tirsdag den 10. december 2019

7. december


7. december fra Riga






 Den ukrainske filmskaber Oleg Sentsov, som var en af de mest fremtrædende politiske fanger i Rusland, har endelig modtaget sidste års Sakharov-pris for tankefrihed fra Europa-Parlamentet.
Før han accepterede prisen fra Europa-Parlamentets præsident David Sassoli, henvendte Sentsov sig til de europæiske lovgivere og opfordrede dem til ikke at glemme ukrainernes ofre i den igangværende konflikt med russisk-støttede separatister i det østlige Ukraine.
"Hver gang, nogle af jer tænker på at strække en hånd med venskab til Putin, skal du huske hver af de 13.000, der blev dræbt i Ukraine, holdt de hundreder af vores drenge i fængsler, der kan blive tortureret, mens vi taler, Krim-tatarerne, som muligvis i dette øjeblik bliver arresteret, ”sagde Sentsov til stort bifald fra de europæiske lovgivere.

FANGEHANDEL MED PUTIN
fangeudveksling
helte kommer hjem, andre
bliver i Gulag




Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was one of the most prominent political prisoners in Russia, has finally received last year’s Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought from the European Parliament.
Before accepting the award from the European Parliament President David Sassoli, Sentsov addressed the European lawmakers, urging them not to forget the Ukrainians' sacrifices in the ongoing conflict with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
"Every time, when some of you think about stretching out a hand of friendship to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin over our heads, you should remember each of the 13,000 [people] killed in Ukraine, the hundreds of our boys kept in prisons, who may be tortured as we speak, the Crimean Tatars, who may at this very moment be arrested," Sentsov said to rapturous applause from the European lawmakers.
PRISONERTRADE WITH PUTIN

prisoner swap
heroes coming home
others still remain in Gulag camps



6. december



6. december fra Riga




I sidste uge blev det klart at Apple havde ændret Krim til at være russisk på deres kort og vejr apps.
De havde også tilføjet en statsgrænse mellem Krim og Ukraine.
DR fulgte op med at skrive, at der var en konflikt mellem Ukraine og Rusland om Krim.
Krim er besat land.
ÆBLER SÆLGES

en bid af æblet
til Putins Kleptokrater
Apple moralen








It was reported last week that Internet users in Russia had found that locations in Crimea were marked as ‘Russia’ on Apple’s Maps and Weather apps. A Moscow-based Guardian reporter wrote also that users “see a boundary between Ukraine and Crimea when viewing maps of the region, although it seems to disappear when they zoom out.”
Crimea is occupied.

APPLE ON SALE
a bite of the apple
to Putins Kleptocrats
Apple's morale compass


(Thanks to Petras Austrevicius)


mandag den 9. december 2019

5. december



5. december from Riga



https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/12/03/identifying-the-berlin-bicycle-assassin-part-1-from-moscow-to-berlin/?fbclid=IwAR0O2eydxfwnuaFMLVjkuFSob-qbDtJqQMFSMO2HlbXL6kR0keGWzBtIFu0
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-expels-russian-diplomats-after-murder-in-berlin/a-51527185?fbclid=IwAR1c7F0A2hwznqXQqj-KjSplZPGAiPYIDRL8VSozL-uKx4VBLL9TynV9bFA

En russisk mand med falske papirer kørte en sommerdag i Berlin op på siden af en mand i en park og skød ham. Nu har en gruppe undersøgende journalister fundet hans sande identitet. Han er 54 år, fra Sibirien, og han har gjort det før.
Mordet i Berlin fandt sted 23. august i år, da den 40-årige georgier Zelimkhan Khangoshvili var på vej til fods gennem Tiergarten-parken i centrum. En mand på cykel kørte tæt op på Khangoshvili og skød ham med en pistol.

DEN HVIDE RÆDSEL
Putins pistolmænd
skyder igen i Berlin
Kreml henrettelse







A Russian man with fake papers drove a summer day in Berlin up the side of a man in a park and shot him. Now a group of investigative journalists has found his true identity. He is 54 years old, from Siberia, and he has done it before.
The Berlin assassination took place on August 23 this year when 40-year-old Georgian Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was walking on foot through the downtown Tiergarten park. A man on a bicycle drove close to Khangoshvili and shot him with a gun.
The implications of this finding are enormous, as it reveals clear Russian state support for the assassination of a man on German soil, similar to the attempted assassination of Sergey Skripal on British soil.


