A Russia Today reporter based in London has resigned with immediate effect in protest at the station’s coverage of yesterday’s plane crash in Ukraine. Sara Firth had worked at Russia Today for five years, joining the Russian...
After much warning, July 15 saw a new round of US sanctions on Russia. The cited reason behind the sanctions was Putin’s government failing to take any steps toward de-escalation of the crisis in Ukraine. Alexey Navalny, Russian...
A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane has reportedly crashed in Ukraine, on the border with Russia. • Interfax reports that a Malaysian plane has crashed in Ukraine • The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur • 295 people...
A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane has reportedly crashed in Ukraine, on the border with Russia. • Interfax reports that a Malaysian plane has crashed in Ukraine • The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur • 295 people...
By Luc Vancraen Ukraine makes a big mistake by letting the EU define the sanctions. Instead, Ukraine should take the initiative and clearly voice what sanctions they expect from the EU, so that the international community can judge if...
As the USA embassy in Ukraine has reported, an army enlistment office of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) has been opened in Moscow. The permission for recruiting the militants was granted by Russia’s official...
Russia’s English-language propaganda network, RT (formerly Russia Today), known for its outlandish and over-the-top coverage of world events from a typically anti-Western perspective has reached new depths in the ongoing crusade to...
By Katya Kazbek Let me tell you about a remarkable woman who passed away today in Russia. Her name was Valeria Novodvorskaya, and, I’m sure you’ve never heard of her. But it’s a loss, really, because this woman started riots long...
London (AFP) – Britain said Saturday it had barred a Russian delegation from attending the Farnborough air show because of the Ukraine crisis, sparking an angry reaction from Russia. The Russian embassy in London expressed...
In a letter to the Central Bank, Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) lawmaker Roman Khudyakov has called for the removal of the classical Greek statue of Apollo from the Russian 100-ruble bill, saying the statue showed “intimate parts...
Free independent media is a necessary condition for democracy to function in any country. Censorship, on the other hand, is rampant in all its forms in dictatorships. These definitions may be relevant in a black and white world; in...
