Former Ukraine President, Viktor Yanukovych, was involved in hiring and planning police sniper attacks on anti-government protesters, said Ukrainian authorities on Apr. 3, 2014. In February, 76 demonstrators were shot and killed on the streets […]
Mainstream media companies are finding it difficult to remain neutral when it comes to reporting on the crisis in Ukraine. Some articles are blatantly one-sided while others offer unbalanced points of view, but the real […]
President Barak Obama announced Mar. 20 the US will be imposing a second wave of sanctions on Russia. The US sanctions target 20 members of Putin’s inner circle, as well as Bank Rossiya, an institution […]
The Crimean parliament voted unanimously to join the Russian Federation and will hold a referendum on the issue March 16 in another escalation of the crisis in Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk has rejected the […]
ANALYSIS The scenario in Crimea has already happened in world history. March 1938. Austria. The events of those days will go down in history as the Anschluss of Austria– German for union or political annexation. […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will back Egypt’s military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi if he runs for president. Sisi has not officially declared himself a candidate in Egypt’s 2014 presidential election, but BBC News reports he’s […]
Following a lacklustre start, the Canadian men’s hockey team has won their first game in Sochi. Norway was not an expected threat, and team Canada easily came away with a win on Feb.13. There was […]
While the athletes and fans all over the world are ready for the Sochi Winter Olympics, the same cannot be said about some of the facilities. The Olympic competition began on Feb. 6 and international […]
Russian officials say US concerns about explosives hidden in toothpaste tubes on flights to the Olympics have been overblown. The US Department of Homeland Security sent a notification to all airlines having a direct flight to Russia […]
Russian police have officially identified two alleged suicide bombers believed to be responsible for the Volgograd bombings and have also detained another two suspected accomplices. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee have identified the suspected suicide bombers […]
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