Section: Newsweek (USA)
Russia Election: Pro-Vladimir Putin Party On Course for ‘Landmark’ Win
The ruling United Russia party is on track to win 343 of 450 seats in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Central Election Commission said Monday. The Commission made its prediction with more than 93 percent of ballots counted, Ella Pamfilova, the head of the commission, told a news briefing. While the allies of Russian President...
UKIP Leader Diane James Hails Vladimir Putin As Her ‘Hero’
Diane James, Britain’s new UKIP leader, has revealed that Vladimir Putin is her political hero. James, who was elected as party leader Friday, said Russian president Putin and former British prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and Sir Winston Churchill were the political figures she admired the most. Speaking on BBC One’s Sunday...
Putin’s Last Critic in Parliament Hopes 2016 Can Be the Year of the Opposition
At 36 years old, Dmitry Gudkov has unwittingly become the sole flag bearer of the Russian opposition in parliament. After a successful stint in Russia’s national youth basketball team, he took an interest in politics and was elected alongside his father Gennady as part of the establishment A Just Russia party in 2011. Half a decade later,...
Denmark Refuses to Recognize Russian Elections in Crimea
Denmark has refused to recognize the forthcoming results of Russia’s upcoming parliamentary election in annexed Crimea, as requested by Ukraine, Radio Free Europe reports. Russia’s nationwide parliamentary elections on Sunday will be its first since the annexing of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Although the Russian government has de...
Ukraine Rebels Break Latest Ceasefire Vow and Open Fire 50 Times, Say Defense Forces
Ukraine’s defense forces near the rebel-held east of the country have accused Russian-backed fighters of opening fire 50 times on Wednesday, including the use of artillery fire. The two militant groups in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions called for an end to hostilities starting at midnight on Thursday morning. This is despite...
Oliver Stone to Release Vladimir Putin Film in 2017
U.S. film director and political commentator Oliver Stone has announced he is working on a documentary about Russian President Vladimir Putin that will be released next year. The Oscar winner told Russian pro-government tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda that his planned film about Putin “should be screened next year.” He also announced that his...
The Most Shocking Moments From Russia’s ‘Sluggish’ Election Campaign
Russia will elect a new parliament Sunday, after an election campaign declared the “most sluggish” for a decade, according to the main, independent monitor of national votes. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia is expected to win, without a major contender even close. Meanwhile, the handful of liberals competing for seats face...
Ukraine’s President Urges World Not to Recognize Russian Elections
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on the EU and the world’s biggest economies not to recognize Russia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, which treat Crimea as Russian territory. This month Russians will elect 450 lawmakers to parliament, for the first time since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The U.N. does not...
Moscow Mayor Urged by 30,000 Activists to Honor Assassinated Kremlin Critic
Russian opposition activists have sent 30,000 signatures to the mayor of Moscow, calling on local authorities to honor late opposition leader Boris Nemtsov with a memorial plaque. Nemtsov, who was once Russia’s deputy prime minister and a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead in central Moscow while walking home...
Russia and China Launch Navy Drill in South China Sea
China and Russia have launched a mass joint drill in the South China Sea in a bid to strengthen Sino-Russian naval cooperation, Russian state news agency Itar-Tass reported Tuesday. Moscow and Beijing have sought to display a tightening of ties as Russia’s annexation of Crimea and China’s expanded claims to South China Sea waters have...
