Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
MPs brawl in parliaments around the world – video
Ukraine’s parliament is notorious for brawls and scuffles between MPs – but many other countries have a history of parliamentary fisticuffs. As Ukraine’s MPs attend their inaugural session of parliament on Thursday, we take a look at parliamentary brawling from around the world, including India, Afghanistan, Japan, Italy, Turkey,...
Guardian’s Luke Harding wins prestigious James Cameron prize
Ex-Moscow bureau chief recognised for his work on WikiLeaks, Ukraine and Russia, as well as the Snowden revelationsThe Guardian foreign correspondent Luke Harding has won the prestigious James Cameron prize for 2014 for his work on Russia, Ukraine, Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks.The honour is given in memory of the celebrated foreign correspondent...
Ukraine banks axe services in pro-Russian regions
Cash machines and credit cards suspended after central bank orders cessation of all operations in rebel heartlandsUkraine’s government has begun cutting off payments and banking services to areas of the country under the control of pro-Russian rebels, in a further sign that Kiev has given up trying to control the territory.There has been a...
Unrest in Ferguson lets Moscow score points against Washington
Schadenfreude from Moscow unmistakeable, but officials seize opportunity to take revenge for US State Department’s hectoring statements regarding Russia’s internal politicsFrom Cairo to Moscow: how the world reacted to FergusonSocial tension, police brutality and public disorder – and all of it in the heart of the United States. For...
Why Angela Merkel is saying farewell to Ostpolitik | Natalie Nougayrède
The German chancellor’s well-founded belief that Putin is a threat to Europe is shifting power relations in the regionOne thing we know for sure about Angela Merkel: she takes time to ponder her decisions and she weighs her words carefully. So the speech the German chancellor gave in Australia, a few days after Vladimir Putin stormed out of...
France suspends warships deal with Russia
First of two vessels had been due for delivery this month but now will not be handed over until further notice due to Ukraine crisisFrance will not hand over the first of two state-of-the-art warships built for the Russians until Moscow halts its military action in Ukraine, the Elysée Palace has announced.The Vladivostok has been undergoing sea...
‘Russia’s treatment of Crimean Tatars echoes mistakes made by Soviets’
Repression of Crimea’s original inhabitants is the gravest conflict in Russia today, says opposition politician and historian Vladimir Ryzhkov The gravest ethnic and political conflict in Russia today is not to be found in Chechnya nor in the xenophobic capitals of Moscow and St Petersburg.Rather, it stalks the newly acquired peninsula of...
When conspiracy theories enter the mainstream, it’s time to worry | Mark Wallace
Secret oil fields in the North Sea, ‘powerful forces’ conspiring against Ed Miliband, the EU to blame for Russia pouring arms into Ukraine. Enough alreadyThere was a time when conspiracy theories were confined to the lunatic fringes of British politics. But like any form of erosion, they are making their way towards the centre – the...
Sochi raises the stakes in bid for Black Sea Monte Carlo crown
After plans to introduce casinos to Crimea, Putin approves gambling zone in Winter Olympic resort. EurasiaNet.org reportA decade ago Sochi was just another dilapidated holiday destination but the 2014 Winter Olympics transformed the Russian resort, which now hopes to become the Monte Carlo of the Black Sea.The plan to bring gambling to Sochi is a...
Vladimir Putin: I don’t want to rule Russia for life
President says he will step down by 2024, and accuses the west of trying to punish Russia for being strong and assertiveVladimir Putin does not want to rule Russia for life, but may well run for another six-year term in 2018, he has said.In an interview with a Russian state news agency, Putin, who has ruled as either president or prime minister...
