Section: The Washington Post (USA)
Russia chose a wheelchair-confined singer for Eurovision. Ukraine might arrest her.
Kiev said Russian singer Yulia Samoylova broke the law by touring Crimea in 2015. …read more Source: The Washington...
Canada’s foreign minister says Russia is spreading disinformation about her grandfather
OTTAWA — Canada’s chilly relations with Russia have taken a nasty turn with charges of disinformation leveled by Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland against Russia over allegations that her long-dead, Ukrainian-born grandfather was a Nazi collaborator in occupied Poland. Freeland, a 49-year-old former journalist and fluent Russian...
Austria approves extradition of Ukrainian oligarch tied to Trump campaign aides
Dmytro Firtash, a gas magnate, faces U.S. bribery charges. …read more Source: The Washington...
Tillerson, in diplomatic debut, urges Russia to pull back in eastern Ukraine
The new secretary of state met his Russian counterpart in Bonn for the first time and took a firm line on Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Washington...
Trump suggests Obama was too soft on Russia, but Putin’s friends would disagree
On Wednesday, President Trump suggested that the Obama administration had been too soft on Russia. Crimea was TAKEN by Russia during the Obama Administration. Was Obama too soft on Russia? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017 The timing of that observation struck observers as somewhat odd. It came just days after the...
Ukraine turns a blind eye to ultrarightist militia
‘Officially, we are not here,’ said one fighter who described himself as a ‘partisan.’ …read more Source: The Washington...
An on-the-ground look at the deadly surge of violence in eastern Ukraine
The town of Avdiivka has been hit hard this week as pro-Russian rebels battle government forces. …read more Source: The Washington...
Ukraine fighting could pose early challenge to Trump
As a rocket and artillery barrage continued on the city of Avdiivka, few chose to evacuate. …read more Source: The Washington...
An outburst of violence in Ukraine may be Trump’s first test with Putin
Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists blame each other for the use of heavy artillery near a vital industrial city. …read more Source: The Washington...
‘It’s the Crimea model’: Kosovo accuses Serbia of seeking to annex province
Kosovo officially declared independence from Serbia in 2008. The Muslim-majority nation had been administered by the United Nations since 1999, when NATO bombed Serbia — a move that forced then-President Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw his troops from the breakaway province. Now, almost 20 years after Kosovo first broke with Serbia and a decade...
