Section: Mashable (USA)
Chechen police killed by militants during gun battle in Grozny
KIEV, Ukraine – The streets of Grozny, the Chechen capital, were the scene of a deadly battle between local security forces and heavily armed militants early on Thursday. Chechen authorities and local media said militants traveling in several cars gunned down three traffic police at a checkpoint in Grozny before they stormed the centrally located...
‘Zombie’ protesters demand Ukraine to stop airing Russian TV shows
Zombie protesters did their best Walking Dead impressions in Kiev on Wednesday, while demonstrating against Russian shows being broadcast in Ukraine A group of protesters splattered with fake blood gathered outside Ukraine’s National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council, calling on Ukrainian stations to stop airing all Russian...
Rolling blackouts in Ukraine after nuclear plant accident
KIEV, Ukraine — In Ukraine, the words “nuclear accident” conjure up memories of Chernobyl — the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe. But those were the words Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk chose on Wednesday when describing problems at the Zaporizhye nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine, without giving further details. See...
Ukraine just created its own version of Orwell’s ‘Ministry of Truth’
KIEV, Ukraine –- The Ukraine government has established a department that critics are calling the “Ministry of Truth” — borrowing a term from George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984 Officially called the Ministry of Information Policy, the new office will be headed by Yuriy Stets, head of the Information Security Department of the...
Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels agreee to new cease-fire in war-torn east
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels agreed on Monday to a fresh cease-fire in the war-torn eastern region of Luhansk, one of two provinces partially controlled by separatists, and were working toward expanding the armistice to neighboring Donetsk on Tuesday. News of the deal came via a report published late Monday from the...
Devastating photos capture the aftermath of war
LONDON —From the jungles of Vietnam to the mountains of Afghanistan, for decades photographers have captured both conflict itself — and what remains in the aftermath of battle. See also: Scenes from Ukraine, then and now In Conflict, Time, Photography, which has just opened at the Tate Modern in London, a new exhibition looks at the aftermath:...
Russia’s ruble rocked by falling oil prices, tensions over Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — Russia’s currency plummeted to new lows on Monday, falling more than 6% to almost 54 rubles to the dollar before recovering slightly to around 52 by evening. The ruble is now down about 42% against the dollar this year, making it the second-worst performing currency in the world behind Ukraine’s hryvnia See also:...
Russia blocks Vimeo for not removing ISIS propaganda film
KIEV, Ukraine — Russia temporarily blocked access to the video-sharing website Vimeo on Monday after it failed to remove a propaganda video from the Islamic State that violated the country’s “extremism” laws. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s state broadcasting regulator, ordered Internet service providers in Russia to ban access to Vimeo after...
Drone reveals haunting view of Chernobyl’s ‘ghost city’ from the air
KIEV, Ukraine — A haunting, abandoned amusement park. The tarnished Soviet hammer and sickle emblem atop an empty apartment complex. A forest rising from the cracks of a city square. Not a soul in sight. It’s a sprawling, decaying landscape overgrown with vegetation, a ghost city frozen in time. See also: Radioactive Boars Still Found in...
Ukraine’s most pro-Western parliament in history holds first session
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s eighth parliament held its first session on Thursday after snap elections last month ushered in the most Western-friendly group of lawmakers ever, including several from the Euromaidan revolution that ousted the country’s Russia-leaning president in February. All 423 elected deputies were sworn in during an...
