The latest local news from Sovjetunionen, in English.
Several world leaders have arrived in Russia to participate in a military parade, but hundreds of flights have been cancelled due to drone threats. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj says that the aggressor Russia's sky is also a battleground.
WorldThe wanted Kremlin-critical journalist Ekaterina Barabash has been smuggled out of Russia with the help of the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
WorldBornholm, Denmark's outpost to the east, gets its own regiment. The buildup on the island is a clear signal to the Russians, according to Hans Lundsgaard, press officer in the Danish defense forces: It's not just about coming and taking what they want.
WorldThe recruiters talked about high-paying construction jobs in Russia. Instead, the men were sent to dig trenches and collect the dead in Russian-occupied Ukraine. With carrots, sticks, and deceit, Russia forces poor guest workers from Central Asia to the front.
ConflictsOne of the world's most famous double agents has died. Oleg Gordievskij, who was recruited from the Soviet Union to the United Kingdom during the Cold War, revealed, among other things, the Swedish spy Stig Bergling.
ConflictsThe Russian composer and Polar Prize winner Sofija Gubajdulina is dead, reports the Berlin Philharmonic on Instagram. She is described as one of the most important Russian composers after Shostakovich.
EntertainmentThe Russian chess legend Boris Spassky has passed away at the age of 88. "A great loss for our country", writes the Russian Chess Federation in a statement.
SportsWhen friend Kristian Lundberg died, Lukas Moodysson began to return to his origins. For the first time in nearly two decades, he is releasing a poetry collection. It felt like a responsibility, almost, to take up that again.
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