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odinsblog · 10 months
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Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2014 for his role as an accomplice in the killling of Politkovskaya, 48. She worked for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and wrote stories critical of Kremlin policies during the early years of President Vladimir Putin's term, the war in Chechnya and human rights abuses.
She was shot and killed in the elevator of her Moscow apartment block, triggering outrage at home and in the West, and emphasizing the dangers faced by independent journalists in Russia. Her death on Oct. 7, Putin’s birthday, led to suggestions the shooting — in which the Kremlin denied any role — was done to curry favor with the president.
Four others also were convicted in the killing: gunman Rustam Makhmudov and his uncle, Lom-Ali Gaitukayev, who received life in prison, and two of Makhmudov’s brothers, who received 12 and 14 years.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, private military contractors and the Defense Ministry have offered prisoners their freedom in exchange for fighting in the war.
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ammg-old2 · 1 year
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I found it hard to get to sleep on Thursday night, after seeing news that a Moscow court had charged the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with espionage. The images from outside the court shocked many of us. The Moscow press pack is a tight-knit community, and Gershkovich’s colleagues from the BBC, the Financial Times, Politico, and other publications posted “Journalism is not a crime” on their social media. As a journalist who has covered Russia for most of my career and worked closely with many foreign reporters, I count myself among Evan’s friends. The spying charges—a ludicrous pretext for what is, in effect, hostage-taking by the Russian state—threaten the 31-year-old reporter with a possible sentence of 20 years in prison.
Multiple Russian sources told me that, according to their knowledge of how Russia’s government operates, such a consequential action—the first arrest of an American journalist on espionage charges since the Soviet era—could not have been authorized without President Vladimir Putin’s assent. They also said that the razrabotka, an old KGB term for a surveillance and investigation operation, had begun against Gershkovich weeks before his arrest. It had been triggered, they said, by a paragraph in an article published in late December that carried his byline, along with those of three other Journal staff.
The Journal article described how intelligence reports from frontline commanders in Ukraine were “edited” by the KGB’s successor organization, the Federal Security Service, or FSB, before reaching Putin’s hawkish ally Nikolai Patrushev, a former KGB agent who’s now the secretary of Russia’s Security Council. A source with connections in the Russian state media who asked not to be named for reasons of personal security told me that they read the article as suggesting Patrushev was, in effect, “censoring the reports from the battlefields for Putin.” By the time the reports have been filtered through Patrushev and reach Putin himself, they are “often out of date,” the Journal reported, and “carefully calibrated to emphasize successes and play down setbacks” in the progress of the war.
Last week, a man was reportedly abducted from outside a restaurant in Yekaterinburg, near the Ural Mountains, and with his face obscured by a sweater pulled up over his face, he was bundled into a van by security officers. The Journal could not verify whether this man was in fact Gershkovich, but the reporter was in the city working on assignment, and the details described were instantly recognizable as the hallmarks of an operation by the FSB. Gershkovich was quickly transported to Moscow and locked up in the notorious Lefortovo Prison, where many victims of Stalin’s purges had been tortured and shot.
The very same FSB was the agency that certified the Russian foreign-affairs ministry’s clearance for Gershkovich, the usual vetting procedure for members of the international press in Putin’s Russia. “Old KGB officers always thought of Americans as their enemies, but now they see themselves fighting a war with Washington, so Patrushev and his key men in FSB are extremely vindictive,” Gennady Gudkov, himself a former KGB officer, told me.
He shared the view that the December Journal article had touched a sore spot among Putin’s associates—“so in their view,” the report was “driving a wedge between Putin and the FSB, between Putin and Patrushev.” Gudkov, who was also a deputy in the State Duma (one of the few willing to voice public criticism of Putin), told me that Patrushev has high political ambitions for his son, 45-year-old Dmitry Patrushev, who currently serves as Russia’s minister of agriculture.
After the Kremlin began its suppression in 2021 on the Nobel Prize–winning human-rights group Memorial, and last year forced the closure of Russia’s preeminent independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, the remaining foreign correspondents in Moscow commonly discussed whether they themselves might be the next target for the FSB. Those fears have now been borne out. I spoke with Ivan Pavlov, a leading attorney in Moscow who specializes in politically sensitive cases like Gershkovich’s. “Now the rules have changed,” he told me. “Every accredited correspondent for American media should realize that they are seen as enemies, as a potential hostage for swapping.”
