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Who Killed Boris Nemtsov?
Photo by Dhārmikatva Practically no one in the West doubts the murder of once-rising reform politician Boris Nemtsov was the work of Vladimir Putin, and/or his allies in government. If Putin didn’t give the direct order, the pundits say, the Russian leader created the “atmosphere of hatred” directed at the Russian opposition, of which...
Mourners line up to view body of slain Russian opposition leader
MOSCOW – One by one, thousands of mourners and dignitaries filed past the white-lined coffin of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday, many offering flowers as they paid their last respects to one of the most prominent figures of Russia’s beleaguered opposition. Nemtsov was shot to death late Friday while walking on a bridge near...
Return of Crimea a must for mending ties with Russia, Ukraine says
The border between Ukraine and Russia needed to be completely closed to achieve any settlement to the armed conflict between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister said …read more Source: The Globe and...
On the edge of peace — or catastrophe — in Ukraine
Unless Russia and the rebels it backs in eastern Ukraine find Mariupol an irresistible strategic target — in which case all bets are off, again — the Minsk II ceasefire and peace deal Angela Merkel brokered appears to have survived the battle of Debaltseve and may be taking hold. This tragic Slavic civil war has killed thousands and condemned...
It is not who killed Russia’s Boris Nemtsov, it is why
Among the many theories for the calculated murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov last week is his outspoken contempt for the Kremlin’s involvement in Ukraine. It is a subject not much discussed inside Russia, Nahlah Ayed reports, but Nemtsov was determined to change that. …read more Source:...
More Ukraine sanctions possible: Nicholson
More Ukraine sanctions possible if ceasefire problems continue, says Nicholson …read more Source:...
An Islamic State paradise
REUTERS/Social media via Reuters TV Islamic State’s most horrific video to date, the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, was shocking not only for its unsettling content but for its novel setting. It was not shot in the deserts of Iraq or Syria but on a beach in Libya, far from where the U.S. and its allies have been bombing the group. The...
John Mraz: Putin’s war on the truth
Russian opposition leader’s Boris Nemtsov’s assassination last week came as no surprise to Russia’s or Ukraine’s polities, and should come as none to Western governments and leaders. Failing an extraordinarily unlikely, voluntary, and credible confession from the assassin(s), it will remain unsolved, simply another murder...
Woman with Nemtsov when he was killed says she ‘didn’t see anything’
The 23-year-old Ukrainian model who was with slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov tearfully recounted Monday their last dinner in a chic Red Square restaurant and their walk onto a nearby bridge — but said she did not see the gunman who pulled the trigger. …read more Source: CTV...
More Ukraine sanctions possible if ceasefire problems continue, says Nicholson
PARIS – Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson says Canada may impose more sanctions on Russia if it continues to violate the ceasefire with Ukraine.Nicholson blames Russian President Vladimir Putin for flare-ups that have persisted since France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine negotiated the Minsk II agreement last month aimed at ending...
