Section: Newsweek (USA)
German Intelligence Agency Blames Pro-Russian Rebels for Downing of Flight MH17
A German intelligence agency has determined that pro-Russian rebels were responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which killed 298 people in eastern Ukraine in July. The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), the agency responsible for foreign intelligence, reportedly gathered information suggesting that Russian loyalists captured a...
Ukraine’s Maidan: Pictures From a Revolution
What began as a few small isolated public protests in 2013 against former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich, for his about-face on a trade agreement with the European Union to pursue closer relations with Russia, turned violent when protesters clashed with police. Public support for the protesters soon grew and their numbers swelled. By...
Putin Misses Meeting With Merkel Before Partying With Berlusconi Until Early Hours
Russian President Vladimir Putin was four hours late for a meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel at the ASEM summit in Milan on Thursday after stopping by Serbia on the way to Italy to enjoy a military parade in Belgrade. “The meeting did not go through as scheduled due to a major scheduling reshuffle,” a spokesperson for Putin told press...
No Sign of Breakthrough as Russia and Ukraine Leaders Meet in Milan
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko met an array of EU leaders on Friday, but there was little sign of progress in patching up a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and resolving a dispute over natural gas supplies. Putin held more than 2-1/2 hours of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel overnight. The Kremlin...
Tense Ceasefire in the Hopeless Towns of ‘Happiness’ and ‘Victory’ in Ukraine
A road sign marks the turning into the village of Pobeda, in Ukrainian-controlled North Luhansk. The sign is missing the first two letters, turning pobeda (victory) into beda (woe). It’s an appropriate enough symbol for the reversal of Ukrainian military ambitions in the area. Up until the night of September 2nd, the village served as the...
Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, New Zealand Win U.N. Council Seats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola and New Zealand won seats on the United Nations Security Council on Thursday for two years from Jan. 1, 2015, while Spain beat Turkey in a third round of run-off voting. The 193-member U.N. General Assembly elected Venezuela with 181 votes, Malaysia with 187 votes, Angola with 190...
Putin Issues ‘Nuclear Powers’ Warning Over Sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken out against US and EU sanctions on Russia, urging them to remind themselves of the consequences of nuclear conflict between the two sides, in Serbian newspaper daily newspaper Politika today. “Our partners need to understand that attempts to destabilize Russia using one-sided, illegitimate, restrictive...
Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev Warns Against New Cold War
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has warned Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin against dragging the world into a new version of the Cold War he helped to end a quarter of a century ago. Gorbachev, recently in hospital, voiced his disquiet in a newspaper interview at the current standoff over...
Serbia to Salute Putin but Eyes Future With Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin is guest of honor at a military parade in Belgrade on Thursday to mark 70 years since the city’s liberation by the Red Army, a visit loaded with symbolism as Serbia walks a tightrope between the Europe it wants to join and a big-power ally it cannot leave behind. The United States and European Union are...
Putin Warns of Neo-Nazi Rise in Ukraine and Baltics, as Latvia Responds ‘Look in the Mirror’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that a trend of “open neo-Nazism” has become “commonplace” in Latvia and the Baltic states as well as Ukraine, singling out Kiev’s revolution as a “particularly troubling example” while speaking to Serbian media on Wednesday, ahead of his visit to Belgrade, Serbia, this week. “What went on in...
