#Pivovarov

[un-ionizetheradlab]

Russia just freed SIXTEEN political prisoners in a prisoner swap with the West!

Among the released political prisoners are:

Oleg Orlov, a longtime dissident and the co-chair of Memorial, an organization created in 1989 to chronicle the USSR's human rights abuses and educate Russians about the history of political repression;

Sasha Skochilenko, an LGBTQ artist who was imprisoned in April 2022 for replacing price tags at grocery stores with data about Russian destruction in Ukraine, deemed treasonous under Russia's "fake news" law;

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a political dissident who was fundamental in bringing about the Magnitsky Act to sanction Russian human rights abusers, and who was poisoned twice by the KGB in attempted assassinations before being sentenced to 25 years in prison for "treason";

Evan Gershkovich, a young American journalist who was arrested in Russia while reporting for the Wall Streeet Journal in March 2023 and sentenced to 16 years in prison for "espionage";

Paul Whelan, American former Marine who was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor for "espionage";

Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for spreading "fake news" about the war in Ukraine;

Andrei Pivovarov, an opposition activist who headed the pro-democracy organization Open Russia before being imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony infamous for its torture of prisoners;

Ilya Yashin, a young opposition politician who was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for publishing YouTube videos about the war in Ukraine; when Russian authorities "encouraged" him to leave the country, he chose instead to stay;

Lilia Chanysheva, opposition activist and regional coordinator of Navalny HQ; in her final speech before the Russian court, she tried in vain to appeal to the judge's sense of empathy: "If you put me in jail for 12 years, I will be too old to bear a child. Give me a chance to be a mother!";

Kevin Lik, a dual German-Russian citizen who was arrested as a minor for "photographing military sites" shortly before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine; he was the youngest person ever to be convicted of treason in Russia;

Rico Krieger, a German man sentenced to death in Belarus for supposedly planting explosives on a railroad track to help the Ukrainian army;

Dieter Voronin, a dual German-Russian citizen and political scientist who was arrested in 2021 in connection to a treason case involving Russian journalist Ivan Safronov;

Patrick Schobel, a German man arrested in February 2024 at the Pulkovo International Airport in St Petersburg when customs officers found cannabis gummies in his luggage, in a scenario very similar to that of Brittney Griner;

German Moyzhes, a dual German-Russian citizen and lawyer who was charged with treason for helping Russians obtain European residency permits;

Vadim Ostanin, opposition activist and Navalny associate arrested in 2021 for his work with Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation;

Ksenia Fadeyeva, dissident and Navalny associate sentenced to 9 years in prison.

[jareckiworld]

Viktor Pivovarov — White Bird (enamel on fiberboard, 1977)

[lascitasdelashoras]

Victor Pivovarov - Room Pivovarov

[girlsoviet]

Wet hair by Viktor Pivovarov 2005

[kustavglimt]

Viktor Dmitrievich Pivovarov: Untitled (1999)

pen, crayon and gouache on paper

[bokusaka]

so i’ve been listening exclusively to music by a ukrainian singer for the last few weeks and i was going off about him and how much i love his music at dinner last night and my dad asked ‘if you don’t understand it, how do you like it so much? what makes his music so good to you?’ (not judging at all, honestly just curious) and i couldn’t answer. i had no idea. but the answer just occurred to me now at 5:30am. i think the reason i like his music so much, and why half my music library is in languages i don’t understand, and why i have a huge collection of soundtrack and classical music, is because to me, music isn’t about the lyrics. music is 100% sound and emotion and feeling to me. even when i listen to music in a language i do understand, i could listen to a song on repeat for a month before what the lyrics actually mean register in my brain. i don’t listen to music for the lyrics. if i hear a song and the sound resonates with me, then i’ll love the song. i don’t have to understand what the lyrics are saying. and with my original example, this ukrainian singer sings with so much heart and feeling, i don’t need to understand what he’s saying to be moved by his music. his style is exactly my taste, and the emotion he puts behind his songs resonates with me entirely. and his voice is so beautiful. so is his face but that’s entirely beside the point

[halloweenmoviewatchlist]

The Witch (2016)

[russianreader]

In Izhevsk

A [billboard] advertising the delivery of “Cargo 200” has gone up in Izhevsk. It’s a timely service with good prospects. Source: Andrei Pivovarov, Facebook, 28 December 2022. Earlier this years, Mr. Pivovarov, a well-known Russian opposition politician, was sentenced to four years in prison for “leading an undesirable organization,” i.e., Open Russia. Prominent opposition politician Ilya…

[russianprotesters]

"There are many people who are dissatisfied, but that doesn't mean they like the ideas of democracy." Andrey Pivovarov on his plans for political activity and what to do with sanctions against Russians Former head of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov was released as a result of a prisoner exchange on August 1. The politician had been in prison longer than most of those released — three years and two months. Verstka spoke with Pivovarov about life in the colony, details of the exchange, and plans for the future. In his opinion, it is important now to weaken the system in Russia and put pressure on what is happening in the country through available resources. Pivovarov notes that there are many Russians who are unhappy with what is happening, this does not mean that they like the ideas of democracy, but it is important to reach these people. "I have received letters from people in other countries who say that they went to picket the embassy, ​​raised money, we did something else - which is certainly very good - and are waiting for people in Russia to finally open their eyes and take to the streets. But this is not right. You can't say this from a comfortable position. This approach is unacceptable, as is the approach of sitting and waiting."

https://t.me/freepivovarov/12780

[jareckiworld]

Viktor Pivovarov — View of the Statue (oil on canvas, 2022)

[nochoirliketheirsong]

Song #134

I think I found this song in a list of most popular YouTube video in each country in a certain month? I'm not sure, but it stood out to me because I liked the beat, I discovered it has a really good bpm for walking. I used to have a bpm playlist for taking walks but it was generated with the Spotify api, so not all songs on it had enough of a good beat even if they were the right bpm. I really should update it soon.

[robynsassenmyview]

Pretty little Mother Earth

"Pretty Little Mother Earth", a review of Mavka: The Song of the Forest', at the European Film Festival South Africa until 28 October 2023.

MAVKA’s ally Swampy, the last of the kitty frogs in the land behind the mountain. Photograph courtesy imdb. Toss together the notion of undisguised good and evil, with a bit of lumpen docility in between; the forces of nature with those of easily corruptible and gullible humanity, blend it with hard-boiled yet utterly gorgeous computer-generated animation and a traditional Ukrainian and Slavic…

[miniaturejudgeturkeytree]

Look "Артем Пивоваров - Ой На Горі Tекст/Lyrics" on YouTube

Artem Pivovarov - Oh there on the mountain text

[sovietpostcards]

V. Pivovarov. Cover art for Ovsei Driz’ “The Boy and the Tree” (1976).

[dontforgetukraine]

[Mykhed] came across a “perfect” explanation of what the great Russian and Slavophile novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky stands for at Tate Modern: a painting by the Soviet artist Viktor Pivovarov with the title “(He) Hit Me with a Hammer and Burst into Tears”. “This is the best example and explanation of the so-called Russian soul... They make a barbarian atrocity, then they cry (provoking compassion) and start all over again.”

"Ukrainian author Oleksandr Mykhed: ‘We do not know how much time we have’"