Section: Newsweek (USA)
Almost Half Of Russians Fear World War Three On Back Of Syria
Almost half of Russians have concerns that the worsening ties with the West regarding the war in Syria could lead to World War III, Russian independent pollster Levada Center reports. Russia, which has been backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with airstrikes since last fall, has failed to convince Western partners to unite forces behind the...
NATO: Alliance Does Not Want New Cold War With Russia
NATO is not seeking a return to a Cold War standoff with Russia, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC Thursday. The former Norwegian prime minister, who has served as NATO’s top diplomatic official since 2014, defended the alliance’s new security measures in Europe, which Russia has called aggressive....
Kremlin Denies Putin Aide Hack: ‘He Does Not Use Email’
The Kremlin has denied that Ukrainian hacktivists broke into the email address of one of President Vladimir Putin’s top aides, claiming “he does not use email,” Russian news agency Interfax reports. The alleged hack, released by a Ukrainian group calling itself Cyber Hunta, published over 2,000 emails from what they claim to be the...
Ukraine’s Nadiya Savchenko Returns to Russia After Pardon
Ukrainian member of parliament Nadiya Savchenko has returned to Russia for the first time since being jailed and pardoned by Russian authorities in a highly controversial case earlier this year. The former pilot, who is now one of Ukraine’s most popular political figures, arrived in Moscow to act as moral support during the appeal of two...
Norway to Host U.S. Troops in Move Likely to Upset Russia
Norway will host 330 U.S. marines on a rotational deployment in January, in a move likely to increase tensions with Russia. The country’s Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday that the U.S. troops were “highly welcome” in Norway, one of the few NATO members to share a border with Russia. Members of the alliance have been on high alert since...
Ukraine Claims Rebels Boast More Artillery and Tanks Than Germany
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has warned that Russian-backed rebels in his country’s east boast more artillery, tanks and armored vehicles than Germany’s armed forces, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported Sunday. Although there are no official figures for the arsenal held by militants in east Ukraine, Poroshenko cited...
Petro Poroshenko Told Vladimir Putin to Halt Fire At Ukraine
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “you should just stop shooting” in a heated exchange last week, it has emerged. The two met in Berlin, where they were joined by French president Francois Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel, in the so-called Normandy format—the name given to the...
Ukraine and Poland Point To Soviet Culpability For WWII
Ukraine and Poland’s parliaments have approved a resolution, considering moves by both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany as the reason for the start of World War II. The resolution, called the Declaration of Remembrance and Solidarity, states that the non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany was what led to the two...
Russia Carries Out Missile Drills Near NATO Border
Russia has carried out military drills involving its ballistic-missile systems in the west of the country, only around 100 miles from its nearest border with NATO, its Ministry of Defence announced. The drill, involving short-range ballistics system Iskander-M took involved around 100 troops and 20 missile units, at a military range in the city...
Captain Putin Monument Planned in Crimea by Nationalists
Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon be immortalized as a sea captain, in Crimea, local Russian nationalist activists have announced. Brandishing a concept artwork of Putin, in naval uniform, at the helm of a ship, Sergey Shuvaynikov, who is a local councilor for the Russian nationalist LDPR party, announced he and others were collecting...
