Russian President Vladimir Putin has posthumously awarded Vladlen Tatarsky, a prominent Russian war correspondent and blogger, the Order of Courage. Tatarsky was recognized “for the courage and bravery he displayed in line of his professional duty,” a presidential order published on Monday said. Tatarsky was killed in a bomb blast …
Read More »Salah snubbed again as City ace wins top award
Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah has been frozen out of another top prize in football after Kevin De Bruyne beat him to the Premier League Player of the Year award. Manchester City midfielder De Bruyne has netted 15 times in the English top flight this term and provided seven …
Read More »Former Czech president refuses to return Russian award
Vaclav Klaus, who served as the President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013, has refused to return a Russian state decoration amid Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine. Back in 2007, Russia’s then-ambassador to the Central European country, Aleksey Fedotov, bestowed the Medal of Pushkin on the Czech politician …
Read More »Fuming Salah fans baffled by FIFA Award ‘disgrace’
Mohamed Salah did not attend alongside Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski as the football icon missed out on a major award again – and his supporters have called out a confusing piece of judging at the Best FIFA Awards. Angry Salah fans said they could understand why the Liverpool and …
Read More »RT Creative Lab wins Jury Award at 2021 Cresta for #VictoryPages WWII social media tribute project
“When I first saw this idea, I was awed by the love and passion of the creatives in achieving the objective of keeping World War II alive and interesting and relevant to the younger generation,” said Merlee Jayme, Global President of Dentsu McGarrybowen who is Jury Chair 2021. View this …
Read More »Pelosi receives NATO ‘Women for Peace’ award, jokes about ‘ruling the world’
“When people ask me, ‘If you ruled the world, what one thing would you do?’ – I think about that a lot,” Pelosi said, laughing. Though the ten-second video did not show what answer she gave, the transcript of her speech, posted on the official website of the House Speaker, …
Read More »Trump calls for Pulitzer Prize Board to revoke award given to NYT & WaPo for reporting on Russiagate ‘hoax’
In a Sunday statement, Trump called the outlets’ reporting on the theory that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and colluded with Trump’s team – something an investigation ultimately found no actual evidence of – a “false narrative.” “As has been widely publicized, the coverage was no more than …
Read More »Red Dot Award 2021: RT Creative Lab grabs 4 prizes, including 2 ‘Best of the Best’, for WWII tribute projects
The large-scale social media project #VictoryPages grabbed the ‘Best of the Best’ in the new ‘Digital Solutions / Education and E-Learning’ category and was recognized as the winner in the ‘Online and Social Media’ category. “To receive the highest recognition of the prestigious Red Dot jury in such a nomination …
Read More »RT Creative Lab wins D&AD’s PENCIL award with ‘The Endless Letter’ Instagram series honoring WWII victims
‘The Endless Letter’ Instagram series won the coveted Pencil award in the Writing for Design category. The Wood Pencil award represents the best in advertising and design from the year. RT was among such winners in the category as Spotify, BBDO, Droga5 NY, Ogilvy and others. Headquartered in London, D&AD has …
Read More »Moderna’s Covid-19 jab got the ‘best vaccine’ award – from a US-dominated Vaccine Congress stuffed with corporate goons
Fresh reports on the real mortality toll taken by the Covid-19 pandemic and a galloping upsurge of new infections in widely populated regions call on all governments to urgently institute this one and only priority: to drastically expand and increase vaccination programs worldwide, using all available brands of vaccines. This …
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