Section: The United Kingdom
The Litvinenko inquiry sends a clear message to Moscow
Marina Litvinenko, the wife of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, where the findings of the inquiry into his death were revealed. ©Philip Toscano/PA Wire/Press Association Images Sir Robert Owen, the chairman of the enquiry into the assassination of former Russian spy and UK...
Ukraine investigates Coca-Cola and Pepsico over Crimea map row: MP
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the online publication by U.S. drinks companies Coca-Cola and Pepsico of a map that showed Crimea as a part of Russia, a Ukrainian lawmaker said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
What will our new technology mean for spies?
Read a second piece on the tension between security and privacy, also published in the February 2016 issue of Prospect, here Sir John will be joining Prospect on 25th February to talk about his time as Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Tickets are going fast, click here to buy yours now Can we stop a Paris-style attack happening in...
Shostakovich: technician of survival
Shostakovich with fellow composers Sergei Prokofiev (left) and Aram Khachaturian (right) The Noise of Time, by Julian Barnes, Vintage, £14.99 The life of Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich is at once well-documented and elusive. Famous from an early age, the Russian composer was surrounded for his whole life by family, musicians, pupils,...
Ukraine toughens position in negotiations to end conflict
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Ukraine plans new diplomatic push to recover Crimea: Finance Minister
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Ukraine plans soon to launch a fresh diplomatic initiative to recover the Crimean peninsula from Russia which annexed it in 2014, Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko told Reuters on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine disputes Poland claim of taking 1 million refugees
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How Gazprom lost influence over EU gas
Decision to cut off Ukraine looks like one of the great acts of corporate self-sabotage …read more Source: Financial...
Row over Ukraine city’s new name
Ukrainian campaigners are at loggerheads over the renaming of Kirovohrad. …read more Source:...
Crimeans still pleased by Ukraine split – but want love from Russia
Nearly two years on, Crimea basks in its freedom from Ukraine, but Russian relations aren’t as rosy as many would likeOleg Zubkov was such a big supporter of the Russian seizure of Crimea that he promised to set his lions on any Ukrainian nationalists who attempted to enter the peninsula. An eccentric businessman who built and runs the two...
