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Prisoners of semantics
KIEV, Ukraine — Nadiya Kalyn rushed home to watch the two-minute video when it appeared on an anti-government YouTube channel in October. She hadn’t seen her husband’s face since he was taken prisoner by Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk more than a year before. Prisoners are fed three times daily, her...
EU Sanctions Hurting Russia More Than Kremlin Admits, Says Klimkin
“There can be no talk of lifting sanctions until Russia is brought to heel and persuaded to comply with international rules. And sanctions hurt Russia more than the Kremlin cares to admit. They are slowly reducing Russia’s ability to destabilise Europe and the world.” Writing in the Guardian this weekend, Pavlo Klimkin, Ukrainian Foreign...
The Gold Sea
The Gold Sea, by Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-1937), translated from Ukrainian by Steve Komarnyckyj. The emissaries from the gold sea come in crimson rain Its stringed light sheers apart, the bee tribes madden, Their wings playing interwoven chords mist rears, And rain spurs its white horse into crimson berries. The emissaries speak of stars in an...
Russia’s state news service applies for White House pass
The Russian state-owned news website Sputnik has applied for a White House hard pass and is seeking membership in the White House Foreign Press Group in order to become a part of pool rotations. Sputnik, which Foreign Policy magazine described as the “BuzzFeed of propaganda,” would be part of a rotating group of roughly 22 overseas outlets...
POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: Russian disinformation — Gaffes and laughs — Czech mates
EUROPEAN POLITICS OF RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION: Federica Mogherini’s squad working to counter Russian disinformation and propaganda — known as the East StratCom team — has a problem. Unfortunately for Mogherini, it’s her. Activists, analysts, national foreign ministries and political opponents in the...
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[Ticker] Putin meets Le Pen, speaks out on French election
Russian president Vladimir Putin held a surprise meeting with French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Moscow, Friday. He told press “we are not trying in any way to influence the French election”, according to the French language website of Russian state-sponsored media company Sputnik. Le Pen said, after earlier...
Marine Le Pen calls for French-Russian unity
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Friday called on Russia and France to unite, during a visit to Moscow weeks ahead of the French election. Le Pen said the two countries should work together “to save the world from globalism and Islamic fundamentalism,” Interfax news agency reported, after she visited the lower house of the Russian...
[Ticker] Russian ex-MP killed in Ukraine
Denis Voronenkov, a former member of the Russian parliament, was killed on Thursday in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, Ukrainian police have said. Voronenkov was a member of Russia’s communist party, and a critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin. He had fled to Ukraine, where he was due to testify against former Ukrainian president Viktor...
Eurovision allows banned Russian singer to compete via satellite
Russia’s entrant in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be allowed to compete despite being banned from Ukraine, which is hosting the event, the AFP reported Thursday. Yuliya Samoilova will be allowed to compete via satellite link, Eurovision chief Jon Ola Sand said, to ensure “that all artists can participate.” The organizers of...
Ukraine suspects Russian role in lawmaker’s murder
KIEV — After three decades of mob power and three years of revolution, Kiev is no stranger to the sound of bullets. But the murder of exiled Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov on Thursday outside the swanky Premier Palace hotel was shocking nonetheless. In broad daylight at a busy intersection, three bodies lay in pools of blood: one...
