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Ukrainian photojournalist killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine
A Ukrainian photojournalist was killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as the cease-fire deal brokered by Western leaders seems to fail to silence the guns completely. …read more Source: Global...
Nemtsov’s Last Hours
MOSCOW (Reuters) – It was near closing time on Friday at the upscale Bosco restaurant that looks out onto the illuminated red-brick walls of Moscow’s Kremlin. Boris Nemtsov and his young, dark-haired girlfriend were finishing dinner. A political reformer who had fallen foul of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Nemtsov had been...
The Assassination of Boris Nemtsov: More a Shock Than a Surprise
People gather at the site where Boris Nemtsov was recently murdered, with St. Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin walls seen in the background, in central Moscow, February 28, 2015 (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters) Hours after Boris Nemtsov was slain on Friday night near the Kremlin, Russian president Vladimir Putin vowed to seek justice:...
Fear Envelops Russia After Killing of Putin Critic Boris Y. Nemtsov
An old friend recounted hearing the former deputy prime minister tell of dangerous new research on Russian involvement in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The New York...
Boris Nemtsov’s murder investigated by group that answers to Putin
Russia’s top investigative body is looking into several possible motives for the killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, including a number of theories that the Kremlin’s critics regard as attempts to obscure the truth. …read more Source:...
In Moscow, Opposition Leaders Prepare For Nemtsov Rally: “The Country Changed Yesterday Night”
MOSCOW — The blatant murder of Russian political opposition leader Boris Nemtsov next to Red Square on Friday night is rattling president Vladimir Putin’s opponents, at a time when an once-robust protest movement is on the wane amid a wave of nationalism provoked by Russian involvement in the war in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian journalist killed in shelling, despite cease-fire
A Ukrainian photojournalist was killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as the cease-fire deal brokered by Western leaders seems to fail to silence the guns completely. …read more Source: CTV...
Mariupol’s Volunteer Defence Force
Fighting has died down in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions in recent days, after a ceasefire agreed between the government and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukrainian photojournalist killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine
Serhiy Nikolayev, a staff photographer for the Segodnya newspaper, was killed Saturday in the village of Pisky on the Ukrainian side of the front. …read more Source: Toronto...
5 Killings That Show How Dangerous It Is To Be A Kremlin Critic
MOSCOW (AP) — Prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov’s killing follows the slaying over the past decade of several other high-profile critics of President Vladimir Putin and his policies. Here is a look at some of the best-known cases.1. ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA Renowned journalist Anna Politkovskaya, 48, was fatally shot in the...
