Section: Boston Herald (USA)
Russian Crimea documentary sends message: Putin is in charge
MOSCOW — Even while Vladimir Putin was still mysteriously absent, Russian TV delivered a clear message for Russians and foreigners alike: Putin is firmly in charge, and ready to use his country’s military power to safeguard the interests of Russia and Russians.A lavish 2 ½-hour documentary on Russia’s annexation of Crimea aired late...
Germany's goal: Restoring Russia-annexed Crimea to Ukraine
BERLIN — Germany’s goal remains to restore the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday, a year after Crimea’s annexation by Russian forces.Speaking after talks in Berlin with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Merkel said the March 19, 2014, annexation of the peninsula was a violation of...
Germany won't recognize annexation of Crimea, 1 year on
BERLIN — Germany says it won’t recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimean Peninsula, one year after a referendum that Ukraine said was illegitimate.The issue of Crimea’s status has taken a back seat in recent efforts to broker a peace deal for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are battling separatists backed by...
Putin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimea
MOSCOW — Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year’s tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow of Ukraine’s president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks aired on Sunday.Putin’s comments, in a documentary being shown on state TV, highlight the extent to which alarm...
EU chief speaks out against arms supplies for Kiev
RIGA, Latvia — The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Friday came out against a bipartisan call in the United States to provide lethal, defensive weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists.House Speaker John Boehner and a group of top Democrats and Republicans wrote to President Obama calling for deliveries but...
Putin calls opposition politician's slaying a 'disgrace'
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called the slaying of his top critic a “disgrace” to Russia, while the opposition promised to complete Boris Nemtsov’s work on a report documenting evidence of Russian troops’ involvement in fighting in eastern Ukraine.Putin condemned the slaying of Nemtsov, who was gunned...
MH17 next of kin finally view wreckage of downed flight
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands — Relatives of those killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine visited a Dutch air base Tuesday to view the wreckage of the plane.For almost all of them, it was the first chance to see the twisted and charred wreckage that lay for months in the battlefields of eastern Ukraine after...
Woman with slain Putin critic says she didn't see his killer
MOSCOW — The 23-year-old Ukrainian model who was with slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov tearfully recounted Monday their last dinner in a chic Red Square restaurant and their walk onto a nearby bridge — but said she did not see the gunman who pulled the trigger.The emotional account by Anna Duritskaya came amid a swirl of speculation about...
Kerry, Russian FM meet in Geneva as Ukraine tensions simmer
GENEVA — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting his Russian counterpart for likely highly contentious talks amid continuing tensions over Ukraine and American calls for a full probe into the murder of a prominent opposition figure in Moscow.Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were to meet in Geneva on Monday, less than a week...
Widow of murdered spy blames Russian govt for new killing
LONDON — The widow of murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko thinks the Russian government may have been involved in the murder of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov.Marina Litvinenko told BBC Radio on Sunday she thinks Nemtsov’s slaying Friday night in Moscow seems to have been the Russian government’s way of silencing...