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sitting-on-me-bum · 2 years
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Water flows across a ridge of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, one of the nuclear test sites for the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The data from these tests are now giving scientists a high-resolution peek into the bowels of our planet.
PHOTOGRAPH BY MAXIMILIAN BUZUN, ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
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quo-usque-tandem · 2 years
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Novaya Zemlya, Norway
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suenitos · 6 months
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let’s kill her
okay ❤️ yay ❤️🔪
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unfogging · 1 year
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Come mai un passaporto russo è diventato sinonimo di un biglietto per il fronte?
Chi sono le persone che oggi richiedono la cittadinanza russa e cosa rischiano facendolo?
Nelle ultime settimane, le autorità russe hanno condotto retate e arresti apparentemente mirati a combattere l’immigrazione illegale, ma i veri obiettivi sembrano essere stati i cittadini russi naturalizzati di recente, che non si sono ancora registrati presso l’ufficio di leva locale. Chi sono le persone che oggi richiedono la cittadinanza russa e cosa rischiano facendolo? Il mese scorso,…
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Russia's own September terrorist attacks of 1999 have largely been forgotten by many abroad, despite considerable evidence that these attacks were planned by none other than Russia's own Federal Security Bureau, rather than accused Chechen terrorists.
America's Central Intelligence Agency has evidence on the series of apartment bombings that spread terror throughout the Russian Federation during that fateful month, but they refuse to release it. Reportedly, this is to avoid damaging the relationship between America and Russia, a statement that now looks worse than foolish.
I strongly recommend Russia scholar David Satter's The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep for a detailed treatment of this topic, as well as Blowing Up Russia, by Yuri Felshthinsky and the murdered former FSB agent, Alexander Litvinenko.
It's time for Western nations to publicly demand answers from Russia about the September 1999 bombings. David Satter noted in his books that Westerners find it unbelievable to accept the idea that Russian authorities might be capable of blowing up their own citizens in order to retain power. Satter urged his readers to discard this view and be prepared to accept the unacceptable: that Russian authorities have no respect for human life whatsoever and possess Machiavellian levels of cynicism.
Russia will not conduct an independent investigation into these crimes. People who did were either arrested (Mikhail Trepashkin) or suddenly died (journalist Yuri Shchekochikhin in July 2003 and politician Sergei Yushenkov three months earlier). Very few Russia analysts and commentators have consistently linked numerous high profile assassinations in Russia to the ongoing attempts to find out the true cause of the September 1999 bombings.
The murder of renowned journalist Anna Politkovskaya in October 2006 is largely attributed to her criticism of Putin's regime and that of Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. In fact, Politkovskaya was yet another Russian seeking to uncover the truth about these bombings, and copied into her diary several lengthy comments from Russian politician Irina Khakamada about key discrepancies in the authorites' version of events. The aforementioned Yuri Shchekochikhin was her colleague at the Novaya Gazeta.
The September 1999 bombings are a matter of international interest and potentially contain egregious violations of international human rights law. We already have a precedent for investigating such events in Russia. In August 2020, agents from Russia's Federal Security Bureau poisoned Russian politician Alexei Navalny with Novichok. Becuase Novichok is a banned chemical weapon, the international community correctly demanded an explanation from Russian authorities about its manufacture and use, and access to Russian soil to investigate further. Unsurprisingly, Russian authorities have refused to comply.
But this doesn't have to be an obstacle. Organisations such as the United Nations could make themselves useful for once by issuing a meaningful resolution accusing Russia of deliberately orchestrating the September 1999 bombings and being criminally responsible for the murder of 307 Russian civilians and the injuring of over 1000. (In Ryazan, where police discovered FSB agents planting a fourth hexogen bomb, residents eventually developed sleep and heart problems.)
Russian diplomats will undoubtedly complain and make threats, as will the Russian government, but the effect of these will be countered by Russia's current and entirely self-inflicted isolation. Russian authorities have lied and will continue lying about these events, as well as throwing in all manner of distractions to make the population forget. Russian authorities cannot deceive everyone outside of Russia, however.
