The news of the death of another Ukrainian warrior – the victim of a virtual ceasefire between the Ukrainian and Russian forces in the Donbas, announced on July 21 – appears against the backdrop of news no less tragic about a nuclear weapon test disaster that released radioactivity with a 16-fold excess of the norm in Severodvinsk, Russia. But the Russian ruler is somehow not very concerned about the catastrophe, which some are already starting to talk about as the “second Chornobyl.” Instead Putin focused his attention on different entertainment: his trips to Crimea, motorcycle rides, and the beating of participants in Moscow protests by his security forces.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a motorbike before the Babylon's Shadow motorbike show in Sevastopol, Crimea on August 10, 2019.
