Russian Actor Fires on Ukrainian Army

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    A Russian actor wearing a helmet marked "Press" has been caught on video firing a machine gun from a battle site in eastern Ukraine, in a stunt that provoked outrage on Russian and Ukrainian social networks. After the video of Mikhail Porechenkov discharging his machine gun from Donetsk Airport was posted Thursday on the YouTube account of separatist "Novorossia TV," Russian-language hashtags "#PorechenkovKiller" and "#PorechenkovTerrorist" went viral on Twitter, with some journalists saying the actor had brought additional dangers to reporters in war zones. Read more: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-actor-slammed-on-twi…