Section: National Post (Canada)
Crimea treasures loaned to Amsterdam museum must be returned to Ukraine, not Russia, Dutch court rules
AMSTERDAM — A Dutch court has ruled that a trove of historical artefacts that is being held by an Amsterdam museum must be returned to Ukraine and not to four museums in Crimea that loaned out the objects for an exhibition in 2014. But the court on Wednesday said that the treasures shouldn’t immediately be returned pending the outcome of a...
Fearing it could be Putin’s next target, Estonia prepares for guerrilla warfare that could usher in WWIII
Kaidi Peterkop doesn’t think of herself as a solider. And with her studies and her recent move to Tallinn, Estonia’s picturesque capital, the 22-year old student certainly doesn’t have much time to think about a Third World War. But Peterkop — with her training in small unit tactics, vehicle identification, and battlefield...
Russia warns Ukraine’s missile drills 30 km from Crimea violate border, puts warships on combat alert
LONDON — Russia has put air defence units on alert and deployed warships along the west coast of Crimea after the Ukrainian military fired surface-to-air missiles over the Black Sea in a show of military strength that has riled the Kremlin. The Ukrainian military fired 16 S-300 medium-range missiles in drills in its Kherson region, which borders...
Massive $2.1B shelter built over exploded Chornobyl reactor to stop radiation from seeping through
CHORNOBYL, Ukraine — A massive shelter has finally been installed over the exploded reactor at the Chornobyl nuclear plant, one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world. The half-cylinder-shaped shelter began being moved toward the reactor on a system of hydraulic jacks two weeks ago and reached its destination Tuesday, a...
Twenty-four-year-old former-model appointed to Ukraine senior security role
Ukraine officials have sparked controversy by giving a 24-year-old former model a top security job. The appointment of Anastasia Deyeva as deputy interior minister drew allegations on social media that she had been appointed for her looks rather than her experience or abilities. The row has intensified since the discovery of nude online pictures...
Two Chinese companies plan to build solar power plants inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone
Two Chinese companies have put together plans to build massive solar capture plants inside the Chornobyl* exclusion zone — the area of Ukraine that’s still mostly uninhabited after the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear plant disaster in the town of Pripyat. “There will be remarkable social benefits and economic ones as we try to renovate the once...
‘Russia has to be deterred in its attempts to ruin the world order,’ Ukraine leader urges U.S.
OTTAWA — The deputy prime minister of beleaguered Ukraine said on Thursday that appeasing Russian aggression in eastern Europe could doom world order, but she was careful not to criticize U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over fears he might do just that. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze was en route to the annual Halifax International Security Forum,...
Russia latest to reject authority of International Criminal Court amid scrutiny of Crimea annexation
Russia appeared on course Wednesday to become the latest nation to snub the International Criminal Court, sending a signal of defiance after a UN panel cited rights abuses and other complaints linked to Russia’s annexation of Crimea more than two years ago. The decree to formally withdraw from the ICC, signed by President Vladimir Putin,...
Politicians in graft-ridden Ukraine reveal slew of riches under pressure from international lenders
KYIV, Ukraine — Millions of dollars in cash, valuable artworks, luxury watches and giant mansions. That’s just a taste of the riches Ukrainian officials have revealed in asset declarations that international lenders have insisted on to help stamp out decades of post-Soviet corruption. The deadline for officials right up to President Petro...
Bomb in Ukrainian apartment building kills pro-Russian rebel commander known as Motorola
KIEV, Ukraine — A prominent commander of the Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine has been killed by a bomb, rebel leaders and Russian news reports said on Monday. Arsen Pavlov, the commander, who went by the nom de guerre Motorola after the brand of walkie-talkie he preferred, was blown up as he rode the elevator in his apartment...