THE WHITE HORROR
Putin's gun men
shoot again in Berlin
A free Chechnian is executed

(Thanks Bellingcat)

tirsdag den 3. december 2019

4. december


4. december







https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/dont-be-fooled-russia-is-still-natos-greatest-challenge/
https://www.foi.se/rapportsammanfattning?reportNo=FOI-R--4758--SE&fbclid=IwAR08JfGSor-vwkRaRjkeFyT-dNIIRdfuB8lbkfH_HLUft7d07EfFtvMOB58

Macron, Corben, Orban og andre politikere taler for at genstarte et godt forhold til Putin.
Men Krim er stadig besat, russiske styrker angriber i Østukraine, (14.000 dræbte) og Putin har stadig planer om at genrejse Rusland med samme magt og styrke som Sovjetunionen havde.
70 efter NATO blev skabt, står alliancens soldater mod en eksisterende trussel mod øst, gentog adskillige forsvars- og udenrigsministre, selv om den franske Præsident Emmanuel Macrom har sagt at terrorisme, og ikke Rusland er den største trussel mod NATO, forsvarsministerne fra Estland og Litauen gjorde det meget klart at de stadig ser Kreml som den største trussel.

HJERNEDØDT MACRON
Macron taler om
sin ven Putin. Men NATO
er alle for en








Macron, Corben, Orban and other politicians want to restart a good relationship with Putin.
But Crimea is still occupied, Russian forces are attacking Eastern Ukraine - (14.000 killed). And Putin still plans to re-build Russia with the same power and strength as the Soviet Union had.
Seventy years after NATO’s birth, the Alliance is still confronting an existential threat to its east, several defense and foreign affairs ministers said on December 3. Although French President Emmanuel Macron has made waves by suggesting that terrorism, not Russia, was the biggest threat facing NATO today, the defense ministers from Estonia and Lithuania were clear that they still see Moscow as their biggest challenge.


BRAIN DEAD MACRON
Macron is talking about
his friend Putin. But NATO
are all for one



(Thanks Reuters)

3. december


3. december





















Bedstemor Masha, den civile cyborg
Mariya blev født i 1940. Mashas mand blev dræbt i krigszonen i 2014, og hendes søn blev alvorligt såret af granatsplinter i 2015. Han blev begravet i et granatkrater i haven. Trods disse tragiske tab gav Masha aldrig op og fortsatte med at støtte de ukrainske soldater med frugt og grøntsager fra hendes have.
På grund af vedvarende besktdning fra de russiske styrker, kunne det lokale brandvæsen ikke komme frem til branden i Mashas hus. Frivillige vil tage til hendes hus for at finde hendes lig og give hende en anstændig begravelse.

MINSK TRÆER
krigens træer i
Opytne. Grene hænger
over de døde





Baba Masha, the civilian cyborg


Mariya was born in Zakarpattia Oblast in 1940. Mariya’s husband was killed in the war zone in 2014, and her son was seriously injured by shrapnel fragments in 2015. He was buried a few days later in a shell crater left by enemy projectiles in his yard. Despite these tragic losses, Mariya never gave up and continued supporting the Ukrainian Army. She sent the soldiers fruit from her orchard trees and products from her garden.

Due to uninterrupted shelling by Russian mercenaries, the local fire brigade was unable to arrive at the scene of the fire. Volunteers are planning to travel to Mariya’s home in order to find her remains and honour her with prayer and a decent burial.
Mariya Horpynych (Baba Masha) was fondly referred to as the “civilian cyborg”.

MINSK TREES
war
torn trees in
Opytne. Branches hang
over
dead bodies


Læs også Andrej Kurkov: De grå Bier
Read Andrey Kurkov: Gray Bees (2020)


mandag den 2. december 2019

2. december


2. december




6 ukrainske soldater dræbt i november.

I går angreb russiske styrker 4 gange.
2 ukrainske soldater dræbt af minefælder








….
der er helte som
ofrer sig og kæmper for
alt hvad vi har kært


6 Ukrainian soldiers killed in November.


Yesterday, Russian forces attacked 4 times.
2 Ukrainian soldiers killed in booby-trap

.
There are heroes
who sacrifice themselves
and fight for everything we hold dear





Russiske styrker 41 dræbt i november

CARGO 200
de døde drenge
sendes hjem til mødrene
fra ikke-krigen









Losses of Russian forces, 
41 killed in November

 CARGO 200
the dead boys
coming home to their mothers
from ”not war”

(Thanks: Astrid Bjerregard Pedersen, Unian, Glasnost Gone)

søndag den 1. december 2019

KRIG IKKE KONFLIKT JULEKALENDER 2019 1. december





KRIG IKKE KONFLIKT JULEKALENDER 2019

krigen fortsætter
mens jeg tænder lys i min
julekalender

Det er 80 år siden Sovjet angreb Finland. Vinterkrigen

I 5 år har Rusland angrebet Ukraine.



WAR NOT CONFLICT ADVENT CALENDAR 2019

the war continues
when I light my
Advent Calendar
80 years ago the Soviet Union attacked Finland. Winter war

In 5 years, Russia has attacked Ukraine