “, Zelenskyy, Biden, Hanna Arhirova, Illia Novikov Organizations: WASHINGTON, Army Tactical Missile, Operations Forces, U.S, Biden, enraging, House, Democratic, NATO, Associated Press Locations: United States, Ukraine, Russia, U.S, Berdyansk, enraging Moscow, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine says it will pay people who report corruption and bribery 10% of the cash that gets recovered
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine is offering a 10% reward to whistleblowers who report corruption, local media reported. Ukrainians rank corruption as the country's biggest problem after the war, surveys have found. The country's National Agency of Corruption Prevention announced on Tuesday that it is to launch a public platform, providing a digital portal for people to report suspected corruption. This reward — up to a maximum of 14 million hryvnias ($380,000) — would be the first-ever whistleblower reward offered in Ukraine, the outlet reported. The European Union has long emphasized that tackling corruption is a key condition to Ukraine being able to join.

Persons: Ukrinform, Oleksandr Novikov, That's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, National Agency of Corruption, Guardian, European Union, EU Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon

☆ Corruption, treason in Ukraine won't be tolerated, Zelenskiy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The president last month announced plans to audit military draft offices to try to eliminate corruption. "Let me warn all members of parliament, officials and everyone working as a civil servant," he said. "No one will forgive members of parliament, judges, military officials or any other officials for placing themselves in opposition to the state." CORRUPTION, TREASON CHARGESEarlier, legal authorities said the head of a military recruitment centre in southern Ukraine accused of corruption and embezzlement had been ordered held in pre-trial detention, with bail set at the equivalent of just over $4 million. And the prosecutor general's office said parliamentarian Oleksandr Ponomaryov, suspected of collaborating with Russia in the occupied southeast, had been arrested pending trial on treason charges.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Yevhen Borysov, Novikov, Borysov, general's, Oleksandr Ponomaryov, Kyiv's, Ron Popeski, Nick Starkov, Grant McCool Organizations: European Union, Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Odesa, Spain, Kyiv's Pechersk

☆ This clothing shop is selling 'Faux News' T-shirts mocking Tucker Carlson to raise money to help Ukrainians in the war he vocally opposed
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Igor Novikov, the founder of Cancel Kouture, told Insider the shirts approach opinions with humor. "At the moment, we're donating to resilience centers and the charities that are directly supporting people in need," he told Insider. "And I realized that it must've been Fox News, and it must've been Tucker," Novikov said. And Novikov said while Cancel Kouture gets its namesake from the phenomenon of "canceling" someone, it's also more lighthearted. "I'm not a huge fan of cancel culture because, to me, it seems too aggressive and too indiscriminate," Novikov told Insider.

☆ Ukrainian journalists fight another kind of war - against graft
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

According to Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, Ukraine ranked slightly better than Russia but still well below the global average. Their focus also shows civil society is embracing its role as a government watchdog even as the war grinds on. Many journalists are also turning their attention to uncovering Russian war crimes and assets in Ukraine. PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPSuch reports play a key role in Ukraine's fledgling anti-corruption system, created after the 2014 Maidan revolution toppled pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Romaniuk, director of the Institute of Mass Information, an NGO in Kyiv, said Ukrainian journalists' role as anti-corruption activists will become increasingly important as Kyiv maps out a more transparent future.

☆ Russian inmates only had to march a few yards to be considered fit enough to fight in Ukraine for the Wagner Group, 2 captured fighters say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two captured Wagner Group fighters say the company hired convicts as long as they could march a few yards. Both Russian fighters told CNN they were serving prison sentences when the Wagner Group approached them in September and August, offering six-month contracts in exchange for pardons. The pair said Prigozhin told them they would be stationed on the second line of defense on Russia's front, per CNN. Similar reports previously emerged of Russian reservists dying by the hundreds from Ukrainian shelling and of Wagner Group recruits being executed for refusing to participate in suicide charges. "Those who disobey are eliminated — and it's done publicly," Yevgeny Novikov, a former inmate recruited by Wagner, told the Russian independent outlet Poligon Media.

☆ Russian prisoners sent to the front lines in Ukraine have been publicly executed for not charging into enemy fire, captured inmates say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Captured members of a Russian mercenary group say disobedient troops and deserters are being publicly executed in Ukraine. The infamous Wagner Group has recruited prisoners to fight on the front lines. One captured former inmate described many of the recruited prisoners as "completely insane." The Russian military has suffered staggering losses since Moscow launched an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine last February. In an effort to address worsening manpower issues, the Wagner Group has fought alongside the Russian military and has recruited Russian prisoners in the process.

