Tag: illegal annexation of Crimea

A Trump-Putin Deal on Crimea Could Trigger a Much Bigger War, Israeli Analyst Says

January 3, 2017

Avraam Smulyevich, a leading Israeli specialist on ethnic issues in the former Soviet space, says that Kyiv might be forced to agree to a Trump-Putin deal on Crimea but that such a deal would “only convince the Russian dictator that he had invade other countries without being punished”

Le Pen Appeals to Russian Banks for Funding; Putin Orders Probe of Prisons After Torture Complaints

Russia Update

Spotlight

The Bell

Marine Le Pen, head of the French far-right National Front, has appealed to Russian banks to fund her election camp as she is sued over a previous loan from the now-bankrupt Czech-Russian Bank.

bankrupt Czech-Russian Bank claim of legal annexation of Crimea french national front Ildar Dadin illegal annexation of Crimea juvenile justice in Russia Kyrgyz suspect in Istanbul terrorist attack Le Pen bank loan from Russia Marine Le Pen McCain's trip to front with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Pavel Karaulova Russian deaths in police custody Russian Federal Corrections Service Russian Presidential Council for Human Rights Sen. John McCain terrorist attack in Istanbul torture in Russia Varvara Karaulova