Heroes of the Ghost Brigade – Batya: ‘We took up the sword and carry it onward!’

Interview with Ghost Brigade fighter “Batya” (Dad), conducted by war correspondent “Zmey” (Snake) in Alchevsk, Lugansk People’s Republic. ‘Batya’ What is a homeland What is your homeland? Homeland is a broad concept. In a broad sense, homeland for me is everything that is connected with me, with my family, with my people, the whole of […]

Chisinau Appeals Court again upholds detention of Red Bloc political prisoners

November 5: The judicial bench of the Court of Appeals in Chisinau, Moldova, rejected the request for the release of the Petrenko Group political prisoners. Red Bloc prisoners Grigory Petrenko, Pavel Grigorchuk and Mikhail Amerberg in court, Nov. 5. Photos: Omega.md The decision was made Thursday by the judicial board headed by Judge Yuri Jordan, […]

Moldova: Police block Petrenko Group supporters from Appeals Court

Supporters of the political prisoners who came to the Appeals Court in Chisinau on Tuesday, November 3, to demand “freedom for the Petrenko Group,” were blocked from the courthouse by a police cordon. Police cordon outside Chisinau Court of Appeals, Nov. 3.Photos: Alexandr Gutovski “We came to demand freedom for the Petrenko Group. The police […]

Factory to disco: Reflections on the recent fire in Bucharest

By Jose Luis ForneoUn vallekano en Rumania / Un vallekan în România November 1: The fire at Club Colectiv in Bucharest has become international news, as this type of disaster is very popular with a media propaganda system aimed at selling easy tears rather than denouncing the deep social causes of such disasters. At bottom, […]

Petrenko after court decision: We will seek justice!

October 29: This was announced by the leader of the opposition party Red Bloc and former deputy Grigory Petrenko on Wednesday, October 28, after the court of Riscani sector in Chisinau, Moldova, decided to extend his arrest for 45 days, along with his comrades. “We will seek justice. We will appeal the decision to the […]

Alexey Albu: ‘The ideals of the Komsomol will prevail!’

By Alexey Albu Komsomol! How much is associated with that word! And not only in my life (I joined the Young Communist League of Odessa in 2004 and was in it for eight years, until 2012), but in the life of the country. Formed during the Civil War, the Young Communist League became a significant force in […]

Activists in Odessa, Gagauzia declare Bessarabian Republic of Bucak

Announcement of the re-establishment of the Bessarabian Republic of Bucak On October 28-29 in the Belgorod-Dniester area of the Odessa region, an extraordinary congress of the People’s Rada of Bessarabia was held. The event was attended by representatives from areas of Ukrainian Bessarabia, as well as delegates from Gagauzia [autonomous region of Moldova]. The participants […]

Moldova: Red Bloc salutes Day of Young Communist League (Komsomol)

Congratulations from the political party Our Home is Moldova (Red Bloc) on the Day of the Communist Youth League. Monument of the Heroes of the Komsomol in Chisinau, Moldova In world history, there is no example of a more cohesive and vibrant youth movement than the Lenin Komsomol. From a very young age, the Komsomol […]

Defying junta’s ban, Kharkov veterans march under red banners

October 28: Despite the ban on “symbols of the totalitarian regime,” Kharkov veterans came to mark the anniversary of Ukraine’s liberation from the Nazis under red banners. These photographs were published by Gennady Makarov, head of the public organization “For Cultural and Linguistic Equality.” “We laid a wreath at the Memorial of Glory, Colonel Gennady […]

Moldova political prisoner: ‘Protest against Plahotniuc is now a crime’

Oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc is the client for the case against Petrenko and his comrades. This was announced at the court hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 28, by political prisoner Pavel Grigorchuk, who was arrested along with former deputy and honorary member of PACE Grigory Petrenko for their participation in a peaceful protest on September 6. Protest in […]