Monday, Jan. 23, 2023

Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov had just broken out of Mariupol after covering the first 20 days of the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian city and was feeling guilty about leaving. He and his colleagues, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and producer Vasilisa Stepanenko, had been...

Wednesday, May. 25, 2022

The war in Ukraine took a starring role on the opening night of the 75th Cannes Film Festival and it has rarely been far out of frame since.

The parties have continued nonstop, as has the red-carpet frenzy. But throughout the French Riviera spectacular has run a discourse about the role...

Wednesday, May. 18, 2022

The last two times the Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov had films playing at the Cannes Film Festival, he couldn't attend. He was under a travel ban in Russia as part of a conviction for fraud in what was widely protested as unwarranted repression of the arts in Russia. Last year,...

Friday, Mar. 25, 2022

Dentsu Group Inc. will donate approximately 140 million yen (some $1.1 million-plus) as humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and the surrounding areas. Some 38 million yen was already provided as urgent aid to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society on Feb. 25. Another 100 million yen...

Monday, Mar. 21, 2022

A rapidly expanding number of marketers are taking specific actions to protest the Russian invasion and ongoing war in Ukraine, according to a new ANA (Association of National Advertisers) survey.

Conducted online during the week of March 14, the survey revealed that 71 percent of...

Friday, Mar. 18, 2022

As the war in Ukraine drags on, international companies still in Russia are coming under increasing pressure to leave.

Some seem to be determined to stay, some say they are reconsidering or trying to figure out an exit and some aren't speaking at all — a testament to the fraught nature of...

Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2022

Publicis Groupe is stopping its business and investments in Russia by ceding the ownership of its agencies to local management, effective immediately. 

Publicis Groupe is handing over control of its Russian operations to Sergey Koptev, founding chairman of Publicis in Russia, with the...

Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2022

McDonald's, Starbucks, Coca-Cola and General Electric--ubiquitous global brands and symbols of U.S. corporate might--all announced Tuesday they were temporarily suspending their business in Russia in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.

"Our values mean we cannot ignore the...

Friday, Mar. 4, 2022

In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Cannes Lions and its owner Ascential have banned Russian entries and delegates from the 2022 awards festival and competition.

A statement from Cannes Lions--issued today (3/4)--in support of the people of Ukraine read:

“We stand together...

Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022

Countries are snapping up the rights to "Servant of the People" — a comedy series starring the Ukrainian President, as the Ukrainian President.

Back in 2015, former actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy played Vasiliy Petrovich Goloborodko, a high school teacher propelled to the...

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