Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has suspended the deputy minister of sports pending the doping investigation, and President Vladimir Putin says he will dismiss officials named in WADA’s report.
One civilian was wounded by shelling in the Lugansk region.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained in Russia a translator for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), but released him and allowed him to return to Ukraine.
Activists report electoral violations during yesterday’s vote.
Just over two years ago, on July 16, 2014, The Interpreter was able to geolocate and verify video footage showing rocket launchers in Russian territory firing into Ukraine, clearly demonstrating the international nature of the conflict. https://youtu.be/-6RcvjvDq2c While the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17 on the following day overshadowed this major escalation in […]
On the second anniversary of the downing of Flight MH17 by Russian-backed militants, killing all 298 aboard, the Dutch prosecutor’s report is still not ready, but more evidence of the Kremlin’s complicity has been obtained.
Yesterday, July 15, Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the prime minister of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) came under fire while making an inspection of DNR positions to the north of Donetsk.
While opposition party Parnas has registered its candidates for the September parliamentary elections, persecution of members, lack of access to state media as well as infighting diminish its chances of getting any seats.
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and four wounded yesterday. Two civilians were reportedly wounded in both government and separatist-held territory.
LIVE UPDATES: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow today to discuss the wars in Syria and Ukraine. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent […]
