Daily Archives: March 17, 2022

Violin Becomes ‘Weapon Of Resistance’ in Ukraine Shelters

From her shelter in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, Vera Lytovchenko has become a social media sensation with her violin performances that help her forget the war, if only for a few minutes.  Her renditions of Vivaldi and Ukrainian melodies have triggered an avalanche of messages of support from around the world and she has used…

Russia To Spend $2.7 Mln on Videos to ‘Maintain Public Safety’

Russia’s Education Ministry will allocate nearly $3 million to create “digital educational content,” according to a tender filed on the public procurement portal Tuesday. The 300-million-ruble tender includes the creation of at least 3,000 scripted teaching plans and a thousand videos. One of the specified goals is the “formation of Russian civil identity among students…