Section: US & Canada
‘Darth Vaders’ To Vie For Ukraine Parliamentary Seats
Sixteen Darth Vaders have made an imperial march onto the ballot in Ukraine’s upcoming parliamentary elections, the latest and most expansive appearance of the “Star Wars” villain’s name and likeness in the country’s political life. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Says He Hopes Election Will Bring Ukraine Stability
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Ukraine’s parliamentary poll, scheduled for October 26, would help restore stability in the country, saying that such a development would also be welcomed by Russia. Relations between Moscow and Kyiv have been teetering on the brink since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in...
George Clooney, South Sudan and How the World’s Newest Nation Imploded
March 2012, A Bar on the Nile It was mid-morning and the staff were still wiping down the bar and clearing away the empties when George Clooney ambled over to my table. Clooney had a couple of hours before he headed north to the fighting and we’d agreed to meet by the Nile, at the aid worker hotel where he stayed. The river was something to...
Tatarstan’s Outspoken Activist Gets One-Year-In-Prison Suspended Sentence
A well-known Tatar writer, activist and the leader of the self-proclaimed pan-Tatar Milli Mejlis (National Assembly), Fauziya Bayramova (eds: a woman), received a suspended one-year jail sentence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Barack Obama and the Will to Fight
The Obama administration has admitted that it misjudged the extremists who set up the Islamic State in chunks of territory torn from Iraq and Syria. The director of national intelligence, James Clapper, confessed that his analysts underestimated the “will to fight” of the jihadists. He also linked it to intelligence failures of the...
Putin: state will support sanctions-hit sectors
Putin said Thursday the sanctions, imposed by the United States, the European Union and others over Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict, violate basic principles of the World Trade Organization and obstruct international economics. …read more Source: San Francisco...
U.S. Green Card Lottery Scam Group Nabbed In Ukraine
Ukrainian investigators in cooperation with American authorities have nabbed a group involved in the U.S. Green Card Lottery scam. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Belarusians Fighting In Ukraine To Be Jailed
Belarusian citizens fighting in Ukraine’s east on either side of the conflict will be jailed. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pro-Russian Separatists Push To Seize Donetsk Airport
Rebel forces in eastern Ukraine are pushing to capture the government-held airport in the city of Donetsk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Life And Death In The Foxholes For The Frontline Troops In Ukraine
Ukrainian troops on the front line in Chernokhino, halfway between Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, reported coming under mortar and artillery attack despite the ceasefire. Speaking on September 30, they said they had suffered two dead and more than ten wounded over the previous ten days. In recent days there have been increasing...
