Section: US & Canada
The Bard of Eastern Ukraine, Where Things Are Falling Apart
When I spoke with the Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan this past summer, at a café in the ninth district of Vienna, I found him much gentler than I had imagined him to be. As a public persona, Zhadan is sexy and tough and the lead singer of a ska band called Sobaky v Kosmosi, or Dogs in Outer Space. His music is post-proletarian punk, his poetry is...
Cartoons from the December 5, 2016, Issue
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Russia Prolongs Pretrial Detention Of Ukrainian Journalist
A court in Moscow has prolonged the pretrial detention of Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, who has been held in Russia on suspicion of espionage. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany has only modest hopes for Ukraine talks on Tuesday
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Saakashvili Rallies Supporters In Kyiv
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president, rallied supporters of the new political movement he has launched to challenge for power in Ukraine. The gathering, in Kyiv on November 27, called for early parliamentary elections. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Norway plans to spend $1.15 billion on 5 Boeing Poseidon military aircraft
WikipediaOSLO (Reuters) – Norway plans to order five Boeing Co P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes to maintain its surveillance capacity and meet future security challenges, the NATO country’s Defence Ministry said. Following an agreement in Norway’s parliament to boost long-term military spending, the 9.83 billion Norwegian...
A Russia reset? Maybe not yet.
After a phone call between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin days after the U.S. election, Russian media buzzed that Putin might host Trump this winter to kick off what the Kremlin described as their joint effort to “normalize ties” between the U.S. and Russia.The talk of an early state visit remains speculative. But...
Yanukovych Expected To Be Questioned At Kyiv Trial Of Berkut Riot Police
Exiled former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is due again to be questioned as a witness at a trial of five former police officers accuse of shooting protesters in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Ukrainian Military Commanders
Prosecutors in Russia have launched a criminal case against Ukrainian security agencies for alleged war crimes committed in the eastern Ukrainian Donbas region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Fake News Fake Story
“Fake stories” are in the news. The narrative goes something like this: fabricated accounts that misrepresent “the truth” are proliferating on the internet, and once they appear on a social networking site, they are frequently spread far and wide, often doing serious damage along the way to whatever or whomever was the target of the initial...
