# Indie Russian news firm raises 0K in crypto after sanctions cripple finances

# Indie Russian news firm raises $250K in crypto after sanctions cripple finances

” Indie Russian news firm raises $250K in crypto after sanctions cripple finances “ A Russian independent news company has raised more than US$250,000 in cryptocurrency donations from supporters in order to continue reporting independent news under a barrage of Russian government propaganda and censorship.  Meduza, a Latvian-based Russian-language news site that claims to report…

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#My escape from Ukraine to Canada

#My escape from Ukraine to Canada

“My escape from Ukraine to Canada” Before the war, I lived with my husband, Yasser, and our sons, 27-year-old Amir and 11-year-old Nazar, in a neighbourhood near Kyiv called Kriukivshchyna. We had a beautiful house with a backyard where I kept a Japanese-style garden with plants and trees. I work as an educator. I own…

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#China conducts military drills near Taiwan involving air forces

#China conducts military drills near Taiwan involving air forces

“China conducts military drills near Taiwan involving air forces” ​China conducted a new round of military exercises near Taiwan​ over the weekend, forcing Taipei to scramble planes at one point to respond to an intrusion into its air defense zone, according to a report Monday.  Beijing’s People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command said in a…

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#Campaign in Ukraine forced, necessary

#Campaign in Ukraine forced, necessary

“Campaign in Ukraine forced, necessary” Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a forced response to Western policies. Speaking Monday at a military parade marking the World War II victory over the Nazis, Putin drew parallels between the Red Army’s fighting against the Nazi troops and the Russian…

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#Brooklyn GOP pol yanks K in funding for NYC Jewish museum

#Brooklyn GOP pol yanks $5K in funding for NYC Jewish museum

“Brooklyn GOP pol yanks $5K in funding for NYC Jewish museum” A local lawmaker announced Sunday she is yanking $5,000 in previously planned funding for a Manhattan museum after it allegedly barred Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from speaking there in June.  Councilwoman Inna Vernikov — a Ukrainian-born American Jew — revealed in an open letter to museum donors that she will…

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#G7 leaders vow to defend Ukraine on 77th WWII anniversary

#G7 leaders vow to defend Ukraine on 77th WWII anniversary

“G7 leaders vow to defend Ukraine on 77th WWII anniversary” The US and other G7 countries vowed to defend Ukraine’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity” on Sunday’s 77th anniversary of Germany’s World War II defeat — as Russian despot Vladimir Putin boasted of erasing Ukrainian “Nazi filth.” Leaders of the Group of Seven — the US,…

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#Jill Biden makes surprise Mother’s Day visit to Ukraine

#Jill Biden makes surprise Mother’s Day visit to Ukraine

“Jill Biden makes surprise Mother’s Day visit to Ukraine” First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday made a surprise visit to Ukraine, where she held a Mother’s Day meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife Olena and expressed her support for the war-torn country. “I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden told the Ukrainian first lady….

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