Section: VICE News (USA)
Why Russia’s Naval Exercise Off The Syrian Coast Is A Big Deal
The Russian navy began on Monday an exercise in the eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria, to test its ability to deal with “crisis situations caused by terrorist threats,” according to a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry.The live-fire exercise comes while Russian forces are actively involved in fighting in Syria,...
Hundreds Of Secret Russian Mercenaries Are Dying In Syria’s Civil War, Report Alleges
The Russian government is allegedly secretly paying young men to fight extremists in Syria, despite the Kremlin’s repeated claims that the country’s involvement in the war is strictly aerial, according to one news agency.On Wednesday, Britain-based Sky News reported that a private military company called ‘Wagner’ illegal...
Hundreds Of Secret Russian Mercenaries Are Dying In Syria’s Civil War, Report Alleges
The Russian government is allegedly secretly paying young men to fight extremists in Syria, despite the Kremlin’s repeated claims that the country’s involvement in the war is strictly aerial, according to one news agency.On Wednesday, Britain-based Sky News reported that a private military company called ‘Wagner’ illegal...
How The US Can Retaliate If Kremlin Hackers Tried To Influence The Presidential Election
The US intelligence community and private cybersecurity firms say Russia almost certainly hacked the Democratic National Committee and leaked documents that enraged Bernie Sanders supporters, embarrassed Democratic donors and senior party officials, and led to the resignation of DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.The US government...
Russian Freelancers May Be Behind The DNC Hack
In the last week, Russian hackers have become the bogeyman on American media after an enormous hack of tens of thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee’s computer systems embarrassed the party and led to the resignation of its chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Internet security firm CrowdStrike traced the hack to...
Prominent Journalist Killed By Car Bomb In Ukraine
An award-winning journalist for Ukrainian web-based newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda was killed Wednesday morning by a car bomb, in what Ukrainian authorities have suggested is an effort to destabilize the country.Pavel Sheremet, an investigative journalist who covered Russia-Ukraine relations and was known for publicly criticizing the Kremlin, was...
Ukraine’s Brutal War Is Still Raging On After A Failed Ceasefire
At the top of the agenda during last week’s NATO Summit in Warsaw was Russian aggression against the West. In response to the ongoing conflict between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, NATO reiterated their support of Ukraine’s fight against Russian advancement in the east, and committed to a comprehensive...
We Met The Young Hustlers Cashing In On Cuba’s Booming Black Market
Sofa’s living room is covered in clothes. Stacks of t-shirts and shorts line a faded plaid couch. Dresses are strewn across the counter, and an armchair cradles a small mountain of shoes. You can’t see the floor.The 30-year-old sits cross-legged amidst the merchandise, methodically folding a pile of baby clothes. She holds up a...
NATO Is Having An Existential Crisis
Seventeen years ago, NATO was triumphant. After a 78-day air campaign against Serbia, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization sent an occupation force into Kosovo, then still a Serbian province. Originally formed to counter the Soviet Union, NATO found a new sense of purpose following the collapse of communism. The victory convinced Western...
How A Photo Of A Park Pissed Off The Authorities In Europe’s Last Dictatorship
Ten years ago, the leaders of Rogachev, a humdrum city of 35,000 in eastern Belarus, hatched a plan. To encourage tourism and beautify the city, they would build a public park in the center of town. Manicured lawns would be dotted with elegant fountains. Children would play on a new playground. A deep, man-made lake would be constructed and then...
