Thousands of people waving Russian flags flooded the streets of eastern Ukraine on Sunday. Demonstrators in the cities of Donetsk, Lugansk, and Kharkov seized state offices, while in Donetsk they also demanded an independence referendum. Over 2,000 people gathered in Lenin Square in the center of Donetsk to petition for […]
Source: CNN Putin is playing by his own rules. What could the modern world do against a dictator with nuclear weapons and vast approval within his own country? Not much. And about the economic sanctions: How often are they truly successful? Only Putin knows whether he’s going to take more […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Sunday, 30 March 2014 00:00 The latest move by Crimean Muslim Tatar was expected to face Russian pressures, amid moves by Moscow to convince the minority to drop their opposition BAKHCHISARAY – Crimea’s indigenous Muslim Tatars have taken the first steps towards seeking autonomy for the […]
The Diplomat: by Zachary Keck — While much Western attention has been bestowed on Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine, Moscow also began a massive nuclear offensive exercise on Thursday. According to the Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta, on Thursday Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces began a massive three-day exercise involving 10,000 soldiers and […]
Source: The Washington Post KABUL — To the white-bearded Afghan machinists, it felt like the Cold War era had suddenly returned. After 25 years of working in a sprawling Soviet-built factory […]
Source: Russia Today Former presidential hopeful and long-time lawmaker Ron Paul told RT that he doesn’t think the United States should get involved any further in the escalating situation in […]
Published time: March 04, 2014 13:41 RIA Novosti / Maksim Blinov The head of the lower house committee for family issues has described a new set of legislative amendments protecting the values shared by basic religions, and inspiring young people to choose marriage over cohabitation. MP Yelena Mizulina of […]
Coming up: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton gives a news briefing Continue reading the main story in BBC Ukraine crisis Crimea votes Critical test for US Is referendum legal? […]
by Frédéric Burnand in Geneva, swissinfo.ch March 16, 2014 – 10:31 With the future status of Crimea still uncertain, Switzerland is making the most of its good standing with Moscow to impose the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as the mediator between Russia and Western nations. Swiss President and […]
Source: BBC Some 95.5% of voters in Crimea have supported joining Russia in a disputed referendum, officials announce, after half the votes have been counted. Crimea’s leader says he will […]
STORY SUMMARY March 14, 2014 12:07 By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon It’s still possible to imagine a fuzzy, face-saving compromise in Ukraine: Crimea would have a new, quasi-autonomous administrative status blessed by Moscow and Kiev. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will make one more try, seeing […]
French and British warships of the Allied fleet begin their attack on the city of Sevastopol, the base of the Russian Tsar’s Black Sea fleet, during the Crimean War, October 1854. (Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) In the 1850s, Russia fought a bloody war against Britain, France and other nations. […]
Crimean War From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Crimean War (disambiguation). Crimean War Part of Ottoman wars in Europe and the Russo-Turkish wars Detail of Franz Roubaud‘s panoramic painting The Siege of Sevastopol (1904) Date October 1853 – February 1856 Location Crimean Peninsula, Caucasus, Balkans,Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East Result Allied victory, Treaty of Paris Belligerents French Empire British Empire […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has his eyes on Crimea (Keystone) swissinfo.ch and agencies March 12, 2014 – 19:49 Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, in his capacity as chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about how to […]
Continue reading the main story In an emotional speech in Kiev on Sunday, former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky – recently released from 10 years in jail – told the Maidan “there is another Russia”, one opposed to military action in Ukraine. Russian writer and broadcaster Andrei Ostalski agrees […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Share 182 85 4 For some reason, our last century’s two world wars started rather far from home. I bet that most people in January 1914 couldn’t find Sarajevo on a map. But then again, how many of us – really, I […]
By Pavel Polityuk and Richard Balmforth KIEV Tue Nov 5, 2013 9:11am EST Editor’s comments: This News is from November 2013. I just thought to bring it up so that the readers can see ‘what all the fuss is about’ … (L-R, front) Chevron Exploration and Production Europe Derek […]
Unidentified armed men seen on the streets of Donetsk in east Ukraine Russian diplomat claims 300 mercenaries had arrived in Kiev this week Mercenaries in the region could give Putin […]
Tatarstan’s President Rustam Minnikhanov (right) in Simferopol on March 5. March 05, 2014 The president of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, and the pro-Russian prime minister of Ukraine’s Crimea, Serhiy Aksyonov, have signed an agreement on cooperation. Minnikhanov told journalists after the signing ceremony […]
OnIslam & News Agencies Tuesday, 04 March 2014 16:39 A suggested separation vote on March 30 was deemed a bad idea for many Muslim Tatars, rejecting the idea of separation. SIMFEROPOL – As war drumbeats increase in Ukraine, Muslim Tatars in the autonomous Republic of Crimea are […]