Igor A. Voloshen and Lidia Alperovich, Russian speaking attorneys from Pennsylvania, are the hosts of Podcast, a podcast devoted to appraisal of interesting national, international and local news and events through the legal prism.Игорь А. Волошен и Лидия Альперович, русскоязычные адвокаты из Пенсильвании, ведут подкаст, посвященный оценке интересных национальных, международных и местных новостей и событий через призму закона.The information provided in this podcast and its social media page ...
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO /ˈneɪtoʊ/ NAY-toh; French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implements the North Atlan…
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University Protests - Протесты в университетах
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Campus protest or student protest is a form of student activism that takes the form of protest at university campuses. Such protests encompass a wide range of activities that indicate student dissatisfaction with a given political or academics issue and mobilization to communicate this dissatisfaction to the authorities (university or civil or both…
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Iran: Millenia Old Questions - Иран: тысячелетние вопросы
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Iran,[a] also known as Persia[b] and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI),[c] is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Iraq to the west and Turkey to the northwest, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman & the Persian Gulf to the south. Wi…
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Is Democracy Still Fashionable - А демократия еще в моде?
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Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized: dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections while more expansive definitions link democracy …
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Super Bowl the All American Cult - Суперкубок - всеамериканский культ
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The Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since 1966, replacing the NFL Championship Game. Супербоул (англ. Super Bowl) — в американском футболе название финальной игры за звание чемпиона Национальной футбольной лиги (НФЛ) Сое…
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Barbie and Feminism - Барби и феминизм
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Barbie is a 2023 fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with Noah Baumbach. Based on the eponymous fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated films and specials. The film stars Margot Robbie as the title character and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and follows the pair o…
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Conspiracy Theories - «Протоко́лы сио́нских мудрецо́в» - теории конспирации
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Russian: Протоколы сионских мудрецов), or The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion (Протоколы собраний ученых сионских мудрецов), is a fabricated text purporting to detail a Jewish plot for global domination. Largely plagiarized from several earlier sources, it was first published in Imperial …
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Illegal Immigration- Real Threat or a Bogeyman - Нелегальная иммиграция
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Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of that country's immigration laws, or the continuous residence in a country without the legal right to. Illegal immigration tends to be financially upward, from poorer to richer countries. Illegal residence in another country creates the risk of detention, deportation, and/…
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Anti-terrorism legislation - Антитеррористическое законодательство
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Anti-terrorism legislation are laws with the purpose of fighting terrorism. They usually, if not always, follow specific bombings or assassinations. Anti-terrorism legislation usually includes specific amendments allowing the state to bypass its own legislation when fighting terrorism-related crimes, under alleged grounds of necessity. Because of t…
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Napoleon is a 2023 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by David Scarpa. Based on the true story of Napoleon Bonaparte, primarily depicting the French leader's rise to power as well as his relationship with Empress Joséphine, the film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine. «Наполео́…
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Extremism is "the quality or state of being extreme" or "the advocacy of extreme measures or views". The term is primarily used in a political or religious sense to refer to an ideology that is considered (by the speaker or by some implied shared social consensus) to be far outside the mainstream attitudes of society. It can also be used in an econ…
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Golda: Reality of the Middle East - Голда: Реальность Ближнего Востока
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Golda is a 2023 biographical drama film directed by Guy Nattiv and written by Nicholas Martin. The film depicts the life of Golda Meir, the 4th Prime Minister of Israel, particularly during the Yom Kippur War. It stars Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin and Liev Schreiber. «Голда. Судный день» (англ. Golda) — художественный фильм израильского режиссёра Г…
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The War on Drugs: Who is winning - Война с наркотиками: кто побеждает
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he war on drugs is a global campaign, led by the United States federal government, of drug prohibition, military aid, and military intervention, with the aim of reducing the illegal drug trade in the United States. The initiative includes a set of drug policies that are intended to discourage the production, distribution, and consumption of psychoa…
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AI - Horror Movie or Progress - Иску́сственный интелле́кт - фильм ужасов или прогресс
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of machines to perform tasks that are typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning and problem-solving. Иску́сственный интелле́кт (ИИ; англ. artificial intelligence, AI) — свойство и характер искусственных интеллектуальных систем выполнять творческие функции, которые традиционно считаютс…
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Oppenheimer and Pandora Box - О́ппенгеймер и его ящик Пандоры
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The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. During this same period, in addition to the American and Soviet nuclear stockpiles, other countries developed nuclear weapons, though none engaged in warhead production on …
