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Flight MH17: fragments from site could be Russian-made missile, says Dutch prosecutor – video
Dutch chief investigator Fred Westerbeke says teams working on the site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have found seven shards that could be from a Russian-made Buk missile system. Despite the discovery, Westerbeke urges caution and adds that the materials recovered are still being inspected by weapons experts who are not yet certain of...
MH17: possible parts of missile system found at Ukraine crash site
Dutch prosecutors caution that conclusion cannot yet be drawn of causal link to crash that killed 298 peopleDutch prosecutors have said for the first time that they have found possible parts of a BUK missile system at the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was brought down last year, killing all 298 people on board....
Ukraine rebel republics are united by football’s separatist derby
A match between the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk achieved its goal of offering local people a brief return to normalityAs the likes of Chelsea, Everton and Manchester United returned to the football turf this weekend at the start of the new season, thousands of people in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in Ukraine took to their seats...
The Russian patriotic groups teaching children how to defend their country
As support for the army surges, Meduza investigates the proliferation of state-funded clubs offering military training to children as young as fiveIn a small town outside St Petersburg, a group of children are being prepared for service in the Russian army. Arriving at 7pm, the class – all aged between five and 17 – will spend the evening...
Magic Mike XXL has nothing on early Soviet experimental documentary. Really | David Shariatmadari
I was sceptical, but Man With a Movie Camera is an extraordinary film that reveals everyday life in all its banal gloryWhen a cinephile friend proposed an early Soviet documentary instead of Magic Mike XXL this week, I was sceptical. I prepared myself for 80 minutes of well-built workers extolling the virtues of collective agriculture.But in Man...
Sale of uranium by Ukrainian gang reportedly thwarted by security service
Ukraine’s security service says it has detained a criminal group that was attempting to sell a small quantity of what appeared to be non-fissile uraniumUkraine’s security service has said it seized a small quantity of what appeared to be ore-grade uranium from a criminal gang in a peaceful western region.The State Security Service of...
Fish, meat and history: food markets of the new east – in pictures
In his travels across the former Soviet Union, photographer Gianluca Pardelli has documented the collision of past and present amid the bustling trade in cultural fare. The Calvert Journal reports … …read more Source: The...
‘Russia’s Troy’ under Kremlin control after row over priest’s appointment
Tauric Chersonesos archaeological site in Sevastopol, Crimea, to come under Russian control after anger at decision to put Orthodox priest in chargeThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has moved to put a key archaeological site in Crimea under federal control amid academics’ outrage that an Orthodox priest was appointed to run it.The...
Backyard missiles and meth: Ukraine, before the revolution – in pictures
Though Miron Zownir’s photographs of overcrowded morgues, homeless teens and chancers in animal costumes look like tragic scenes of a nation torn apart by violence, they are anything but …What’s the Pink Panther doing in Ukraine? How Miron Zownir went in search of his Ukrainian roots… …read more Source: The...
What’s the Pink Panther doing in Ukraine?
Missiles in the street, beggars dressed as cartoon characters chasing tourists, bodies rotting in bloody morgues … photographer Miron Zownir went in search of his Ukrainian roots – and uncovered a country in despairBackyard missiles and meth: Ukraine, before the revolution – in picturesOn his first visit to the Ukrainian city of Poltava in the...
