Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Syria, Skripal and MH17: how Bellingcat broke the news – podcast
In 2012, Eliot Higgins began blogging about the news from his front room in Leicester. Seven years later, his investigative website Bellingcat has been responsible for revealing key aspects of some of the world’s biggest stories. And: Jonathan Freedland on the result of Theresa May’s meaningful voteEliot Higgins first became known for...
Self-destructive dance superstar Sergei Polunin: ‘Ukraine put me on a list of terrorists’
He was sacked from the Paris Opera Ballet after homophobic and sexist online rants. In an exclusive interview, he talks about the joy of self-sabotage – and his Vladimir Putin tattooIt is four months since Sergei Polunin used Instagram to destroy his career. And what a job he made of it. When the Royal Ballet’s youngest ever principal...
Andrzej Krauze on the elections in Ukraine
A presidential vote is due on 31 March, against a backdrop of armed conflict in the east of the country … …read more Source: The...
Five years on from ‘Maidan’, Ukraine’s small successes are its real revolution | Angelina Kariakina
My country has paid a high price for its freedom, but we should recognise the untold victories that have taken place since 2014When you can’t agree on what success is, you risk failure. As Ukraine prepares for a presidential election on 31 March, five years on from what we call the “revolution of dignity” or “Maidan”, has our nation learned...
Meet the comedian who’s on track to be Ukraine’s next president – video explainer
Until recently Vladimir Zelenskiy was known for playing the part of an accidental president in the popular Ukrainian television show Servant of the People. Then on New Year’s Eve he announced that life would be imitating art with his candidacy in this year’s presidential elections, the first round of which is on 31 March. Zelenskiy...
No joke: comic takes centre stage in race for Ukraine presidency
Vladimir Zelenskiy, whose character becomes president in hit TV show, leading pollsVladimir Zelenskiy may just joke his way to becoming Ukraine’s next leader. A comic actor who plays a teacher who unexpectedly becomes president in a hit Ukrainian TV show after his rant against corrupt politicians goes viral, he is now pitching for the top...
Real life or Black Mirror?: Comedian who could be Ukraine’s next president – video
Until recently Vladimir Zelenskiy was known for playing the part of an accidental president in the popular Ukrainian television show Servant of the People. Then on New Year’s Eve he announced that life would be imitating art with his candidacy in this year’s presidential elections, the first round of which is on 31 March. Zelenskiy...
Revisiting Chernobyl: ‘It is a huge cemetery of dreams’
The 1986 nuclear disaster blighted Ukraine and changed the world. Serhii Plokhy, who won the Baillie Gifford prize for his history of the tragedy, returns to the once sought-after Soviet town‘These buildings are the tombstones of the dreams and lives that were lived here. It’s a huge cemetery of dreams, if not of people.” From the top of an...
Counting Sheep review – feverish show recreates Kiev uprising
The Vaults, LondonThis viscerally powerful piece about the 2014 revolution divides the audience into protesters and observersOriginally conceived by Mark and Marichka Marczyk, this piece of immersive theatre about the Kiev uprising of 2014 was first seen at the Edinburgh festival three years ago.Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin of the Belarus...
Ukraine pulls out of Eurovision as singers quit over Russia row
Musicians refuse to accept national broadcaster’s terms, which include concert banUkraine will not take part in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, after the singer selected to represent the country dropped out following a row over Russia.Singer Maruv won a public vote but said she would not participate because the Ukrainian national...
