Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian Doctors Not Allowed To See Savchenko
Ukrainian physicians who traveled to Russia to give jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko a medical examination were not allowed into the detention facility to see her. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Under Pressure From State Media, Russian Liberal Paper May Go Out of Print
One of Russia’s oldest and most liberal newspapers, famous for its critical stance against the Kremlin, is likely to go out of print, having come under considerable pressure due to competition from Russia’s state-sponsored newspapers. Novaya Gazeta’s editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov told Russian television station Dozhd that the...
EU Unlikely to Extend Russia Sanctions Next Week
European Union leaders are unlikely to reach agreement at next week’s summit to prolong economic sanctions on Russia that expire in July, a senior EU official said Friday. New sanctions on Russia also are off the table because EU governments want to give a chance to a fragile cease-fire in eastern Ukraine. But some of the EU’s 28...
Interview With Prominent Putin Critic Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management
On March 5, 2015, the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, William F. “Bill” Browder made a speech at the Oxford Union describing his personal experiences investing in Russia, the death of Sergei Magnitsky and the kleptocratic nature of Putin’s regime. Browder was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, when he became...
Childhood a Casualty of Ukraine’s Ongoing War
KHARTSYZK, Ukraine—Seryozha colors in his drawing of a tank, lost in thought. Like many 7-year-olds in eastern Ukraine, he has trouble recalling a time before the war. “They’ve always been shooting,” he says, vigorously scratching with the brightest of pencils. Yelena Nikulenko, the director of the children’s home in the rebel-held...
What Happened To Putin?
MOSCOW, March 13 (Reuters) – A wave of savage mockery broke over President Vladimir Putin across the Internet on Friday, sparked by days of absence from public view, despite official insistence it was business as usual in the Kremlin. State television footage of Putin working at his residence failed to quell the tide of fantastical theories...
Ukraine govt: No links between reported suicides of 6 officials with former Yanukovych regime
Ukraine’s interior minister says he sees no links between a series of recent alleged suicides of officials who served during the regime of deposed President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: FOX...
‘Putin Involved in Drug Smuggling Ring’, Says Ex-KGB Officer
Russian president Vladimir Putin and his long-time ally Victor Ivanov, who is currently head of Russia’s narcotics agency, have been implicated in helping run a drug smuggling and money laundering ring in St Petersburg in the 1990s. The allegations were made by ex-KGB officer Yuri Shvets who spoke at the inquiry into the death Alexander...
Ukraine Govt Sees No Links Between 6 Former Regime Suicides
Ukraine govt: No links between reported suicides of 6 officials with former Yanukovych regime …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine govt sees no links between 6 former regime suicides
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s interior minister says he sees no links between a series of recent alleged suicides of officials who served during the regime of deposed President Viktor Yanukovych. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Friday that any suggestion that the deaths were connected was “speculation.”read more …read...
