“Biggest-Ever” Corruption Crackdown In Ukraine
Ukrainian law enforcement agents detained 23 former high-ranking tax-administration official suspected of helping the government of ex-President Viktor Yanukovich to defraud 96 billion Hryvnas...
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Environmentalists Climb Trees To Protest Logging In Poland
Bialowieza Forest, an ancient, primeval woods on the border between Poland and Belarus, is the subject of environmental protests as activists try to stop logging...
Russian Oligarch To Put Buzzfeed Editors, Reporters, Under Oath
Lawyers for a Russian tech mogul suing online news site BuzzFeed for defamation will seek within the next two weeks to take sworn testimony from...
Russia Refusing Rail Shipments To Latvia
Railway industry officials say that Russian Railways (RZhD), which has a monopoly in Russia, is refusing to accept rail shipments into the Baltic nation of...
Ukraine Parliament Votes To Limit Amount Of Russian Spoken On Ukrainian TV
The Ukrainian parliament approved a measure to force Ukrainian Television broadcasters to speak Ukrainian on at least 75% of their broadcasts, in a bid to...
German Tourist Kidnapped By Russians At Georgian Border
German Tourist Kidnapped By Russians At Georgian Border....
Russia Maintains Lead Over Saudi Arabia In Oil Production
Russia has maintained its lead over Saudi Arabia in oil production for the second month in a row. The two nations are vying for market...
Hungary Will Not Back Down On Laws Condemned By EU
Image by Agencia de Noticias ANDES Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto declared that the Eastern European nation will not back down on laws recently passed...
Russian Believers Line Up For 1.5 km To See St. Nicholas Holy Relics
Russian Believers Line Up For 1.5 km To See St. Nicholas Holy Relics....