Section: The United Kingdom
Putin is looking east
Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a conference last year. © */AP/Press Association Images When the history of the early 21st century is written, the defining event of the period may not be recalled as the global financial crisis or the rise of militant Islam. It may be the convergence of interests between China and Russia, which led them...
Ukraine offers job to Tony Blair to try to ease deepening tension with Russia
TONY Blair has been offered a new job as advisor to Ukraine to try and ease deepening tension between the nation and Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Violent arrest of leading Russian reporter fuels fears for journalists covering the conflict
The violent arrest and deportation of one of Russia leading journalists from rebel-held Donetsk has raised fears for journalists working in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Facebook’s block policy accused of facilitating pro-Kremlin trolls
Prominent bloggers claim their accounts are being routinely blocked after orchestrated complaints from Russia’s cyber army. RFE/RL reportA growing number of Russian and Ukrainian Facebook users have had their accounts temporarily suspended over spurious accusations which they say have been logged by pro-Kremlin users upset by the political...
German police arrest Ukrainian banker at Berlin airport
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested Ukrainian banker Borys Tymonkin at Berlin-Schoenefeld airport based on an international arrest warrant but authorities have not made a final decision on his extradition, a German state prosecutor said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Russia, Germany call for swift end to fighting in east Ukraine: Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier underlined the importance of ending fighting in eastern Ukraine immediately during a telephone call on Wednesday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels deport Russian opposition paper reporter
Pavel Kanygin was detained by insurgents in their de facto capital Donetsk and deported on Tuesday, his colleagues say …read more Source: The...
Donetsk residents hold rare anti-war protest criticising Ukraine rebels
Several hundred people in separatist stronghold joined a demonstration against the stationing of missile launchers in residential areas …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian female sniper reveals how she transformed to pro-Russian executioner
Oksana Gimrakova claims she has killed 28 Ukrainian during the conflict in the east of the country since joining the separatist army of the Donetsk People’s Republic. …read more Source: Daily...
In Kiev, after the revolution, what do ordinary Ukrainians really think?
A new police force, rising prices and hope for the future on the streets of Ukraine’s capital. Kievan Lavra and the view over the city. Arriving in Kiev, you’d be hard pressed to find signs of economic hardship and the ongoing war. The billboards along the motorway leading from the airport into the city centre advertise luxury cars...