☆ Krispy Kreme has exited Russia over the war in Ukraine. 'Krunchy Dream' is taking its place.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A chain of new donut shops called Krunchy Dream has sprung up in Russia, where Krispy Kreme once stood. They are owned by the Novikov Group, whose owner Arkady Novikov is Krispy Kreme's only former franchisee in Russia. It then proceeded to shutter all Russian Krispy Kreme shops. Krispy Kreme said in its second-quarter earnings results release that it had closed 30 franchise shops in Russia. Krispy Kreme and the Novikov Group did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment which were sent outside regular business hours.

☆ Restaurants in Ukraine have created 'blackout menus' to cook by candlelight during power outages. They say they're 'not scared of the dark'.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In the dark, Ukrainian restaurants serve customers by candlelight with special 'blackout menus'. Kyiv-based restaurant manager Dmytro Tkachenko told Insider: "We can adapt to anything." He's visited several restaurants during blackouts, and told Insider that the atmosphere is "completely unique." A post shared by Under Wonder (@underwonder.kyiv)Manager Dmytro Tkachenko told Insider it has designed a reduced — but still "exquisite" — array of dishes that can be prepared without electricity. He told Insider: "What you see develop in Ukraine under these harsh circumstances will be the new normal everywhere."

☆ 'Krunchy Dream' welcomes Russian customers after Krispy Kreme exit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Soon after Russia launched what it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine, Krispy Kreme suspended all shipments of doughnut making supplies and ingredients to Russia and ended the agreement with its lone Russian franchisee. [1/3] A man walks past the Krunchy Dream cafe, which opened on the site of one of Krispy Kreme's cafes after the U.S. chain left the Russian market, in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 1 2 3A company owned by restaurateur Arkady Novikov, Krispy Kreme's former franchise partner, applied to register the Krunchy Dream trademark in late September, the RBC daily reported on Monday. Novikov Group and Krispy Kreme did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In a financial results statement in August, Krispy Kreme said it had closed 30 franchise shops in Russia.

☆ Ucraineanul Oleksii Novikov a cucerit titlul de cel mai puternic om din lume
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Ucraineanul Oleksii Novikov a cucerit titlul de "cel mai puternic om din lume" în 2020. Sportivul a reușit să ridice 537,5 kilograme și câștigat concursul "World's Strongest Man", desfășurat în Statele Unite ale Americii. Tot la aceeași competiție, Novikov a ținut în fiecare mână o greutate de 160 de kilograme, timp de 41 de secunde. Islandezul a declarat că nu va mai participa la competiții pentru că "este deja cel mai puternic om din lume". În luna mai acesta a și demonstrat că este în continuare în formă, reușind să ridice 501 kilograme.

Persons: Ucraineanul Oleksii Novikov, Novikov, Tom Stoltman, Jean, Francois Caron, Julius Bjornsson, Islandezul Locations: Statele Unite ale Americii

☆ Unde ajungi dacă călătoreşti printr-o gaură neagră?
▼ + stars: | 2020-01-02 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +4 min

Găurile negre sunt obiecte cosmice cu o masă atât de mare încât gravitaţia acestora nu permite nici măcar luminii să îi scape. Pornind de la planetele şi norii de praf din proximitatea acestora şi ajungând la fotoni, nimic nu iese din găurile negre. Totuşi, dacă, în mod total inexplicabil, am reuşi să supravieţuim atunci când am fi atraşi într-o gaură neagră, ce am găsi în interiorul acesteia? Există găuri negre? Întrebarea legată de călătoria printr-o gaură neagră pleacă de la asumpţia că acestea există.

Persons: Richard Massey, Karl Schwarzschild, Massey, Albert Einstein, Nathan Rosen, Kip Thorne, Thorne, David Finkbeiner, Igor Novikov, Nicăieri, Stephen Hawking Organizations: Live Science, Universităţii Locations: Universităţii Durham, Univers

☆ (foto) 365 Shades of Dasha: Îmi place să diluez limita dintre realitate și lumea imaginară
▼ + stars: | 2015-07-10 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

Atunci m-am convins încă o dată că cele mai bune și corecte decizii și alegeri se fac spontan”. Dasha a zis că această practică este o provocare pentru ea, motivând-o să genereze noi idei, să inventeze noi compoziții. „Îmi place să diluez limita dintre realitate și lumea imaginară.”Proiectul presupune o prezență permanentă a zeci sau sute de ochi interesați de viața sa. Totuși, Dasha a recunoscut că povestește destul de puțin despre sine, despre viața sa reală. Îmi place să diluez limita dintre realitate și lumea imaginară.

Persons: El, Dasha, Totuși, Mereu Organizations: Facebook

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