Section: The Netherlands
MH17 wreckage en route to the Netherlands
The wreckage of Malaysian Airways flight MH17, brought down by a missile over eastern Ukraine in July, left Charkov in… …read more Source:...
MH17 wreckage shipped to the Netherlands this week
Parts of the wreckage of the Malaysian Airways plane which was brought down by a missile over Eastern Ukraine in… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Twitter Account Chronicles Euromaidan Protests Day by Day
The Euromaidan protests have left behind many photos, videos, and social media content. Image by Mikhail Palinchak on Demotix. How do you remember Euromaidan? A new Twitter account allows social media users in Ukraine and beyond to relive the history of the Euromaidan protests as they happened. Сьогодні розпочинаємо проект “Майдан – День за...
Four Crimean museums to go to court for return of treasures in Amsterdam
Four museums in Crimea are taking legal action to force a Dutch museum to hand back treasures loaned before Russia… …read more Source:...
The Ferguson Protests are Actually About Russia. Here’s Why.
Image by hans peter meyer on Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Late on Monday, a St. Louis County grand jury made the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The controversial decision and the unfolding situation in Ferguson generated much discussion on social media in the...
Internet Trolls Use ISIS to Write About Eastern Ukraine
Image from the Vkontakte community “Islamic State of Donbass and Lugant.” A series of videos has appeared on VKontakte and YouTube featuring eastern Ukrainian militia in Donetsk and Luhansk, mixed with footage of ISIS militants in Syria and North Caucasian fighters in Russia. The montage has a soundtrack and everybody’s smiling, trading...
No evidence of Ukraine attack planned on Dutch minister, security service says
The Dutch security service says it has found no evidence that foreign minister Bert Koenders was the target of a… …read more Source:...
One Year Later: Ukrainians Remember Euromaidan Online
Euromaidan protesters sing the Ukrainian anthem in central Kyiv. Photo from Demotix. November 21, the official start of Euromaidan protests, has become a day of remembrance and reflection, not celebration, to many Ukrainians. The protests brought a change of power, but also resulted in scores of wounded and dead, and were followed by...
Musicians Seen As “Pro-Russian” Are Not Welcome in the UK and Latvia
Valeriya and Kobzon. Composite image mixed by Nina Mashurova with images from valeriya.net and iosifkobzon.ru. When Russian singer Valeriya came to London to perform on October 21, no one expected a scandal. But as she arrived at the Royal Albert Hall for her concert, which she was supposed to perform with fellow crooner Iosef Kobzon, she was met...
Fake ‘Ukrainian’ News Websites Run by Russian ‘Troll Army’ Offshoots
Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. Russia has engaged in a blitzkrieg of information warfare since the start of the Euromaidan protests, increasing the budget of RT (formerly Russia Today) by 41%, and creating a new international news operation called Sputnik to “provide an alternative viewpoint on world events.” More and more, though, the Kremlin is...
