Russian Director Kirill Serebrennikov Breaks Silence After Fraud Conviction: "I Am Not a Thief"

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A controversial anti-LGBTQI Russian lawmaker has introduced a bill in the Russian Duma (Parliament) seeking to ban same sex and trans marriages as well as adoptions.The latest move to strip LGBTQI citizens of rights comes two weeks after Russia voted for Constitutional amendments that would allow Vladmir Putin to remain President for another 16 years.The national vote had sought to change the Constitutional provisions, including a law that would define marriage as a union between man and

Hackers linked to the Russian intelligence agencies are targeting British scientists seeking to develop a coronavirus vaccine, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned.In a joint statement with the US National Security Agency and the Canadian Communication Security Establishment, the NCSC said the attacks were part of a global campaign by the group known as APT29 to steal the secrets of vaccine research.NCSC director of operations Paul Chichester said: “We condemn these despicable

Russian hackers did interfere in the UK general election last year and are actively trying to steal covid vaccine research from western labs, the government has admitted. In a dramatic turn of events Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has claimed that documents detailing UK-US trade talks posted online during the general election were “amplified” by Russian actors.

Leaked government documents highlighted by the-then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during 2019's general election campaign were almost certainly “amplified” online by “Russian actors”, the government has said.The papers relating to UK and US trade talks were used by Mr Corbyn to back his claims that the Conservatives were preparing to “sell off” the NHS.In a written Commons statement, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: “On the basis of extensive analysis, the government has concluded that it is

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in India in 2019; in 14 markets in the Middle East and Africa in 2018 (including South Africa); and in Vietnam in 2017.

Saw horror franchise is allegedly threatening to murder LGBTQ people in five European cities.So-called Knife International was purportedly behind a website, “Saw Against LGBT,” which featured the character Jigsaw from the Saw films and listed the names of prominent LGBTQ activists in Russia.The website offered access to names and information of potential victims, and offered rewards to users for hunting down LGBTQ people and doing “anything but kill” to their prey.However, LGBTQ rights activist

VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Lithuania's media watchdog says it has banned the broadcasts of the state-controlled Russian television channel RT, effective Thursday, following a similar decision made in Baltic neighbor Latvia last week. The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania said Wednesday’s decision follows recommendations of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry to close the channel, saying the Russian who allegedly controls RT, Dmitry Kiselev, is currently blacklisted by the European Union.

Jon Burlingame Viewers were treated to two different takes on an 18th century Russian empress this season: HBO’s four-part “Catherine the Great,” starring Helen Mirren, and Hulu’s 10-part satirical “The Great,” starring Elle Fanning.The aims were very different, and so were the musical approaches by English composer Rupert Gregson-Williams, who undertook HBO’s serious dramatic adaptation, and American composer Nathan Barr, who tackled Hulu’s comedic flight of fancy.Gregson-Williams — reunited

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Chernobyl the big-budget Russian action drama about the titular nuclear disaster, has been acquired by Capelight Pictures for North America and German-speaking territories, with the company partnering with MPI Media Group on the U.S. release.Moscow-based sales agent Central Partnership continued sales efforts on the title during the Cannes online market last week, as well as the Russian Virtual Content Market earlier last month.

HELSINKI -- The Baltic nation of Latvia has banned the state-controlled Russian television channel RT, saying that it is effectively controlled by a media figure who is under European Union sanctions. But the man in question, Dmitry Kiselev, mocked the move Tuesday, saying that he never was in charge of RT.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWithin two weeks of David France reading an article in The New Yorker about the persecution of LGTBQ people in Chechnya, he was on a plane headed to Moscow.It’s there that he first met the men and women who are featured in his new documentary “Welcome to Chechnya,” which premieres Tuesday on HBO.

Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence.