Section: Daily Maverick (South Africa)
Newsdeck: Three Russians, one Ukrainian accused of 2014 downing of flight MH17
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands, June 19 (Reuters) – Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed, in a trial to start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Daily...
Foreign Policy & Human Rights: South Africa votes at the UN to condemn Myanmar for its abuse of minority Rohingya people
International Relations Minister Sisulu hails this as heralding a “new dawn” in human rights foreign policy – but Pretoria also voted against a resolution condemning Russian human rights violations in Crimea. …read more Source: Daily...
Spy Tapes and Amazon Clouds: South African at centre of bid for Pentagon data cloud linked to Kremlin insider
While South African, Andre Pienaar, founder of C5 Capital and exposed as the mysterious “Luciano” in the leaked “Zuma spy tapes” saga, is involved in a bid for the Jedi Pentagon Project – a cyber-cloud that will store highly sensitive data including US nuclear codes – he has also been linked to Ukrainian-born Russian oligarch, Viktor Vekselberg,...
‘Ransomware’ wave seemed aimed at old flaw and Ukraine
A global wave of cyberattacks on Tuesday exploited an already patched vulnerability in Windows software and appeared to have Ukraine as a primary target, according to computer security specialists. …read more Source: Daily...
Macron hosts Putin in latest diplomatic test
by Hervé ASQUIN France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday held their first meeting since the French leader came to office, with differences on Ukraine and Syria in full view. …read more Source: Daily...
While you were sleeping: 24 April 2017
Macron to face off against Le Pen, first American observer dies in Ukraine, and Sharapova to make a return at Australia Open. …read more Source: Daily...
American OSCE monitor killed in rebel east Ukraine
by Olga SHYLENKO and Yulia SILINA in Donetsk An American monitor with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe died after a mission patrol vehicle hit a landmine in the Russian-backed separatist east, eliciting sharp words towards Moscow from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday. …read more Source: Daily...
Bloodied Ukraine marks three years of separatist war
by Dmitry ZAKS A bloodied Ukraine marks three years Thursday since it launched a campaign against Russian-backed eastern separatists that now looks like an interminable conflict whose terms are dictated by the Kremlin. …read more Source: Daily...
Russia says ship’s crew taken hostage off Nigerian coast
A crew of seven Russians and a Ukrainian have been taken hostage off the coast of Nigeria after their ship was attacked, diplomats in Moscow and Kiev said Wednesday. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine nationalises country’s largest bank
by Dmitry ZAKS Ukraine on Sunday nationalised the country’s biggest bank in a bid to avert a financial meltdown in the war-scarred former Soviet state. …read more Source: Daily...