The widespread knowledge of possible FSB involvement in the murder of Russian citizens will cause serious damage to Putin's international reputation and hopefully justify further arrest warrants and investigation at the International Criminal Court.
And let's not forget that the Beslan school siege also occurred in September, three days that resulted in the deaths of 333 people and the injuring of over 700. Many of the fatalities were children, who died when FSB agents stormed the school in defiance of all safety and antiterrorist measures. Questions remain as to who orchestrated this attack, questions that David Satter also addresses in The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep.
It's time to bring back investigation into the 1999 bombings in Russia. They are the centre of the criminality that has occurred inside and outside of Russia since 1999. It's time for the truth.
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niveditaabaidya · 1 year
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Novaya Gazeta Journalist Attacked In Russian's Chechnya. #ukraine #chech...
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danceoftheday · 2 years
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Performed by: Daniel Allwell, BABY, Jordan Boury, Megan Charles, Samuel Mena Garcia, Emily Haygarth, J’Adore La Vie, Kim Petras, Novaya Shey, Sakeema, Sam Smith, Pfion Vince, and Aleshia Williams
Number: “Unholy”
Choreographer: (LA)Horde
Style: Pop
From: Official music video for “Unholy” by Sam smith and Kim Petras (2022)
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motvongthegioi · 2 years
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Những sự thật kinh ngạc về các bãi thử bom hạt nhân bí mật nhất thế giới
Những sự thật kinh ngạc về các bãi thử bom hạt nhân bí mật nhất thế giới
Trong cuộc đua nghiên cứu và sản xuất vũ khí hạt nhân, Mỹ và Liên Xô đã tiến hành thử nghiệm vũ khí này tại nhiều bãi thử bom hạt nhân. Maralinga: Khu vực ở miền nam Australia, nơi diễn ra các cuộc thử nghiệm vũ khí hạt nhân, từng được người dân địa phương coi là nơi thiêng liêng. Kết quả là 20 năm sau khi kết thúc các cuộc thử nghiệm, một hoạt động đã được tổ chức để dọn sạch Maralinga. Đây là…
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lennadanvers · 2 months
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Tsar Bomba*
Johnny Soap MacTavish x Reader
A/N: This is just angst. I wrote it quite some time ago, but I guess it's time I post it. I'm not sure if I really like it, but at least it has a cool name lol. It may or may not have a part 2. The ending I have in mind is not happy, either way. Other than that, I guess the only TWs are mention of past trauma, mentions of a narcissistic father, past narcissistic abuse, and just Johnny fucking up. If I missed anything, please let me know and I'll add it.
*Tsar Bomba: Soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over Novaya Zemlya island in the Arctic Ocean on October 30, 1961. The largest nuclear weapon ever set off, it produced the most powerful human-made explosion ever recorded. (Amy Tikkanen, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2024)
Soap is an asshole. A complete and utter idiot, with zero regards for other people and their feelings. A stupid pile of scottish-
“Aren’t you gonna go after’er?”
When Ghost is giving you relationship advice, you know it’s bad. Not like Johnny didn’t know that before Simon asked one of the most useless questions he’s heard. Which is to say something, because even he's asking himself that same question.
Am I not gonna run after her?
Of course, the question doesn’t come alone. It implies many others, each of them a punch to the guts.
Should I? Does she want me to? Would it change anything? Do I deserve to drag this any longer? Why would she want me to be with her? Is she even capable of forgiving me? Am I? How could I do it? Why am I so stubborn? Why couldn’t I just do as she said just this once?
Truth be told, most of the questions are accusations. Guilt. Johnny doesn’t fight them. On the contrary, he sides with the feeling in an absurd display of a split personality. One part of him punches, kicks and bites (sadly, in his head he doesn’t carry any guns… Which is, now that he thinks about it, okay, because he deserves a very long suffering); and the other bares the weakest parts of him: neck, belly, the way he’s always known he doesn’t deserve the love he needs… Both versions of him have red cheeks and wet eyelashes.
For the first time since he’s met you- but not the first in his life- Soap thinks he should die. The same way he knows any object he lets go of will fall to the ground, he should die. It’s the next logical step: he let go of you- more like threw your heart to the floor, the thought makes him flinch-, so now it comes the end. You ran out the door, and now…
Now you’re coming right back.
