All posts tagged Russia

  • Cartoon: Putin's Sochi
    Cartoon: Putin’s Sochi

    Over $51 billion has been spent on the Sochi Olympics, making it the most expensive Olympics ever. But how has the money been used? Political cartoonist Marian Kamensky (Austria) comments on the Vladimir Putin’s involvement in the 2014 Winter Games.

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  • Cartoon:TVExecution
    Cartoon: TVExecution

    Political cartoonist Sergei Tunin (Russia) takes a look at the action taken by three Russian television providers of pulling the plug on Dozhd (TV Rain), a TV station known for covering the country’s massive anti-government protests. The channel’s chief said the move amounts to censorship.

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