Section: Newsweek (USA)
Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko Set to Return Home
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko is expected to arrive in Kiev on Wednesday, reportedly returning home after spending two years at the mercy of pro-Russian separatists and Russian authorities. Local media issued separate reports on Wednesday morning, citing sources privy to information from the ongoing talks between Kiev and Moscow about...
Ukraine’s Army Suffers Bloodiest Day of Casualties In a Year
Ukraine’s military has suffered its bloodiest day for the last year in the country’s war-torn east, as a record number of soldiers were reported dead or injured by the state National Security and Defence Council. Seven Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine were wounded between Monday and Tuesday this week—the heaviest casualties...
Brexit: Tony Blair Defends EU Freedom of Movement
Tony Blair has launched an impassioned defense of freedom of movement in Europe as he denied that his Labour government allowed levels of immigration into Britain to rise too high. Blair has been criticized, including by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, for choosing not to impose restrictions that would have temporarily limited...
Metrojet Crash: Why The Insider Threat to Airport Security Isn’t Just Egypt’s Problem
At 5:50 on the morning of October 31, 2015, Metrojet Flight 9268 received takeoff clearance from Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, the travel hub for Egypt’s best-known Red Sea tourist destination. At the controls of the Russian plane was Valery Nemov, a pilot with more than 12,000 hours of flight time. He and his co-pilot, Sergei...
Russia Blames Ukraine’s ‘Eurovision’ Win on Politics
Russia definitely did not enjoy losing to Ukraine in what became a tense finale of the “Eurovision Song Contest” on Saturday. Ukraine’s Jamala took home the Eurovision trophy and the rights to host next year’s competition after her song “1944” received the highest score from a combination of public votes and...
Who Are the Crimean Tatars?
The Tatar people have lived in settlements all across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since the Middle Ages. The Tatars traditionally espouse the Sunni branch of Islam and have historically enjoyed a close relationship with Turkey and other Muslim peoples in the nearby Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia. The Tatar language is also part...
Watch: Russian Strongmen Lift Soviet ‘Tank’ With Bare Hands
“Quantity is quality,” Joseph Stalin is often quoted as telling his Soviet troops. In modern Russia a group of factory workers appear to have taken that maxim to the extreme as a video of a dozen of them lifting a Red Army tank with their bare hands has spread online. The video, taken in a factory in central Russia, near the city of...
Ukraine and Turkey to Deepen Defence Ties Says PM
Ukraine and Turkey are pursuing closer political and military ties, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said after a meeting with Turkey’s defence minister in Kiev. Both Ukraine and Turkey have signaled they would like to join the EU, and though Turkey is already a member of NATO Ukraine is not. The two countries have sought closer...
Ukraine and Turkey to Deepen Defence Ties Says PM
Ukraine and Turkey are pursuing closer political and military ties, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said after a meeting with Turkey’s defence minister in Kiev. Both Ukraine and Turkey have signaled they would like to join the EU, and though Turkey is already a member of NATO Ukraine is not. The two countries have sought closer...
Georgia Launches U.S.-led Military Drill Despite Russian Warning
Georgia has launched a two-week military exercise with NATO allies led by the U.S. despite Russia’s warnings that they have been following the preparations and consider Georgia’s actions provocative. Relations between Georgia and Russia took a severe turn for the worse in 2008 when, after years of political deadlock with separatists...
