Russian drink producer Ochakovo has unveiled a new range of soft drinks to replace the iconic brands that have left the Russian market in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.
Say hello to...CoolCola, Fancy and Street.
Established in the Soviet Union in 1978, Ochakovo primarily produces traditional Russian beverages such as fermented grain-based kvass and low-alcohol honey drink medovukha.
In April, a beverages company based in Russia’s Far East, the Slavda Group, launched Grink Cola as well.
Thread. Francesco Gioia is a rising London-based photographer, whose absorbing, candid images poetically capture the theatre of everyday life.
Born in Florence in 1991, Gioia’s creativity was encouraged by his parents from an early age, and he first became interested in photography aged 20 when he took a job with a friend of his father’s at a local photojournalism agency.
He was placed in charge of a priceless historical archive of over 3 million images (captured between 1944 and the early 90s by the founder Giulio Torrini) including, in Gioia’s own words “some of the most amazing photographs of Florence from the 50s and 60s”.
Iranian-born Melbourne-based photographic artist Hoda Afshar – best known for highlighting the plight of refugees on Manus Island.
Afshar's photobook, Speak the Wind, is a subjective conversation between reality and poetry, based, and specific to, a story found on the islands in the Strait of Hormuz, off the southern coast of Iran.
On these islands is an ancient belief that the winds can cause possession and illness.
A lot of people are talking about safe places if World War III starts.
Even the safest locations would suffer from a nuclear winter.
Most cities would be powerless against being reduced to ruins.
Even those in the most remote corners of the Earth could be impacted by nuclear warfare.
The capitals and major cities of the major nuclear-armed states would be the first to go.
Nuclear war means the smoke from burning cities could rise into the upper atmosphere, darken the sun, and create a nuclear winter that could interfere with agriculture globally.
Republic Council of the Russian Community in Azerbaijan decided to support Moscow's pro-war stance on Ukraine.
The move angered a lot of Azerbaijani Russians, which criticized the organisation for speaking on behalf of the Russian community in Azerbaijan.
Most Azerbaijani Russians on social media stated they are supporting peace in Ukraine and expressed their solidarity with Azerbaijan and Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
I'm going to translate some of the comments, written by Azerbaijani Russians.
"As a Russian woman from Baku, I'm categorically against this document. Part of the territory of our country [Azerbaijan] has been occupied for 30 years, we cannot support any military aggression against Ukraine." I.K.