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UK minister warns of Russia threat
Russian actions in Ukraine are undermining the security of nations in Eastern Europe, British foreign minister Philip Hammond is to warn in a speech on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Nemtsov: Islamist motive ‘nonsensical’
A colleague of Boris Nemtsov said that suggestions he was killed by Islamists were nonsensical. ||| Moscow – A colleague of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition figure shot dead near Moscow’s Red Square, said suggestions he was killed by Islamists were nonsensical and useful for the Kremlin because they deflected accusations that...
Putin decided to annex Crimea before vote
Russian president Vladimir Putin admits he decided to annex Crimea even before a Ukranian referendum on unification. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February...
Putin reveals details of Crimea annexation
Vladimir Putin says he decided to annex Crimea after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February 2014. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in...
Pro-Russian journalist Graham Phillips was detained at Heathrow on suspicion of terrorism
Graham Phillips is Russia’s and Putin’s propagandist working in Donbas, and making fake news about Eastern Ukraine. Graham Phillips is English-speaking British blogger and journalist who is currently collaborating with the Russian media, including RT (“Russia Today” that is famous as propaganda outlet for the Russian...
Ukraine: The High Cost of Ignoring Russia’s Land Grab in Crimea
Report documents rights abuses; Kremlin ‘greatest security challenge,’ says Atlantic Council’s Herbst The apparent US indifference toward the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amounts to giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a green light to commit similar acts of aggression against other countries,...
NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow about Russia’s aggression in Ukraine
NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow spoke at the Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign And Security Policy (CFSP) and Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in Riga, Latvia, on March 5, 2015. Alexander Vershbow wrote on his official twitter that he is honoured to discuss the cooperation between ESDP...
The Kremlin’s Secret War: Soldiers’ Families Shattered and Silenced
A Vice News Documentary Shows What Russia Is Hiding—and How Since last summer, when President Vladimir Putin’s government first deployed major units of Russian conventional army troops to fight in its war against Ukraine, the Kremlin has used state secrecy, propaganda, intimidation, and violence to conceal the story. Police have obstructed...
The Kremlin’s Secret War, and the Silent Soldiers’ Families It Has Shattered
A Vice News Documentary Shows What Russia Is Hiding—and How Since last summer, when President Vladimir Putin’s government first deployed major units of Russian conventional army troops to fight in its war against Ukraine, the Kremlin has used state secrecy, propaganda, intimidation, and violence to conceal the story. Police have obstructed...
Nemtsov killing: witness ‘threatened’
Authorities in Ukraine say the sole witness in the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov has received death threats. ||| Kiev, Ukraine – Authorities in Ukraine say the sole witness in the killing in Moscow of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has received death threats since returning to her family home in Ukraine.The...