Section: The Daily Beast (USA)
Oliver Stone’s Latest Piece of Pro-Putin Propaganda May Be His Most Shameless Move Yet
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos Getty / RevealingUkraine.comWhen Oliver Stone at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
Will Ukraine Corruption KO Klitschko’s Political Ambitions?
picture allianceKIEV—A rueful smile played across Vitaly Klitschko’s lips as the former world heavyweight boxing champion spoke about the challenges he’s faced as the mayor of Ukraine’s capital city. Even after five years in office, he’s dealing with “corrupt and criminal” officials up and down the municipal government....
Can Ukraine’s Comedian President Seriously Shake Things Up?
Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettyKIEV, Ukraine—Like a happy teen—and much to the surprise of his bodyguards—newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky jumped into a fountain last weekend as his tour of war-torn Ukraine’s eastern region promised to become historical, if not hysterical.In the city of Mariupol, not...
As Russian Suspects Named, Moscow Mocks Dutch MH17 Investigations
MAXIM ZMEYEVMOSCOW—It’s been nearly five years since Malaysian Airlines MH17 was blown up in the skies over eastern Ukraine, but witnesses to the catastrophe will never forget the day human bodies were raining from the sky on their fields, streets, and on an orphanage near the town of Torez. Two days after the disaster a 15-year-old orphan,...
Four Suspects to be Charged With Murder Over Downing of MH17, Say Victims’ Families
REUTERS / Maxim ZmeyevIt’s been nearly five years since the MH17 passenger plane was shot down by Russia-backed rebels over Eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people. Finally, the victims’ families may see those responsible brought to justice.Four suspects will face murder charges for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight in July 2014 and...
India Bullies Twitter Into Banning Accounts of American, British Students Thousands of Miles Away
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/GettyTwitter is warning a Texas college student that it might “be obliged to take action” after some of his tweets were ruled a national security threat by the government of India eight thousand miles away.The notice issued to 21-year-old Ryan Barenklau on Saturday is part of a crackdown on a...
Author of New York Times’ Controversial Biden-Ukraine Story Becomes New Ukrainian President’s Spokeswoman
REUTERSThe New York Times last month published a controversial 2,500-word report raising questions about whether Joe Biden used his position as vice president to meddle in Ukrainian politics for the benefit of a company that employed his son.Just one month later, it turns out, one of the piece’s authors announced she has taken a job as the...
Russia Deployed Its Trolls to Cover Up the Murder of 298 People on MH17
Pierre Crom/GettyThe bodies had hardly stopped falling from the sky on July 17, 2014, when the trolls of Russia’s at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
Rudy Giuliani Steps Up Biden Attacks With New Ukraine Conspiracy Theory
Weeks after Ukraine’s prosecutor general at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
The Kremlin’s Strategy for the 2020 U.S. Election: Secure the Base, Split the Opposition
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/GettyRussia at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...
