Section: Newsweek (USA)
Nazi Death Squad Member Wins Canada Citizenship Court Battle
A 92-year-old man who has admitted being a former Nazi death squad member has won a court victory in Canada, stopping the country’s efforts to revoke his citizenship. Canada has revoked Helmut Oberlander’s citizenship three times since 1995 but on each occasion this has been overturned on appeal, with the latest ruling made Thursday....
Vladimir Putin Lands Job As City Mayoral Advisor in West Ukraine
Ukrainian politics has featured many eyebrow-raising characters, including Darth Vader. But a west Ukrainian mayor has made perhaps the most shocking appointment of all—by hiring Vladimir Putin as an advisor. Alexander Simchshin, mayor of Khmelnitsky and from the pro-EU party Svoboda, has asked Putin to use his security expertise to advise him,...
Why NATO’s Landmark Summit in Poland Matters
Since 1957 NATO has held 27 summits—some have been more eventful than others. Nearly 3,000 delegates from 28 NATO allies and 26 partners arrive in Poland for the weekend in what the Polish government is billing as the largest ever NATO summit. Here are a few reasons why, however eventful it turns out to be, the alliance’s 28th summit is...
Putin Called Obama to Discuss Syria, Ukraine and Karabakh
Russian President Vladimir Putin phoned U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to discuss Syria, Ukraine and the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The readouts from Wednesday’s conversation published by the White House and Kremlin had some notable differences, with each leader stressing their side on each issue. According to the...
Poland and Ukraine Touch Base Before NATO Summit
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko and Polish President Andrzej Duda have touched base ahead of a crunch NATO summit this week according to the Ukrainian president’s site. The summit will see delegations from all NATO members meet in Warsaw, Poland and the crisis in Ukraine will likely be top of the agenda. NATO has planned a series...
Russia sanctions: British MPs Accused of ‘Audacity and Nastiness’
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has lashed out at U.K. parliament after its lower house published a report calling on the EU to extend anti-Russian sanctions. The U.S. and EU imposed trade sanctions on Russian businesses perceived to be close to the Kremlin in the aftermath of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. The sanctions have been...
‘Hipster Stalinism:’ Populist Renewal Projects Come to Moscow
One of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin’s pet projects is a multi-billion-dollar revamp of the “Soviet Versailles:” an enormous ensemble of extravagant, mainly Stalin-era, pavilions, fountains and statuary in Moscow’s northeast. Sobyanin accompanied President Vladimir Putin last year on a visit to the site, known as VDNKh, to open a new...
Brexit: Putin Takes a Swipe at Cameron After EU Leave Vote
Hours after British Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation, after losing a referendum on Britain’s membership in the EU, Putin broke his silence on the referendum and took a swipe at Cameron. The outgoing British prime minister had previously said that a vote for Britain to exit the EU (know as a “Brexit”) would only benefit...
What Happens Now Britain Has Voted to Leave the EU?
The U.K. has voted to leave the EU after a countrywide referendum, in a historic decision for the union. With little precedent for the EU losing a leading member and British Prime Minister David Cameron announcing his resignation, speculation about the country and the continent’s future is rife. However, there are some questions we can...
Russian Parliament Warns NATO of ‘New Cold War’
Russian lawmakers have warned NATO that its reinforcements in Eastern Europe risk sparking a new Cold War and will prompt Moscow and her allies to view the region as a target for retaliation, state news agency Itar-Tass has reported. NATO has been discussing what measures it can implement on its eastern flank for two years, since Russia’s...
