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Ukrainian lawyer of captured Russian soldiers found dead
KIEV (Reuters) – The body of a lawyer of two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been discovered on the grounds of a former farming collective, prosecutor Anatoly Matios said on Friday, saying two men were in custody in connection with the lawyer’s death. …read more Source:...
Lawyer for Russian officer on trial in Ukraine found shot dead
Yuri Grabovsky was representing Alexander Alexandrov, captured last year in rebel-held eastern UkraineA lawyer for one of two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been found shot dead, according to officials.Yuri Grabovsky was representing Alexander Alexandrov, who was captured along with another Russian last year in rebel-held eastern...
Tristram Hunt: Leaving the EU would be a self-defeating dereliction of duty and history
Why Michael Gove, and Vote Leave, are wrong about Europe. Michael Gove’s statement in support of leaving the European Union stands out not only as an elegant piece of writing, but is also perhaps the most articulate argument offered so far by all the various ‘Vote Leave’ campaigns. In an echo of Joseph Chamberlain, he sketches out the...
Removing the statues of Lenin won’t de-communise Ukraine
A city like Zaporizhia is so tied up with Stalin and the Soviets you’d have to raze it all to the ground to really erase its historyThe statue of Lenin in Zaporizhia is the last major edifice of the Bolshevik leader left standing in the centre of a major Ukrainian city. Or rather, it was.Last week it was pulled down in accordance with...
Lawyer for 2 Russian troops in Ukraine found dead
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After Ukrainian pilot’s sentencing, diplomatic jockeying begins
With Savchenko facing 22 years in prison, politicians discuss prisoner swaps while supporters call for retaliatory sanctions against RussiaIn seven days Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko will be transferred to a Russian penal colony to begin serving a 22-year sentence for alleged complicity in the killing of two journalists. Judge Leonid...
Kerry hopes for progress on Syria, Ukraine in Moscow talks
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Ukraine coalition mulls replacing PM Yatseniuk with parliament speaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Parties from Ukraine’s ruling coalition on Thursday discussed replacing Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk with Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Groysman, a possible breakthrough in a months-long political crisis. …read more Source:...
MH17 investigation team in Malaysia to discuss legal options
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A joint team investigating the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014 is in Malaysia to discuss options with authorities to set up a tribunal to hold those responsible to account, the Malaysian transport minister said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Giant arch to block Chernobyl radiation for next 100 years
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) – In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been built to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site for the next 100 years. …read more Source:...
