Today at Cannes, Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, who left Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine and now lives in France, received the Grand Prix for his new film Minotaur.
Shot in Latvia and set in contemporary Russia, Minotaur is a dark, powerful satire of corruption, fear, and moral collapse under war. Zvyagintsev, known for Leviathan and Loveless, returns with a film that turns a private story into a devastating portrait of a country trapped inside its own labyrinth.
A major recognition for one of the strongest Russian voices in world cinema — and for a film made in exile.
https://t.co/uTScIB45Pu
Putin keeps losing his allies around world..Assad in Syria, Maduro in Venezuela, Khamenei in Iran, and now Orban in Hungary.
What Putin friend is next to fall?
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The Ukrainian people and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Professor Dag Øistein Endsjø of the University of Oslo officially nominated the Ukrainian people and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. As a university professor, he holds the formal right to submit nominations. His argument: by defending their democracy against Russian aggression, the Ukrainian people have helped preserve peace across Europe.
The nomination is not just about Zelensky as an individual. It recognizes an entire nation that has been resisting occupation, violence, and repression since 2014, and especially since the full-scale invasion of 2022.
So much for Trump and Putler!
In 48 hours, Zelensky has signed ten-year defense agreements in three Persian Gulf capitals, with more industrial partnership contracts on the table, and he has sent 200 air defense experts.
Just a reminder: in just a year, Ukraine has gone from a "country without papers" to a protective weapons exporter and security expert, turned to by the world's richest countries. ✊🇺🇦
President Zelenskyy:
Russia has made images of a US military object in Saudi Arabia three times in a row before it was attacked by Iran.
The President is 100% certain Russia is helping Iran.
“In the name of our future, in the name of our children—stop all these wars right now!”
Pavel Talankin
MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN Accepts the Oscar for Documentary Feature Film https://t.co/RZICGFbRr1 via @YouTube
Happy International Women’s Day to all women 🌷
And especially to Ukrainian women — including the 70,000+ serving in the military: stay safe, and may you come home soon.
Strength also has a gentle face. 💛💙
Who would you take with you on a trip around the Moon?
As we prepare to send our Artemis II astronauts around the Moon, we’d love to know who’s on your dream team. Use the hashtag #NASAMoonCrew and we may share yours during the launch broadcast: https://t.co/2cTxQZwOYf
If the legendary @TIME Magazine wants to have any credibility left, this should be their next cover. No more cowardice. No more euphemisms. Call it what it is: authoritarianism in America.
Legacy media keeps sanding down the language while democracy gets gutted in real time. History is not going to remember who protected “access.” It’s going to remember who saw it and still chose to soft-pedal it.
Step up.