Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
The west must not abandon Crimea and Ukraine to Russian aggression | Jeremy Hunt, Pavlo Klimkin and nine other foreign ministers
We condemn Russia’s illegal occupation, which continues to jeopardise international peace five years after it beganFive years ago, Russia gravely challenged the idea of a peaceful and free Europe. With its aggression against Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea, Russia openly demonstrated its contempt for the principles of...
Nord Stream 2 Russian gas pipeline likely to go ahead after EU deal
Concerns had been raised over project increasing German reliance on Russian energy Donald Tusk, the president of the European council, called it a mistake, while the US president, Donald Trump, has branded it very inappropriate and a “very bad thing for Nato”.The Nord Stream 2 pipeline to take Russian gas to Germany is arguably Europe’s...
Ukraine deports Orthodox bishop after stripping citizenship
Russia condemns move as row escalates over Ukrainian church’s autonomyUkraine has stripped an Orthodox bishop of his citizenship and barred him from entering the country as a dispute escalates over the Ukrainian and Russian branches of the church.Ukrainian border guards on Thursday said they had detained and then deported Bishop Gedeon, the...
Mr Jones review – newsman’s heroic journey into a Soviet nightmare
Agnieszka Holland’s powerful drama stars James Norton as the real-life Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin’s genocidal famine in UkraineAgnieszka Holland’s Mr Jones is a bold and heartfelt movie with a real Lean-ian sweep. First-time screenwriter Andrea Chulupa has been inspired by her grandfather from eastern Ukraine to...
Is Oleg Deripaska the missing link in the Trump-Russia investigation?
The Russian oligarch could face greater scrutiny after disclosure that Paul Manafort discussed Ukraine peace plan with associateA recent disclosure that Trump’s campaign chairman and a key Russian business associate discussed a Ukraine peace plan in mid-2016 could signal more scrutiny of a powerful Russian oligarch by special counsel Robert...
Polish far-right trial raises spectre of ‘false flag’ tactics
German journalist with links to Russia allegedly organised arson attack in Ukraine to stoke tensions, court toldThe plot allegedly involved three Polish extremists and a German journalist with ties to the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, as well as to a number of Kremlin-friendly Russian news outlets.Their alleged task was to...
Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych found guilty of treason
Yanukovych charged over suppression of 2014 protests and inviting Russia to invadeA Ukrainian court has found the former president Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason for his efforts to crush the 2014 pro-western demonstrations that eventually toppled his government.Yanukovych was also charged with asking Vladimir Putin to send Russian troops to...
Crimea ship blaze: 10 dead after cargo vessels catch fire in Kerch Strait
Crew members jump into the sea to escape the blaze, which erupted during a fuel transferTen crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russia’s transport ministry said on Monday, with a rescue operation still underway.The ministry said earlier on Monday that crew...
Ukraine: new Orthodox church gains independence from Moscow
Newly elected head receives decree of autocephaly in elaborate ceremony in IstanbulThe biggest rift in Christianity in centuries is expected to open up after a new Orthodox church in Ukraine gained formal independence from Moscow in a move set to heighten geopolitical tensions in the region.The newly elected head of the Ukrainian Orthodox church...
The Guardian view on the Orthodox schism: theology and low politics | Editorial
Splitting the Ukrainian church from Moscow is an attempt to build an independent nationThe Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who reigns in Constantinople, has a magnificent title which corresponds to almost nothing on earth. Although he represents an unbroken tradition of almost 2,000 years of Christianity, Constantinople has been the Muslim city...
