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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Russians are everywhere again
The worlds most prestigious art festival has been wrapped in scandal because the Russians are back. So I decided to go there myself and find out why.
This came just after my trip to Hungary, where I investigated what Viktor Orbán is doing, and then from Hungary to Nikopol, right across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Now from Nikopol to Venice.
Slowly, Russians are being invited back into polite society through operas, Oscars, film festivals, and now art festivals. And when I searched for serious investigations into how this is happening and why the Russians are back at the Biennale, I could barely find any.
The president of the Biennale has been avoiding questions. The Russian delegation has been avoiding questions. So I wanted to ask them myself and try to find answers.
This came just after my trip to Hungary, where I investigated what Viktor Orbán is doing, and then from Hungary to Nikopol, right across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Now from Nikopol to Venice.
Slowly, Russians are being invited back into polite society through operas, Oscars, film festivals, and now art festivals. And when I searched for serious investigations into how this is happening and why the Russians are back at the Biennale, I could barely find any.
The president of the Biennale has been avoiding questions. The Russian delegation has been avoiding questions. So I wanted to ask them myself and try to find answers.
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The Russians are everywhere again (Original Post)
blue-wave
22 hrs ago
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dhol82
(9,658 posts)1. Do I have to watch the whole thing to f8 d out why?
Really?
blue-wave
(5,516 posts)3. I'm sorry you are somehow
offended by the video. I posted it because it is evidence of Russia being normalized again. Normalized when they are still terrorizing Ukraine everyday, 24 hours a days. Russia is anything but normal. They are a terrorist state which invaded a peaceful neighboring country.
My hat is actually off to Caolan for some excellent reporting. At least he's trying. Where is the main stream media with this kind of coverage? It's non-existent, that's where it's at. They have their heads buried in the sand.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,531 posts)2. Watched earlier today. Dude is doing significant reporting on Russia's influence,,,,hope he stays healthy.
blue-wave
(5,516 posts)4. Yeah, the fact that he and others
who are pro-Ukraine are followed by KGB/FSB is troubling. Where are the Italian and Western European intelligence services? They should be on this stat.