Nataliya Vasilyeva
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West fears Putin will declare all-out war with Ukraine on May 9, Victory Day
Russian sources and Western officials say declaring war would enable the Kremlin to call up more conscripts → Read More
Armed forces pile pressure on Putin to unleash full might on Ukraine
Harsh criticism of the 'dwarves in the Kremlin' over failed blitz on Kyiv and stalled offensive → Read More
Hundreds of Ukrainians forcibly relocated to Russia from Mariupol, mayor says
'It is hard to imagine that in the 21st century people can be forcibly taken to another country' → Read More
Woman who protested Ukraine war on Russian state TV news was Kremlin propaganda machine insider
Marina Ovsyannikova went from a well-paid trusted employee to now facing the prospect of spending a decade in prison on charges of treason → Read More
Invade Ukraine at your peril, Russian president Vladimir Putin warned by France
Tens of thousands of Russian troops have been amassing near the Ukrainian border, according to satellite photos → Read More
Stranded by melting ice, polar bears descend on remote Arctic village in search of food
The village community centre had to cancel all public events including musica rehearsals for safety reasons. Children are being bussed to the school → Read More
Ukraine's leader vows more weapons pullbacks in the works
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops will begin a weapons pullback in a second location in war-torn eastern Ukraine next week if a cease-fire there persists, the country's leader said Thursday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke in Kyiv, the capital, at the end of talks with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who reaffirmed NATO's support for Ukraine's fight against Russia-backed… → Read More
Outcry in Ukraine over song mocking ex-central bank chief
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials on Monday lashed out at a comedy show that targeted the former central bank chief by joking about a recent arson attack → Read More
Outcry in Ukraine over song mocking ex-central bank chief
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials on Monday lashed out at a parody song targeting Ukraine's former central bank chief and mocking a recent arson attack on her home. Kvartal 95 is arguably the country's most beloved comedy show and was led by Volodymyr Zelenskiy before he was elected president in April this year. → Read More
Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, dies at 85
Leonov staked his place in space history on March 18, 1965, when he exited his Voskhod 2 capsule secured by a tether → Read More
Alexei Leonov, 1st human to walk in space, dies in Moscow
Alexei Leonov, the legendary Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to walk in space 54 years ago — and nearly didn't make it back into his capsule — has died in Moscow. Russian space agency Roscosmos made the announced on its website on Friday, without providing a cause for his death. Russian → Read More
Ukraine agrees to election in separatist-controlled east
The signing was largely seen as the new Ukrainian government taking a major step toward a resolution of the prolonged armed conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 13,000 people and displaced more than 1 million since 2014 → Read More
Ukraine prosecutor hailed by Trump achieved little
Viktor Shokin, who served as Ukraine’s chief prosecutor in 2015-2016, was widely accused of doing nothing to combat Ukraine’s entrenched corruption. → Read More
Russian crackdown on protesters seen as intimidation tactic
Anti-government protests erupted in Moscow in mid-July after election officials barred a dozen opposition candidates from running for the Moscow city legislature. → Read More
Anger over alleged Moscow election tampering spurs protest
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of people marched across central Moscow on Saturday to protest the exclusion of some city council candidates from the Russian capital's local election, but did not result in riot police making mass arrests and giving beatings like at earlier demonstrations. Opposition-led protests erupted in Moscow this summer after election officials barred more than a dozen opposition… → Read More
Doctor Says Russian Opposition Leader May Have Been Poisoned
Alexei Navalny's physician says swelling and a rash might indicate chemical poisoning, but the hospital says he had a severe allergy attack. → Read More
Nearly 1,400 People Detained at Violent Moscow Protest
This protest is the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade, according to a Russian monitoring group. → Read More
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
MOSCOW - Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade. OVD-Info, which has monitored police arrests since 2011, said the number of the detentions from Saturday's protest reached 1,373 by early Sunday. → Read More
Ukrainian President’s party heading for an absolute majority in parliament
If confirmed, the Servant of the People will become the first party in Ukraine’s modern history to form an absolute parliamentary majority → Read More
Russians with links to infamous troll farm arrested in Libya
MOSCOW (AP) — Two people with links to an infamous Russian troll farm have been arrested in Libya, their employer, who has been put on the U.S. sanctions list, said on Friday. The Foundation... → Read More