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Andri Priyadi, Russian Federation

The 35 Photography Awards

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I'm sure this post sounds super intelligent, unless you actually bother to look up how anti-EU parties behind Brexit such as the UKIP feel about the Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin.

Then it just sounds odd.

Nationalists defy EU condemnation of Russia abuses

Anti-EU parties including UKIP vote against a European Parliament resolution, which condemns Russian human rights abuses.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43555253

Pro-Ukip Twitter account with 100,000 followers may be Russian disinformation campaign

Experts warn thousands of fake and automated accounts are currently online 

Far-Right nationalists, in general, whether British, American, or something else, tend to just looooove Putin and the RF. Which makes a lot of sense, because they share so many core beliefs, such as Christian nationalism, cronyism, nativism, hatred of homos, letting the poor starve, and keeping women barefoot and pregnant.

Treating a Ukrainian national's attack on Nord Stream 2 (which of course she portrays as 100% an American conspiracy, probably because Papa Putin says it was) and Trump's slapping Mexico and Canada with tariffs as part of one coherent American plan is also ... certainly a take.

Trump's rather singular obsession with tariffs are based mostly on his rather flawed understanding of economics and his belief that they be used to help for his tax cuts, boost manufacturing (which it might or might not) and somehow magically stop illegal immigration and drug smuggling (which it will not, because drug smuggling is driven heavily by Americans' demand for illegal drugs. The current opioid crisis was actually driven heavily by the overprescribing of opioids by the American medical industry, not by the supposed evil machinations of China or Mexico or anyone else. But rather than admit that most of this crisis is self-inflicted, I suppose it is much easier to just blame foreigners.)

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"Chess Set Dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the Great Patriotic War of 1812 (32 pieces)" crafted by Alexander Krylov, Russian Federation, 2011.

Materials: amber, wood, velvet

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A frescoed ceiling by Giuseppe Valeriani and Antonio Peresinotti, Stroganov Palace, St Petersburg, Russian Federation. Photo by George Shuklin.

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Ural laika photographed in 1909 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky in the original three-color method. Location: Exact unknown, Ural Mountains Region.

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20 April 1981. After extensive redesigns of the Sukhoi T-10 (Su-27), the Sukhoi T-10S made its first flight. The revised aircraft incorporating improvements to reflect Soviet response to the American F-15's specifications. Production started in 1982.

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: ENSURE URGENT MEDICAL CARE FOR DETAINEE

Dual Russian and Belgian national Mikhail (“Mike”) Lochtchinin was arbitrarily detained in Russia on July 1, 2025 when he tried to enter the country to visit his father, who is in poor health. He is standing trial on fabricated charges of “high treason” stemming from conversations with his Ukrainian ex-girlfriend who asked him for personal financial support. He is being held in inhuman and degrading conditions. His health has deteriorated and he lost vision in one eye.

Call on the Russian authorities to immediately release Mikhail Lochtchinin and allow access to adequate healthcare, and the charges against him must be dropped

PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UNTIL: July 15, 2026

Here is how you can take action:

Send a letter to the Russian authorities

Scroll down to Step 1 and Step 2 to access the full Urgent Action appeal, sample letter, and U.S.P.S. mailing address (if available).