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Posted on February 5, 2012 - by Venik
Putin’s veto sets Russia apart | David Hearst
Ignore Russia’s public relations machine: Putin has misread the turmoil in Syria as much as he has the protests at home If anyone thinks the international opprobrium heaped on Russia and China for vetoing the UN resolution condemning Syria’s violent repression of its people is unusual, they should cast their minds back to 13 July [...]
Posted on February 5, 2012 - by Venik
Syria’s murderous regime is doomed, says defiant William Hague
UK foreign secretary warns President Assad he risks all-out civil war if he remains in power, despite collapse of UN resolution William Hague has described the Syrian regime as “doomed” and “murdering” and warned that the country is moving closer to an all-out civil war following the dramatic collapse of a major diplomatic effort to [...]
Posted on February 4, 2012 - by Venik
Russia’s veto on Syria sidelines UN as diplomatic options run out
Moscow and Beijing’s refusal leaves international community all but helpless in face of escalating violence Russia’s emphatic “nyet” to a UN security council resolution on Syria leaves the international community bitterly divided and all but helpless in the face of escalating violence before the vote. Last-minute negotiations in New York failed to bridge the gap [...]
Posted on February 4, 2012 - by Venik
Syria resolution vetoed by Russia and China at United Nations
• Thirteen other council members vote in favour• UK and US react with fury to decision• Homs death toll more than 200, say activists Russia and China have vetoed a UN security council resolution calling for the Syrian president to step down, provoking a furious reaction. All 13 other members of the council, including the [...]
Posted on February 4, 2012 - by Venik
Anti-Putin protesters march through Moscow
Up to 120,000 Russian anti-government protesters demand political reform as Putin supporters stage counter-rally Tens of thousands of demonstrators have braved temperatures of -18C in Moscow to march through the city shouting “Russia without Putin” and calling for a rerun of disputed elections. In the latest of a series of mass gatherings since allegations of [...]
Posted on February 4, 2012 - by Venik
Russians protest against Putin – in pictures
Protesters march through Moscow and St Petersburg to demonstrate against Vladimir Putin’s efforts to return to the Kremlin Original article Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this [...]
Posted on February 4, 2012 - by Venik
Anti-Putin protests draw up to 100,000 in Moscow
Anti-government protesters march through Russian capital as Putin supporters stage counter-rally Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators are marching through Moscow and other Russian cities in protest at Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Thousands of Putin supporters are also staging a rally in the capital a month before the presidential election that the prime minister [...]
Posted on February 4, 2012 - by Venik
Syria: more than 200 dead after ‘massacre’ in Homs
Observers claim deaths came after shelling by security forces on eve of UN vote on removal of Bashar al-Assad More than 200 people were reported to have been killed yesterday in the Syrian city of Homs as security forces continued their efforts to take back opposition-held areas on the eve of a vote by the [...]
Posted on February 3, 2012 - by Venik
Syria: over 200 dead after ‘massacre’ in Homs
Observers claim deaths came after shelling by security forces on eve of UN vote on removal of Bashar al-Assad More than 200 people were reported to have been killed yesterday in the Syrian city of Homs as security forces continued their efforts to take back opposition-held areas on the eve of a vote by the [...]
Posted on February 3, 2012 - by Venik
Pussy Riot’s Kremlin protest owes much to riot grrrl | Laura Barton
The 90s movement enabled a female voice to rise up and be heard. Now Russia’s all-female punk band are doing the same The formation of Pussy Riot in Moscow last September was not a culmination of long-harboured musical ambition, songcraft or that strange alchemy of notes, lyrics, personalities and desire that sometimes spawns a rock [...]
Posted on February 3, 2012 - by Venik
European cold snap threatens energy crisis as death toll rises
European commission puts its gas co-ordination committee on alert as Russian supplies to some states dwindle At least 221 people have died during a cold snap in which temperatures have plummeted to -30C and below across eastern Europe, with Ukraine the hardest hit country. The cold has killed 101 people in Ukraine, many of whom [...]
Posted on February 3, 2012 - by Venik
New push to remove tactical nuclear weapons from Europe
More than 20 years after the Cold War there are still more than a thousand nuclear bombs and short-range missiles in Europe ready to launch at very short notice. Now there is a new idea on how to get off the continent’s old front lines. On Sunday, the New START arms control treaty between US [...]
Posted on February 3, 2012 - by Venik
Russia and Ukraine move to protect homeless from cold snap
Scores of rough sleepers have frozen to death as icy weather grips eastern Europe Russia and Ukraine have both taken precautions to protect homeless people, scores of whom have frozen to death on the streets of Europe during its brutal cold snap. As the death toll from the week-long tragedy rose to at least 169 [...]
Posted on February 2, 2012 - by Venik
Letters: Putin documentary was not pro-Kremlin
In his article about the fuss caused among Russian dissidents by the BBC documentary series Putin, Russia and the West (BBC accused of peddling Putin propaganda, 2 February), Luke Harding implies that I was used by the Kremlin, through its American PR firm Ketchum, to influence the film-makers and ensure that it was “pro-Putin”. Yet [...]
