Section: National Post (Canada)
Leonid Bershidsky: Controversies in a number of European countries make it seem as though WWII never ended
As Germany wrestles with whether to finally permit the publication of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, controversies in a number of European countries make it seem as though the Second World War never ended. One has to wonder if, with the passing of the generation that actually fought the war, the time hasn’t come to set a cut-off date for...
Jason Kenney says Canadian soldiers will not be training Nazi sympathizers in Ukraine
The Canadian government is confident that troops from Petawawa won’t end up instructing Neo Nazis and far right extremists when they begin their training mission in Ukraine this summer, but a former diplomat is warning it will be difficult to weed out such extremists as their militia units are now being integrated into Ukraine’s...
Prominent pro-Russian journalist murdered by masked gunman in streets of Kyiv
MOSCOW — A Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views was gunned down in broad daylight in Kyiv a day after a pro-Russian lawmaker was found dead, local police said Thursday. Oles Buzyna, 45, who worked as editor-in-chief of a leading daily until March, was killed early Thursday afternoon by two masked men shooting from a passing car,...
Prominent pro-Russian journalist murdered by masked gunman in streets of Kyiv
MOSCOW — A Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views was gunned down in broad daylight in Kyiv a day after a pro-Russian lawmaker was found dead, local police said Thursday. Oles Buzyna, 45, who worked as editor-in-chief of a leading daily until March, was killed early Thursday afternoon by two masked men shooting from a passing car,...
Full Pundit: Harper loses another at the Supreme Court
When policy meets politicsThe Globe and Mail‘s editorialists think the Supreme Court “got it wrong” in overturning mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain gun crimes, on grounds that it could capture people who improperly stored or secured firearms “for reasons of absent-mindedness or misunderstanding.” They agree with the minority...
Russian infiltration of Ukrainian military complicates Canadian training mission
Analysis Training Ukrainians to fight pro-Russian separatists may turn out to be a far more complicated business for the 200 Canadian soldiers Ottawa announced Tuesday it is sending to Ukraine than it is for the nearly 70 Canadian trainers now on a similar mission in Iraq. The reason is that Russian intelligence operatives of every kind have so...
Canada rushing 200 troops to Ukraine to help counter ‘Putin regime’s ongoing aggression,’ Stephen Harper says
Ottawa — Canada will send 200 troops to Ukraine for the next two years to help train military forces in that country, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday. Harper made the announcement at National Defence Headquarters and was joined by Defence Minister Jason Kenney and Gen. Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff. The development was...
Kelly McParland: Would you let Valentina Lisitsa play your piano? I wouldn’t.
Valentina Lisitsa has certainly won the public relations war that followed revelations of her ugly tweets about the conflict in Ukraine. Editorial boards (including this one) have been firmly onside. “In general an artist’s political opinions should not disqualify her from performing, no matter how controversial they are — or how vocal (or...
Letters: Wrong note, wrong garb
Re: #sticktothemusic, editorial, April 9.Valentina Lisitsa has been dropped, according to Toronto Symphony Orchestra for her hate-speech tweets, not her political views. In her vile hate tweets she has suggested that Russia should eliminate Ukrainians using “folk medicine” that it has used in the past, insinuating the Holodomor, genocide by...
Separatists in Ukraine carried out ‘summary killings’ of captured soldiers: Amnesty International
AP Photo/Alexander ZemlianichenkoMasked pro-Russian armed militants guard a checkpoint with a Russian national flag on the right, blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2014. KYIV, Ukraine — Amnesty International said Thursday that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east...
