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Ukrainian leader’s wealth grows despite war, economic woes
The value of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s assets soared despite economic crisis and conflict while those of other tycoons shrank in an annual wealth list published Friday. The 50-year-old Western-backed president’s business empire ranges from chocolates to media holdings still under his control. Friday’s independent...
Russian-U.S. rivalry spreads to former Soviet states in Central Asia
After Ukraine and Syria, the ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia could become the latest venue for geopolitical rivalry between Moscow and Washington, driven by the Kremlin’s worries about Islamists and by U.S. suspicion about Russia’s true intentions. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is set to tour all five states in Central Asia,...
Russian navy holds drill to ‘repel strikes’ on Crimea
Russia said Monday its navy is holding drills off the coast of Crimea to practice thwarting an attack on the Black Sea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine last year. “Today and tomorrow ships . . . will practice the organization of repelling strikes by the enemy from the air in the Black Sea fleet’s naval […] The post Russian navy holds drill...
Ukraine rebel group bans MSF, claiming medical aid body was engaging in espionage
Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region said Sunday they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from working in the area for alleged espionage activity and other crimes. Medics with the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization were kicked out of the war-torn province along with nine other Western aid groups for...
Voting is canceled in Ukraine’s strategic port of Mariupol
Ukraine’s local elections were canceled on Sunday in the strategic southeastern port of Mariupol because of what officials described as a lack of sufficient ballots in the disputed industrial city. “Polling stations did not open in Mariupol because the ballots were not ready in the voting offices,” said electoral commission Natalia...
Communism-purging Ukrainians transform famed Lenin statue into Darth Vader
Just in time for the release of the latest “Star Wars” blockbuster, Ukrainians have transformed a statue of Lenin into one of Darth Vader, an oddly prominent figure in local politics. Soviet founder Lenin — long despised by most in nonseparatist parts of Ukraine — fell victim to a law adopted in April that ordered […] The post Communism-purging...
Ukraine’s Donetsk rebels ban Doctors Without Borders, U.N. agencies
Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region said Friday they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and U.N. agencies, a move the medical charity described as worrying. MSF provides crucial medical care for patients in the area, especially those suffering from diabetes and kidney failure, as well as operating an...
Stalin portraits and Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraine’s rebel regions
Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin are on display in the center of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukraine, as the separatist authorities fuel a mood of Soviet nostalgia. The portraits, adorning a main square, seem to go down well with one young woman walking past. “I think the portraits of Stalin […] The post Stalin...
Cyberspace becomes second front in Russia’s clash with NATO
Russian computer attacks have become more brazen and more destructive as the country grows increasingly at odds with the U.S. and European nations over military goals first in Ukraine and now Syria. Along with reported computer breaches of a French TV network and the White House, a number of attacks now being attributed to Russian […] The post...
Blame game resumes over who fired missile that brought down flight MH17
Investigators concluded Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired over war-torn Ukraine, but 15 months after the disaster Russia and the West remain locked in a bitter blame game. The Dutch-led inquiry did not identify who launched the missile that crashed into the Boeing 777 on July […] The post...
