Web personal de Yvan Figueiras Ruiz y su obra literaria
| We didn’t have to wait long. Just five days after three Russian oil tankers caused an ecological catastrophe, we have had the sequel. This time it was two cargo ships from the already famous Dark Fleet that took center stage off the Spanish coast, amid breakdowns and shipwrecks. This is what happens when we forget to carry out the necessary maintenance. Waiting for the next episode of the Putovich boys Enjoy! |
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On February 24, 2022, news shook the world: Russian forces had invaded Ukraine in what the Kremlin called a “Special Military Operation.” This is the story of those early days. At the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many expected a swift victory, but Ukrainian forces put up unexpected resistance, especially on the land front. However, Russia initially dominated the Black Sea with its powerful navy, destroying the Ukrainian fleet. The Ukrainians quickly adapted, creating a form of naval guerrilla warfare. By January 2022, Russia had reinforced its naval presence with amphibious ships, such as the Pyotr Morgunov and Ivan Gren classes, as well as submarines. Russian naval operations aimed to maintain a deterrent presence in the Black Sea to prevent NATO intervention, including military exercises and missile launches aimed at weakening Ukrainian morale. On February 24, 2022, Russia captured Snake Island, a key location near Odessa, after a famous exchange between Ukrainian border guards and the Russian warship Moskva. The Ukrainian soldiers’ refusal to surrender became a symbol of resistance, and later, Hrybov, the soldier who famously told the Moskva to “fuck off,” was awarded Ukraine’s highest honor. The defenders were initially reported dead, but were later found to be alive, and the Ukrainian Postal Service issued a stamp in their honor. Russia also imposed a naval blockade in the Black Sea and attacked third-country ships. On the eastern coast, Russia conducted amphibious landings near Mariupol, but despite positioning forces near Odessa, no large-scale assault took place. In response to the advancing Russian forces, the Ukrainian Navy sank its flagship, the Hetman Sahaydachniy, to prevent its capture. |
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Recently, the Russian “Shadow Fleet” has become an ecological time bomb, the most serious example of which was on December 17, when three river oil tankers sank near the Kerch Strait. What were these tankers doing sailing in a sea for which they were not authorized and in weather conditions far worse than their old hulls could handle? We will explain how something like this could have happened, from the point of view of a professional navigator and diver. There are no “filler” images; all the video clips correspond to the real events that occurred. Enjoy! Enjoy! |
After a long wait, we have some good news. Friday, October 4th my last book, R.M.S. Titanic is going to be officially presented in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the best of companies, four of Guante Blanco Publishing writers.
After years of sleeping, my favourite book is back on the shelves.
You can get it in the publisher’s website:
https://www.editorialguanteblanco.com/publicaciones/rms-titanic/
We’ll keep informing!
Jack el Destripador: caso abierto is the most comprehensive investigation work in spanish about the crimes that terrorized London’s Eat End in the fall of 1888.
Nowadays we know the profiles of these women that became victims of a double edged sword: the victorian society that marginalized them and turned them into pariahs, leaving them to suffer alcoholism, misery and forced prostitution; and the hand of a killer that used the gutters of that same society to murder them freely.
The work, winner of the VII Juan Antonio Cebrián Prize, dives into the crime scenes turning the spotlight on the suspects files, evidence, press report of the era, victims’ biographies, social context and the most recent investigations, turning the reader into a real detective.
The Kom Ombo temple, built in the ptolemaic period is remarkable for being the only doble temple in Egypt, with its north side consecrated to Haroeris and the southern to the crocodile god Sobek.
Kom Ombo was a place where medicine and surgery were practiced, with such a skill that even today seems surprising. Its reliefs of medical instruments, including a stethoscope in one of the back chapels are very famed throughout the egyptological world.
If you see a bunch of cobras near the temple, don’t worry. They are quite harmless.
The Denderah temple –consecrated to the cow goddess Hathor– is one of the less frequented, in spite of its importance and its pristine state of preservation, of the whole Egypt, mainly because of being so far from the mainstream tourist tours.
It is known for the horoscope that covers the ceiling of one of its chapels and specially for being home of the famous “Denderah Lightbulb”. The latter is a bas relief in which many people see a modern light bulb, although orthodox egyptologists postulate that is the mash up of a djed pillar and a lotus flower with a snake inside of it.
The Horus Temple in Edfu is the best preserved temple in Egypt. The actual building, raised between 237 and 57 b.C, was built on top of much older structures. Its reliefs tell us the story of its own construction, along with different legends, including the mythical struggle of Seth and Horus, who was trying to avenge his father Osiris’ death.
Many of the ceilings show the damage caused by fire; perhaps an attempt of the christians to destroy the pagan images; perhaps the remains of bonfires of the people that chose to seek refuge in the temple in ancient times.
The temple of Seti I in Abydos is one of the most magical in Egypt. Where the great egyptologist and paleographer Dorothy Eady –better known as Omm Sety– stated that she had lived in ancient times like the priestess Bentreshyt, very close to Seti himself, durin the XIX Dynasty.
It is here where we can find the famous cartouche with the superimposed name of Seti and his son, the future Rameses II, showing out some strange images, in which many people believe to see a submarine, a helicopter, a tank and other modern machines.
The immense complex at Saqqara was built by the architect, mathematician and doctor –he would be later even deified– Imhotep, under orders of the pharaoh Zoser, during the III Dynasty. Along the beautiful Stepped Pyramid –the inspiration of the upcoming egyptian pyramids– we could admire the reliefs and paintings of several tombs open to the public and –if we are lucky– explore the interior of faraoh Unas’ pyramid.
Although it may not be easy securing a permit, we recommend to visit the Serapeum, one of the most –if not the most– misterious places in Egypt. A tunnel complex where dozens of gargantuan sarcophagus are stored, supposedly used for mummification of sacred ox. The problem is that when they managed to move the lids of the sarcophagus, there was nothing to be found in the inside…