Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Россия использует арестованную украинскую летчицу как пешку в игре с Западом – Марк Фейгин
Накануне суда над Надеждой Савченко, которую обвиняют в убийстве журналистов, ее адвокат утверждает, что доказательства, подтверждающие ее невиновность, преднамеренно игнорируютсяRead this in English17 июня прошлого года в ходе боев на Востоке Украины в плен к луганским сепаратистам попала украинский офицер и пилот Надежда Савченко. Спустя неделю...
Russia jails Estonian intelligence officer Tallinn says was abducted over border
Russian ties with west hit new low as Estonia says Eston Kohver, sentenced by closed court to 15 years for spying, was seized and taken across border illegally A Russian court has sentenced an Estonian intelligence officer to 15 years in prison, in a case that western officials have called a gross violation of international law.A court in...
Ukrainian filmmaker tells Russian court he will ‘suffer or die’ for his beliefs
Oleg Sentsov, arrested after Crimea protests, says he was tortured before being charged with terrorism offences his lawyers say are imaginaryA defiant Ukrainian film director told a Russian military court he was ready to “suffer or die” for his beliefs, as prosecutors demanded a 23-year jail sentence for terrorism offences his lawyers say are...
Think Vladimir Putin looks like a Bond villain? It’s more serious than that | Jonathan Jones
The west may laugh at the Russian president’s submarine stunt, but his actions echo those of nationalist leaders in the 20s – and are received just as well at homeVladimir Putin has a way of looking almost like a clown to the wider world while sending out exactly the message he wants to his audience in Russia. Both appearances – the so...
Shakhtar Donetsk: a club in exile – video
Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine’s most successful football club in recent times, have to play all of their home games 600 miles away in Lviv because of the conflict in the region. Ukraine has been in turmoil since February 2014, with pro-Russian forces claiming large areas of the east of the country. Here, the club’s players and its CEO...
Vladimir Putin takes dive in submarine – video
Vladimir Putin takes a dive in a small submarine in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea on Tuesday. The Russian president was taken to the ocean floor to inspect an 11th century shipwreck. Putin was filmed taking a plunge in the Black Sea in 2011, when he claimed to have discovered two ancient Greek urns … …read more Source: The...
Vladimir Putin looks great in a minisub – in pictures
Russian president, renowned explorer of the natural world, plunges below the waves of the Black Sea off Sevastopol in his latest action-packed outing … …read more Source: The...
Rebel-held Ukraine overhauls education system as it aligns itself with Russia
History and geography syllabuses altered with greater Russian bias as part of systematic campaign to rid breakaway territories of western influencesReminders of Ukrainian identity are few and far between in rebel-controlled Donetsk. The country’s flag and trident emblem have been removed from all public spaces and replaced by the black,...
Homeland season five to tackle Snowden, Putin and Isis
The fifth season of the spy series will adopt a ‘ripped-from-the-headlines’ approach, with a focus on cyberterrorism and privacyArt will imitate life in the fifth season of Homeland as the espionage series tackles ripped-from-the-headlines storylines focusing on Isis, the Charlie Hebdo attack, Edward Snowden and Vladimir Putin. Related: The...
Researchers open ‘neglected chapter’ of Ukraine’s Holocaust history
Project commemorating the killing of Jews reveals tensions between Soviet and modern Ukrainian historical narrativeOne day during the Nazi occupation of western Ukraine in the second world war, a young Jewish woman slipped out of the ghetto in the town of Rava Ruska to buy some butter in the market. On her way, she was spotted by a German...
