JABAROVSK / MOSCOW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands marched in the Russian Far East on Saturday, the third consecutive protest that weekend, to express anger at what they say President Vladimir Putin mishandled the local political crisis. People participate in a demonstration in support of the arrested regional governor Sergei …
Read More »Poland to renounce treaty on violence against women, says minister
FILE PHOTO: Zbigniew Ziobro signs documents after being appointed as Minister of Justice, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, November 15, 2019. REUTERS / Kacper Pempel / File Photo WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will take steps next week to withdraw from a European treaty on violence against women, which …
Read More »Belarusian opposition leader flees abroad with two children before elections
MINSK (Reuters) – An opposition candidate who wanted to confront Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in next month’s presidential election fled to Russia with his two sons, fearing they might be removed, his campaign said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Valery Tsepkalo, a potential candidate in the upcoming presidential election, speaks to …
Read More »United States and Baltic countries oppose Russian “rewriting of history”
VILLAGE (Reuters) – The United States joined Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Thursday to oppose any attempt by Russia to rewrite history after President Vladimir Putin said the Baltic states had given their consent to its 1940 annexation by the sovietic Union. FILE PHOTO: United States Secretary of State Mike …
Read More »United States and Baltic countries oppose Russian “rewriting of history”
VILLAGE (Reuters) – The United States joined Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Thursday to oppose any attempt by Russia to rewrite history after President Vladimir Putin said the Baltic states had given their consent to its 1940 annexation by the sovietic Union. FILE PHOTO: United States Secretary of State Mike …
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