Something, something, General Winter…
On Tuesday night (shortly before I as well as the whole neighborhood around the movie theater had to evacuate from a huge fire) I saw a special screening of the documentary Porcelain War, which was a very well-done, intimate portrait of a couple of Ukrainian artists who are fighting the war by day and making whimsical porcelain art by night. They had a small dog that really stole the show.
After the screening the makers and subjects of the film were there for a Q&A session. (Including the awesome dog) The film won at Sundance and the Ukrainian government decided that it was worth it to send these guys out for a few months to promote the film, even though the guy is a member of Ukrainian Special Forces.
So I highly recommend it, if you get a chance to watch:
Not sure how publishing photos protects them from public curiosity, but still.
Russian human resources are very much not unlimited. They just seem unlimited, because Russians are spending lives wastefully.
Yes, they’ve been facing a low birthrate and population decline for years now, but they’ve revived a Stalin-era plan that’s sure to shore up their numbers: