RADIO: The widow of poisoned ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko has 48 hours to decide whether to continue to fight for a public inquiry into her husband’s death. Marina Litvinenko wants to challenge the government’s decision not to hold a public inquiry by applying for a judicial review. However, on Thursday, three judges at London’s High Court…
Broadcast on 25th Sept 2013 on VoR. RADIO: Russian President Vladimir Putin has told an international forum on Arctic exploration in the northern Russian city of Salekhard, that the Greenpeace activists arrested over a protest against oil drilling it was “obvious they’re not pirates,” but added that they had been trying to seize the rig and…
Broadcast on 20th Sept 2013 on VoR. RADIO: Greenpeace is calling on the Russian authorities to free the 30 people detained after Russian Coast Guards boarded the Arctic Sunrise and made arrests following a protest against Gazprom’s Arctic oil drilling operations. The conservation group has started an online campaign to free its members from custody…
RADIO: The Syrian government has agreed for the first time to let United Nations inspectors into the country to investigate the use of chemical weapons. Nima Green reports for VoR. Rumours and accusations that chemical weapons, including nerve agent sarin, have been used in Syria have been rife for months. And now the UN has finally been given…
RADIO: As the stalemate over the fate of former CIA employee Edward Snowden continues, the fugitive whistle blower is facing increasing criticism over his leak of secret NSA intelligence. Voice of Russia’s Nima Green reports. Though the global guessing game over his precise whereabouts has ended, there is increasing criticism over the methods and motives behind the…
RADIO: Business leaders from the G20 countries – called the B20 – met in London to discuss recommendations on how to tackle the Eurozone crisis and stimulate growth across different regions and industries. The meeting comes ahead of July’s G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Voice of Russia’s Nima Green reports. Top of the agenda was how to tackle the…
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