The rush to impose sanctions on Russia, and the departure of scores of companies from the country, following the launch of the military operation in Ukraine was done with a specific calculus: To devastate the Russian economy. However, in a globalized world where everything is linked, all actions have consequences. …
Read More »Russian culture should not be collateral damage in Ukraine war, Soviet-born ballet dancer says
Mikhail Baryshnikov, a Soviet Latvian-born Russian-American ballet dancer, has said Russian culture and sports figures should not be targeted over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. “An open exchange in the arts is always a good thing,” Baryshnikov told The Guardian in an interview published on Sunday. “I don’t think it’s …
Read More »California cafe charging mask-wearing customers an extra $5 to pay for ‘collateral damage’ of Covid-19 restrictions
Chris Castleman, owner of the Fiddlehead Cafe in Mendocino, told NBC News the extra charges would be donated to charity. “I don’t think $5 to charity is too much to ask from mask-wearing customers who claim to care so much about the community they live in,” he said. Masks, he …
Read More »‘Collateral Crucifixion’: Enormous mural tribute to Julian Assange unveiled on Berlin building
WikiLeaks shared an image of the 20-meter-high Berlin mural “drawing attention” to its founder’s plight on Tuesday via Twitter, with the artwork depicting Assange being crucified as a defender of press freedoms against a hostile military-industrial complex under a hybrid US-British flag. The mural’s three artists have operated under the moniker …
Read More »Collateral damage? Facebook’s purge of Australian news ‘inadvertently’ hits charities, health organizations & government pages
The blanket ban was meant to target only Australian news publishers, and prevent users across the country from sharing and viewing news content, amid a bitter rift with the government over the News Media Bargaining Code. The move, however, claimed dozens of collateral victims, wiping the pages of South Australia’s …
Read More »Blackwater ‘war criminals,’ Russiagate ‘collateral victims’ & Congress ‘crooks’ among 15 pardons announced by Trump
Trump announced he would pardon 15 people and commute the sentences of five more on Tuesday evening, ahead of the Christmas holidays – the traditional time for presidential clemency in the US. Among the full pardons are Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos and Dutch lawyer Alex Van Der Zwaan, both …
Read More »How to buy cheap car title as collateral at the pawnshop
In the pawnshop can not only obtain the loan secured by the vehicle, but also profitable to buy a car which is the collateral. Make it simple: you need to choose a reliable pawnshop to inspect the car, check the documents and sign a contract. Usually it takes up to …
Read More »The government can collect 100 million of collateral Nasirov
Roman Nasirov has allegedly violated the conditions of the measure. The state may recover 100 million bail suspended SFS head of the Roman Nasirov in the budget, because it violated the terms of the measure.This is reported by journalists of the program Schema. It is noted that on June 8, …
Read More »Prosecutor wants arrest of Guzhva the possibility of collateral
The time restraint will expire on June 25. The Prosecutor intends to ask the court to elect the chief editor for the online publication Stranaya Igor Guzhva a measure of restraint in form of detention with alternative collateral. This was at the briefing said the Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko. “I …
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