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A staggering amount of Russians hold negative views of the US
Anti-American sentiment in Russia is now stronger than it was in the late 1980s when the Soviet Union was still intact, The Washington Post reports. An overwhelming majority of Russians — more than 80% — now view the US negatively, according to a poll from the independent Levada Center. This number has doubled over the past year, the Post notes....
Ukraine’s women rebels don evening gowns for glam night
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Yana Manuilova cuts an imposing figure in combat fatigues as a gun-toting rebel in eastern Ukraine.But to mark International Women’s Day she took time out from the war to zip herself into an evening gown and compete in a beauty pageant in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.”Even in my military fatigues I...
Why countries default on their debts
So 2015 looks set to be a difficult year for countries struggling under heavy debt burdens. Only two months in and we have already seen precarious economic situations in states, including Greece and Ukraine, worsen substantially. Few would bet against the likelihood of a major debt restructuring in the near future. But have we become too afraid...
Man reportedly confesses to killing a major Russian opposition leader
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian judge on Sunday said a man detained on suspicion of killing opposition figure Boris Nemtsov had admitted to investigators that he was involved in the killing. The judge at Moscow’s Basmanny court ordered that Zaur Dadayev be held in custody until April 28, a Reuters reporter in the courtroom said. Dadayev...
Sweetening gloomy Russia, one chocolate bar at a time
Moscow (AFP) – When days are dark, friends are few and the state of your bank account makes you want to weep, there is only one thing you can do in bleak, crisis-hit Russia.Keep calm and eat some very expensive chocolate. That was the message from artisanal chocolatiers in Moscow who attended this past week the capital’s first...
East Ukraine rebels say heavy weapons pullback complete
Snizhne (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine claimed Saturday to have fulfilled their end of a February deal with government forces to withdraw heavy weapons from the frontline as part of a ceasefire.”Today is the last day of the weapons withdrawal,” Eduard Basurin, one of the rebel leaders told reporters...
The world is facing a growing threat of nuclear war
Within the next few weeks, after years of stalling and evasion, Iran may at last agree to curb its nuclear programme. In exchange for relief from sanctions it will accept, in principle, that it should allow intrusive inspections and limit how much uranium will cascade through its centrifuges. After 2025 Iran will gradually be allowed to expand...
Mueller double puts Bayern 11 points clear
Berlin (AFP) – Bayern Munich moved 11 points clear in the Bundesliga on Saturday as Thomas Mueller scored twice in their 3-1 comeback win at Hanover 96.It was the perfect preparation for Bayern’s Champions League tie with Shakhtar Donetsk as a stunning first-half free kick by Spain star Xabi Alonso and a Mueller penalty saw Bayern hit...
Amal Clooney will teach at Columbia Law School this spring
Amal Clooney, the accomplished human rights lawyer married to some guy named George, may be teaching at Columbia Law School in the spring, according to Page Six. “She will lecture on human rights law at Columbia Law School this spring as a senior fellow with the Law School’s Human Rights Institute,” according to the Post....
Russia, Germany urge OSCE to double Ukraine observers to 1,000
Moscow (AFP) – Russia and Germany on Friday urged the OSCE, which is charged with monitoring a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, to double the number of observers in the country to 1,000, Moscow said.The Russian foreign ministry said that the country’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier had...
