Russia – Kamenka

  On the territory of the military unit in Russia in the Krasnoyarsk region (150 km to the administrative center of the region) there was a fire in a warehouse with missiles and artillery ammunition.    Russian Ammo Depot Has Been Burning For Hours After Exploding In Giant Shockwave.    Russia's Ministry of Defense sent two unmanned… Continue reading Russia – Kamenka

Russia – Moscow (protests) July 2019

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent years against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power. * Euronews correspondent Galina Polonskaya takes us to the heart of a demonstration in Moscow today calling for… Continue reading Russia – Moscow (protests) July 2019

G20 Summit – Japan – Ramaphosa

  The G20 is a forum that is used to discuss policies surrounding international financial stability. The forum was originally formed in 1999. The G20 is made up of a group of nations with the most advanced and emergency economies in the world. These countries make up about 85% of global GDP, over 75% of… Continue reading G20 Summit – Japan – Ramaphosa

Crimea – Russia – old documentation

Crimea was part of Russia from 1783, when the Tsarist Empire annexed it a decade after defeating Ottoman forces in the Battle of Kozludzha, until 1954, when the Soviet government transferred Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federation of Socialist Republics (RSFSR) to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkrSSR). The transfer was announced in the Soviet… Continue reading Crimea – Russia – old documentation

Kerch Bridge – Crimea

The European Union has commented on the partial opening of the Kerch Strait bridge in Russian-occupied Crimea, saying this constitutes another violation of Ukraine's sovereignty. "The Russian Federation has constructed the Kerch Bridge to the Crimean Peninsula without Ukraine's consent. This constitutes another violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity by Russia," the spokesperson for the… Continue reading Kerch Bridge – Crimea

Crimea – self-determination (Putin)

2015 Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed that he began to plan the annexation of Crimea in a secret meeting with security services the day Ukraine's pro-Moscow president fled Kiev — and weeks before the peninsula held a self-determination referendum.    The revelation came in a trailer for the documentary Homeward Bound, by state television channel Rossiya 1, which also shows Putin discussing how… Continue reading Crimea – self-determination (Putin)