Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Nemtsov Report Alleges Russia Spent Over A Billion Dollars Sending Fighters To Ukraine
MOSCOW, May 12 (Reuters) – Moscow spent more than 53 billion roubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers have been killed there, a report by Russian opposition activists said on Tuesday. The report was the last project of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who used open...
Nadiya Savchenko’s Letters from Prison, Part 2
We continue our publication of the prison writings delivered to us by Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot who was abducted by pro-Russian separatists on June 18, 2014, and who has been in prison ever since. La Règle du Jeu, in partnership with Kyiv Post, Ukraina Pravda, The Huffington Post/WorldPost, and other magazines and newspapers, is...
How Putin Used VE Day to Equate the Victory Over Fascism With the Fight in Ukraine
MOSCOW — Victory Day celebrations were divided between official speeches steeped in falsehoods and insincerity and genuine sorrow for those who had fallen in the Great Patriotic War, as well as gratitude to them for saving the country. However, in the months leading up to the holiday, the country was plunged into an unprecedented display of...
Some Russian Soldiers Quit Army Over Ukraine War: Report
By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW/DONETSK, May 10 (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...
What Americans Should Learn From the British Election
Although many in the United Kingdom thought that the Conservative Party would ultimately lose control of the government to a coalition of the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party in the recent election, Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservatives won an outright majority of seats in parliament and will be stronger than in their...
John Kerry, Putin To Meet In Russia
WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday to discuss Iran, Syria and Ukraine and other issues, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. “This trip is part of our ongoing effort to maintain direct lines of communication with senior Russian...
Free Nadiya Savchenko
Today, May 11, 2015, is Nadiya Savchenko’s birthday. She is 34. Today, on her 34th birthday, La Règle du Jeu (France), Kyiv Post (Ukraine), and The Huffington Post (United States) are publishing the first part of a manuscript that she was able to deliver to us, through her sister, from the site where she is being detained. We note for the...
A Global Victory Day in Moscow
MISSING MAY 9TH After the Cold War (1945-1989) ended and the “Berlin Wall” came down, the United States and Russia confronted each other on many issues. However, when it came to celebrating the Victory of the Allies over Nazi Germany in May 1945, the Presidents of Russia and the United States came together. Russia set Victory day as...
How Shirtless Putin Became A Rock Star President In Russia
Vladimir Putin is sort of the Old Spice of world leaders. And not just because the Russian president turns up topless on a horse more often than Isaiah Mustafa, the actor whose sleek wit and abs reinvigorated the 81-year-old deodorant maker’s brand with a 2010 viral ad campaign titled “Smell Like a Man, Man.” Indeed, long before Mustafa...
Putin Takes Swipe At U.S. In Victory Day Speech
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia showed off new machines of war, including a highly sophisticated tank, on Saturday in the annual Victory Day military parade through Red Square that marks the surrender of Nazi Germany and the Red Army’s key role in the defeat. The Armata tank drew a round of strong applause as it rumbled through the square, part of a...
