Exposing the high-profile cases of political prisoners in Ukraine
By Andriy Manchuk, published on Strana.ua, April 2, 2016, translated to English by Greg Butterfield …
Syria: Al-Assad family’s wealth exposé in Panama Papers helps explain 2011 uprising
By Juan Cole, published on his website Informed Comment, April 6, 2016 The revelation in …
The making of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region 1918–1925
Why Autonomy? The Making of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region 1918–1925 By Arsène Saparov, published in Europe-Asia …
Russia & Iran negotiate canal from Caspian Sea to Persian Gulf
RT.com, April 9, 2016 Moscow and Tehran are holding talks on digging a ship canal …
Situation report in eastern Ukraine: Increase in shelling, military buildup by Ukrainian forces
By Donetsk International News Agency, prepared exclusively for Russia Insider, April 8, 2016 The situation …
International committee to press officials in Strasbourg to demand release from imprisonment of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan
ANF News, April 8, 2016 A international committee headed by Nelson Mandela’s lawyer Essa Moosa …
German prosecutors open case against comedian Jan Böhmermann for ‘insulting’ Turkish president
Deutsche Welle, April 8, 2016 Prosecutors will decide whether to try to send a German …
A Western media unmoored from facts
By Robert Parry, Consortium News, April 7, 2016 Mainstream U.S. journalism has completely lost its …
British PM David Cameron admits profitable stake in father’s offshore investment fund
By Ashley Cowburn and Charlie Cooper, The Independent, April 8, 2016 (with video reports) David …
Junk economics and the future of the world economy: Interview with Michael Hudson
Interview with economist Michael Hudson, interviewed by Chris Hedges on his Telesur program ‘Days of …
Interview with Michael Hudson: The great Ponzi scheme of the global economy
Interview with economist Michael Hudson, interviewed by Chris Hedges on his Telesur program ‘Days of …
Dutch voters reject EU-Ukraine ‘association agreement’
By Thomas Escritt and Anthony Deutsch, Reuters, April 7, 2016 The Netherlands is the only …
Edward Snowden gives ‘electric’ video talk from Russia to packed house in Vancouver, Canada
By Sunny Dhillon, The Globe and Mail (BC Edition), April 6, 2016 VANCOUVER, Canada — …
Panama Papers: WikiLeaks’ Kristinn Hrafnsson calls for data to be released in full
The Belfast Telegraph, April 5, 2016 (featuring information on RT.com‘s ‘Going Underground’ program of April …
Why Erdogan can’t end PKK war
By Kadri Gursel, Columnist, Al-Monitor, April 6, 2016 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s months-long war against …
Mediation in Moscow produces end to military clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh
TASS, April 6, 2016 BAKU – Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that a ceasefire …
Much worse than the Panama Papers: How America became a world leader in tax avoidance
By David Dayen, Salon.com, April 5, 2016 No Americans have been implicated in the stunning …
German Left Party leader slams Merkel hypocrisy over war in Syria
New Cold War.org, April 6, 2016 In early February 2016, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told …
A key similarity between Snowden leak and Panama Papers: Scandal is what has been legalized
By Glenn Greenwald, published in The Intercept, April 4, 2016 From the start of the …
Putin’s a pauper, his friends are rich
By Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg News, April 4, 2016 (see further below a comment on this …
