{"id":39711,"date":"2023-03-18T18:40:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T02:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=39711"},"modified":"2023-06-27T20:09:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T04:09:02","slug":"point-reyes-station-gets-ukrainian-conflict-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=39711","title":{"rendered":"Point Reyes Station gets Ukrainian-conflict briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Betty Grinshtein, a Ukrainian immigran<\/strong>t as a child now living in Point Reyes Station, on Thursday in the town library, told about conditions in her former country and showed photos from her refugee-relief trip to the Ukraine and Poland last year.. She said she wants to go back. Pictured with her is an aunt still living in Ukraine. Her aunt holds up the three-finger (with thumb and little finger pressed together) pro-democracy gesture used in Ukrainian greetings.<\/p>\n

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Thursday’s gathering also featured artist Maddy Sobel’s illustrations<\/strong>. Seen with her is Flynn Nichols, known for dancing and chanting in the street downtown. Maddy contributed part of the proceeds from the sale of her works to a couple of Ukrainian-relief organizations.<\/p>\n

The talk and art reception had been rescheduled after a power outage two weeks ago blacked everyone out just as the event was starting. It was well worth another date.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile back in Europe<\/strong>, the International Criminal Court Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine. He’s accused of responsibility for the abduction of children, who have been transferred from occupied areas to Russia.<\/p>\n

“The moral condemnation will likely stain the Russian leader for the rest of his life,” according to the Associated Press,\u00a0“and in the more immediate future whenever he seeks to attend an international summit in a nation bound to arrest him.<\/p>\n

“The court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Maria Lvova-Belova, the commissioner for Children\u2019s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation.” The AP last October reported on her involvement in the abduction of Ukrainian orphans.<\/p>\n

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Flynn gives the newly learned Ukrainian pro-democracy gesture.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia doesn\u2019t recognize the ICC and considers its decisions ‘legally void,'” the AP reported. “He called the court\u2019s move ‘outrageous and unacceptable.’\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s a fight that’s being closely watched here half a world away.<\/p>\n

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