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Ukraine’s art and culture under attack

War on culture: how Russia is destroying museums and taking art from Ukraine. Presented by Irena Taranyuk.

Artworks taken from collections, museums destroyed: Anastasia Soroka and Grigor Atanesian explore what's been happening to Ukraine's cultural heritage since the war began, in a special ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Russian report.

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A Somali perspective on the Mo Farah story
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K-pop's plastic problem
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(Photo: Russian journalists remove portrait of Arkhip Kuindzhi, painted by his pupil Grigory Kalmykov, from Mariupul Kuindzhi Art Museum basement. Credit: Screenshot from UNION TV Channel)

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