Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
The world view of Scotland’s vote: Russia turns blue, China sees red
Newspapers and social media report the decision facing the Scottish people with a mixture of fervour, fear and indifferenceBeyond the confines of Britain, the prospect of an independent Scotland has produced a mixture of confusion, astonishment, glee and horror.India’s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, looked baffled when asked to comment on...
The 20 photographs of the week
The Oscar Pistorius verdict, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the referendum in Scotland the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
Vladimir Putin wants to destroy us and restore Soviet Union, says Ukraine PM
Arseny Yatseniuk tells European leaders Ukraine is in ‘stage of war’ with Russia as renewed clashes broke out in eastThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wants to destroy Ukraine as an independent country and resurrect the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk has said.Yatseniuk told a conference of European...
Putin wants to destroy Ukraine and restore Soviet Union, says Yatseniuk
Ukranian PM tells a conference of European politicians that his country is in a stage of war and Russia is the aggressorThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wants to destroy Ukraine as an independent country and to restore the Soviet Union, Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Saturday. Speaking at an conference in Kiev attended by...
Ukraine-EU trade pact to be delayed
Move after trilateral meeting is concession to Russia, which has threatened retaliation if trade barriers are loweredEuropean leaders said on Friday that they would allow Ukraine to delay putting a landmark trade deal into effect, a major concession to Russia which has repeatedly threatened retaliation if Kiev implements the measure....
The British brain surgeon who joined the fight against corruption in Ukraine
Doctor and acclaimed author Henry Marsh had worked in Kiev for more than 20 years then found himself in the middle of a revolutionI went to Kiev in December last year. The hospital where I work is in the centre of Kiev and only a few hundred yards away from Independence Square where Maidan the demonstration against Yanukovych and his government...
Sweeping new US and EU sanctions target Russia’s banks and oil companies
Putin remains defiant as Russian companies such as Sberbank and Gazprom are barred from western capital in dramatic sanctions over Ukraine Armoured Russian vehicle seen inside Ukraine Despair in Luhansk after weeks of fire, fighting and GradsRussias largest banks, oil producers and defence companies will be cut off from international finance and...
Armoured Russian vehicle found inside Ukraine
Personnel carrier bearing blue circle and yellow writing of peacekeepers was seen after Ukrainian convoy was destroyedThe Guardian has found more evidence of Russian military hardware operating inside Ukraine, spotting an armoured vehicle marked with the symbol of the Russian army’s “peacekeeping forces”.The armoured personnel...
EU would be safer with Ukraine as member, says Ukrainian president
Petro Poroshenko says at Kiev summit that it would be impolite for Brussels to refuse Ukraine a ‘membership perspective’Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, has said he expects Ukraine to join the European Union eventually, and said Europe would be safer, richer and younger with his wartorn country as a member.Speaking at a...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17: ‘most likely’ it was shot down from ground
Chief Dutch prosecutor says the shooting-down explanation is getting the most attention in international criminal investigationThe possibility that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down from the ground is the “most likely” scenario being explored by dozens of detectives, according to the Dutch prosecutor overseeing the criminal...
