Three Ukrainian poets go on a poetry tour in Italy in November 2022. Natalia Beltchenko, Iya Kiva, and Oksana Stomina use verse to speak of the tragedy and hope; of Ukraine’s struggle against the Russian invasion. The three writers visit Abano Terme, Bologna, Verona, Milan, and Rome and discuss the changes undergone by the structures, styles, and themes of poetry in war settings. Pina Piccolo, a tour organizer, writer, and cultural promoter, speaks about the intersections of poetry and politics and the challenges of organizing the readings.

A Collection of Eyewitness Stories On February 24, 2022, the Russian Army started full-scale aggression in Ukraine. The war has taken tens of thousands of lives and 11 million people were displaced as the result of this unprovoked attack. …

Eyewitness Story: We Melted Snow and Burned Dictionaries in 2022 Anastasiya*, 27, her husband Volodymyr*, 34, a two-year-old son Oleksandr*, and a Yorkshire terrier Lola* survived almost one month in Mariupol without power, water, gas, or communication and under incessant bombing and shelling. From February 24 to March 17, 2022…

How to speak about the war in Ukraine with the Kremlin propaganda victims By Anna Solntseva, a psychologist. Translated by Simon Joseph. Introduction by Zarina Zabrisky The Kremlin is waging a hybrid war. In addition to the full-scale aggression on the ground in Ukraine, troll factories are attacking the information…

Eyewitness story: Brother and Sister I walked to the Moldexpo center in Chișinău, Moldova, down the central street, Stefan Mare si Sfint boulevard. Morbid Soviet architecture brought back the darkest memories of the USSR. Dark hallways, abandoned construction sites, and the black potholes on the asphalt. Post-Apocalyptic.

Eyewitness Story: Ukraine — Belgium

Eyewitness Story: “What to eat? Cats and dogs were not an option.”

On May 4, 2021, in Moscow, the prosecution requested a year and four months to two years of penal colony for teenage activists for attaching a banner and dousing the building of the Prosecutor General’s Office with pink paint. Olga Misik, Ivan Vorobievsky, and Igor Basharimov will be sentenced on…

PROTESTS IN RUSSIA, 21 APRIL 2021 WHY PROTEST? On April 17, several doctors expressed an opinion that the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny may die if not allowed medical help immediately. Navalny is serving a two-and-a-half-year term for failing to appear in person at a parole hearing. Navalny was…