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Domestic Violence - Агрессия в Семье
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Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. Домашнее насилие, также семейно-бытовое насилие — насилие или дурное обращение одного человека по отношению к другому, совершаемое в домашних условиях, например, в браке или сожительстве.…
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A mercenary or mercs, sometimes also called a soldier of fortune, hired gun, or, archaically, sellsword, is a private individual who joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for politi…
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Borders or no Borders - Границы или без границ
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Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders can be established through warfare, colonization, or mutual agreements between the political entities that …
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Guantanamo Bay - Тюрьма в Гуантанамо
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The Guantanamo Bay detention camp (Spanish: Centro de detención de la bahía de Guantánamo) is a United States military prison within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also referred to as Gitmo (/ˈɡɪtmoʊ/), on the coast of Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. Of the 780 people detained there since January 2002 when the military prison first opened after the September 1…
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Cult is a term for a relatively small group which is typically led by a charismatic and self-appointed leader, who excessively controls its members, requiring unwavering devotion to a set of beliefs and practices which are considered deviant (outside the norms of society). This term is also used for a new religious movement or other social group wh…
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The Pornhub Story for Us - История Pornhub для нас
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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story is an American documentary film directed by Suzanne Hillinger. It was released on Netflix on March 15, 2023. Pornhub is a Canadian-owned internet pornography website. It is one of several pornographic video-streaming websites owned by MindGeek.As of November 2022, Pornhub is the 13th-most-trafficked website in the worl…
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Oscar for "Navalny" - Оскар за "Навального"
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Лидер российской оппозиции, юрист и активист по борьбе с коррупцией. В августе 2020 года Навальный был госпитализирован в тяжелом состоянии после отравления нервно-паралитическим веществом «Новичок». Фильм вращается вокруг лидера российской оппозиции Алексея Навального и событий, связанных с его отравлением. Навальный вернулся в Россию и тут же был…
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Is our World Really Divided? - Действительно ли наш мир разделен?
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Political polarization is the divergence of political attitudes away from the center, towards ideological extremes. Most discussions of polarization in political science consider polarization in the context of political parties and democratic systems of government. In two-party systems, political polarization usually embodies the tension of its bin…
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The law of war is the component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of warring parties (jus in bello). Laws of war define sovereignty and nationhood, states and territories, occupation, and other critical terms of law. Among other issues, modern laws of war address the declarations o…
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King Bibi: Legal Case - Король Биби: Судебное дело
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Netanyahu is the longest-tenured prime minister in the country's history, having served for a total of over 15 years. Since January 2017, Netanyahu has been investigated and questioned by Israeli police in two cases, "Case 1000" and "Case 2000". The two cases are connected. Нетаньяху является первым премьер-министром Израиля, родившимся после прово…
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Harry and Meghan: Tabloids Rule: Гарри и Меган: царство таблоидов
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Tabloid journalism is a popular style of largely sensationalist journalism (usually dramatized and sometimes unverifiable or even blatantly false), which takes its name from the tabloid newspaper format: a small-sized newspaper also known as half broadsheet. Бульварная журналистика — это популярный стиль в значительной степени сенсационной журналис…
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Colonialism: Live from Aruba- Колониализм: прямой эфир с Арубы
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Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their religion, language, economics, and other cultural practices. The foreign administrators rule the territory in p…
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Freedom of Speech vs Freedom of Love - Свобода высказываться против свободы любить
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en years ago, a Colorado baker named Jack Phillips turned away a gay couple who had asked him for a wedding cake, saying that a state law forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation must yield to his faith. A New Clash Between Faith and Gay Rights Arrives at a Changed Supreme Court A Colorado graphic designer says she has a First Amendmen…
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Nobody Understands Electoral College -Коллегия выборщиков (США)
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The United States Electoral College is the group of presidential electors required by the Constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of appointing the president and vice president. Each state and the District of Columbia appoints electors pursuant to the methods described by its legislature, equal in number to its congressional dele…
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Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime. The sentence ordering that an offender is to be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and…
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Socialism New Style - Социализм по новому
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Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the economic, political and social theories and movements associated with the implementation of such systems. Социал…
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Right to Die: what do we Think? - Право на смерть: Что мы думаем?
