Section: The United Kingdom
U.S. adds Russian oil field to sanctions list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has added a Russian oil and gas field, the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye Field, to its list of energy sector sanctions prompted by Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, drawing a prompt rebuke from the Kremlin on Friday. …read more Source:...
Uranium seized in Ukraine amid claims pro-Russian rebels are trying to build DIRTY BOMB
RADIOACTIVE uranium has been seized in Ukraine after four men were arrested, amid claims that pro-Russian rebels are attempting to build a DIRTY BOMB. …read more Source:...
Magic Mike XXL has nothing on early Soviet experimental documentary. Really | David Shariatmadari
I was sceptical, but Man With a Movie Camera is an extraordinary film that reveals everyday life in all its banal gloryWhen a cinephile friend proposed an early Soviet documentary instead of Magic Mike XXL this week, I was sceptical. I prepared myself for 80 minutes of well-built workers extolling the virtues of collective agriculture.But in Man...
Ukraine buries unidentified soldiers months after eastern battle
ZAPORIZHZHYA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine buried on Friday 57 soldiers still unidentified up to a year after being killed in the eastern separatist conflict, highlighting the difficulties the country faces moving on from one of its deadliest military defeats. …read more Source:...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 7 Aug 2015
Migrant ‘almost reached England on foot’ A spokesperson for Eurotunnel says a migrant stopped inside the Channel Tunnel had “almost succeeded” in reaching England. The Sudanese national, aged 40, was arrested a mile or two from the Dover end of the 31-mile tunnel on Tuesday. He is due to appear at Medway Magistrate’s Court, charged...
Four arrested in Ukraine for trying to sell uranium
Four men accused of trying to sell radioactive uranium-238 have been arrested by the SBU, Ukraine’s state security service. The… …read more Source: The...
Less crazy after all these years
ANDRZEJ DUDA, who took office as Poland’s president on August 6th, says he prizes Poland’s relationship with Germany. That marks a welcome change for his right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, which is favoured to defeat the governing Civic Platform (PO) in the general election on October 25th. PiS’s previous stint in power, in...
Russia bans foreign-made condoms (to make couples more disciplined lovers)
Condoms have been added to a list of imported items that the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry have considered banning amid its continuing feud with the West over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine conflict: Helping one family search for lost soldier
Helping one family in Ukraine look for lost soldier …read more Source:...
Sale of uranium by Ukrainian gang reportedly thwarted by security service
Ukraine’s security service says it has detained a criminal group that was attempting to sell a small quantity of what appeared to be non-fissile uraniumUkraine’s security service has said it seized a small quantity of what appeared to be ore-grade uranium from a criminal gang in a peaceful western region.The State Security Service of...
