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The 90-year-old Russian youth camp inflaming tensions in Crimea
Former Soviet children’s resort is expanding, thanks to Kremlin investment. But locals are outraged by what they say is an illegal land grab. The Moscow Times reportsOnce a dream destination for children from across the Soviet Union, the huge Crimean children’s camp Artek is one of the Kremlin’s most prized projects in the...
MH17 crash one year on: blame game continues over who shot down plane
Truth no closer for families of the 298 people killed in Malaysia Airlines disaster as pro-Russia separatists, Moscow and Ukrainian forces all deny involvement When she heard the bang, Natalia Voloshina rushed out of the small, one-storey house that passes for the village administration office in Petropavlovka, and looked up at the sky.“I could...
The photogenic new police officers patrolling Kiev’s streets
The photogenic new police officers patrolling the streets of Kiev …read more Source:...
Spread of global conflict transforming humanitarian work, says Red Cross chief
Failure to find political solutions in areas of violent crisis is forcing ICRC to extend its core humanitarian remit, says organisation’s president Peter MaurerThe world’s inability to deal with the proliferation of conflict driven-crises is forcing the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to shoulder an ever-larger burden...
Nadiya Savchenko: Ukrainian pilot has charges upgraded to murder as she awaits trial in Russia
Investigators in Russia have upgraded charges made against a female Ukrainian army helicopter pilot who has spent two years in jail. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian helicopter pilot charged with murder as Moscow trial approaches
Nadia Savchenko, 34, a Ukrainian army helicopter pilot who has spent nearly a year in Russian jails, now stands accused of the murder of two Russian journalists …read more Source: The...
Roman Abramovich’s dog-walking ‘bodyguards’ revealed
Strolling around the Isle of Arran in sensible walking shoes and sportswear, they cut a rather scruffy bunch. But Abramovich’s group includes some of Ukraine’s richest men. …read more Source: Daily...
‘The west is too paranoid about Russia’s information war’
Before stepping up the propaganda arms race America and Europe should realise how clumsy the Kremlin’s media campaign really is, argues Mark GaleottiThere is something of a panic in the west at the moment over fears that it is losing the “information war” with Russia.On one level, this may be true. The Kremlin is undoubtedly engaged in a...
Diamonds found in raid on Ukraine justice chiefs
A raid on the homes of two senior Ukrainian justice officials has yielded piles of diamonds, a Kalashnikov rifle and $400,000… …read more Source: The...
Poland integrates thousands of people from eastern Europe | Letter from Witold Sobkow, Polish ambassador
Having read your article (‘Poles don’t want immigrants. They don’t understand them, don’t like them’, 2 July), let me assure you that the Solidarność generation is “eager to prove its own solidarity”, but the expression of such solidarity must be multidimensional. The article does not mention at all what Poland has been...
