Section: The United Kingdom
Putin’s aggression has left Europe in pre-war state, says top Russian writer
In an essay for the Guardian, Mikhail Shishkin describes president as an ‘insipid colonel’ terrified of losing powerRussia’s pre-eminent literary novelist today warns that Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine amounts to a “black hole” that threatens to suck in the whole of Europe.In an essay for the Guardian,...
Mystery of missing Russian servicemen
Russians find their relatives killed in Ukraine conflict are forgotten …read more Source:...
BBC team attacked in southern Russia
A BBC team has been attacked in southern Russia after investigating reports of Russian servicemen killed near the border with Ukraine. …read more Source:...
$30m reward offered to catch the killers of 298 people who were on Flight MH17
A reward of $30m (more than £18m) has been offered for information leading to the identification of those responsible for the shooting down of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia tightens control over Kyrgyzstan
As EU imposes new sanctions on state-owned companies, Gazprom and Rosneft invest heavily in Central Asian state While Russias relationship with Ukraine has been grabbing the headlines, Moscow has been steadily strengthening its foothold in another of the post-Soviet states Kyrgyzstan. In the past few years Russia has written off half a billion...
Ukraine president in key US visit
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is beginning a key visit to the US to seek further support to tackle what he describes as Russian aggression. …read more Source:...
European ‘peace dividend’ under pressure
Higher military spending in the wake of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine could wipe away the ‘peace dividend’ Europe has enjoyed since the cold war …read more Source: Financial...
$30m reward offered to catch the killers of 298 people on Flight MH17
A reward of $30m (more than £18m) has been offered for information leading to the identification of those responsible for the shooting down of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
After six months of Crimean chaos, cult of Putin still reigns
The portrait of President Putin staring down from the wall of Irina Ugrimova’s office is one of thousands now gracing… …read more Source: The...
