Section: The United Kingdom
Ukrainians call for Coca-Cola boycott
Ukrainians call for a boycott of Coca-Cola after the company shares a festive map of Russia including annexed Crimea. …read more Source:...
How to avoid nuclear catastrophe
On North Korea’s recent nuclear test Unconfirmed reports today suggest that North Korea has detonated a nuclear device. The country’s new agency reported the test as a success, while western analysis of the shockwave suggests that the device may have “fizzled”—that is, the bomb core may not have undergone fission. North Korea’s...
Coca-Cola blames ad agency for map showing Crimea as part of Russia
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. drinks firm Coca-Cola on Wednesday blamed a marketing agency for a map used in an online advertising campaign that showed Crimea to be part of Russia and which drew protests and threats of a boycott from angry Ukrainians. …read more Source:...
Crimea children’s theatre forced to shut for ‘promoting western propaganda’
Popular drama school complains of harassment from local officials who accused them of championing Ukrainian nationalism. RFE/RL reportsA popular children’s drama school that staged Ukrainian-language plays in Crimea is shutting down after what its founders describe as a campaign of harassment from local officials. Svitanok (Sunrise) taught...
Coca-Cola upsets first Russia then Ukraine with New Year greeting
Warring neighbours furious at drink giant’s maps depicting the disputed territory of Crimea …read more Source: The...
Unhappy new year for Coca-Cola as it upsets first Russia, then Ukraine
Both countries left fizzing with indignation over company message that included controversial mapAll Coca-Cola wanted to do was to wish consumers a happy new year, but instead it ended up stirring anger in two markets, Russia and Ukraine, over the disputed territory of Crimea.The Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula was annexed by Moscow in March 2014...
Russia ‘supplying gas to Ukrainian town’ during cold snap after it pleaded for help
Mayor denies appealing to Vladimir Putin as Kremlin claims it has begun unilaterally pumping “humantarian” gas from Crimea following cold snap. …read more Source: The...
The Ukrainians starting a new life – in Russia
About 1.5 million have fled the conflict in Donetsk, with their choice of destination largely set by their allegiance in the war“It’s a scary feeling when you land at the end of the earth and you literally know nobody,” said Tatyana Kurlayeva while sipping a cappuccino in a cafe in Magadan, a bleak city in the far east of Russia. Kurlayeva,...
“My Nazi Legacy”: a film about guilt and memory
Philippe Sands (centre) with Niklas Frank (left) and Horst von Wächter (right) in the killings fields of Ukraine : Ian Kershaw–the fall and rise of modern Europe Like many other descendants of Holocaust victims, Philippe Sands wanted to find out more about the circumstances of their deaths. The lawyer and academic, author of Lawless World and...
Vladimir Putin unleashes new secret weapon in fight against ISIS, an army of RATS
Russian scientists in Rostov-on-Don, near the Ukrainian border, have been placing microchips inside the rodents’ heads and training them to recognise explosives and drugs. …read more Source: Daily...