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Assisted suicide is suicide undertaken with the aid of another person. The term usually refers to physician-assisted suicide (PAS), which is suicide that is assisted by a physician or other healthcare provider. Ассистированный суицид — это суицид, совершенный с помощью другого человека. Этот термин обычно относится к ассистированному врачом суициду…
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From Strasburg with Love: New Europe- Из Страсбурга с любовью: новая Европа
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Live from France and the European Parliament - Strasbourg is considered the legislative and democratic capital of the European Union, Прямой эфир из Страсбурга. Страсбург имеет статус «парламентской столицы Европы»с 1992 года, поскольку является местом заседания Совета Европы с 1949 года и Европейского парламента с 1992 года. В Страсбурге находится…
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Social Media - the Fith Estate - Социальные сети - Пя́тая власть
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The Fifth Estate is a socio-cultural reference to groupings of outlier viewpoints in contemporary society, and is most associated with bloggers, journalists publishing in non-mainstream media outlets, and the social media or "social license". The "Fifth" Estate extends the sequence of the three classical Estates of the Realm and the preceding Fourt…
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Part 3 Weinstein Effect or Was There a Rape? -Часть 3 Эффект Вайнштейна или было ли изнасилование?
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The Weinstein effect is a global trend in which allegations of sexual misconduct by famous or powerful men are disclosed. The first of a worldwide wave of allegations were made in the United States in October 2017, when media outlets reported on the sexual abuse allegations made against film producer Harvey Weinstein.Эффект Вайнштейна — феномен мас…
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Part 2 Weinstein Effect or Was There a Rape? -Часть 2 Эффект Вайнштейна или было ли изнасилование
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The Weinstein effect is a global trend in which allegations of sexual misconduct by famous or powerful men are disclosed. The first of a worldwide wave of allegations were made in the United States in October 2017, when media outlets reported on the sexual abuse allegations made against film producer Harvey Weinstein.Эффект Вайнштейна — феномен мас…
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Weinstein Effect or Was There a Rape? - Эффект Вайнштейна или было ли изнасилование?
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The Weinstein effect is a global trend in which allegations of sexual misconduct by famous or powerful men are disclosed.[3][4] The first of a worldwide wave of allegations were made in the United States in October 2017, when media outlets reported on the sexual abuse allegations made against film producer Harvey Weinstein.Эффект Вайнштейна — феном…
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A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution. Бе́женцы — лица, покинувшие страну, в которой они постоянно проживали, в силу чрезвычайных обстоятельств. Беженство — массовое оставление жителями своих родных мест вследствие в…
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Decision that divided the nation - Решение разделившее нацию
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Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973),[1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion. On June 24, 2022,[24] the Supreme Court overruled Roe. Роу против Уэйда — историческое решение Верховного Суда США отн…
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Gun-related violence occurs all around the world, including (to a lesser extent) countries in which guns are illegal. Насилие с применением огнестрельного оружия происходит во всем мире, включая (в меньшей степени) страны, в которых огнестрельное оружие запрещено законом.By Lidia Alperovich, Igor Voloshen
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Inventing Anna - Show and Reality/Изобретая Анну-Сериал и Реальность
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Inventing Anna is an American drama miniseries created and produced by Shonda Rhimes, inspired by the story of Anna Sorokin and the article in New York titled "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People" by Jessica Pressler. The series was released on Netflix on February 11, 2022.Julia Garner starred as Anna Sorokin, the title character. The s…
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International Criminal Court - Международный уголовный суд
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The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt)[2] is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggressio…
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Oligarchs – are they above the law? – Олигархи – писан ли им закон?
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"Oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes. Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as plutocracies." Encyclopedia Britannica "Олигархия, правительство немногих, деспотическая власть…
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Ketanji Brown Jackson - Кетанджи Браун Джексон
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On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, filling the vacancy created by Breyer's retirement. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. She would also be the first Supreme Court justice to have served as a public defender …
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