Section: Africa&ME
FUNDAMENTALLY FREUND: Bring home the Subbotnik Jews of Ukraine and Russia
Snow doesn’t seem to deter the small local community of Subbotnik Jews from faithfully trudging to their modest synagogue, where they continue to turn their hearts and their hopes toward Zion. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Top 5 Ways Putin has won big in Syria and why Europe is embracing him
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia is so far winning big in Syria, and making Moscow’s projection of force in the Middle East a reality that the other great powers have to recognize. As Russia has emerged as a major combatant against Syrian al-Qaeda and against Daesh (ISIS, ISIL), it is being accepted back into a Europe...
France to Strengthen Ties with Russia despite Sanctions
France is working to strengthen its relations with Russia in spite of Western sanctions imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
No special status for east Ukraine without ceasefire: president
Ukraine will not give its eastern regions greater autonomy until a lasting ceasefire with pro-Russian separatist rebels is in place, President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday, in comments that could antagonize the rebels and the Kremlin. Ukraine’s parliament had been due to vote this week on legislation to devolve more power to its regions,...
Kremlin dismisses US accusation of corruption against Putin
The Kremlin has rejected a US official’s accusation of corruption against Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the claim official and challenging the US to provide evidence for it. Adam Szubin, the acting under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Treasury, claimed on the BBC Panorama program aired on Monday...
Russia says won’t hold talks on returning Crimea to Ukraine
Russia refuses to hold any talks on returning Crimea to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
US Treasury official calls Russia’s Putin corrupt – BBC
A US Treasury official said the United States considers Russian President Vladimir Putin to be corrupt and that it has known this for “many, many years,” the BBC reported on Monday. Adam Szubin, acting Treasury secretary for terrorism and financial crimes, said in an interview with BBC Panorama that the Russian president has been amassing secret...
South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians: UN panel
The United Nations Security Council should place an arms embargo on South Sudan, while the oil-rich country’s President Salva Kiir and a rebel leader qualify to be sanctioned over atrocities in a two-year civil war, UN sanctions monitors said in an annual report. The confidential report by a UN panel that monitors the conflict in South...
Putin is ‘picture of corruption’: US Treasury official
Russia’s president Vladmir Putin/FILELondon, Jan 26 – A senior US Treasury official has directly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, in a BBC programme. The US government imposed sanctions against a number of Kremlin insiders in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, but did not accuse Putin of direct...
Harmony Over Hatred: Ethnic Conflict in Crimea is a Western Media Myth
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia’s Crimea is a territory where the rights of each and every nationality are observed, according to Polish journalist Mateus Piskorski. …read more Source: Fars News...
