Section: US & Canada
What it’s like to attend a modern day ‘gold digger academy’ in Russia
In this excerpt from British journalist of Russian heritage Peter Pomerantsev’s book “Nothing is True and Everything is Possible,” he describes what it’s like to attend a modern day “gold digger academy” in Russia. “Business theory teaches us one important lesson,” says the instructress. “Always thoroughly...
Ukraine’s Controversial Bill Recognizing WWII-Era Partisans Draws Harsh Criticism From Russians
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was greeted Friday in Odessa, Ukraine, by a group of pro-Russian Ukranians chanting “murderer!” and “no to fascism!” a day after his bloc in parliament passed a bill recognizing controversial World War II-era partisan groups as “freedom fighters.” The groups are revered by some in...
After war, Ukraine’s soldiers face a fight with an internal enemy
KIEV, Ukraine — Officer Sergei Yatchenko pulls closed the curtains in his cluttered bedroom, sits at his desk, pours himself a drink, takes a deep breath and squeezes his eyes shut. It’s quiet here, far away from the bloody front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine, now in its second year But it’s not peaceful. Not for Yatchenko. See...
Inside the Mind of Tony Blair: The Newsweek Interview
On a December morning in 2014, a four-car convoy of black SUVs swept out of the polished limestone arches of the American Colony Hotel in East Jerusalem and drove south. Skirting the walls of the old city, it passed Mount Zion and its small, ancient church where King David lies buried and where Jesus was said to have hosted the Last Supper....
Shakhtar Donetsk: Ukraine’s greatest soccer club now plays in exile
LVIV, Ukraine — As the ball strikes the back of the goal, the crowd erupts. But not with its usual flare There are no fireworks, no orange smoke. No anthems are sung. See also: Ukraine’s nameless dead ‘would take forever to count’ In this 35,000-seat stadium on March 14, the mere 2,000 people who are here to watch the Donetsk...
Ukraine-Based United Nations Peacekeepers To Be Discussed At Meeting In Berlin On Monday
Ukraine’s idea to deploy peacekeepers in the war-torn Donbass region of the country will be discussed at a meeting between the foreign ministers of the ‘Normandy Four’ in Berlin on Monday. The initial proposal was floated earlier this year in the Ukrainian parliament as a further measure to bring stability and peace the east of the...
Ukraine Purges Symbols of Its Communist Past
KIEV, Ukraine—The Ukrainian parliament approved a law April 9 renaming the Great Patriotic War as the Second World War, underscoring a sweeping move by the post-revolutionary government here to ditch its Soviet past. Also on Thursday, Ukrainian lawmakers passed a law banning the promotion of symbols of “Communist and National Socialist...
Russia Lashes Out At Ukraine For Bans On Soviet Symbols
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has responded angrily to legislation passed in Ukraine on April 9 that bans the use of Soviet-era symbols and could require the removal or demolition of all monuments from Ukraine’s Soviet past. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Former US Ambassador: Putin Has Not Interest in Resolving Ukraine Conflict
Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul tells VOA that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no interest in resolving the conflict in Ukraine because it serves his interest. McFaul said Thursday that Putin likes the open-ended, low grade military confrontation in the former Soviet republic because it works to undermine the government in...
Pro-Russian Separatists Using False Text Messages To Destabilize Ukrainian Government, Report Says
Pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine used falsified text messages in a bid to destabilize the Ukrainian government’s standing among local citizens. The messages were sent as recently as this week, despite the ceasefire that has existed between the two sides in Ukraine’s civil war since February, a report said. …read...
