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sielankowy-nihilizm · 9 months
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ren-144p · 8 months
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5 songs you listen to!
thank you @bennidraws for the tag <33 this time around alongside my usual polish music plug,, get hit with “i am not normal about kino” ❤️
1. Звезда — Kino
2. Лето — Kino
3. Пачка сигарет — Kino
4. Linoskoczek — SKUBAS
5. Sen Katarzyny II — Jacek Kaczmarski
@revewrites, @dubiousdisco, @aerialworms — if you're up for it!!
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wonder-vixen · 1 year
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Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered these remarks on Monday at the closing session of his trial in Moscow: 
Members of the court: I was sure, after two decades spent in Russian politics, after all that I have seen and experienced, that nothing can surprise me anymore. I must admit that I was wrong. I’ve been surprised by the extent to which my trial, in its secrecy and its contempt for legal norms, has surpassed even the “trials” of Soviet dissidents in the 1960s and ’70s. And that’s not even to mention the harshness of the sentence requested by the prosecution or the talk of “enemies of the state.” In this respect, we’ve gone beyond the 1970s — all the way back to the 1930s. For me, as a historian, this is an occasion for reflection.
At one point during my testimony, the presiding judge reminded me that one of the extenuating circumstances was “remorse for what [the accused] has done.” And although there is little that’s amusing about my present situation, I could not help smiling: The criminal, of course, must repent of his deeds. I’m in jail for my political views. For speaking out against the war in Ukraine. For many years of struggle against Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship. For facilitating the adoption of personal international sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against human rights violators.
Not only do I not repent of any of this, I am proud of it. I am proud that Boris Nemtsov brought me into politics. And I hope that he is not ashamed of me. I subscribe to every word that I have spoken and every word of which I have been accused by this court. I blame myself for only one thing: that over the years of my political activity I have not managed to convince enough of my compatriots and enough politicians in the democratic countries of the danger that the current regime in the Kremlin poses for Russia and for the world. Today this is obvious to everyone, but at a terrible price — the price of war.
In their last statements to the court, defendants usually ask for an acquittal. For a person who has not committed any crimes, acquittal would be the only fair verdict. But I do not ask this court for anything. I know the verdict. I knew it a year ago when I saw people in black uniforms and black masks running after my car in the rearview mirror. But I also know that the day will come when the darkness over our country will dissipate. When black will be called black and white will be called white; when at the official level it will be recognized that two times two is still four; when a war will be called a war, and a usurper a usurper; and when those who kindled and unleashed this war, rather than those who tried to stop it, will be recognized as criminals. This day will come as inevitably as spring follows even the coldest winter. And then our society will open its eyes and be horrified by what terrible crimes were committed on its behalf. 
From this realization, from this reflection, the long, difficult but vital path toward the recovery and restoration of Russia, its return to the community of civilized countries, will begin.Even today, even in the darkness surrounding us, even sitting in this cage, I love my country and believe in our people. I believe that we can walk this path.
[Opinion:: Vladimir Kara-Murza’s last statement to Russian court: A reckoning will come  ::: WAPO]
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gwydionmisha · 29 days
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Opinion  Read Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary on Russia
Kara-Murza courageously wrote incisive, historically informed columns about Russia from his prison cell.
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l-absinthe-noir · 2 years
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deborahdeshoftim5779 · 3 months
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Russians demand the return of Navalny's body to his mother, Lyudmila Navalnya.
The whole world can see the obscene criminality and utter inhumanity of Putin and his terrorist infrastructure. What's worse than the poisoning, arbitrary imprisonment, medical torture, and murder of an innocent man is the cover-up. The blatant lying, the withholding of even the most basic dignity in death, and the prolonged emotional abuse of a grieving family.
