Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Ukrainian pilot given 22-year jail sentence
Russian court sentences Nadiya Savchenko following trial condemned as politically motivatedA court in southern Russia has sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko to 22 years in prison, bringing to a close a controversial court case that is likely to further inflame the difficult relations between Moscow and Kiev.Savchenko was found guilty of...
One Second of Light by Giles Duley review – moments of hard truth
Giles Duley captures the emotion on the faces of his traumatised subjects with an empathy few others can musterGiles Duley is a humanist photographer of the old school. He believes that his photographs can change the lives of the people in them and maybe even the people who look at them. “Whilst some document the differences between us,” he...
Ukrainian pilot accused of murdering Russian journalists awaits verdict – video
A Russian judge in the trial of Nadazhda Savchenko says the evidence points towards a guilty verdict for the murder of two Russian journalists in east Ukraine. Savchenko is accused of premeditated murder, which the procesution say was motivated by an ethnic hatred of RussiansRussian judge says evidence supports guilty verdict in trial of...
Ukrainian pilot found guilty of murder by Russian court
Nadezhda Savchenko, accused of directing artillery fire that killed two journalists, motivated by hatred of Russians, says judgeA Russian court has found Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko guilty of murder, Russian agencies reported, as a controversial trial in the south of the country drew to a close.One of the panel of three judges began reading...
LGBT festival in Ukraine abandoned after far-right protest
Far-right groups surrounded hotel in Lviv where about 70 participants in the equality festival had gatheredAn LGBT festival in the Ukrainian city of Lviv had to be abandoned when the venue was surrounded by around 200 members of far-right groups shouting “Kill, kill, kill” on Saturday.The event, on the theme of equality, was the first of three...
Vladimir Putin: ‘Black Sea bridge builders are working on historic mission’
President made statement to workers on bridge between Crimea and Russia on anniversary of annexationVladimir Putin, marking the anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, has exhorted workers building a bridge between the Black Sea peninsula and Russia to fulfil a “historic mission” conceived by a Russian tsar. Russia seized Crimea from...
Ukraine topples biggest remaining Lenin statue
Bronze and granite monument measuring 20m in south-eastern city of Zaporizhia fell foul of ban on Soviet symbolsIt took two days and a giant crane, but Ukraine has finally managed to lift its biggest remaining statue of Soviet founder Lenin off its pedestal and consign it to the dustbins of history.The 20m tall (65ft) bronze and granite monument...
Ukraine risks polio spreading as it delays licensing new vaccine
World Health Organisation warns failure to replace old polio vaccine when it is destroyed next month will lead to uninoculated children spreading virusUkraine could be a month away from becoming the only country in the world without protection from polio because of delays in licensing a new vaccine, according to the World Health Organisation...
Syrian mission restores pride in Russian military after years of decay
Moscow’s intervention in Syria revealed a Russian military transformed from the war in Georgia but cuts threaten modernisationThe first pilots arrived back in Russia from Syria on Tuesday, to the strains of bombastic military marches, cheering and a “mission accomplished” vibe provided by breathless state television reporters. The Syrian...
How Russia and the west are both guilty of paranoid propaganda
Only propagandists and arms dealers benefit from the regular claims that everything is being ‘weaponised’ by the Kremlin The current state of relations between Russia and the west is not a cold war – or at least not the Cold War 2.0. But it is characterised by a similar profound refusal on both sides not only to listen to the other’s...
