More stupid prizes…
The Russian airline industry, largely dependent on the IT products developed by the Swiss corporation SITA (Societe Internationale de Telecommunication Aeronautiqes) for booking, flight messaging, baggage tracking, and other industry-specific applications, is bracing itself for disruptions when SITA leaves the Russian market this fall.
(reprint via Yahoo)
“after a long illness”
Polonium or Novichok?
ETA:
No wonder that white American death cultists admire Putin’s regime so much.
Russian court liquidates major human rights NGO.
The Moscow City Court on Aug. 18 liquidated the Sakharov Center, a non-governmental organization focused on human rights, education, and culture. The center, named after famed Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was opened in 1996 to honor his legacy and to draw attention to the history and legacy of repression in the Soviet Union.
Those pictures give off a bit of a “Children of the Corn” vibe don’t they?