Section: Germany
Council of Europe restores Russia’s voting rights
Russia has received backing from the Council of Europe’s assembly to return to the body. Moscow had its voting rights suspended five years ago over the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukraine to rate Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People
The president’s Servant of the People party looks set to come out on top in upcoming parliamentary elections. That could shake up Ukraine’s political establishment, leading to an odd coalition and unfamiliar opposition. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukraine holds its biggest ever Gay Pride parade
Huge crowds have marched through central Kyiv for the city’s annual Gay Pride parade. Demonstrators were flanked by a heavy police contingent, but the event was ultimately peaceful. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Visiting Chernobyl more powerful than Instagram hype
The HBO series about the 1986 Ukrainian nuclear disaster has spurred visits to the reactor — and inappropriate selfies. Kai Dambach reflects on his own Chernobyl tour and the disaster’s legacy in the social media age. …read more Source: Deutsche...
MH17 investigators name four suspects to face murder charges
Three Russians and one Ukrainian national were named as first suspects in the 2014 downing of passenger jet above Ukraine. The “defense minister” of the so-called Donetsk Republic, Igor Girkin, is among the suspects. …read more Source: Deutsche...
MH17 investigators name four suspects
Three Russians and one Ukrainian national were named as first suspects in the 2014 downing of passenger jet above Ukraine. The “defense minister” of the so-called Donetsk Republic, Igor Girkin, is among the suspects. …read more Source: Deutsche...
MH17 investigators to name suspects
Almost five years after a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down above Ukraine, an international team of investigators is set to launch criminal proceedings against individual suspects. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Russia starts giving passports to Ukrainians from Donetsk, Luhansk
Russian authorities have given out the first passports to residents of Ukraine’s separatist regions, shrugging off international criticism. Kyiv said it would never recognize documents issued by the “aggressor country.” …read more Source: Deutsche...
Putin’s Russia ‘is not an empire’ despite Crimea annexation
Historian Martin Aust sat down with DW to discuss Russia’s imperial heritage and the annexation of Crimea. He also offered predictions about life in the country if and when President Vladimir Putin ultimately steps down. …read more Source: Deutsche...
‘Chernobyl’ creator asks tourists to show ‘respect’ at disaster site
Television show maker Craig Mazin reminded visitors to the exclusion zone in Ukraine that “a terrible tragedy occured there.” Tour operators have reported a huge spike in interest after the release of the miniseries. …read more Source: Deutsche...
