Section: Time (USA)
Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ Pilot Faces Verdict for Killing of Russian Journalists
(DONETSK, Russia) — A Russian court on Monday began reading a verdict for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged with complicity to murder two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine. The judge quoted arguments by prosecutors who said Savchenko, who served in a volunteer Ukrainian battalion at the time, called in the...
Dubai Airliner Crashes in Russia Killing All 62 on Board
MOSCOW— Winds were gusting before dawn Saturday over the airport in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don when a plane carrying 62 people from a favorite Russian holiday destination decided to abort its landing. The timing was tricky. Two planes had landed just a few minutes before the FlyDubai plane aimed to touch down. On the other hand, a...
Putin’s Wily Syria Tactics Pay Off
The debate will continue for some time on what Vladimir Putin has actually done in Syria. Russia announced on March 14 that it was withdrawing its few thousand troops serving in Syria, but Putin will keep the naval base that Russia leases at Tartus, Moscow’s only direct access to the Mediterranean and the only Russian naval base not on...
The Rise and Fall of the Putin Propaganda Czar Who Met a Violent End
The Russian phrase vsyo mogu! – “I can do anything!” – was a kind of motto for Mikhail Lesin. He first announced it to an interviewer in 2003, when he was serving as the propaganda chief to President Vladimir Putin, and it expressed the kind of indestructible ambition that took him out of the steppes of Mongolia, where he started out working in...
Ukraine’s Injured War Veterans and the Price of Independence
The smell of chlorine fills the air at the Kyiv Burn Center, along with the sound of nurses shuffling through the halls with their little carts of medicine. In the intensive care unit, lined up against the wall like giant aquariums, the glassed-in rooms are occupied by soldiers wounded in the war in east Ukraine, each one on his own slow road to...
OPEC Oil Production Freezes Could Impact Global Markets
MoreHow a Little-Known Federal Agency Has Slowed New Oil and Gas DrillingTraditional Energy Industry Declares War on Solar Energy Defying skepticism that their countries could agree on any measures to stabilize global crude markets and prices, Saudi Petroleum and Natural Resource Minister Ali al-Naimi and Russian Energy Minister Novak, along with...
Germany Revives Calls for No-Fly Zone in Northern Syria
MoreTurkey Pushes Case for Ground Operations in Syria as Kurds AdvanceRussia Denies Its Warplanes Hit Hospital in SyriaRussia Accuses West of ‘New Cold War’ Over Syria, Ukraine(DAMASCUS) — Germany revived calls Wednesday for a no-fly zone in northern Syria — an idea that once might have greatly helped the beleaguered rebels and protected...
Fighting Between Ukrainian Forces and Separatists Is Surging Once Again
Conflict in eastern Ukraine between state forces and Russian-backed separatists has escalated in recent weeks, despite a series of ceasefire attempts over the last year, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE) reported on Tuesday. “It’s still, unfortunately, an active conflict,” Lamberto Zannier, secretary-general of the Organization for...
Tatars Step Up Resistance to Russian Rule Over Crimea
MoreExclusive: Russia’s Prime Minister on Syria, Sanctions and a New Cold WarRussia’s Former Anti-Doping Chief Dies After Resigning From Scandal-Hit AgencyExclusive: Russian Premier Remains Defiant on Bombing of Syrian Rebels (UROZHAYNE, Crimea) — Elnara Asanova lives alone with her four small children because her husband, an ethnic...
Exclusive: Russia’s Prime Minister on Syria, Sanctions and a New Cold War
More On Feb. 13, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev sat down for an interview with TIME on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of military and political leaders from around the world, to discuss Russia’s role in the Syrian conflict, its tense relations with the West and a range of other issues. The...
