A former Ukrainian lawmaker – the subject of multiple corruption allegations – had made millions of dollars from arms sales since the Russia-Ukraine conflict erupted in February 2022, the New York Times reported, on Saturday. A company allegedly affiliated with Sergey Pashinsky, whom President Vladimir Zelensky once called ‘a criminal’, has become one of …
Read More »Pink Floyd’s Waters explains why he called Biden a war criminal
US President Joe Biden is fueling the Ukraine conflict, which is a “huge crime,” Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters said in an interview released on Saturday. Waters sat down with CNN’s Michael Smerconish to discuss, in particular, the political views that the rock legend hasn’t shied away from displaying in …
Read More »EU state launches criminal cases over V-Day celebrations
Three criminal cases and 20 administrative ones have been launched against people who laid flowers at the World War II memorial in the Latvian capital, Riga, on May 10, the police said on Friday. A young man who brought Russia’s national flag to the monument to Soviet soldiers has been …
Read More »Brazil’s ex-president to challenge ‘criminal’ Bolsonaro
Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – known simply as Lula – announced on Saturday that he will run in October’s presidential election, facing off against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. While Lula leads Bolsonaro in opinion polls, he has recently earned notoriety in the West for his stance …
Read More »‘Every criminal leaves some trace’: Russia’s top investigator shares his views on Ukraine conflict
Eight years after the outbreak of the conflict in the Donbass, innocent people continue to die. Russian investigators have been scrutinizing incidents that involve the killing of civilians. Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the country’s Investigative Committee, spoke to RT about these efforts and the results so far. — Mr. Bastrykin, …
Read More »‘Every criminal leaves some trace’: Russia’s top investigator shares his view on Ukraine conflict
Eight years after the outbreak of the conflict in southeastern Ukraine, innocent people continue to die. Russian investigators have been scrutinizing each incident that involves the killing of a civilian. Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, spoke to RT about these efforts and the results so far. — …
Read More »US offers $5 million bounty for Irish criminal family
The US State Department on Tuesday announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrests of Christy Kinahan and his sons Daniel Kinahan and Christopher Kinahan Jr. The trio are accused of conspiring to participate in “transnational organized crime,” including drug and arms trafficking, murder, and money laundering. …
Read More »‘War criminal’ comments land Supreme Court nominee in hot water
President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, was forced on Tuesday to explain several legal filings in which she allegedly referred to George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals” while she was defending terrorism suspects. Although Jackson had legal grounds to make the accusation, she …
Read More »Kremlin responds to Biden calling Putin ‘war criminal’
US President Joe Biden has called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “a war criminal” over the conflict in Ukraine, with the Kremlin responding that such remarks from the United States are “unacceptable and unforgivable.” During a White House event on Wednesday, Biden was asked by one of the reporters if …
Read More »Parents of unmasked children threatened with ‘criminal charges’
The Ripon Unified School District in California’s Central Valley warned parents this week about “potential actions” that could be taken against parents and students who do not comply with a mask mandate in place. In a letter sent to parents this week, first reported on by Red State, parents are …
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