Worse, this is only one example of such criminality. As I write, numerous others are shut behind bars in Russian prisons, controlled by those far more criminal who openly take orders not from the law, but from the terrorists in the Kremlin. Vladimir Kara-Murza is still in prison. Ilya Yashin in still in prison. The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich is still in prison. Liliya Chanysheva is still in prison.
And so on.
ОТДАЙТЕ ТЕЛО АЛЕКCЕЯ НАВАЛЬНОГО!
RETURN ALEXEI NAVALNY'S BODY!
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tomirida · 1 year
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A nomadic Qazaq family in the Mirzacho'l Steppe by Prokudin-Gorsky.
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hrwinter · 2 years
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Hey! I know you’ve previously mentioned a desire to see a SC Gattaca-themed AU before (something that tickles me immensely) and since this suggests a love for angsty science fiction, what are your thoughts on a SC AU based loosely on the 1984 film Starman?
bestie i am so sorry, i was waiting to answer this so i could rewatch starman and give you my thoughts because I barely remember it. but i desperately wanted you to know that i had just talked about Supercorp gattaca AU the DAY you sent this and then spent at least 15 minutes giving my wife a TED talk on the genius of Uma Thurman and now her spawn who reminds me SO much of her
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hipolit11 · 2 years
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Rodion and Sonya content? Absolutely yess. I only saw playlists for Rodion x Razumikhin ship, they're so great btw. I'm honestly proud of this one and I hope some other C&P fans might want to check. (The Handsome Youth song is such a pearl, the most important for me I think) 🤍
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head-post · 17 days
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Russian opposition abroad failed to forge strong leader
Several months have passed since the tragic death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian colony, but no united opposition has yet been formed. Meanwhile, opposition considers Evgenia Kara-Murza as a potential candidate to replace him.
Since then, some dissenters stayed in Russia and some abroad, mainly in Europe and the United States. The question inevitably arose among Navalny’s supporters about who would take his place and lead the fragmented opposition.
At first, prominent figures tried to nominate his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, as the voice of public opposition opinion. At the same time, media outlets published reports suggesting the widow’s connection to top US officials.
In a possible attempt to unite those who disagree with the Russian political system, the White House invited Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, wife of incumbent President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Yulia Navalnaya, widow of an opposition activist who died in the Polar Wolf Arctic colony, to the US State of the Union address in March.
However, Zelenska declined the invitation. Navalnaya’s potential presence threatened to cause unease among Ukrainians, as her deceased husband, despite his disagreement with the Russian government, was also known for his questionable statements on Crimea.
Afterwards, Yulia Navalnaya again attempted to shine in the media as an active and prominent opposition figure. On April 17, Time magazine included her in the top 100 most influential people in the world. Just two days later, she received Germany’s Free Media Award as “a leader of the resistance movement and democratic awakening in Russia.”
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I'm a Barbie girl
In Dostoevsky world
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wonder-vixen · 1 year
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russianreader · 10 months
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Say My Name
Putin’s critics have long noted his obstinate refusal to publicly utter the name of imprisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny. But on Sunday, when asked by loyalist journalist Andrei Kolesnikov about Moscow theater director Zhenya Berkovich and Moscow leftist Boris Kagarlitsky, both of whom have been arrested on flagrantly trumped-up charges of “condoning terrorism,” Putin claimed never to…
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gwydionmisha · 1 year
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jdunlevy · 1 year
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I’ve been surprised by the extent to which my trial, in its secrecy and its contempt for legal norms, has surpassed even the “trials” of Soviet dissidents in the 1960s and ’70s.
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But I also know that the day will come when the darkness over our country will dissipate. When black will be called black and white will be called white; when at the official level it will be recognized that two times two is still four; when a war will be called a war, and a usurper a usurper; and when those who kindled and unleashed this war, rather than those who tried to stop it, will be recognized as criminals.
(на русском здесь)
Related: “Who Is Vladimir Kara-Murza, The Russian Activist Jailed For Condemning The Ukraine War?” by Todd Prince (17 April 2023) at rferl.org
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