March 2022 - Page 3

On March 10, the Warm Orgy team and queer artists held a queer musical event, the proceeds of which will be fully transferred to help Ukraine. According to the organizers of Queers for Ukraine, good music and a friendly atmosphere set it apart, also a drag show was also held.

The series of queer events has just started and will happen monthly. According to the organizers, queer events “will allow queer artists to work in the space and express themselves in the language of art.”

The money raised to help Ukraine was collected in several ways: the fee for attending the event, the money collected at the bar, and the money collected in donation boxes will be fully used by the Ukrainian people.

Last week, on March 6, a group of hackers replaced the online broadcasts of several Bulgarian TV channels with the meme about Russian President Vladimir Putin, called Gay Clown Putin.

Gay Clown Putin appeared on Bulgarian air with the anti-war caption, Make Love, Not War. The viral meme was featured on several Bulgarian national television channels, including NOVA TV, Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, Bulgaria On Air, and Bulgarian National Television.

According to Novinite.com, Bulgaria’s largest English-language news agency, and Bulgaria On Air, a viral meme was shown on the screen for several hours as a result of a hacker attack, with some TV stations shutting down until Monday, with Bloomberg and Bulgaria On Air shutting down. .

The hackers, whose identities are not yet known, managed to penetrate into the domain system of the TV channel service provider using the existing vulnerabilities.

The cyber-attack came after Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Mikhail Fedorov, issued a statement on February 26 calling on amateur or professional hackers to join forces to fight Russian forces.

Fedorov said in a statement that Ukraine wants to create an IT army to fight Russia, and added a link to the telegram group, which soon gained more than 35,000 users.

Since the group was formed, hackers volunteering to distribute footage of the ongoing war in Ukraine, have hacked numerous Russian media pages and stolen files from Russian government agencies.

The famous internet meme, which depicts Vladimir Putin against the background of the LGBTQ flag, appeared on the social network Tumblr in 2013 in protest of Russia’s “gay propaganda” law. Since then, viral memes have often been used for protests in various parts of the country.

In Adjara, Shuakhevi municipality, the office of the pro-Russian and violence inciting party Alt-Info was closed before opening. Soso Zoidze shared a video depicting the removal of the banner, on his Facebook page.

Before Shuakhevi, the office of the violent party was closed in Khulo as well. The opening of pro-Russian party offices was followed by protests in other cities as well: the party office in Gori was painted red, and anti-Soviet nostalgia inscriptions were left on the office banner in Akhaltsikhe. The civil movement Sirckhvilia has released a petition demanding an end to the broadcasting of Alt-Info and the Russian propaganda media in Georgia. The petition has more than 10 thousand signatories.

ACT, a global research and management consulting firm, conducted a randomized telephone survey in which 87% of the Georgian population stated that “the Ukraine war is also our war.”

The majority of the population (84%) directly express the opinion that “Russia is the enemy”. About 11% don’t share this opinion, while the remaining 5% are neutral.

The vast majority of the population (91%) unanimously agrees that the current events in Ukraine are a war crime by Russia and the truth is on the Ukrainian side.

According to the survey, almost half of the country’s population (49%) did not expect Russia to start the war in Ukraine, 17% thought that the war would start only in the occupied territories, and one in three respondents (31%) expected the war to start in Ukraine, including the capital. .

As for who will win the war, 63% believe that Ukraine will be victorious, 12% believe that Russia will be the winner, 20% do not know the exact answer to this question. Also, there are people (5%) who believe that this war will not have a winner.

9 out of 10 respondents want Ukraine to win (88%), while a small number (1%) want to see Russia win.

51% of the Georgian population expects problems from Russia in any case, regardless of how events unfold in Ukraine and thinks that Russia can invade Georgia no matter the outcome.

The results of the research showed that the events of the war are painful and relevant for the population. The majority of respondents (96%) agree that the ongoing processes in Ukraine are partially or fully related to Georgia.

The survey was conducted on March 4-6 and the number of respondents surveyed was 809 people, and the sampling error was 2.4%.

Lately, numerous media outlets have contacted me to record an interview. This letter is the answer to all these requests and my word as a witness from Ukraine.

It was impossible to believe what happened a little over a week ago. Our country was quiet; Our towns and villages are full of life. On February 24, we all woke up to the news of a Russian attack. Tanks crossed the border into Ukraine, planes violated our airspace, rocket launchers surrounded our cities.

Despite claims from Kremlin’s propaganda that the events are a “special operation”, the fact is that this is a mass murder of Ukrainian citizens. Probably the most horrifying and sad part of this attack is the death of a child – 8-year-old Ellis, who died on the streets of Okhtirka, whom his grandfather tried to protect. Or Polina from Kiev, who died in the bombing along with her parents. 14-year-old Arsen, who was hit in the back by debris and could not be rescued because an ambulance could not arrive in time due to the fire.

Russia says that “this is not a war against civilians”, so I will first mention the names of the children killed.

