Section: Newsweek (USA)
Greek Energy Minister Visits Russia, Spurning ‘Germanised Europe’
Greece’s energy minister is visiting Russia today after calling for a confrontation with a “Germanised Europe” in the country’s stalling bailout negotiations. Greek energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis will meet his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak as well as Alexei Miller, the chief executive of Russian energy giant Gazprom. The...
Weapons Flood into Putin’s European Arms Depot
While the world watched Russia’s North Fleet with trepidation as it launched surprise exercises near the Arctic Circle last week, Vladimir Putin has quietly been arming another area inside Europe’s borders: Kaliningrad, the Russian seaport city in a region sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, with convenient access to the Baltic...
Stories From Inside the Putin Propaganda Machine
Recalling the mentality inside Russia’s government-sanctioned Internet propaganda system, Marat Burkhard told Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFERL): “Whatever we’re told, that’s what we’ll write about, no questions asked, and we don’t want to know.” The so-called Internet Research center’s various...
New Witness of Nemtsov Murder Casts Doubt Over Key Suspect
A new witness of the murder of Kremlin-critic Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down in central Moscow last month, has come forward with a testimony which seemingly implicates a different man from the investigation’s main suspect – Zaur Dadaev, according to Russian press reports. Although it was initially reported that Nemtsov’s...
Chechnya Threatens to Arm Mexico if U.S. Sends Weapons to Ukraine
The Chechen parliament have threatened to send weapons to Mexico in retaliation to the U.S. Congress calling for defensive lethal aid to be sent to Ukraine. On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of sending arms – the resolution was passed 348 to 48. U.S. senator for Wisconsin Ron Johnson branded it...
War in Syria Pushes Asylum Applications to 22-Year High: U.N.
The war in Syria, armed conflicts around the world and sustained human rights abuses have pushed asylum applications in industrialized countries to the highest rate in 22 years, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday. Applications for asylum in 44 industrialized countries reached around 866,000 in 2014, a 45 percent increase from...
Russian Nationalists Vandalise Kremlin-Critic Nemtsov’s Memorial
Allies of Kremlin-critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in central Moscow last month, are to pursue legal action after a Russian nationalist group vandalised the tributes at the site of Nemtsov’s murder and accused the deceased opposition leader of being a “traitor” to Russia. Earlier this week a group of seven people wearing St....
3 Dead as Passenger Bus Hits Mine in East Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Three people were killed and six injured on Wednesday when a passenger bus struck a landmine in eastern Ukraine where government forces have been battling Russian-backed separatists, Interfax news agency said, quoting police. A local police official, Ilya Kyva, said the bus had been carrying about 20 passengers from...
Russia Signs Deal for $10bn Nuclear Plant in Jordan
Jordan has signed a $10bn deal with Russia to build the first nuclear power plant in the kingdom, a move that experts say is a sign that Russia is seeking a “nuclear sphere of influence”, and is a deal that NATO should be worried about. The deal was signed in the Jordanian capital, Amman yesterday with Russia’s state-owned Rosatom company,...
100 New Bomber Jets for Russian Airforce
Russia is making strides forward with its modernisation programme, which aims to drastically update the technological ability of its armed forces by 2020, as its military aircraft contractor announced it will be able to deliver the next generation update to Russia’s bomber jets before the end of this year. 16 new Su-34 bomber jets will be...
