Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Anna Nemtsova: They stand up to stun grenades even as they hold their children’s hands
A woman cries as pro-Russia militants parade to mark Donetsk and Lugansk regions' independence from Ukraine in Donetsk on May 25, 2014/ AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY
MOSCOW - The folk dance reached its culminating moment. Young women with bright red boots and flower wreaths around their heads spun and jumped, dazzling an audience of passing art lovers. A year later, I still have a vivid picture of the opening of the Ukrainian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, the renowned biannual contemporary art and film exposition in Venice, Italy.
