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Russian ‘food crematoria’ sparks anger
Moscow’s plan to destroy banned Western food imports provokes outrage amid soaring poverty rates. ||| Moscow – Russian government plans for mass destruction of banned Western food imports have provoked outrage in a country where poverty rates are soaring and memories remain of famine during Soviet times. Even some Kremlin allies are...
Russian terrorists violated cease-fire for 65 times using artillery, mortars, tanks – ATO Press Center
On August 6, 2015, the ATO Press Center reports that pro-Russian terrorists violated cease-fire 65 times over past day. “Last night, pro-Russian mercenaries slightly decreased the volume of shelling of the Ukrainian troops’ positions in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area, but continued to actively use Minsk-banned weapons,”...
Airline hails MH370 ‘breakthrough’
Confirmation that debris found on Reunion came from flight MH370 could help solve the mystery of the plane’s disappearance. ||| Kuala Lampur – Malaysia Airlines said on Thursday the confirmation that debris found on an Indian Ocean island came from flight MH370 was a “major breakthrough” in solving the mystery of the flight’s...
Debunking Russia’s Narrative of Rampant Anti-Semitism in Ukraine Again
The Congress of National Communities of Ukraine’s latest reports on xenophobia in Ukraine have struck another blow to Moscow’s persistent attempts to present the country as a hotbed of anti-Semitism. The reports make no mention of the “pogroms” alleged by the Russian Foreign Ministry, nor do they back Russian President...
Pro-Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine violated cease-fire 109 times during the past day – ATO Press Center
PHOTO: Russian terrorists shelled at the village Avdiivka On August 4, 2015, the ATO Press Center reports that pro-Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine violated cease-fire 109 times over past day. Ukrainian military continue resisting illegal armed units in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area. On August 3, 2015, from 6 p.m. to midnight the...
Retribution in the New Crimea
In March 2015, the Atlantic Council and Freedom House published a report by Crimean journalist Andrii Klymenko showing how Russia’s occupation and annexation of Crimea has unleashed an ongoing chain of human rights violations across the peninsula.Five days after release of the report—Human Rights Abuses in Russian-Occupied...
NATO Commander: Russia’s use of force in Europe is a major threat
NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Philip Breedlove discusses why Russia poses a major threat in Europe today. “Russia is a different case. This is a nation that for 20 years we have tried to make a partner. And in the last few years, we have seen that they’re on a different path. So now we have a nation that has used force to change...
How Oligarchs Have Ruined Ukraine’s Economy and How to Fix It
Ukraine finds itself in an economic crisis of massive proportions. In the past twelve months, its GDP has contracted by over 7.5 percent, the national deficit exceeds 10 percent, its currency has lost more than 50 percent of its value, its banks are insolvent and the national debt-to-GDP ratio has ballooned to more than 100 percent—causing a...
Plane debris identified as Boeing 777
Malaysian authorities confirmed that plane wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island was from a Boeing 777. ||| Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian authorities confirmed on Friday that plane wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island was from a Boeing 777, meaning the part is almost certainly from missing flight MH370.The debris, part of a plane...
Euromaidan’s Shockwaves: An Exile in Ukraine Recalls Fleeing his Native Kyrgyzstan
On a recent warm summer night, Ilya Lukash sat in a bar near Kyiv’s trendy Kontraktova Square, drinking a beer and chatting with his friends in Ukrainian, Russian, and English. In a red T-shirt emblazoned with patriotic Ukrainian slogans, he could easily have been any one of the countless young, educated, pro-democracy Ukrainians who in...