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Russian invaders murder Ukrainian volunteers

From left Nastya Yalanska, Yulia Zdanovska Вічна пам’ять Eternal remembrance

 

At least four volunteers have been murdered since Russia invaded Ukraine, with at least three of them killed while trying to help civilians or the animals who are also victims of this savage war.  This is without counting the men and women who have died, either as members of Ukraine’s Armed Forces or as civilian volunteers who have come forward to defend Ukraine against the invader

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En las letras, cuando se trata del arte

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SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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En las letras, cuando se trata del arte, no solo es preciso decorar las páginas en blanco con palabras bellas y excelsas, porque serían exclusivamente flores de hermoso aspecto sin la delicadeza, la sencillez y la elegancia de sus texturas, sus perfumes y sus tonalidades. Al escribir, es aconsejable crear obras con un sentido, una razón, un motivo. Los sentimientos y la inteligencia deben mezclarse en una fórmula prodigiosa que toque a las puertas del alma y de la razón, de tal manera que, hombres y mujeres, al leer, vivan y sueñen intensamente, sientan que están en el mundo y en el paraíso, y se encuentren a sí mismos y trasciendan.

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LA Community Clinics Vaccinate The Most Vulnerable. A Year Later, They Still Haven’t Been Paid | LAist

“We are very concerned. We’ve done 425,000 vaccinations, and we haven’t been paid for any of those who are on Medi-Cal,” said Jim Mangia, CEO of St. John’s Well Child and Family Center in L.A.

To get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible, Mangia and other health clinics set up vaccine-only sites across the county starting in Jan. 2021. The vaccine doses were provided by the L.A. County Department of Public Health, but community clinics covered all the other costs for more than a year.

“We opened 26 vaccine centers, and we deployed three mobiles and a van to do pop-up vaccinations across the county,” said Mangia, speaking at St. John’s Avalon clinic in South L.A.. “We did a tremendous amount of advertising, social media, text blasting to just really drive up the vaccination rates.”

Source: LA Community Clinics Vaccinate The Most Vulnerable. A Year Later, They Still Haven’t Been Paid | LAist

New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Making Threatening Interstate Communications to Black Maryland Woman and Her Family | OPA | Department of Justice

Michael Marotta, 26, of Sewell, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to making threatening interstate communications. Marotta admitted that he used an anonymizing text message service to threaten physical harm to a Black woman and her family in Maryland.

According to Marotta’s plea agreement, on April 14, 2020, Marotta used an anonymizing mobile phone application to send a threatening message to a Black Maryland woman. In the message, Marotta used racial epithets to describe the Maryland woman and her family, and he threatened to come to their home and do physical harm. As detailed in the plea agreement, Marotta wrote, among other things, “I know where you live now, I’m coming to rape your family” and “eat my bullets.” As detailed in his plea agreement, Marotta claims he does not know the recipient-victim of the message, nor does the recipient-victim know Marotta.

Source: New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Making Threatening Interstate Communications to Black Maryland Woman and Her Family | OPA | Department of Justice

Dual U.S. / Russian National Charged With Acting Illegally As A Russian Agent In The United States | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice

“As alleged, Elena Branson, a dual U.S. / Russian national, actively subverted foreign agent registration laws in the United States in order to promote Russian policies and ideology.  The Russian government at its highest levels, up to and including President Vladimir Putin, have made known that aggressive propaganda and recruitment of the Russian diaspora around the world is a Russian priority.  In connection with this pursuit, Branson is alleged to have corresponded with Putin himself and met with a high-ranking Russia minister before founding a Russian propaganda center here in New York City, the Russian Center New York.  Branson’s promotional outreach, including an ‘I Love Russia’ campaign aimed at American youths, exemplifies her attempts to act at the behest of the Russian government to illegally promote its interests in the United States.  All the while, Branson knew she was supposed to register as an agent of the Russian government but chose not to do so and, instead, instructed others regarding how to illegally avoid the same.  Particularly given current global events, the need to detect and hinder attempts at foreign influence is of critical importance, and the Southern District of New York is proud to do its part in the fight against tyranny.” Source: Dual U.S. / Russian National Charged With Acting Illegally As A Russian Agent In The United States | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice

Russia has already greatly surpassed the Nazi Third Reich by insidiously launching missile and bomb attacks on Ukraine

And now, in the 21st century, Russia launches a massive missile and bomb strikes on Ukraine, surpassing the Nazi Third Reich during the World War II in cruelty and blasphemy. Russian troops cunningly engulfed Ukraine’s territory from three sides under the guise of military exercises and launched an offensive on the front, which is about a third longer than the Wehrmacht’s invasion front on June 22, 1941. Meanwhile, Russian officials (including the Minister of Foreign Affairs), on the eve of the Russian invasion, rebutted the assumption that Russia intended to commit military aggression against Ukraine, thereby demonstrating the pinnacle of deceit, meanness, perfidy, blasphemy and cynicism.

