Section: Newsweek (USA)
Death Threats for Destroying Soviet Symbols
Kharkiv, Ukraine—As fighting continues to escalate in east Ukraine, a pro-Russian separatist group calling itself the “Kharkiv Partisans” declared that it would execute five Ukrainian civilians for every Communist monument destroyed, underscoring worries that a recent law banning Soviet symbols might escalate tensions in the war-torn country. The...
Former Ukrainian Lawmaker Murdered in Kiev: Interior Ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of parliament for ex-president Viktor Yanukovich’s discredited Party of Regions, was found shot dead in Kiev on Wednesday, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement. Senior ministry official Anton Gerashchenko said Kalashnikov, 52, had knowledge of the...
Kremlin Says Putin Made Just $151,000 Last Year
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin earned about $151,000 in 2014, less than many others in the presidential administration, according to details of his income declaration published by the Kremlin on Wednesday. Putin’s wealth has long been the focus of speculation by opponents who portray him as one of the richest men...
Europe ‘At Hybrid War’ With Russia, Says Former Nato Chief
An increasingly unpredictable Russia is engaging in a “hybrid war” with Europe, seeking to destabilise states from within, and is more dangerous now than during the days of the USSR, Nato’s former secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has warned. In an interview with Newsweek, Rasmussen says he fears Russia could use similar military...
Japan Jets Scramble at Cold-War Levels as Chinese and Russian Incursions Increase
Japan’s air force said on Wednesday said jet fighter scrambles have reached a level not seen since the height of the Cold War three decades ago as Russian bombers probe its northern skies and Chinese combat aircraft intrude into its southern air space. In the year ending March 31, Japanese fighters scrambled 944 times, 16 percent more than...
Russian Navy Ships in English Channel On Way to Drills
Russian navy vessels entered the English Channel on Tuesday on their way to the northern Atlantic for anti-aircraft and anti-submarine defense drills, the Northern Fleet said. The squadron, led by the Severomorsk anti-submarine ship, had carried out drills in the Bay of Biscay and will later head for the northeastern Atlantic, a spokesman for the...
Putin Was Right to Be Confident About Russia’s Economy
Six months ago, the price of oil—the lifeblood of the Russian economy—began to crater, and U.S.-led sanctions, implemented in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, were biting. Russia’s currency, the ruble, buckled, and capital flight began to accelerate as rich but nervous Russians moved more and more money out of the...
Violence Escalates in East Ukraine Ahead of Talks
Ukraine’s military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories. With fighting intensifying once more, the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were due to meet...
Outrage Over Russian Bikers’ Victory Ride to Berlin
Polish activists have announced their plan to stop a Russian biker club from entering Poland, after the group announced its plans to cross through several European countries this month on their way to Berlin in homage to the Red Army’s conquest of the city 70 years ago. Russia’s Federation of Motorcycle Tourism has organised for...
Tending to the War Wounded in Mariupol
MARIUPOL, Ukraine—In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque wrote: “A hospital alone shows what war is.” The hospital here is no exception. The faces of soldiers, both young and old, recovering from wounds and sickness incurred on the front lines—located only eight miles away from here—speak to the innumerable contradictions of war....
