Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Inside Russian torture chambers where Putin’s men 'electrocute their victim’s penises'
dailystar.co.ukRussian forces. Vladimir Putin's men have been accused of horrifying war crimes since his invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, an accusation that Moscow continues to deny despite glaring evidence to the contrary.
On Tuesday (September 20), the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office revealed there had been inspections of two sites in Kozacha Lopan, a village in the Kharkiv region, "where the Russian army tortured civilians during the occupation".READ MORE: Delusional Putin 'likely to be murdered by own generals' if he tries to launch nukesOfficials said in a Telegram post: "The occupiers set up torture chambers in the basements of the railway station and a local store."The Russian military forcibly detained people, subjected them to torture, physical and psychological violence."Law enforcement officials are now trying to track down victims and gather evidence.
They hope to one day "bring justice to the Russian military". A second Telegram post confirmed that the torture chambers were set up by Russian forces when the area was occupied by the invaders. "In a semi-basement room, they subjected people to physical and psychological violence," the office reported. "In a cell that can hold four people, the Russian military held more than 20.
According to the victims, they slept in turns because there was no room."Vitaly Oliia, 40, was one of the Kozacha Lopan residents tortured by Putin's men.Speaking to The Kyiv Independent 10 days after the village was liberated on September 11, he claimed he was detained because of his prior service in the Ukrainian military.
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