Section: The United Kingdom
The west talks about a new cold war. For Russians it has already started | Susan Richards
By continually freezing out the Kremlin, the west is refuelling old resentmentsI’ve been travelling in the heartlands of Russia for 30 years, witnessing everything from the euphoric wishfulness at the fall of communism to prosperity and, more recently, political despair. Yet going there for the first time since the annexation of Crimea, I...
Venice Biennale: must-see art from the ‘new east’ – in pictures
As Armenia wins Golden Lion for best national pavilion, The Calvert Journal picks the most exciting artists from eastern Europe and former Soviet Union … …read more Source: The...
Nato says Russia’s nuclear rhetoric irresponsible
Alliance ministers concerned about Crimean threats …read more Source: Financial...
The Tribe: a signed story of sex and violence in a deaf school
Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s violent new film is set in a deaf school – and completely signed. The Ukrainian director on the revolution in Kiev, his vision for contemporary silent film and what it’s like to suddenly be hotMyroslav Slaboshpytskiy is remembering his secondary school and the deaf children who attended the state boarding...
Ukraine hits back at ‘Facebook trolls’
A campaign urges Facebook to act against what activists describe as Russian attempts to silence pro-Ukrainian voices. …read more Source:...
Nuclear waste stored in ‘shocking’ way 120 miles from Ukrainian front line
Experts raise concerns over waste stored in the open air at Europe’s largest nuclear power station, as the conflict increases Ukraine’s reliance on power from its ageing plantsConcerns have been raised by environmentalists and atomic power experts over the way waste is being stored at Europe’s largest nuclear power station, in...
U.S., NATO say Russia must fully implement Ukraine ceasefire
ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for a halt to fighting around the Ukrainian coastal town of Shyrokyne on Wednesday as NATO backed his demand that Russia fully implement a Ukraine ceasefire agreement. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s refugees find solace in Poland, Europe’s most homogenous society
Hundred of thousands have fled to their neighbouring country since the current conflict began, with some taking jobs vacated by emigrants to the west As sunlight streams through the windows of Warsaw’s Church of the Basilian Fathers, a priest in gold robes swings a clanking censer around the altar. He chants with a low intonation, and a...
Republic of The Bridge
Images of Ukrainian volunteers near the front line …read more Source:...
Russian and Ukrainian experts barred from attending psychotherapy conference in London
Psychotherapy experts from Russia and Ukraine have been barred from attending a global conference in London after the Home Office refused to believe they were delegates. …read more Source: The...
