Section: Newsweek (USA)
Moscow March Set to Mourn Kremlin Critic Nemtsov
Russia’s liberal circles were shocked by Friday night’s murder of renowned Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead while walking in central Moscow. Meanwhile, the country’s political establishment has offered several interpretations of the murder. Notably, Nemtsov recently voiced fear that his staunch opposition to...
Ukraine’s Military Reports Significant Decrease in Fighting
KIEV(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Saturday there had been a significant decrease in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the east overnight, but said rebels had fired GRAD missiles at the town of Avdiivka despite a two-week-old ceasefire deal. On Friday, Ukraine reported the first deaths among its servicemen in three days,...
A Final Interview with Boris Nemtsov
A version of this interview originally appeared in Newsweek Polska. Text and interview translated by Piotr Milo Milewski. There are paramilitary militias, Goebbels-style propaganda and armaments. There is one leader and one party. Russia is becoming a fascist country—at least that’s what Boris Nemtsov told me a few hours before he was...
Report: Boris Nemtsov, Critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Killed in Moscow
Boris Nemtsov has been killed in central Moscow, Russia, according to Russian news agency Interfax and various other local media publications. Nemtsov was shot four times and police are investigating his death, according to the Moscow Interior Ministry. A white vehicle approached Nemtsov and several shots rang out before the car drove away. The...
80% of Russians Unaware of Navalny’s Anti-Crisis Protest This Sunday
81.2% of Russians have no idea Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny is planning an anti-crisis protest in Moscow this Sunday, despite his exploits in the last two months which include at least three run-ins with the police and a public endorsement from Kremlin dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Only 18% of Russians are aware of Navalny’s upcoming...
Spain Arrests Eight Accused of Joining Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine
Spain on Friday arrested eight citizens who recently returned from fighting alongside pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, the first such arrest in the European Union of foreign citizens involved in the conflict, the Interior Ministry said. The eight suspects, identified only by initials, were arrested in a nationwide operation on suspicion of crimes...
35,000 Volunteers Sign Up for Ukraine’s ‘Information Army’ on the First Day
35,000 individuals have reportedly signed up to join Ukraine’s ‘information army’ – the new project drafted by the country’s Ministry of Information Policy which seeks to combat the “Russian occupation on the information front”. The new initiative, which seeks to mobilise Ukrainian bloggers to post their accounts of the...
Putin Creates Official Holiday on Anniversary of Crimea Annexation
Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree to make the anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine an official holiday dedicated to the Russian special operations forces. The creation of a holiday to celebrate Russia’s special operations servicemen has been planned for some time and earlier this year...
Ukraine Sends $15 Million For Gas, Says Russian Energy Minister
Ukraine has sent $15 million to pay for Russian gas, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday, just days after Moscow had threatened to cut off supplies to its neighbor due to non-payment. Novak told reporters that Russia’s Gazprom had been told the money was on its way but the natural gas producer had yet to receive it. There...
China Has More Submarines Than the U.S., Says Admiral
China’s submarines now outnumber the U.S. fleet after an ambitious shift in strategy, according to a U.S. Admiral. According to Vice Admiral Joseph Mulloy, who serves as the deputy chief of naval operations for capabilities and resources, China is in the process of building “fairly amazing submarines” and does so in such quantity that...
