Section: US & Canada
Russia Sentences Estonian to 15 Years for Spying
Russia sentenced an Estonian security officer to 15 years in prison for spying. The lawyer for Eston Kohver told reporters a regional court in the western Russian city of Pskov handed down the ruling Wednesday, finding Kohver guilty of spying, arms smuggling and violating border regulations. Russia said Kohver illegally crossed the border into...
Russian’s stunt-loving Putin rides to bottom of Black Sea
Vladimir Putin climbed into a three-seat submersible craft Tuesday to check out an ancient sunken ship found recently in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia hits French chain Auchan with food inspections
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities are conducting “systematic” inspections at French supermarket chain Auchan following concerns about poor-quality meat, a top consumer rights official said Wednesday.The inspections come at a time of tension between France and Russia over the extension of European Union sanctions and France’s...
Action man Putin takes dive in submersible, stirs Ukraine anger
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Russian Prosecutors Demand 23-Year Sentence For Ukrainian Filmmaker
Russian prosecutors have asked a court to send a Ukrainian filmmaker to prison for 23 years on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Prosecutors ask 23-year sentence for Crimean filmmaker
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors are asking a court to send a Ukrainian filmmaker to prison for 23 years on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks. …read more Source: CNS...
Prosecutors Ask 23-Year Sentence for Crimean Filmmaker
Russian prosecutors ask for 23 years in jail for Crimean filmmaker in terrorism trial …read more Source: ABC...
Prosecutors ask 23-year sentence for Crimean filmmaker
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors are asking a court to send a Ukrainian filmmaker to prison for 23 years on charges of conspiracy to commit… …read more Source:...
Saakashvili Trains Alongside Odesa Police
The governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, took part in police training exercises led by U.S. instructors in the Black Sea city on August 18. Saakashvili has played a highly public role since taking over as governor in May, mingling with locals and promising to make sweeping changes to stamp out...
Russia sends Estonian security officer to prison for spying
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced an Estonian security service officer to 15 years in prison for spying in a case that Estonian officials dismissed as revenge for the man’s investigation into a Russian smuggling ring.Estonia says that the officer, Eston Kohver, was abducted by unknown gunmen and taken across the Russian...
