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Russia’s looting of history is a theft of who we are
I first visited the looted museums of Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, in May 2024. At the time, my team at the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit and I were beginning an ...
Skeptical of Russia's data, some Western officials judge its economy by looking at Moscow from space
Russia says it's withstanding the impact of sanctions. Sweden's finance minister says satellite images show a different story ...
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Kyiv Independent identifies high-ranking Russian officer, officials involved in looting of museums in southern Ukraine
Fleeing a Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian forces collectively stole more than 33,000 historical artifacts and works of art. This museum theft is the largest in Europe since World War II.
The Painting, the Photograph and the War for Ukraine’s Culture
An image depicting a famous 19th-century painting of Cossacks, with current Ukrainian soldiers standing in for the warriors, ...
Explained: The painting at the centre of a larger Ukraine-Russia cultural war
Ukrainian troops were recently photographed by an artist to create a replica of a 19th-century painting. However, both Russia ...
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Russian gallery security guard accused of drawing eyes on painting
The security guard allegedly drew eyes in ballpoint pen on two of the three figures in the painting A Russian art gallery guard has been accused of doodling on a Soviet-era painting he was ...