Section: The United Kingdom
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 12 May 2015
TORY CABINET MEETS – FIRST FOR 18 YEARS For the first time in 18 years, an all-Conservative cabinet is meeting in Whitehall. David Cameron will tell his ministers the Tories are “the real party of working people”. One third of attendees will be female. Boris Johnson will attend, without portfolio, but party chairman Grant Shapps has not...
Boris Nemtsov report on Ukraine to be released by dead politician’s allies
Opposition leader was working on investigation into Russian soldiers secretly fighting in Ukraine when he was shot dead near Kremlin in FebruaryActivists and friends of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov will release a report on Russian soldiers secretly fighting in Ukraine that Nemtsov was working on before he was gunned down in front...
How Russia’s opposition united to finish Nemtsov’s report on Ukraine
Allies of murdered government critic publish the findings of his investigation into the Kremlin’s secret military involvement across the border. RFE/RL reportsOne evening in February the Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov went to see his friend and colleague, Ilya Yashin, to ask for help with his latest investigation: a sensitive...
Kerry to hold key talks in Russia
US Secretary of State John Kerry is to hold talks in Russia – on his first visit to the country since the start of the Ukraine crisis in early 2014. …read more Source:...
Six questions on Ukraine’s ceasefire
Will Ukraine’s sporadic fighting spell end for truce? …read more Source:...
John Kerry To Hold Talks With Vladimir Putin
The US Secretary of State travels to Sochi as Russia looks to mend relations strained by Moscow’s stance on Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: Sky...
Putin’s murdered rival proved Russia fought in Ukraine
Russian soldiers have described serving and fighting in Ukraine in a controversial report by Boris Nemtsov, the opposition activist murdered… …read more Source: The...
Victory Day in Russia: why use a huge military display to commemorate peace?
Cutting through the patriotism in Russia’s Victory Day march. Celebrating the end of the Great Patriotic War. Photo: Jana Bakunina Every country has a national holiday which defines it. For Russia, it is Victory Day, celebrating the end of the Great Patriotic War, as the World War II is referred to by the Russians. When the peace treaty had...
John Kerry to visit Russia for the first time since the Ukraine crisis
US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to visit Russia for the first time since US and Russian relations tumbled to their lowest levels since the end of the Cold War amid the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
NATO says Russian-backed separatists equipped to launch new attacks with little warning
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia has built up its forces on the border with Ukraine and sent more military hardware into eastern Ukraine, enabling pro-Russia separatists to launch attacks with little warning if they choose to do so, NATO’s chief warned on Monday. …read more Source:...
