Supreme Leader Gergiev has to choose between Putin and the West
Valery Gergiev in 2014, the year he appeared to sign an open letter expressing support for Russia’s annexation of Crimea.Photo by Robin Utrecht / ANP “Russia is an exciting country,” said the famous Russian conductor Valery Gergiev in 2003. de Volkskrant† If you live in the Netherlands, you have no idea what instability means. From […]
Putin has stopped serving as honorary president of the International Judo Federation
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about approving a special military operation in Ukraine’s Donbas region during a special televised address on Russian State Television, in Moscow, Russia, on February 24, 2022, in this still image taken from a video. Russian Gathering / via REUTERS TV Register now to get free unlimited access to Reuters.com Register […]
The Netherlands also closes its airspace to Russian planes • Zelensky goes to the International Court of Justice
The thirteen Snake Island border guards, who yelled at the Russians on a navy ship saying they could “get clothes” when the ship ordered them to surrender, may not die at all. This can be read in a message from the Ukrainian border guards, in Facebook† “The border guards and the army, like the rest […]
The US and EU want to kick out selected Russian banks from the SWIFT network
Russian banks may be disconnected from the SWIFT network. It seems from that Joint Report European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and the United States. Swift is the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. The organization was established in 1973 to send financial messages. About 200 countries are currently affiliated with this network. Many Russian […]
Impact of sanctions: KLM cancels flights, but also many questions from companies
Not only in aviation companies notice the consequences Penalties. Banks are also affected. Financial sanctions were announced, aimed at isolating Russian banks from the capital markets, and the provision of trading services in shares of Russian state-owned companies was prohibited on the periphery of the European Union. “For banks, this means: knowing exactly when there […]
“The Yvonne Caldwire Complaint Is Hypocrisy At Its Best” | she says
She said podcastIn the weekly podcast and column she says AD columnist Debbie Gerritzen takes a look at last week’s news from a feminist perspective. What stood? She talks about this with a standing panel of female experts. This week Debbie will speak to information law attorney Charlotte Maidersma about the emergence of juice channels: […]
Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball: UW win in RAC, will enter final week of season alone as number one
The top ten seeded teams in the RACs did not win. Those were the rumors that led to Saturday night’s match between the 13th seed Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team and Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Sometimes, rumors are just the thing. The Badgers (23-5 overall, 14-4 Big Ten) beat the Scarlet Knights (16-12 total, 10-8 Big […]
North Korea launches a missile for the first time since January
North Korea has conducted a missile test for the eighth time this year. Most likely it was a ballistic missile, according to Japanese Coast Guard reports. The South Korean military also confirmed that North Korea fired at least an “unidentified projectile” towards the east. The missile was launched from a base near the capital, Pyongyang. […]
In China’s view, the United States, not Russia, are the occupiers
Beijing on Friday night condemned the Ukrainian occupation and called on the UN to call on Russia to withdraw. The Security Council did not attend the vote. This time it was a stroke of luck. China, which is heavily cooperating with Russia, may also have used its veto. But similar to Russia’s occupation of Crimea […]
KLM cancels flights to Moscow and Saint Petersburg | the interior
The flights were en route to Saint Petersburg and Moscow, but the pilots were eventually asked to turn around. The plane bound for Saint Petersburg returns to Amsterdam. A spokeswoman said the plane, which was en route to Moscow, had left for Copenhagen, where it had to be refueled before also returning to Schiphol. The […]