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Two Russian special forces jailed for ‘aggressive war’ and ‘acts of terror’ in Europe
TWO Russian special forces soldiers have been jailed after a court found them guilty of waging an “aggressive war” against Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine convicts 2 captured Russian servicemen of terrorism
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Ukraine convicts Russian ‘soldiers’
Two Russian “special forces troops” are found guilty of waging war by a court in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The political fallout of Chernobyl is still toxic | Natalie Nougayrède
Thirty years on, the legacy of the disaster, and of the Soviet Union, continue to blight the regionAt 1.23am on 26 April 1986, reactor no 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear plant blew up, spewing immense amounts of radioactive material into the air. A major event of the 20th century had occurred. The Chernobyl explosion, 30 years ago this month, arguably...
Chernobyl and the ghosts of a nuclear past
A Nobel laureate captures the beginning of the “age of disasters”. “This is not a book on Chernobyl,” writes Svetlana Alexievich, “but on the world of Chernobyl.” It is not about what happened on 26 April 1986, when a nuclear reactor exploded near the border between Ukraine and Belarus. It is about an epoch that will last, like the radioactive...
Russia: NATO Build-Up In Baltic ‘Unjustified’
Moscow’s ambassador suggests relations between Russia and the alliance were “very bad” in the wake of the annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Sky...
OSCE warns of intensified fighting in Ukraine’s separatist east
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government troops has increased sharply in eastern Ukraine in defiance of calls to observe a year-old peace agreement, the head of an international monitoring mission said on Friday. …read more Source:...
Putin speaks on love, life and drowning rivals
Credits DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/Getty Images Russian President reveals that he is a feminist and thinks Barack Obama is a decent guy In Depth Friday, April 15, 2016 – 1:33pm See related Vladimir Putin: the mysterious love life of Russia’s …read more Source: The...
Man City face Real Madrid, Liverpool draw Villarreal in semi-finals
Credits Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Alt Text Kevin de Bruyne Two remaining English clubs face Spanish opposition in the last four of the Champions and Europa leagues One-Minute Read Friday, April 15, 2016 – 1:15pm …read more Source: The...
Ukraine recovers stolen Dutch paintings
Ukraine says it has recovered four paintings from a haul of 24 that was stolen from a gallery in the Netherlands more than a decade ago. …read more Source:...
