Books Film and TV News Politics World Margaret Atwood and Jim Carrey among the 100 Canadians banned from entering Russia by Tom Disalvo The Canadian The Mask star and Handmaid’s Tale author were considered to have contributed to “[Canada’s] aggressively anti-Russian course,” the Kremlin announcement reads. Jim Carrey and Margaret Atwood have been named among 100 Canadians…
News Sports World Brittney Griner has been sent to a Russian penal colony by Amy Davidson WNBA player, Brittney Griner has been removed from a detention center outside of Moscow, and is being transported to a Russian penal colony. Earlier this year, the Russian court convicted…
Drugs News Politics World Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in a Russian jail by Tammy Moir U.S basketball star Brittney Griner has been given a 9-year jail sentence to a Russian penal colony, following the legal proceedings on Tuesday. The Russian court’s decision to a nine-year…
Film and TV News Politics Russia bans Sean Penn and Ben Stiller by Happy In a wave of new sanctions, Russia has targeted the two actors and permanently banned them from entering the country. The Russian government has permanently banned 25 more US citizens…
News World Dennis Rodman is stepping in to help bring Brittney Griner home by Happy As Brittney Griner awaits a potential prisoner exchange, an unlikely spokesperson is stepping in to intervene on her behalf, none other than Dennis Rodman, the five-time NBA champion. Dennis Rodman,…
Film and TV News World Russia has become a retreat for problematic old white dudes by Tammy Moir Russia is being called home to actor, Gérard Depardieu, and most famously perhaps for his outspoken reveries of Russian politics, Steven Seagal. Hollywood star, Steven Seagal was granted Russian citizenship…
Drugs News Politics Sports Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years on drug charges by Russian court by Amy Davidson WNBA star, Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in prison for drug possession by Russian criminal courts. After around six months of detainment and a month-long trial, Brittney…
News Politics World Vladamir Putin expertly power-moved by Turkish president by Lochie Schuster Watch Vladimir Putin awkwardly shuffle from side to side for 50 seconds as he waits for his meeting with the Turkish president. Turkish president Recep Erdogan played the ultimate power…
News World A woman wrote fake Russian history on Chinese Wikipedia for 10 years by Tammy Moir For over ten years, a Chinese woman known as “Zhemao” or user 折毛 created a spectacular amount of imaginative, and made-up alternate history of late Medieval Russia on Chinese Wikipedia….
News World Russian journalist auctions Nobel peace prize to support Ukraine children by Chloe Maddren Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov was a co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and recently auctioned off his medal for a whopping $103.5 million. Muratov, who is the editor of…
Film and TV News Pop Culture World Ben Stiller visits Ukraine to raise awareness for refugees by Chloe Maddren Beloved Hollywood actor Ben Stiller has been spotted in the war-torn country after meeting with refugee families in Poland. Ben Stiller was seen walking the streets in the western city…
News Politics World Pianist from Siberia jailed for playing Ukrainian anthem in Moscow by Tom Blain A pianist from Siberia has been jailed for ‘Nazi propaganda’ after playing the Ukrainian anthem in public. He was a pianist alone in a public embankment with a piano in…
News Politics World Starbucks to join other landmark brands leaving Russia by Tom Blain Starbucks is joining McDonald’s, Exxon Mobil and British American Tobacco in a growing list of Western companies leaving Russia. First opening its stores in Russia 15 years ago, Starbucks is…