Fifty years ago, Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He discusses that day, the war in Ukraine and the challenges facing Russian artists today.
Tag: Riga (Latvia)
A Russian Editor Evades Putin’s Censorship
Galina Timchenko, founder of the dissident news site Meduza, has adapted as the information noose has tightened since the invasion of Ukraine.
Latvia tears down a controversial Soviet-era monument in its capital.
A 260-foot-tall obelisk erected in 1985 to honor Soviet soldiers who ended the country’s World War II Nazi occupation was toppled on Thursday.
Putin and West Spar Over NATO’s Military Ties to Ukraine
Tensions over Ukraine escalated as Russia’s leader demanded “legal guarantees” that the Western military alliance would not expand to the east, a position NATO regards as untenable.