You’re stomping in his direction. You’re blushing, dark red cheeks and nose that he usually finds beautiful, but that right now look awful. Because it’s rage red, hurt red, indignation red;and it’s all directed to him. All provoked by him. Stupid, idiotic him. Asshole him.
Maybe it’ll help you, to yell exactly that at Soap. Even better, you’ll do it in front of Simon. His closest friend, his coworker, his superior… He deserves the humiliation. You deserve to inflict it. You deserve everything.
You stop where it’ll be clear you’re yelling at him, but not close enough for him to touch you- he wouldn’t dare, either way. Except you don’t yell. You just take a deep breath and clench your fists.
“I fucking told you, Soap.”, your voice is shaking, and so are you. And him, now that you didn’t call him Johnny, “I told you to not do that. I told you why I… Why he… I told you!”
You had told him. Twice. He even had asked about it the second time. “I don’t have a relationship with him. I haven’t spoken to him since I was in high school. I moved away as soon as I could, and I’m happy I did. He’s not in my life anymore”. You were so proud when you said that, that there wasn’t a place in your life for your father.
You give Simon a quick glance, and the man stares back at you. He’s not going to pretend he hasn’t been present for the whole interaction. He’s not going to pretend he isn’t listening to you. It clearly makes you uncomfortable, but Johnny is willing to let you know that Ghost will probably kick his ass after this- maybe it’ll help a little with the awkwardness.
Your voice sounds more like a growl when you keep talking.
“I said I never want to see him again! Why would you do that?! Why did you…! He knows where I live! He went to my fucking job, MacTavish!”
Your lips trembles. You’re breaking a little, and he doesn’t know what it is. Pain? Fury? Frustration? Betrayal? Fear? Whatever it is, you make it disappear with another deep breath.
Johnny is terrified. One deep breath and your whole face relaxed. Your eyes don’t look like they’re about to flood your cheeks anymore. It’s a mask that says nothing. You’ve closed off.
It’s a stab to his spine. He knows you used to do this. You used to cry in the bathroom, quietly, and come out like nothing happened. You used to not be able to let him know how you felt. It took you years to cry in front of him for the first time. To trust him. To learn that he was safe.
And he violated your trust.
“This is over. We are over. I warned you! You knew not to do this, the only thing I… I don’t… If you wanted to do it you should have said so, that way I wouldn’t have wasted… You had no fucking right, Soap! I fucking told you I hate him. He went to my apartment! He was there! Why would you…? You had no right!”
He opens his mouth. Doesn’t know what to say, though. Or, actually, he doesn’t know what he can say. Sorry? Not nearly enough. Not even a fraction of what he feels, and even less than a portion of what you deserve. Soap knows the only thing that would fix this, he can’t do: not having done it in the first place. Not tracking your father down. Not asking him to meet up. Not thinking he wasn’t that bad. Not telling him how good you’re doing, despite how proud Johnny was of you. He should have never asked him for his blessing to marry you.
But you don’t want to hear his silence any longer.
“Don’t! I don’t want to see you ever again. I hope you’re happy. You know him now, congratulations! Now you know everything. I bet he was so fucking nice with you. I bet he said he was so proud of me, even if I never treated him right, didn’t he?”
No, Soap is every opposite of happy. Yes, he said that. Yes, at the time he thought your father was nice. He wants to stab himself in the heart for thinking that. He knows that man was an awful parent to you- hell, he wasn’t even a parent.
But that was his mistake, wasn’t it? For Johnny MacTavish, family is the most important thing. Without family, nothing else is worth it. And seeing you celebrate birthdays and holidays only with friends, knowing your family was out there, far from you… He didn’t want that to happen in your wedding, too.
Key words: he and wedding. First mistake: it wasn’t about him. Fucking selfish asshole. Second mistake (this one was more of an idiotic fantasy that he didn’t deserve): wedding. Yes, maybe his father had asked his mother’s dad for her hand before proposing. And? Those were Johnny’s parents. Why in hell would you want him to ask someone else if it was okay for you to marry him?
