U2 singer Bono performed Sunday at a Kyiv underground subway station being used as a bomb shelter in a show of support for Ukrainians enduring the Russian invasion. Accompanied by guitarist the Edge, Bono sang […]
Electronic music pioneers Daft Punk, David Guetta and Tiësto‘s social media accounts have reportedly been targeted by a disinformation operation launched by internet trolls in Saint Petersburg, Russia. According to The Guardian, the “troll factory” is allegedly linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of […]
We’re back at it again with another installment of our What to Watch column. We’ve been gone for a couple of weeks, and so much has gone down both on TV and at the box […]
Does anyone (on TV right now) walk the walk better than Natasha Lyonne as Nadia in Russian Doll? I mean this in terms of swagger, and I keep rolling around that question in my head, […]
Russian Doll delivered a perfect season of television when it premiered. And it ended on such a moving, unexpected note it could have called it quits right then, ensuring its standing as one of TV’s […]
After making an unusual disclosure about the amount of Russian financial assets being housed in Swiss banks, the government of Switzerland has taken yet another step in the effort to crack down on Russian wealth […]
US President Joe Biden on Monday urged business leaders to strengthen their online defenses, warning that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could use cyberattacks as a means of escalating the crisis. “The point is that […]
We’ve all heard of the secret “Swiss bank account,” protected by the country’s privacy-friendly banking laws, where wealth can be stored away from the prying eyes of governments or individuals. Swiss banking is famous for […]
It sounds like a broken record at this point, but if there was ever a bad time to be a Russian oligarch with a superyacht, we are living through it right now. The latest example: […]
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has demanded the film and TV work of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as that of Ukraine-born producer Alexander Rodnyansky (Leviathan), be “removed from the cultural agenda of the […]
CNN Business — A digital Iron Curtain may be descending on Russia, as President Vladimir Putin struggles to control the narrative about his war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has already moved to block Facebook and […]
Shared from www.escapistmagazine.com. Russian Doll. Natasha Lyonne as Nadia Vulvokov in episode 201 of Russian Doll. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 A series about a time loop may appear to be pretty finalized once […]
Shared from www.tmz.com. Reports of civilian casualties in Ukraine are piling up, and now … video footage appears to back up claims that Putin’s Russian army is killing anybody and everybody it come across. This […]
Shared from www.cnn.com. Reuters — The European Commission is studying whether cryptoassets are being used to get around financial sanctions imposed on Russian banks following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, a senior European Union […]
Shared from www.businessoffashion.com. Spanish fashion retailer Inditex has halted trading in Russia, closing its 502 shops and stopping online sales, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The Zara owner is following some of the biggest […]
Shared from www.cnn.com. Yandex (YNDX), which handles about 60% of internet search traffic in Russia and operates a big ride-hailing business, said Thursday that it may be unable to pay its debts as a consequence […]
Shared from www.celebritynetworth.com. I hope it goes without saying that we shouldn’t feel an ounce of pity for a bunch of Russian billionaires whose net worths have decreased a bit. There are clearly much bigger […]
Shared from www.cnn.com. “It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,” the company’s general manager, Peter Gelb, said in a statement to CNN. “Anna is one of the greatest singers in […]
Shared from www.cnn.com. OneWeb, a London-based satellite startup striving for global internet connectivity and a key competitor to Elon Musk’s StarLink satellite internet constellation, was set to launch a batch of 36 internet satellites Friday […]
Shared from www.celebritynetworth.com. Germany just fired a shot across the bow of every Russian oligarch. As you may have read from our previous coverage, in recent days Russian billionaires who are concerned that sanctions are […]