Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Russia pulls out of Eurovision Song Contest
Broadcaster unable to resolve issue with TV channel after Ukraine ban on singer Julia Samoylova who toured disputed CrimeaThe Russian television station Channel One has announced that it will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest this year or take part in the competition because its contestant has been barred from the host country,...
The money machine: how a high-profile corruption investigation fell apart
After a revolution overthrew Ukraine’s disgraced president, Theresa May promised to help the country’s new leaders recover stolen assets. But the UK’s first case collapsed within a yearOn 11 March 2014, a London branch of the French bank BNP Paribas received a request from a Ukrainian lawyer. He asked the bank to close accounts...
Eurovision threatens to ban Ukraine over Russian singer row
Ukraine imposed three-year ban on Yuliya Samoilova over illegally entering Moscow-annexed Crimea to perform in 2015The organisers of the Eurovision song contest have threatened to ban Ukraine from future competitions unless it allows Russia’s entrant to enter the country and take part in this year’s show which Kiev is hosting....
‘A harsh but just ruler’: what do Russians think about Putin? | Eva Hartog and others
One hundred years on from the revolution, six Russians give their views on Vladimir Putin and their country’s place in the world todayThis year marks the centenary of the popular uprising that led to the fall of the Romanov dynasty and the establishment of a Bolshevik regime, under the slogan: “Peace, Bread and Land” One hundred years on,...
Russian authorities ‘imprisoning Crimean Tatars in psychiatric hospitals’
Since annexation many ethnic Tatar activists have been detained in outdated mental institutions, rights activists sayLawyers and human rights activists say Russian authorities in Crimea are increasingly imprisoning human rights activists in psychiatric hospitals and submitting them to psychological abuse. Since the annexation of the region three...
Putin’s desire for a new Russian empire won’t stop with Ukraine | Pavlo Klimkin
My country has suffered terribly from the Kremlin’s obsession with restoring Soviet hegemony. But the entire security of Europe and the west is at stake• A thousand miles from Moscow: how Putin forged his Russian heartland• Vladimir Putin has one reliable set of allies: Russia’s iron ladiesOver the past decade Europe has sleepwalked...
Russian Eurovision singer could be first to compete via satellite
Yulia Samoilova handed lifeline after host nation Ukraine barred her from country for illegally entering Moscow-annexed CrimeaA Russian singer who was barred from entering Ukraine has been allowed to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev via satellite. On Wednesday Ukraine’s security service imposed a three-year entry ban on...
Denis Voronenkov: Former Russian MP who fled to Ukraine shot dead in Kiev
Voronenkov left Russia last year and renounced citizenship after complaining he was persecuted by security agenciesThe former Russian MP Denis Voronenkov has been shot and killed in Kiev.Police said an unidentified gunman had shot Voronenkov dead at the entrance of an upmarket hotel in the Ukrainian capital. … …read more Source: The...
Wilbur Ross presided over Russian deal while at Bank of Cyprus
Questions raised over Trump’s new commerce secretary and his ties to politically connected Russian oligarchsWilbur Ross, the Trump administration’s new commerce secretary, presided over a deal with a Russian businessman with ties to Vladimir Putin while serving in his previous role as vice-chairman of the Bank of Cyprus.The...
Ukraine bans Russia’s Eurovision entrant over Crimea tour
Yulia Samoylova barred from song contest because she entered Crimea without going through de facto border with Ukrainian mainlandUkraine has banned Russia’s entrant for this year’s Eurovision song contest because she has performed in Russia-annexed Crimea, a security service spokeswoman has said.Russia chose Yulia Samoylova to...
