Section: The Netherlands
Russian Consumer Group Raises Hell by Warning Tourists Against Traveling to Crimea
The consumer rights group OZPP says traveling to Crimea without Kyiv’s permission could result in serious legal problems. Image edited by Kevin Rothrock Last month, Russian federal censors blacklisted a travel advisory published online by a consumer protection group known as OZPP on charges of extremism. Officials targeted OZPP because it...
Russian Social Networks Start Courting Russian Users Sick of Censorship on Facebook
Russian social networks try to court Russian users who have opted for American websites. (VKontakte is sometimes represented as a cartoon dog.) Image by Kevin Rothrock. In the latest episode of Facebook’s drama with users in Russia and Ukraine, the network suspended accounts and deleted several posts belonging to a handful of prominent...
PM Rutte: Netherlands to ask UN for MH17 tribunal
The Netherlands wants ask the United Nations to establish a tribunal to prosecute the suspects in the MH17 disaster. This proposal is supported by Malaysia, Belgium, Australia and the Ukraine. The post PM Rutte: Netherlands to ask UN for MH17 tribunal appeared first on NL Times. …read more Source: NL...
Prosecutor: MH17 investigation going well
The criminal investigation into the cause of the disaster with flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine is going well, according to chief prosecutor Fred Westerbeke. The post Prosecutor: MH17 investigation going well appeared first on NL Times. …read more Source: NL...
Hashtags and User Networks in the Putin-Poroshenko Twitter Chatter
Connections between Twitter users and the hashtags they use might reveal interesting information. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. This article is part of a citizen-media data-analysis project, a collaboration between RuNet Echo and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. Explore the complete article series on the All the...
Separatists block Dutch MH17 investigation in Ukraine
Pro-Russion separatists in eastern Ukraine have denied Dutch investigators access to Luhansk area, the Pubic Prosecutor announced on Saturday. The investigators needed to do technical research into cell towers and the telephone network in the area as part of the criminal investigation into the downing of flight MH17. The post Separatists block...
The Man Who Supported Ostriches and Other Viral Adventures of Viktor Yanukovych
Former Ukrainian President Yanukovych is catching up to Vladimir Putin in meme points. Courtesy image from Twitter. Ukraine’s ousted ex-President Viktor Yanukovych is no stranger to memes and viral videos featuring his person. But after the Euromaidan protests led him to escape Ukraine in February 2014, he has been off the radar, living in...
A Picture Worth a Thousand Russian Expletives
Some of them are smiling, a few are holding drinks, and one is even gesturing the “peace sign.” There are nine people in the photo, and the third one in from the right—the reason everyone is posing together—is Alexander Borodai, the former prime minister of the breakaway People’s Republic of Donetsk. The other eight people in the photo are...
Self-Proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Now Has an Internet Blacklist
Most of the websites on the blacklist are those of Ukrainian media. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. Internet blacklists are a common occurrence in countries like Russia and Belarus, and now officials of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine have decided to join the club. Their newly-minted...
Dutch police in Ukraine looking for MH17 suspects, witnesses
A number of experts from the National Police and Defense launched a new mission in Eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. This investigation is aimed at gathering evidence in support or rejection of he different scenarios on what caused the disaster with flight MH17. The post Dutch police in Ukraine looking for MH17 suspects, witnesses appeared first on NL...
