by News Decoder | 9 Jun 2016 | Europe, Ukraine
Russia has released pilot Nadiya Savchenko, Ukraine’s “Joan of Arc,” from prison. Does Vladimir Putin want the EU to drop sanctions? Nadiya Savchenko sings Ukraine’s national anthem in parliament, 31 May 2016. (EPA/Sergey Dolzhenko) Russia released...
by Alexey Shabaldin | 30 May 2016 | Europe, Novosibirsk State University, Student Posts, Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is a product of Russian society and power-hungry friends. But the West has helped make him what he is by its treatment of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, with his predecessor and former mentor, Boris Yeltsin, at the Kremlin, Moscow, 7...
by Simon Hoellerbauer | 27 May 2016 | Europe, Journalism, Media Literacy, Politics, Ukraine
An information battle between Ukraine and Russia has brought out the worst in their media machines. It’s time for a Ukraine with an independent media. Ukraine’s Jamala with her country’s flag after winning the Eurovision Song Contest, Stockholm, Sweden, 14 May...
by Melinda Haring | 25 May 2016 | Europe, Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine has propelled U.S.-Russian relations to their lowest point since the Cold War and soured Russia’s ties with Europe. Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrives in Ukraine after being released by Russia, 25 May 2016. (EPA/Sergey Dolzhenko) This is...
by News Decoder | 12 May 2016 | Americas, Europe, Greens Farms Academy, King's Academy, Middle East, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Syria, United States, Youth Voices
By Nelson Graves “We have to find a political solution, in offices and not with arms.” So said Evgenia Chatziadamido, one of four students from three continents who discussed the causes and effects of Syria’s civil war during a recent online round...