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‘I want to bring up a warrior’: Ukraine’s far-right children’s camp – video
In Ukraine, the far-right Azov militia is fighting on the frontline – and running a summer camp for children. The Guardian visited the camp and followed 16-year-old Anton through his experiences. Is Azov really a modern Hitler Youth organisation, or is it trying to prepare young Ukrainians for the tough reality that awaits them? …...
Russia’s bridge link with Crimea moves nearer to completion
Installation of railway arch above Kerch Strait is key phase in Kremlin’s plan to integrate peninsula seized from UkraineRussian engineers have completed a key phase of a bridge that will link the annexed Crimea peninsula to mainland Russia. A huge 6,000-tonne railway arch was hauled into place 35 metres (115ft) above the sea, in an...
Russia’s bridge link with Crimea moves nearer to completion
Installation of railway arch above Kerch Strait is key phase in Kremlin’s plan to integrate peninsula seized from UkraineRussian engineers have completed a key phase of a bridge that will link the annexed Crimea peninsula to mainland Russia. A huge 6,000-tonne railway arch was hauled into place 35 metres (115ft) above the sea, in an...
Russia’s bridge link with Crimea moves nearer to completion
Installation of railway arch above Kerch Strait is key phase in Kremlin’s plan to integrate peninsula seized from UkraineRussian engineers have completed a key phase of a bridge that will link the annexed Crimea peninsula to mainland Russia. A huge 6,000-tonne railway arch was hauled into place 35 metres (115ft) above the sea, in an...
Ukraine crisis will ‘cripple’ Russia-US relations, envoy warns
Kurt Volker also confirms Washington is ‘seriously considering’ arming Kiev …read more Source: Financial...
Russia readies for huge military exercises as tensions with west simmer
Display of power involving up to 100,000 people in Belarus, Kaliningrad and Russia itself comes against backdrop of strained relations with west‘We know how to live next to Russia’: Lithuania builds border fence with KaliningradRussia is preparing to mount what could be one of its biggest military exercises since the cold war, a display of...
Red Famine by Anne Applebaum review – did Stalin deliberately let Ukraine starve?
A vivid account exposes the myths of the catastrophic Ukrainian famine of 1932-3The terrible famine of 1932-3 hit all the major Soviet grain-growing regions, but Ukraine worst of all. It was not the result of adverse climatic conditions but a product of government policies. This is, in fact, the case with many famines, as Amartya Sen pointed out...
Two million Britons are ‘problem’ or ‘at risk’ gamblers
Credits Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Alt Text Gaming chips at Blackpool’s Fylde College Gaming School Gambling Commission says more needs to be done to tackle rising addiction level One-Minute Read Friday, August 25, 2017 – 6:30am …read more Source: The...
Union boss backs Emily Thornberry as next Labour leader
Credits Leon Neal/Getty Images Alt Text Emily Thornberry campaigning in the run up to June’s general election Len McCluskey says the next leader must be a woman and calls the shadow foreign secretary a ‘unifying figure’ One-Minute Read Friday, August 25, 2017 – 6:37am …read more Source: The...
Union boss backs Emily Thornberry as next Labour leader
Credits Leon Neal/Getty Images Alt Text Emily Thornberry campaigning in the run up to June’s general election Len McCluskey says the next leader must be a woman and calls the shadow foreign secretary a ‘unifying figure’ One-Minute Read Friday, August 25, 2017 – 6:37am …read more Source: The...
