Tensions Rise in Ukraine
The Russian economy has been under stress since late February, when pro-Russian forces began seizing control of parts of the…
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Suzanne Howe Discusses the State of the Legal Market in Texas
Guest post by: Nabeal Twereet, writer for LawCrossing Suzanne Dupree Howe is the Managing Director of BCG Attorney Search’s Texas…
Ukraine Vows Never to Accept Loss of Crimea to Russia
On Monday, the interim president of Ukraine vowed not to accept a Russian annexation of Crimea and also announced an…
Russian Leader Defends Intervention in the Crimean Peninsula
Trouble for the Ukraine began in November when the ousted President, Viktor Yanukovych, according to Voice of America, backed out…
Putin’s Latest Grab for Crimea
According to Yuriy Sergeyev, ambassador to the United Nations for the Ukraine, there were 6,000 soldiers sent by Russia into…
Airports in Ukraine Seized by Gunmen
Two airports in the region of Crimea were taken control of by armed men on Friday, according to Reuters. The…
Sochi Games Safety
Russia's largest resort city, one of the very few places in Russia with a subtropical climate, with warm to hot…
Another Bombing in Volgograd as Winter Olympics Near
On Monday, another suspected suicide bombing hit the city of Volgograd in Russia. This bombing killed 14 and exposes the…
Edward Snowden says, ‘Mission Accomplished, I Already Won.’
Edward Snowden said during an interview online Monday night, that his "mission's already accomplished" and that he was satisfied with…
Political Performance Art: Russia Has Me By the Balls
A civil rights performance artist Pydr Pavlensky puts on a show of the century but staging an apathetic protest to…
Snowden Gets a Job in Russia
NSA leaker Snowden seems to be settling down in Russia and getting his life back on keel after the tumult…
Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Russian Bus
The Southern Russian city of Volgograd saw destructive terror as a female suicide bomber set off a bomb in a…