🇸🇰 Slovakia - first EU country to lift ban on cooperation with Russia and Belarus in the field of culture.

A law prohibiting any cultural cooperation with Moscow and Minsk was signed in Bratislava in 2022.

There are dozens of military conflicts in the world - art and culture should not have to pay for this - the Slovak Ministry for Culture press secretary states.

Just look at both flags - "we're not so different you and I..."

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⚡️00:44 SELFIE TIME: Soldiers hoist Russian flag in Bogdanovka village, west of Artyomovsk (formerly Bakhmut) Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine.)

There are also reports of Ukrainian troops' retreat from the village of Krokhmalnoye, Kharkov region (East Ukraine.)

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🇺🇦 DRUMMING FOR SALVATION: Breakaway Ukrainian church continues to improvise on rituals, holding a service using unusual musical instruments.

What's next - a DJ booth?

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🇷🇺 "LORD, SAVE ME" - Russian soldier films what he believes are his final moments.

Heavily injured, the man describes injecting himself with frozen painkiller and attempts to crawl out of harm's way as shooting resounds.

All looks hopeless, but the prayer is heard. The man recites poetry, shortly before being rescued and brought back to camp.

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⚡️ LIFELESS BODIES SCATTERED at a Sunday morning market, as Ukraine slaughters civilians with NATO-supplied weapons.

Reportedly 13 killed and 10 seriously injured at a Donetsk (ex-Ukraine) market - reports Head of region Pushilin.

UPDATE: 18 confirmed killed.

UPDATE: 25 confirmed killed, including several children.

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⚡️🇱🇻 PERSECUTED LATVIAN JOURNO SPEAKS UP in IntelRepublic exclusive series.

Alla Berezovskaya reveals that international organizations for the protection of journalists ignore plight of opposition journalists in Latvia.

The situation with my colleague journalists is a complete infringement on freedom of speech, but no matter where we ask for help - nothing happens. I am a member of Reporters without Borders - and nobody has supported our plight.

I was due in Court on January 15, but I got the flu on January 12. I was granted absence, however on the day the police still arrived at my house and tried to forcibly take me to Court.

Berezovskaya's a Russian-speaking journalist in Latvia. Riga rounded up 14 of her colleagues simply because they speak Russian and worked with Russian companies BEFORE they were even sanctioned.

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