Section: The United Kingdom
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 3 Mar 2015
PM: JAIL THOSE WHO IGNORE CHILD ABUSEDavid Cameron will today set out plans to jail professionals who turn a blind eye to evidence of child abuse for up to five years. The crime of “wilful neglect” will be extended to cover children’s social care and education. There will be unlimited fines for individuals and organisations who have let...
Boris Nemtsov’s Ukrainian girlfriend who witnessed murder allowed to return to Kiev
Anna Duritskaya, who was with opposition leader at time of his shooting, had been told it was too dangerous to leave Russia …read more Source: The...
‘Monitoring deal’ on Ukraine truce
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany agree to send OSCE observers to areas of Ukraine where violations of a truce have been reported, Kiev says. …read more Source:...
Boris Nemtsov murder: Ukrainian girlfriend flys to Kiev from Russia
Anna Duritskaya had said that she was being held under police guard in a friend’s apartment in MoscowThe Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who is the only known witness to his killing on Friday night, has reportedly flown to Kiev after being held for questioning by authorities in Moscow.Ukrainian foreign...
Boris Nemtsov’s Girlfriend: ‘I Saw No One’
The partner of the murdered Russian opposition leader returns to Ukraine after complaining she was prevented from leaving Moscow. …read more Source: Sky...
Boris Nemtsov shot dead: Kremlin security cameras failed to pick up killing of Putin opponent
Dozens of security cameras monitor the streets that surround the Kremlin. None, it emerged today, were looking in the right place when four bullets were fired at Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. And the only witness to the murder, his Ukrainian girlfriend Anna Duritskaya, saw nothing. …read more Source: The...
Boris Nemtsov: Vladimir Putin critic’s girlfriend says she is being held in Russia
Anna Duritskaya, a Ukrainian citizen, says she is being made to stay in Moscow after warning her it would be dangerous to leave …read more Source: The...
Boris Nemtsov’s girlfriend recalls night of murder – video
The girlfriend of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down outside the Kremlin on Friday, recalls the night of the murder. Anna Duritskaya, a 23-year-old model from Ukraine, was with Nemtsov when he was shot, but tells TV Rain her back was turned at the fatal moment. Duritskaya says Russian investigators will not let her...
Russian oligarch threatens to sue UK amid North Sea gas row
Mikhail Fridman threatens compensation claim after UK airs political and environmental concerns over LetterOne deal to buy 12 gasfields Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman has threatened to sue the UK government in an escalating row over whether his energy fund run by former BP boss Lord Browne can be blocked from taking over 12 North Sea...
Pro-Russian rebels train for more fighting despite Ukraine truce
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A ceasefire is broadly holding at last on the front line in eastern Ukraine, but fighters in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk are training for another round of clashes against government troops. …read more Source:...
