Section: US & Canada
Russia Sentences Female Ukrainian Pilot To 22 Years In Prison
A Russian court has found Ukranian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko guilty of murdering two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. She was accused of directing artillery fire that killed them. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ pilot sentenced to 22 years in Russian prison
Ukranian folk hero and pilot, Lt. Nadiya Savchenko, was sentenced to 22 years in a Russian jail today. She has threatened Russia with a hunger strike. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Kerry off to Russia for Syria talks as Brussels attacks loom
Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Moscow for talks on Ukraine and Syria as Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels underscored the urgency of fighting the Islamic State group. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine Pilot Sings As Russia Jails Her
Nadezhda Savchenko burst into nationalist song at her farce trial for the killing of 2 Russian journalists during the 2014 war in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian court sentences Ukrainian pilot to 22 years
Special to WorldTribune.com A former Ukrainian pilot was sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted for allegedly taking part in the murder of two Russian journalists. Nadezhda Savchenko burst into song and chanted “Glory to Ukraine!” upon hearing […] …read more Source: World...
Ukrainian pilot sentenced to 22 years in Russian prison in controversial case
A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a Ukrainian pilot to 22 years in prison after convicting her of complicity to murder in the 2014 deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
European Enlightenment and Humanism in Danger: Refugee Crisis
As the number of refugees worldwide continues to increase, Western nations struggle to show off their true humanism and the Enlightenment in the face of massive movements of desperate people. Making matters worse, certain politicians and several news organizations and groups continue to make harsh and disparaging comments about refugees. This...
Prisoner exchange offered after Ukrainian officer sentenced to 22 years in Russian penal colony
Ukrainian officer Nadiya Savchenko, 34, was convicted by a court in Russia of complicity in the murder of two Russian journalists following a controversial trial …read more Source: Vancouver...
Russian ‘Kangaroo Court’ Opens the Door for Ukrainian Prisoner Swap
Captured Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko’s nearly two-year-long trial, which began in Russia after she was accused of murdering two journalists in eastern Ukraine, is over. But her ordeal is far from it. On Tuesday, a Russian court finished its two-day reading of a guilty verdict and sentenced Savchenko to 22 years in prison, opening the...
At Babi Yar, locals revive plans to memorialize Jewish victims
Stray dogs roaming the Babi Yar monument in Kiev, March 14, 2016. Nazis and local collaborators murdered 30,000 Jews at the site in 1941. (Cnaan Liphshiz) KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) – On a muddy path in Babi Yar Park, Vladimir Proch negotiates deep puddles as he shadows two rabbis and a group of Ukrainian officials. An 87-year-old Holocaust survivor,...
