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Russian military forces and civilians operating under their orders pillaged thousands of valuable artifacts and artworks from two museums, a cathedral, and a national archive in Kherson before withdrawing after an 8-month occupation of the city, Human Rights Watch said today. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, its forces have reportedly looted at least five other cultural institutions in southern Ukraine – cases that amount to war crimes.
Culture
Our pick of Brussels’ best activities – online and off – for the coming week
La Monnaie continues to livestream concerts and operas scheduled for this season. Up this week, it’s young Paris versus old Vienna as the house’s symphony orchestra offers both Mozart’s Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra and Symphony Nr 39. Carrying on the Mozart series is
Der Schauspieldirector (
The Impresario), his wonderfully amusing take on the vanity within the opera world itself. La Monnaie’s very reasonably priced tickets give access to the recordings for a week.
Concert 21 February, Opera 19 February
French photographer Antoine Agoudjian spent three months in Nagorno-Karabakh, the centre of last year’s war between Azerbaijan and the Armenian ethnic majority. You’ll see the astounding results of his work during his talk The Armenians: An Abandoned People? sponsored by Boghossian Foundation (in French)