Our women and children now live in mine shelters and basements. Probably everyone has seen the photos of Kiev and Kharkov metro stations, where people are lying on the floor with children and pets – locked up. For some it’s just a result of the war, for Ukrainians it’s a horrific reality. In some cities, families are unable to leave shelters for days because of indiscriminate and relentless bombing that destroys civilian buildings.

The first newborn of the war saw the ceiling of the basement, breathed in the cramped air of the underground bunker for the first time, and the people witnessing their the first moments were locked up, frightened people. Currently, dozens of children have never seen peace. This war is being waged against civilians and not just because of the bombing. Some people need intensive care and constant treatment that they cannot get. How easy is it to make insulin in the basement? Or take asthma medications during a fire? Not to mention the thousands of oncology patients for whom essential chemotherapy and radiation treatment have been discontinued.

Locals are hopeless on social media. Many people, including the elderly, the seriously ill, and the disabled, are separated from their families and no longer have any support. The war declared against these innocent people is double the crime. Our roads are congested with refugees. Look into the eyes of these tired women and the children who will bear the heartache of leaving behind the loved ones and the life they had. The men who take them to the border can not hold back their tears as the families separate, but they still return heroically to the battlefield to protect our freedom. In spite of everything, despite all the horrific events, the Ukrainians do not give up.

Aggressor Putin thought he would take Ukraine by blitzkrieg, but he could not properly assess our country, our people and their patriotism. Ukrainians, despite their political views, mother tongue, faith and nationality, showed incomparable unity.

The Kremlin propaganda claimed that the Ukrainians, as survivors, would be greeted with flowers, but they are greeted with Molotov cocktails. I am grateful to the residents of the cities that were attacked for providing coordinated assistance to anyone who needed it. I am also grateful to those who work in pharmacies, shops, public transport, social services, because they have shown that life in Ukraine wins.

I must mention all those who have provided humanitarian assistance to our citizens and thank them for their continued support. Thanks to the neighbors who opened the borders and sheltered the women and children, thank you for being safe when the aggressor limited our ability to do so.

Thanks to people all over the world who have organized marches in support of Ukraine. We see you! We keep an eye on you and appreciate the support.

Ukraine wants peace, but will defend its borders, its identity and it will never fall. In cities where bombing continues, where people are trapped under rubble, unable to get out of basements, we need safe corridors to provide humanitarian aid and evacuation. We need those who have the authority to impose a no-fly zone to do it! 

Close the sky and we will deal with the ongoing war on the ground.

I am addressing the media: Keep telling the truth and cover the current events in Ukraine. All the evidence is vital in the context of the war waged by the Russian Federation.

With this letter I confirm and tell the world: the current war in Ukraine is not a “war somewhere”. This is a war in Europe, near the border of the European Union. Ukraine is trying to stop the force that may invade your cities tomorrow and call it the protection of its citizens to justify it.

To me and my people, last week it all seemed like an exaggeration, but today it is a reality in which we live. We do not know how long it will take. If we do not stop Putin, who is threatening to start a nuclear war, there will be no safe place for anyone.

We will win, because of our unity, the common love of Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!

The office of the pro-Russian group Alt-Info was opened in Khulo yesterday, but the locals made them leave on the same day. The mentioned information was spread by the member of the Solidarity community, Edo Javakhidze on his Facebook page.

“Can’t say anything about others, but on the opening day in Khulo we closed the Alt-Info office. The moment I informed Dato Solomonidze or about who they were, he immediately made the right decision and kicked them out,” Javakhidze wrote on Facebook.

The opening of Alt-Info offices was followed by protests in other cities as well: the office of a pro-Russian group in Gori was painted red, and in Akhaltsikhe locals made anti-Soviet nostalgia inscriptions on the office banner. At the same time, the civil movement Sirckhvilia has released a petition demanding the suspension of broadcasting for Alt-Info and Russian state channels in Georgia. The petition is signed by more than 10 thousand people.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, spoke at a Sunday service about Russia’s attack on Ukraine. He accused liberal Western values, which he said supported a gay Pride March.

Putin launched a war on Ukrainian territory on February 24. Patriarch who has a close relationship to Putin said that “Pride March was created to demonstrate that sin is part of human behavior and that if you want to join their club, you must organize March in honor.”

Cyril said that “these values” are rejected in the Donbas region, so he described the war as “Choosing God’s values”.

“They have been trying for 8 years to destroy what exists in Donbas. In Donbass, on the other hand, the values ​​offered by those in power are fundamentally rejected. If humanity does not see sin as a violation of divine law, but as human behavior, it will be the end of civilization,” said Cyril, who described the conflict as “a very important event in politics.”

Ilia II also spoke about the ongoing war on the territory of Ukraine, although neither Ukraine nor Russia have mentioned it.

“There is a war in some countries, we are sad that there is a war. We pray. We try not to take part in aggravating the situation,” Ilia II said in his sermon.