In his recent remarks to congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of his countrymen and women, and of his land, in loving terms. I immediately remembered the poetry of Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) set by David Nowakowsky (1848-1921), of the Brodsky Synagogue in Odessa, which evokes ...

Yossi (Ohad Knoller) is the stoic company commander of an Israeli Defense Forces unit on the Lebanese border. Jagger (Yehuda Levi), who got his nickname thanks to his fun-loving rock star appeal, is the platoon leader. They have a secret. When they walk off in the snow together, it isn't because the...

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake is a contemporary ballet based on the Russian romantic work Swan Lake, from which it takes the music by Tchaikovsky and the broad outline of the plot. Bourne's rendering is best known for having the traditionally female parts of the swans danced by men. It was the longest-...

WINNERS OF THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2022!
@KALUSH Orchestra representing Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. The song Stefania is a tribute to Oleh’s mother, which she only heard for the very first time when she saw her son’s band compete in Ukraine’s Eurovision pre-se

Russia is in the midst of a violent crackdown against lesbian, gay, bi and trans people - fueled by laws that make it a crime to be open about who you are and who you love. The Olympic games are our best chance to end to Russia's outrageous anti-gay laws -- but to do it, it's going to take lots more...

The temperature in Harbin reaches forty below zero, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok , Russia , just 300 miles away. So what does one do here every winter? Hold an outdoor festival, of course! Rather than suffer the c...

Residents of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, celebrated their country winning the Eurovision song contest on Sunday morning. As many predicted coming into this politically charged Eurovision final, held in Turin, Italy, Ukraine were the big winners as the international public seized the chance to show thei...

⯑ ANTIPOSITIVE RUSSIAN TOUR ⯑ Fragrance that makes people fall in love and do anything that the person wearing it wants them to do. Was seen by close to 4 million people in two days since it was published.

Russian dancers Artem Gerasimov, Igor Sharoyko and Alexey Kots have joined forces with Moscow-based photographer Alex Yocu, for his first nude photo series, and the results are absolutely stunning! He met Artem, Igor and Alexey as they were rehearsing for a brand new show in Moscow which features 8 ...

The team of www.oikotimes.com and www.avmag.gr attend the World Outgames and Antwerp Pride 2013. On August 9th at 18:00 local time, various gay and straight people gathered outside the Russian consulate in Antwerp kissing outside the official offices of the Russian government. The WOGA 2013 are expe...