Band leader Maria Rounova told state news agency TASS the motifs in question are old Slavic symbols after the Russian police raid, which had spectators lying down on the floor.
Ukraine’s intelligence was also involved in a cyberattack that damaged the IT infrastructure of the telecom and rendered services inoperational across Russia.
Valeriy Semenov remained at Chornobyl throughout its occupation, trying to prevent a second disaster there. Here’s his account of how: ‘They Were Looking for Biolabs, But Got Irradiated’