“He does that! I’m not crazy... He’s- he's nice to other people! He’s manipulating you. And I’m not going to have that narcissistic bastard in my life. You and him can stay the fuck away from me! Even if you didn’t love me, there was no need to do it.”
Don’t love you? Soap wants to cry- his body is just frozen in place. He is a miserable person. All he does is love you. How did he manage to make you think otherwise? To make you feel otherwise? How did he dare do the only thing- the worst thing…?
Your head snaps violently in Simon’s direction, and Soap can almost see him bracing himself for what’s about to come. Which is an unnaturally calm and controlled voice.
“I’m sorry you had to see this, Simon. And I’m so sorry you have a friend who doesn’t understand boundaries or respect, at the very fucking least. I’ll put his stuff in a bag, and I’ll leave it with the doorman, in case you want to go get it for him. I’m sorry you got involved in this, I… I’m so sorry.”
There you are, apologizing again. Johnny was working on that with you. He had been for the past couple of years. But you’re doing it again, even though it is not your fault. It never is, and you’re always sorry, and he wishes he was dirt so at least you could step on him without feeling guilty. And he wants to rip his own heart out and hand it to you. He wants to use his stupid nails to scratch his stupid chest open, his stupid hands to break his fucking ribs and any other bone he can find in the way. He wants to crack his head open against the wall. He wants… It doesn’t matter what he wants.
Because you’re leaving.
You’re leaving, and you’re not crying. You’re so hurt that all the effort you did to open up, all these years working on learning how to be vulnerable, just disappeared. You’re back to the place you were when he met you. Except it’s worse now.
He made a mess. Johnny fucked you up.
For the millionth time today, he wants to die.
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Saving Activist Andrey Gnyot. VPN Protest. Charity Lecture by a Political Philosopher.
You are watching the news from the weekly rally at the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is August 24, 2:30 PM.
Since the end of last week, Belarusian and Russian activists have been holding a protest demanding that Belarusian activist Andrey Gnyot not be extradited to dictator Lukashenko. On August 21, Andrey and his lawyers shared the details of his case on the European Radio channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-upcgkIwWSA
On August 25 at 2 PM, we will gather in front of the Serbian Embassy in Lisbon at Rua de Alcolena 11. https://www.facebook.com/events/1043644033328903/
If you cannot come, please take photos with posters and send them to us at [email protected].
Sign and share the petition that could help Andrey in the Serbian court. https://www.peticije.online/slobodazaandreja
Also, support the fundraising for his legal defense. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-andrey-gnyot-save-his-life
We believe it is important to support Andrey because we understand the problems that dictator Lukashenko creates for Belarusians. Recently, with great difficulty, the rock band Bi-2 was saved from deportation to Russia. https://www.change.org/p/thailand-free-bi-2-rock-band
Currently, Russian citizen Vladislav Arinichev is under threat of deportation from Croatia. The reason is that Putin labeled him a "terrorist" and "extremist" for his anti-war statements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU2JQ9NArqo
In April, Novaya Gazeta Evropa reported that Rosfinmonitoring is adding both people suspected of terrorist activities and, for example, employees of an Orenburg gay bar in a case about the alleged "extremist LGBT movement" to this list. This list already contains more than 14,000 people, including well-known journalists, politicians, and theater figures. https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/04/02/s-nachala-2024-goda-spisok-terroristov-i-ekstremistov-rosfinmonitoringa-popolnilsia-na-rekordnye-669-chelovek-17-iz-nikh-nesovershennoletnie-news
Back in 2018, Novaya Gazeta reported how law enforcement agencies find "extremism" in social media posts. https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/08/21/77560-etot-spisok-grazhdanskaya-smert
In the Freedom House Internet Freedom Rating, Russia ranks fifth from the bottom, while Belarus is seventh. https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-net/scores?sort=asc&order=Total%20Score%20and%20Status
On August 23, the director of the "Internet Protection Society" Mikhail Klimarev reported disruptions in the work of Telegram, WhatsApp, and Viber. https://t.me/zatelecom/28739
On July 26, he shared two working methods for bypassing the blocks and slowdowns of YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbTGhCYFIsY
