Section: US & Canada
Belarus activist resists authorities’ push to leave country
KYIV, Ukraine — A leading opposition activist in Belarus was held on the border Tuesday after she resisted an attempt by authorities’ to force her to leave the country, part of government efforts to end a month of protests against the reelection of the country’s authoritarian leader. Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the Coordination...
Belarus Border Officials Say Opposition Figure Detained Trying to Enter Ukraine
Belarus border officials say Maria Kolesnikova, a leading member of Belarus’ opposition, was detained early Tuesday while trying to cross into neighboring Ukraine. The officials said Kolesnikova was traveling with two other opposition movement members, Anton Rodnenkov and Ivan Kravtsov, who both successfully entered Ukraine. The...
Belarusian Opposition Figure Detained Trying to Enter Ukraine
Belarus border officials say Maria Kolesnikova, a leading member of Belarus’ opposition, was detained early Tuesday while trying to cross into neighboring Ukraine. The officials said Kolesnikova was traveling with two other opposition movement members, Anton Rodnenkov and Ivan Kravtsov, who both successfully entered Ukraine. The...
Belarus claims opposition leader arrested trying to flee to Ukraine
Associates and a Ukrainian official, however, say Maria Kolesnikova was actually detained after refusing to be forced out of her country. …read more Source::...
Belarusian Protest Leader and Allies Cross Border Into Ukraine, Official Says
(Reuters) – Three Belarusian opposition politicians, including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova, who disappeared on Monday, have passed border… …read more Source:: U.S....
Putin Critic Navalny’s Health Improving, German Hospital Says
The health of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is improving, and he now has been taken out of an induced coma and is responsive, the German hospital treating him said Monday.Navalny, a sharp critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was flown to Berlin on August 22, two days after falling ill on a domestic flight in Russia. German...
Crimean Military Park Opens With Historical Boom
The re-creation of a key battle from the 19th-century Crimean War marked the opening of a Kremlin-funded military theme park dedicated to “reviving the 2,000-year history of Crimea” in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied peninsula. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Out of Coma and is Responsive, Hospital Says
(BERLIN) — Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma, the German hospital treating him said Monday. Navalny, a fierce, high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was flown to Germany last month after falling ill on Aug. 20 on a domestic...
Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Out Of Coma And Responsive After Poisoning
BERLIN (AP) — Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma, the German hospital treating him said Monday. Navalny, a fierce, high-profile critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was flown to Germany last month after falling ill on Aug. 20 on a domestic...
‘Now People Can Read the Truth.’ A Former FBI Agent’s Memoir on the War on Terror Is Declassified After 9 Years
The story of how the U.S. learned that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the architect of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 is one of tenacity, guile, and no small measure of serendipity. “We Forrest Gumped ourselves into it,” former FBI agent Ali Soufan, the Bureau member who first discovered the connection in 2002, told TIME on Sept 3. The admission of...
