Section: Newsweek (USA)
Nemstov’s Allies Suspect Cyber Attack as Online Access to His Report Disrupted
Online access to Kremlin-critic Boris Nemtsov’s report, detailing Russian military presence in Ukraine has been heavily disrupted on its first day of publications, as Nemtsov’s allies suspect it has been the subject of a cyber attack. The 65-page report entitled “Putin. War” contradicts the Kremlin’s denials that it...
Video: U.S. Soldiers Train Ukraine Troops
At a former Soviet military base outside of the western Ukrainian town of Lviv, about 300 U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, which is based in Vicenza, Italy, are training the Ukrainian National Guard. The six-month U.S. training exercise, called Fearless Guardian, officially began on April 20. The training is focused on both...
Kerry Meets Putin to Gauge Russia’s Flexibility on Ukraine Involvement, Syria President
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to probe Russia’s willingness to curb its involvement in Ukraine and its backing of Syria’s president. Kerry met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for more than four hours before he sat down with Putin in the Black Sea...
U.K. Ranked as Best Place in Europe for LGBT Rights in Equality Index
The U.K. is the best place in Europe to live as a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, according to a new survey released yesterday. On the back of same-sex marriage legislation taking effect last year, the UK scored 86% according to the Rainbow Index, which ranks countries in terms of equality offered...
Kerry Heads to Russia to Discuss Ukraine, Syria, Iran With Putin
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday to discuss Ukraine and other issues, the United States said on Monday in a statement that made no mention of their deep disagreements. Relations between Russia and the West are at their lowest ebb since...
Ukraine Rebels Equipped By Russia to Launch Attack With Little Warning: NATO
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s chief said on Monday that Russia had built up forces on the border with Ukraine and sent more military hardware into eastern Ukraine, enabling pro-Russia separatists to launch attacks with little warning if they chose. “There has been a Russian build-up, both along the borders between Russia and...
Some Russian Soldiers Quit Over Ukraine
MOSCOW/DONETSK (Reuters) – Some Russian soldiers are quitting the army because of the conflict in Ukraine, several soldiers and human rights activists have told Reuters. Their accounts call into question the Kremlin’s continued assertions that no Russian soldiers have been sent to Ukraine, and that any Russians fighting alongside...
Russia Flexes Military Might as Foreign Leaders Stay Away From V-E Parade
This year, Russia’s annual Victory Day parade marks 70 years since Allied and Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in world war two. But as well as being a landmark anniversary, likely the last Russia’s war veterans will be alive for, is significant for two reasons. The Armata T-14, the first tank Russia has designed since the fall of the...
UK General Election Results: Europe Reacts
As the aftermath of last night’s UK general election continues to grip the British media, pundits across Europe have also been keeping a keen eye on Westminster over the last 24 hours. In an unexpected turn of events, David Cameron’s Conservative party won the necessary 326 seats required to form a majority government, despite the...
70 Years After VE Day, the Last Witnesses Remember
On 7 May, in a red brick school house in the French city of Reims, General Alfred Jodl signed an instrument of surrender on behalf of the German armed forces. The following day, Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel signed a another surrender document with Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov at Karlshorst in Berlin. A week earlier, on the afternoon of Friday 30...