These are the Ceno Browser and VPN generator. https://censorship.no/ru/download.html https://t.me/vpngeneratorbot/?start=BrSh2607
The Telegram channel "Tech Talk" published a link on how to purchase Amnezia VPN while bypassing the blocking of their main site. https://t.me/ru_tech_talk/543
They also provided instructions on how to connect MTProxy, which helped with Telegram blocking in 2018. https://t.me/ru_tech_talk/544
While Russians are protesting by installing VPNs, Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov burned the files of Russian draft dodgers at the Sudzha military registration and enlistment office, calling them "smart people." One of the comments under this video reads: "One Ukrainian soldier helped these people more than their native Russia." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qaeEidnquCE
On August 27 at 7 PM, we will hold a charity lecture on what a revolutionary situation is. The lecture will be given by political philosopher Ilya Budraitskis. We recommend registering using the phone number listed on the poster so that we can better understand how many viewers will attend. https://www.facebook.com/events/1021147643042506/
We are holding this event as part of our regular support for the Netherlands Orphans Feeding Foundation, which works to return stolen Ukrainian children. If you can't come, please make a donation from home. https://www.every.org/orphans-feeding-foundation/f/help-us-return-the-deported
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marina-greens-blog · 1 year
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Friends, we spoke with the management of the "Kazkova Dibrova" zoo in occupied Novaya Kakhovka. they confirmed to us that the zoo was completely flooded and only swans and ducks could escape 😭💔
The person we spoke to (name withheld for security reasons) said: "We tried our best to keep the zoo under occupation. Now it no longer exists."
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Подводная скульптура «Гнездо» Underwater sculpture "Nest"
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У берега острова Гили Мено в Индонезии вы можете найти невероятную скульптуру под названием "Гнездо".
В 50-ти метрах от берега острова, напротив отеля, находится подводная скульптура «Гнездо». Ее создал известный британский скульптор Джейсон де Кейр Тейлор.
Подводная скульптура под названием «Гнездо» состоит из 48 человеческих фигур в натуральную величину, которые образуют вечный подводный хоровод, привлекая к себе подводных обитателей. В будущем скульптуры покроются морской растительностью, а человеческие фигуры постепенно будут превращаться в коралловый риф.
«Прежде всего «Гнездо» посвящено вопросам защиты окружающей среды. Фигуры установлены в круг, символизируя собой круг жизни, и вскоре они сами станут местом, где будет бурлить жизнь. Скоро бетон покроется мягкими кораллами и морскими губками, образуя основу для нежных твёрдых кораллов и постепенно превращаясь в коралловый риф. Инсталляция представляет собой мост между миром людей и моря. Она доступна для всех, поскольку расположена прямо рядом с пляжем. Я надеюсь, что люди приедут посмотреть на неё и как на произведение искусства и как на точку входа в подводный мир.» — Вот что рассказывает о своём произведении сам скульптор.
Off the coast of Gili Meno Island in Indonesia, you can find an incredible sculpture called "The Nest".
50 meters from the shore of the island, opposite the hotel, there is an underwater sculpture “Nest”. It was created by the famous British sculptor Jason de Cair Taylor. The underwater sculpture, called “The Nest,” consists of 48 life-size human figures that form an eternal underwater circle dance, attracting underwater inhabitants. In the future, the sculptures will be covered with marine vegetation, and the human figures will gradually turn into a coral reef.
“First of all, “The Nest” is dedicated to environmental protection issues. The figures are installed in a circle, symbolizing the circle of life, and soon they themselves will become a place where life will boil. Soon the concrete will be covered with soft corals and sea sponges, forming a base for delicate hard corals and gradually turning into a coral reef. The installation represents a bridge between the world of people and the sea. It is accessible to everyone as it is located right next to the beach. I hope people will come to see it both as a work of art and as an entry point into the underwater world.” — This is what the sculptor himself says about his work.
Источник: //www.sunvoyage.com.ua/udivitelnoe-uskustvo-pod-vodoj/,
Telegram -Океан(https://t.me/+I3eMpAv2CpA4OGIy),
//traveltimes.ru/подводная-скульптура-гнездо-в-индо/,
/baliforum.ru/p/novaya-dostoprimechatelnost-gili-meno-podvodnaya-installyatsiya-gnezdo,
/inspiretravel.ru/world/indonesia/gili-meno/attractions/14-nest-sculpture.
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