Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine: killing of lawyer sparks protests against ‘criminal system’
Iryna Nozdrovska, whose body was discovered on 1 January, disappeared days after helping to block release from jail of nephew of a judge The brutal killing of a human rights lawyer in Kiev has sparked widespread anger and protests amid allegations of entrenched corruption within the Ukrainian justice system.Iryna Nozdrovska’s body was...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 28 Dec 2017
Stranded air passengers sleep on luggage belts Hundreds of passengers were stranded at airports last night, thanks to snow and ice. At Stansted, where 300 were left without flights, a witness told Sky News that customers were sleeping on the luggage carousel belts. A weather warning is in place for ice this morning, after some motorists were...
Ukraine kidnappers release hostage after $1m bitcoin ransom paid
Employee of UK-registered cryptocurrency exchange ‘safe, but stressed’ following capture by masked gunmen Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a UK-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1m in bitcoins as a ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday. Pavel Lerner, a...
Bitcoin ransom of $1m paid for cryptocurrency boss
Exmo executive released after being grabbed in Ukraine by masked gang …read more Source: Financial...
Stalin’s legacy lives on in city that slaves built – archive, 1994
29 December 1994 James Meek in Norilsk talks to a victim of the gulag 50 years ago whose Arctic exile is still not overAt the end of the second world war, as Europe was preparing to celebrate its victory over fascism, the Soviet authorities arrested an entire school of teenage girls from western Ukraine, named them enemies of the people, took...
Russia hackers plan to ‘RULE WORLD’ using Ukraine as ‘training ground’ for UK attack
RUSSIA is hacking computers in Ukraine to learn how to compromise cyberspace in the UK, Brussels and US, a security expert has claimed. …read more Source:...
Russia hackers plan to ‘RULE WORLD’ using Ukraine as ‘training ground’ for UK attack
RUSSIA is hacking computers in Ukraine to learn how to compromise cyberspace in the UK, Brussels and US, a security expert has claimed. …read more Source:...
Stalin’s legacy lives on in city that slaves built – archive, 1994
29 December 1994 James Meek in Norilsk talks to a victim of the gulag 50 years ago whose Arctic exile is still not overAt the end of the second world war, as Europe was preparing to celebrate its victory over fascism, the Soviet authorities arrested an entire school of teenage girls from western Ukraine, named them enemies of the people, took...
Stalin’s legacy lives on in city that slaves built – archive, 1994
29 December 1994 James Meek in Norilsk talks to a victim of the gulag 50 years ago whose Arctic exile is still not overAt the end of the second world war, as Europe was preparing to celebrate its victory over fascism, the Soviet authorities arrested an entire school of teenage girls from western Ukraine, named them enemies of the people, took...
Ukrainian interpreter who visited May arrested on Russian spying charges
Stanislav Yezhov had regular access to insider information and travelled on high-profile trips to London and WashingtonAn interpreter for Ukraine’s prime minister who was photographed with Theresa May inside Downing Street has been arrested on suspicion of working as a Russian spy.Ukraine’s SBU security service arrested Stanislav...
