Section: Newsweek (USA)
Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko to Give Final Address to Russian Court
Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadia Savchenko, who is accused of killing two Russian journalists, is due to make her final address to a court on Thursday, Russian independent business channel RBC reports. Savchenko was detained in eastern Ukraine by Moscow-backed separatists in June 2014. She is accused of directing fire from hostilities in Ukraine...
Ukraine Offers Ex-President Yanukovych “Sexual Gift” to Return
Ukraine’s chief prosecutor has dismissed claims made by ex-President Viktor Yanukovych that he is in exile against his will—and offered him a “sexual gift” if he chooses to return and cooperate with authorities. Yanukovych has resided in Russia since fleeing Ukraine in the wake of anti-government protests two years ago. An arrest warrant...
Lenin Becomes Lennon: Ukraine Renames Street After Late Beatle
A Ukrainian governor has ordered that a street named after Vladimir Lenin should be renamed “John Lennon Street.” Lenin Street in the village of Kalini in Zakarpattia, Ukraine’s westernmost region, will soon no longer bear the name of the Soviet leader and will instead honor the late Beatle. Ukraine is currently undergoing a government-led...
Vladimir Putin Pays Tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev on His 85th Birthday
Russian President Vladimir Putin has marked Mikhail Gorbachev’s 85th birthday by hailing the final leader of the Soviet Union as a great statesman and commending his legacy. Gorbachev and Putin have had a relatively amicable relationship; Gorbachev was a major backer of Putin’s decision to annex Crimea from the territory of Ukraine in...
Russian Opposition Leader Vows to Return Crimea to Ukraine
Russian opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov has said he is ready to reverse the “illegal” annexation of Crimea and return its control to Ukraine, Radio Free Europe reports. Kasyanov leads the Parnas party, one of the major liberal groups in Russian politics. Having served as prime minister until 2004 and minister of finance before that, he is one...
Ousted Yanukovych Plans to Return as Ukraine’s President
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych plans to return to Ukraine and assume his old post, the politician’s legal representative told Ukrainian news agency Glavkom on Tuesday. Yanukovych was toppled in early 2014 after months of protests against his pro-Russian government in Kiev’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti square. He fled to Russia...
Hungararian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Threatens to Build Fence Along Romania Border
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened on Sunday to fence another of his country’s borders over Europe’s migrant crisis, this time with fellow EU member Romania. In recent months, Orban’s government has controversially erected fences on Hungary’s borders with Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia in a bid to stem the...
Herman Van Rompuy: Why Brexit Would Hurt Britain
A question often asked in Western Europe is: what are the advantages for the European Union in keeping Britain as a member state? A majority of my compatriots still remember Margaret Thatcher putting pressure on other European leaders and even blackmailing them. A widespread feeling here in Belgium is: if Britain doesn’t love us, it is free...
Lithuanian Capital to Name Street After Putin-Critic Boris Nemtsov
Slain Kremlin-critic Boris Nemtsov will be honored with a street named after him in Lithuania’s capital of Vilnius, the city’s mayor says. Nemtsov, who was frequently critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule, was shot last February while walking home in central Moscow late at night with his girlfriend. The...
Polish MPs Propose Building Fence on Border With Ukraine
Members of Poland’s nationalist party Kukiz-15 are calling for the construction of a fence on Poland’s border with Ukraine, Polskie Radio reports. Member of parliament Sylwester Chruszcz has warned that due to the tightening of border controls along the so-called West Balkan route into the E.U., more migrants will now try to enter...
