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Gunman kills three postal workers in Ukraine, steals $115,000
MOSCOW – An unidentified gunman shot and killed three postal workers Friday as they were transporting money in eastern Ukraine, escaping with the equivalent of $115,000, police said. Police said a manhunt was on for the gunman who attacked the workers in the government-held city of Kharkiv, stealing nearly 2.5 million hryvnas. The police...
Russia rebukes push for justice tribunal on MH17 downing
Malaysia has asked the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Joint Chiefs Nominee Says Russia Could Pose ‘Existential Threat’ To U.S.
Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford said that Moscow poses the greatest threat to U.S. national security and that Ukraine requires U.S. arms to counter Russian aggression.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
NATO to open regional HQ in Lithuania amid Ukraine crisis
NATO will open the first Baltic regional headquarters for its new rapid reaction force in Lithuania in the coming months, amid growing concerns over Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Syriza: For Better or For Worse
Photo posted on nycsocialist.org. The victory of Syriza in Greece is a historic turning point for Europe and the world, for better or for worse. I fear it’s going to be the latter. Syriza claims to be something more radical than a social-democratic party. In a pre-election interview in Jacobin, Stathis Kouvelakis, of Syriza’s Central...
Federal government sanctions Russian sponsor of FIFA world cup as tournament ended, timing questioned
Questions are being raised over why the Conservative government waited until the last week of the FIFA Women’s World Cup to sanction a Russian gas company that was one of the soccer tournament’s largest sponsors. State-controlled Gazprom was among 14 Russian organizations added to Canada’s sanctions list on June 29 in...
Ukranian military pilot Nadia Savchenko now stands accused of murder of two Russian journalists
Savchenko, a lieutenant in the Ukrainian army and the country’s first female combat pilot, was captured by pro-Russian separatists …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukranian military pilot Nadia Savchenko now stands accused of murder of two Russian journalists
Russian investigators have upgraded the charges against Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian helicopter pilot jailed in Russia, as her lawyers said they expected her trial to begin this summer. Savchenko, 34, now stands accused of the murder of two Russian journalists, investigators in Moscow have said. She was previously charged with complicity in the...
Russian sponsor of FIFA world cup sanctioned as tournament ended
Questions are being raised over why the Conservative government waited until the last week of the FIFA Women’s World Cup to sanction a Russian gas company that was one of the soccer tournament’s largest sponsors. State-controlled Gazprom was among 14 Russian organizations added to Canada’s sanctions list on June 29 in...
Far-right supporters want Ukraine to end ceasefire, president won’t meet rebel demands
Here is news from Ukraine from the last few days…… The BBC is reporting that about 1,000 Ukrainian pro-government fighters, far-right supporters and other extremists marched through the centre of the capital, Kiev, to denounce the existing ceasefire with rebels. Such individuals have caught the attention of U.S. Congressman who are worried about...
