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RFERL Screenshot A surveillance video emerged perfectly showing the bomb explosion targeting Ukrainian MP Ihor Mosiychuk who was hospitalized but with injuries that were not life-threatening. Mosiychuk is a member of the populist opposition Radical Party. His bodyguard and a passerby were killed, reported RFERL. Corruption Problem In Ukraine Cuts…
Image by Совет Федерации Russia reacted angrily Thursday at the news that the social media giant Twitter was removing advertising from accounts of Russian media outlets like RT and Sputnik. The Russian Foreign Ministry threatened retaliation. “We see this as a next aggressive move aimed at blocking the activity of…
Image by Youtube CC-BY On Wednesday at 10:05 p.m., Ukrainian Member of Parliament Igor Mosiychuk, his bodyguard Ruslan Kushnir, and a political analyst named Vitaly Bala were walking toward their cars after appearing on a live broadcast of Espresso TV when they were hit by a powerful blast. It killed…
Russia’s Prosecutor General Says Navalny Can’t Run For President.
Corruption Problem In Ukraine Cuts Far Deeper Than Many Know.
Video: Moldovan Frozen Soviet Conflict Has Economic Consequences.
Image by Elke Wetzig After Tsarizm broke the news last week that Mikhail Saakashvili was soon to be deported from Ukraine, media outlets began to report the news early this week. “Poroshenko wants to extradite me,” Saakashvili said in a statement broadcast on the NewsOne television outlet on October 24….
Breaking News From The Balkans, Corruption And Elections.
Russia To Test New ICBM That It Says Can Penetrate US Missile Defenses.