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Starving Citizens? Russia Bulldozes Tons of Cheese
‘Insane, stupid and vile’: ban of Western food as part of Crimea tit-for-tat has steamroller crush 9 tons of cheese, bacon incinerated. …read more Source: Arutz...
OSCE sees no weaponry crossing from Russia into Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) says no weaponry has crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border during nearly a year of observations. …read more Source:...
‘OSCE saw no military hardware, weaponry crossing from Russia to Ukraine’
No military hardware, weaponry or people bearing arms have crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border during nearly a year of observations, said Paul Picard, the chief of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission deployed at border crossing points in Donetsk and Gukovo. “We have not seen any military equipment...
Donetsk rabbi opens summer camp for Ukrainian war refugees
“In Ukraine the need for these summer respites is most acute. These are Jews in crisis,” grandmother at camp says. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Outrage after Russia steamrolls tonnes of Western food
Move follows Vladimir Putin’s decision to trash all western imports in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: AL...
Outrage as Russia burns piles of illegally imported Western food
MOSCOW // Government plans for the mass destruction of banned Western food imports in Russia have provoked outrage in a country where poverty rates are soaring and memories remain of famine during Soviet times.Even some Kremlin allies are expressing shock at the idea of “food crematoria” while one orthodox priest has denounced the campaign, which...
FEMEN reacts to ‘sexist’ condom ad during a Turkish-Ukrainian football match
The message of a brand’s condom banner ad during a football match between Turkish and Ukrainian teams on TV has outraged the feminist protest group, FEMEN, on the grounds that it promotes sex tourism in Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Five soldiers, one civilian killed in east Ukraine
Clashes between Ukraine’s military forces and pro-Russia fighters leave five Kiev soldiers and a civilian dead. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Clashes Kill Five Troops, Civilian
Ukraine on Thursday reported the death of five soldiers while pro-Russian rebels accused government troops of killing a civilian in clashes following failed talks on ending a 16-month conflict in the country’s east. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Book review: Soviet Leaders and Intelligence by Raymond L Garthoff
The Soviet Union was very poor at many things – planning an economy, caring for the well-being of its citizens, butting out of the business of other sovereign states – but one aspect of statecraft it mastered was the art of spying. The American bomb soon became the Soviet bomb, in large part due to the work of nuclear physicist, and spy, Klaus...
