Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine minister quits over blocked reforms
Abromavicius accuses president’s ally of thwarting reform efforts …read more Source: Financial...
In this week’s magazine | Putin’s Wars
A first look at this week’s issue. 5-11 February issuePutin’s Wars Cover story: Putin’s Wars From Ukraine to Syria, Elizabeth Pond on how the Russian strongman overreached. The New Young Fogeys: Is abstinence the ultimate youth rebellion? Eleanor Margolis on Generation Boring and Tim Wigmore on the rise of middle-aged hedonism....
Ukraine minister quits over corruption
Ukraine’s economy minister Aivarus Abromavicius resigns over the slow pace of reform and says he does not want to provide “cover” for corruption. …read more Source:...
Leader: The new young fogeys
Twenty-two years after Oasis sang, “All I need are cigarettes and alcohol,” the young are abandoning both. Every generation likes to bemoan the excesses and irresponsibility of the young. This should stop. The youth of today – the “new young fogeys”, as we call them – are the best-behaved generation since the social and cultural upheavals of the...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko sees increased risk of open war with Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – The risk of open war between Russia and Ukraine is greater than it was a year ago and Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun an “information war” against Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the German newspaper Bild. …read more Source:...
The missing: what have they done with our sons? | Lily Hyde
To lose a child in war is a nightmare. But when your quest to find them is met with lies, it’s a nightmare that never ends. Lily Hyde travels with the Ukrainian mothers seeking their sonsIn the early evening of 28 August 2014, Andrey Lozinsky phoned his mother.Andrey, a 21-year-old conscript in the Ukrainian army’s 93rd Mechanised...
Russia puts five former US officials on blacklist for alleged rights abuses
Moscow accused the US of ‘medieval torture’ in statement barring five Americans from entry as retaliation for US blacklisting of four Russians and a UkrainianRussia has placed five Americans on a blacklist for alleged rights abuses, shortly after Washington added five persons to its sanctions list, accusing the United States of “medieval...
Merkel presses Putin to ensure Ukraine ceasefire holds
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to use his influence to ensure a ceasefire is upheld in eastern Ukraine and OSCE monitors are granted free access to conflict areas, her spokesman said. …read more Source:...
Germany’s Merkel presses Putin on Ukraine separatists
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Chechen leader Kadyrov posts video of Russian opposition leader in gun sights
Mikhail Kasyanov, whose co-leader of Russian party was gunned down a year ago, says video by Chechnya’s pro-Kremlin leader is ‘direct threat of a murder’Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has posted a video of the Russian opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov in a gunman’s crosshairs.Kadyrov has engaged in...
