Section: Newsweek (USA)
Russia Reported to be Stationing Supersonic Bombers in Crimea
Russia’s air force is stationing a squadron of long-range, supersonic bombers to Crimea with the option of eventually sending an entire regiment to the peninsula in response to Eastern European NATO allies’ reinforcement plans, according to Russian independent news agency Interfax. Poland and Romania have agreed to host U.S.-missiles...
French Opposition MPs to Visit Crimea
A delegation of 10 French parliamentarians was on its way to Russia on Wednesday for a three-day trip which will also involve a visit to the annexed peninsula of Crimea near the end of the week, French daily newspaper Le Monde reports. The delegation has denied that the visit represents a recognition of the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, but...
Russia Proposes Limited U.N. Involvement in MH17 Investigation
Russia proposed a draft resolution in Monday’s closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting calling on the U.N. to perform a greater role into the MH17 investigation. The resolution also rejects the involvement of a U.N.-backed tribunal proposed last week. The Russian resolution, obtained by Reuters on Monday, expresses concern over the...
Kremlin Critic Says Putin’s Daughter Landed Plum Job at University
A young woman rumoured to be Russian president Vladimir Putin’s daughter has been appointed to her fourth administrative post in Moscow’s prestigious State University (MGU), according to Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny. The exact identity of Putin’s two daughters Katerina and Maria has been shrouded in secrecy since the early days...
U.S. Leads ‘Largest Multinational Exercise Held in Ukraine’
Troops from the U.S., U.K., Germany and 14 other countries are set to conduct what one official called the “largest multinational exercise held in Ukraine” in the west of the country over the coming weeks. The exercises will be conducted in the Lviv region in western Ukraine, far from the current conflict in the east, with as many as...
Russia Sends 2,000 Paratroopers on Drill near European Border
Around 2,000 Russian servicemen from its Airborne troops (VDV) have been taking part in landing combat drills near the country’s border with Estonia and Latvia, at a time of tension between Russia and the West over Moscow’s support for separatist rebels in Ukraine. The VDV troopers, usually stationed in the Tulskaya region, began the...
The War Between Russia and Ukraine Is on Facebook Too
Last December, a prominent Russian blogger Rustem Adagamov visited a World War II museum in Svolvaer, Norway. Among other things, Christmas balls decorated with swastikas and portraits of Nazi leaders caught his attention. He took some photographs and shared them on Facebook. Several months later, these photographs were reported to Facebook...
Photos: A Year After the Tragedy, the World Mourns MH17
A year after Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was struck down above Ukraine, mourners are gathering around the world to remember the tragedy. Much of the world, including the United States government, believes MH17 was shot down by pro-Russian separatists, though Russia has long denied the claims. There were 298 people on board, all of whom were...
Poroshenko Denies Reforms Will Give Separatist Ukraine Regions Special Status
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has denied reports that Ukraine is moving away from being a unitary state, despite parliament approving his move to give more powers to the war-stricken Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Under the current ceasefire agreement between Ukraine, Russia and pro-Russian rebel forces in Donetsk and Luhansk, Kiev is...
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17, One Year Later
A year after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, people are still awaiting an official answer to the question of who was responsible. Friday marks the anniversary of the day the plane crashed en route from the Netherlands to Malaysia, killing 298 people. In Australia, lawmakers will unveil a plaque honoring the victims. Dutch...
