Section: The United Kingdom
Putin suspends nuclear pact, raising stakes in row with Washington
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium, signaling he is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source:...
Russia detains Ukraine journalist for ‘spying’
Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko is being held in a Moscow prison for “collecting state secrets”, Russia’s FSB security service says. …read more Source:...
Welcome to Stalin World – the theme park made of old Soviet statues
Grutas Park, in Lithuania, is one of the world’s strangest tourist attractions. But it also forces us to ask: how should we commemorate genicide? The moment we arrive at the theme park and are greeted by an old Soviet train carriage, I know things are going to be strange. I’m near Druskininkai, a spa town in southern Lithuania close...
New gulag?
Human rights activists in eastern Ukraine say there is evidence that 10,000 prisoners are being used as slave labour in camps reminiscent of the Soviet gulags. …read more Source:...
Buk at bedtime: Russian firm launches missile-launcher child’s bed
CaroBus ‘future defenders of the motherland’ range salutes Buk of the kind used to shoot down Malaysia airlines flight A Russian company has had to defend itself for producing a children’s bed shaped like a Buk missile launcher.Days after a Dutch-led international investigation found that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 had been shot...
Buk missile cot design raises eyebrows in Russia
A children’s cot in the form of a Buk missile – the weapon that downed an airliner over Ukraine in 2014 – goes on sale in Russia, raising eyebrows on social media. …read more Source:...
People ‘responsible’ for MH17 crash ‘could be named soon’
Those names of those deemed “responsible” for the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine might be confirmed by the end of the year. …read more Source:...
Julie Bishop says Australia could pursue those behind MH17 with Lockerbie-style case
Foreign minister says Russia will likely veto moves for UN action, but other legal avenues will be consideredAustralia’s foreign minister has said Russian-backed rebels responsible for shooting down the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine, killing 298 people including 38 Australians, could face a Lockerbie-style prosecution once the...
Australia says MH17 missile suspects might be confirmed by year-end
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday the names of those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be confirmed by the end of the year. …read more Source:...
Russia spends ‘fortune’ on bridge to Crimea
A massive construction project has begun in Russia to build a 19km bridge to its newest region, Crimea, after it was annexed from Ukraine. …read more Source:...
