Maria Lewytzkyj: Putin’s percolating misogyny oppresses Russian and Ukrainian women
Putin oppresses women in Russia and Ukraine: Prime time Russian NTV's show “The Furies of Maidan: Sex, Psychosis…
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Facebook, Twitter and Google: the mechanics of disconnecting
The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media began preparations to block Facebook, Twitter…
A week after Global March against Russian aggression, Kremlin strikes back with “putings”
On September 27, six days after the global Peace March against Russian aggression in Ukraine that took place…
The Cold War “Russian Bear” image is back
The question "How should we perceive and treat Putin's Russia?" is becoming ever sharper in the West -…
Ukrainian PM stands defiant on Stockholm suit against Moscow, calls for common EU energy policy on Russia
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has suggested that the EU hold an urgent session to develop a common…
Rights activist: 4,000 Russian soldiers “missing or dead” in East Ukraine
Soldiers of 47 Russia's regions were killed "on vacation" in Ukraine. Picture by @azazet via @Liveuamap[hr] Yelena Vasilyeva, a…
Expert: Russia will fall apart with the end of expansion policies
“Before you claimed Europe was simply psychologically afraid of ‘leaving its comfort zone.’ And the matter is not…
March against Russia’s war in Ukraine goes global on Peace Day, September 21, 2014
On September 21, 2014, International Peace Day, marches for peace were traditionally held all over the world. This…
Adobe removes its representatives from Russia
The company is reorienting itself towards the Cloud The Russian subsidiary of Adobe, Adobe Systems LTD, has issued…
Video game with “Heaven’s Hundred” screen saver censored in Russia
The Russian video game publisher 1C-SoftClub decided not to release the video game Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments …
Yatseniuk’s UN speech “melodramatic” — Churkin
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, September 24,…
Belarusian president says Russia “not involved” in east Ukraine conflict
There may be no winners in a war in Ukraine, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka said in Chisinau, Moldova,…
Provocators sabotage Russian singer’s concert due to his anti-war stance
Andrei Makarevich performs in Sviatohirsk, Donetsk Oblast, to refugees from the warzone Russian rock singer Andrei Makarevich, who…
Russian economic problems hitting Central Asia hard, opening the way for China
The economic problems of the Russian Federation, some of which have been exacerbated by the sanctions and counter-sanctions…
Putin war budget gives less to health, education, agriculture and even Crimea
According to experts surveyed by “Noviye Izvestiya” concerning changing budgetary priorities of the Russian government, “2015 promises to…
Portnikov: Kremlin “using Katyn strategy” to cover own crimes in Ukraine
Just as the Soviet government sought to evade its responsibility for the murder of Polish officers during World…
FSB pressures Ukrainian activists in Russia
The Russian FSB reported on Wednesday it had detained a group of contraband exporters who were taking weapons…
World Bank: stagnation threatens the Russian economy
On Wednesday Japan imposed additional sanctions on Russia. The new measures prohibit some Russian banks issuing stocks in…
FB group Cargo-200 exposing Russian soldiers KIA in Ukraine shut down for a day, renewed after social media activism
On September 23, Facebook’s administration had blocked a group devoted to Russian servicemen allegedly killed in eastern Ukraine,…
Dmitry Tymchuk: pro-Russian forces continue to bombard Ukrainian army positions
Excerpt from Ukrainian military journalist Dmytro Tymchuk's post on Facebook on 24 September: ‘Latest information from the Information…