For many times, Russian officials bragged about successful liberation of the prisoners of the Nazi death camps in 1945 by the Soviet army. However, they were silent (and actually continue to be silent) about the fact that it was precisely Soviet cooperation and friendship with the Nazi regime in 1939-1941. These factors had a significant impact on strengthening and enhancing the military capacity of the Third Reich to such a level that it occupied and subjugated almost all of Europe. An important emphasis is that it was during the operation of the Nazi-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Borders, with the help, assistance and support from the USSR, Nazi troops had occupied and subjugated almost all European states and part of North Africa. This actually allowed the meticulous and systematic creation and operation of Nazi death camps, which ultimately had fatal consequences in a form of Holocaust.

In light of the above, how do Russian judges and lawyers react to the Russian attack on Ukraine? They are silent.

Source: Russia has already greatly surpassed the Nazi Third Reich by insidiously launching missile and bomb attacks on Ukraine

Ukrainian refugees in Hungary describe their escape | openDemocracy

As those affected by war escape Ukraine, the country’s western border checkpoints have become the first bottlenecks on the way to safety. Olga Kolesnikova, who spent 60 hours travelling to the Chop-Záhony crossing from Berdyansk in south-eastern Ukraine, recalls the despair at the border.

“Many women just take children into their arms, leave their cars and walk because it is quicker to cross on foot,” she tells me. Another Alla, from Kyiv – who entered Hungary on 28 February through a checkpoint near Koson’, 30km south of Chop – echoes Olga’s words. “The situation at the border is overwhelming,” she says. “The queue was around 2.5km long. We were let in because we have three children.”

By 7 March, passenger traffic across checkpoints was challenging, but steady, according to Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service. As queues at some crossings like Tysa, Luzhanka and Vylok reach 100 cars, others remain relatively free.

Meanwhile, Budapest’s main train stations have quickly become mini-humanitarian hubs, where a web of NGOs operates alongside individual volunteers distributing essentials, matching families with accommodation and arranging transport.

Refugees from Ukraine queue outside a Budapest train station

Refugees from Ukraine queue outside a Budapest train station

More than 180,000 displaced people had arrived in Hungary by 6 March, making Hungary the second largest recipient of Ukrainian refugees after Poland. This number is expected to top 250,000, according to UN estimates.

Budapest’s local government and non-profit sector actively extend welcomes to those fleeing Ukraine. Decentralised support networks appear on- and offline to provide help for the capital’s involuntary guests. Anti-war demonstrations gather ever larger crowds.

At the same time, Viktor Orban’s governing Fidesz party is trying to balance humanitarian assistance with distancing itself politically from the war. On 24 February, the prime minister condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but reiterated the country’s position of non-involvement in the military conflict. On 7 March Orban allowed more NATO troops into Hungary, but forbade the flow of lethal weapons to Ukraine.

Hungary’s leader is trying to avoid being dragged into a neighbour’s war, but his policy of “strategic calmness” is failing to strike a chord with some. Standing among demonstrators at the Russian embassy, Marina – an Uzhhorod-born Ukrainian who lives and works in Budapest – told me: “If [Orban] does not want the war to reach Hungary, he should help Ukraine now.”

Source: Ukrainian refugees in Hungary describe their escape | openDemocracy

I was arrested at an anti-war protest in Moscow. Here’s what happened next | openDemocracy

I read on Telegram that a group of protesters is standing near the journalism faculty building of Moscow State University – it is across the street from the blocked-off Manezhnaya Square. On my way there I find myself near the Marx statue. There are no more protesters left. Two policemen come up to me, ask to see my documents and demand that I proceed to a van “for delivery to the police department and a database check”.

It is useless to argue in this situation. I go with the officers to their minibus.

I was detained very quickly, without the use of force. But, according to police detention monitoring service OVD-Info, at least 34 protesters in different cities were severely beaten by Russian police on 6 March. The demonstrators were punched, kicked, beaten with truncheons and tasered. The police department in Brateevo, on the outskirts of Moscow, was especially distinguished in this regard. There, police officers threw water on feminist activists, hitting and insulting them. Protest participant Alexandra Kaluzhskikh managed to discreetly record her interrogation and torture by police officers.

“Putin is on our side. You are the enemies of Russia. You are the enemy of the people. Now we’ll fuck you up here and that’s it. It’s a done deal. We will also get a bonus for this,” a policeman shouted at her.

In these conditions, few people decide to join a protest again.

The first time you are detained at a rally, you can face a fine of up to 15,000 roubles. If you get detained again within a year, you can face up to 30 days of administrative arrest or a fine of up to 300,000 roubles. If you receive more than two administrative detentions in six months, you can face a criminal case with a real prospect of landing behind bars.

Source: I was arrested at an anti-war protest in Moscow. Here’s what happened next | openDemocracy