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Prominent Russian opposition figure shot and killed in Moscow
MOSCOW – Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister turned Russian opposition leader, was shot and killed in Moscow Saturday, officials said. He was 55. Nemtsov’s death comes just a day before a planned protest against President Vladimir Putin’s rule. The Kremlin said that Putin will personally oversee the...
Russian Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov Shot Dead In Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister turned Russian opposition leader, was shot and killed in Moscow Saturday, officials said. He was 55. Nemtsov’s death comes just a day before a planned protest against President Vladimir Putin’s rule. The Kremlin said that Putin will personally oversee the...
‘House of Cards’ Needs to Read Up on Russia
Spoiler alert: This review includes plot details from the first six episodes of season three of House of Cards. At the outset of House of Cards’ third season, Frank Underwood is president of the United States. After all his mischief and plotting, the time has come for Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, to do the inevitable: govern. But by...
Russian Opposition Leader Murdered in Moscow
Major Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov was shot dead Friday night in central Moscow. The Interior Ministry says Nemtsov was shot four times in the back of the head. Police have launched a special operation to hunt down the killer. Nemtsov was scheduled to lead an opposition protest Sunday in Moscow. VOA...
Fears for Ukraine ceasefire
The US Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, has warned that the US expects pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine to resume the war in the spring. Specifically he says they will try to take the city of Mariupol, as part of a drive to open a land corridor to Crimea. Pro-Russian forces are already reported to be moving heavy weapons in that...
Ukraine troops bitterly question their leaders as Kiev pulls back in east
Today’s withdrawal of heavy weapons in accordance with the Minsk cease-fire marks a major reversal for Kiev. For many soldiers, cynicism about commanders is weighing heavily. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Prominent Russian Opposition Figure Boris Nemtsov Shot Dead
MOSCOW—Russia’s Interior Ministry says Boris Nemtsov, a leading opposition figure and former deputy prime minister, has been shot and killed near the Kremlin. Nemtsov, a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was killed early Saturday. His death comes just a day before a major opposition rally in Moscow. The Interior Ministry, which...
Prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov shot dead
MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister turned Russian opposition leader, was shot and killed in Moscow Saturday, officials said. He was 55. Nemtsov’s death comes just a day before a planned protest against President Vladimir Putin’s rule. The Kremlin said that Putin will personally oversee the...
Weekend Roundup: A Sigh of Relief in Europe
Though nothing is finally settled, Europe this week breathed a sigh of relief. Greece’s Syriza-led government backed down in its confrontation with its EU partners over austerity policies and, after bloody skirmishes in the early days of a new cease-fire agreement, the combatants in Ukraine backed off. Not everyone was happy in Greece,...
A major Russian opposition figure was just assassinated in Moscow
Prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov was assassinated in Moscow today. Nemtsov served as a deputy prime minister and a regional governor in the 1990s under previous Russian president Boris Yeltsin, and advised Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko after Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution” in 2004. More recently, he...
