Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Thousands protest in Moscow over Russia’s involvement in Ukraine
Estimates of crowds angry over Russia’s ‘irresponsible, aggressive’ policy towards neighbour range from 5,000 to 26,000Thousands of people gathered in central Moscow on Sundayto protest against their country’s involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine at an All-Russian March for Peace, the first large anti-Kremlin...
Russian oligarch’s arrest a warning from Putin, says hedge fund boss
Kremlin move against Vladimir Yevtushenkov is warning against a palace coup to protect any tycoons’ shrinking wealth, says Bill BrowderThe arrest of one of Russia’s richest men last week was an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to protect himself from a palace coup, according to one of his most vocal critics.Bill Browder, the hedge...
The 20 photographs of the week
The referendum in Scotland, the Californian fires, the ongoing crisis in northern Iraq and Syria the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
G20 nations want Vladimir Putin at summit despite Ukraine tensions
Russian president set to attend the G20 leaders summit in Australia despite anger about MH17 and conflict in UkraineVladimir Putin is set to attend the G20 leaders summit in November despite alarm over Russias actions in Ukraine.Australia, which is hosting the gathering, said on Saturday it was the emphatic wish of member nations that the Russian...
Ukraine negotiators agree to buffer zone to separate warring parties
Deal is intended to solidify the ceasefire agreed two weeks ago and give civilians respite from shelling Negotiators in Ukrainian peace talks agreed early on Saturday to create a buffer zone to separate government troops and pro-Russian militants and withdraw heavy weapons and foreign fighters to encourage a stable truce in eastern Ukraine.The...
Ukrainian president makes emotional plea to Congress for greater US support – video
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko appeals to the US Congress on Thursday, for lethal and non-lethal military aid and more sanctions. Poroshenko made the appeal during his visit to Washington to bolster US support for his strategy in handling Russian-backed separatists. The White House responded to the speech by issuing a factsheet listing US...
Baltic states wary as Russia takes more strident tone with neighbours
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, anxious that battle of wits with Kremlin may escalate, look to Nato for back-up pledgeThe 23rd floor of the Hotel Viru in Tallinn has been carefully preserved as a reminder of Estonia’s past. Like much else in the Soviet era, it did not officially exist even though everyone knew it was there. It was where the...
Ukrainian president makes emotional plea to Congress for greater military aid
Petro Poroshenko asks US to authorise military equipment for Ukrainian forces, and says one cannot win the war with blanketsUkrainian president Petro Poroshenko called on the US to provide his forces with military weapons to fight Russia, in an emotional appeal to a joint session of Congress in which he claimed the world was on the edge of a new...
Russia, Ukraine and Europe have been into Vladimir Putin’s black hole of fear
The formula for saving any dictatorship is universal: create an enemy, start a war. We are back in Soviet times of total lies -I remember that as a child I read about black holes in a popular science magazine about space and it scared me. The idea of our world being sucked into these breaks in the universe kept bothering me until I realised that...
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,...
