Rosneft threatens Novaya Gazeta with a lawsuit over its expose of the luxury yacht owned by the wife of Rosneft head Igor Sechin. Blogger Anton Nossik is in court for “extremism.”
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Ukraine’s Deputy Information Policy Minister Resigns In Protest Against Failure To Protect Journalists
Tetiana Popova had publicly clashed with her superior, Yuriy Stets, over the Myrotvorets websites leak of journalists’ personal data.
Savchenko Declares Hunger Strike Until Progress On Release Of Ukrainian Prisoners Of War
Savchenko confirmed her readiness to enter talks with Russian-backed separatist leaders.
25 Armed Men Reportedly Seize Spa Clinic in Buryatia; Local Authorities Do Not Confirm or Deny
Twenty-five masked, armed men have reportedly seized a clinic in Buryatia, but their demands are not known and no more information has been supplied by local officials.
Both Sides Report Casualties After Day Of Heavy Shelling In The Donbass
Particularly heavy fighting was seen in the Donetsk area over the weekend.
AM News: Clinton Accuses Russia of Hack; ISIS Calls for Jihad in Russia; Explosion in Makhachkala, Injuries
ISIS has released a new video calling for jihad in Russia.
Russian Military Helicopter Crashes In Rebel-Held Territory In Syria, Killing All 5 On Board
The helicopter crashed near Saraqib in the Idlib province, southwest of Aleppo.
Heavy Fighting Reported In Ukraine, A Reminder That Putin’s Soldiers Invaded And Never Left
Not only are Russian soldiers still in Ukraine, heavy fighting continued this weekend.
Oleksandr Yefremov, former Head of Ukraine’s Party of Regions Faction, Arrested at Airport for Aiding LNR
Aleksandr Yefremov, former head of the Party of Regions faction, was arrested today July 30 at Borispyl as he was boarding a plane to Austria and accused of by the Prosecutor General’s Office of aiding the self-proclaimed “Lugansk People’s Republic” (LNR
Russian And Regime Air Strikes Continue To Pound Aleppo Despite ‘Humanitarian Corridors’
Regime helicopters are reported to have dropped barrel bombs near one of the designated ‘humanitarian corridors,’ killing five civilians.