Moldova: Opposition forces announce demands on the oligarchic regime

February 4: Today the initiative group “Civil Forum” voiced the demands set out in last Friday at the Forum by participants of anti-government protests. The protesters demanded the preparation of conditions for the holding of early parliamentary elections, which must be met within the next 30 days. According to the speakers, elections must be held […]

Alexey Albu: Behind the impending crisis for Ukrainian mine & metal workers

By Ilya Murom(Excerpts) February 3: Ukrainian miners, who not the first time have come out to protest on the streets of Kiev and Lviv, could be on the brink of disaster, and the mining and metallurgy industry in Ukraine on the verge of extinction. A Federal News Agency correspondent spoke with experts and learned what […]

Ghost Brigade’s Eugene Wallenberg: ‘Together we are invincible!’

By Alexander Alexeyev On January 22, 2016, in the city of Alchevsk, Lugansk People’s Republic, I again had the privilege to talk with the deputy commander for work with personnel of the 14th separate mechanized battalion (territorial defense), the Ghost Brigade, Eugene Wallenberg — call sign “Katran.” Eugene Wallenberg & Alexander Alexeyev Alexander Alexeyev: Hello […]

Join Bogdanka: Help save the Museum of Novorossiya!

Bogdanka (holding portrait of Ghost Brigade founder Alexei Mozgovoi)with staff of the Museum of Novorossiya. January 28: Young Bogdanka (callsign Dotsya), daughter of the Ghost Brigade, visited the Museum of Novorossiya in Leningrad (“St. Petersburg”), which faces closure. The girl tells of the horrors of war and the need to preserve the only Russian museum […]

Ghost Brigade receives delegates of Russian Communist Workers’ Party

AK Cherepanov and VA Turul, secretaries of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Workers’ Party (RKRP) and members of the working group to coordinate collaboration with the communists of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, carried out the seventh (regular) working trip to the LPR and the DPR from January 15-19, 2016. On January […]

Donetsk: Communist youth mark anniversary of 1918 Arsenal Uprising

By Denis Levin On January 29, Donetsk Marxists of the Communist Union of Donbass held a rally in honor of the January Uprising of workers in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1918 [Arsenal Uprising]. Photos: Svetlana Licht The action took place in Donetsk on Freedom Square, near the monument “To Fighters for Soviet Power.” The youth were […]

Appeal from Moldovan political prisoner to protest leaders

Political prisoner Petrenko appeals from jail to Civic Forum January 29: OMEGA News Agency received a statement from imprisoned leader of Our Home is Moldova (Red Bloc) Grigory Petrenko to the participants of the Civic Forum, calling on the whole society “to join forces against [oligarch Vlad] Plahotniuc’s mafia.” “Only by joining forces against the […]

Moldova: Protest leaders meet, plan next steps against oligarch regime

Protesters reject negotiations with head of Parliament January 28: Party leaders who headed a nationwide protest against the regime of [oligarch Vlad] Plahotniuc rejected an invitation by Plahotniuc’s relative to attend discussions that he has set for 9:00 on Friday. The leaders of Our Party (Renato Usatii), DA Platform (Andrei Nastase) and the Party of […]

Donbass: Clean out the oligarchs in 2016!

By Victor Shapinov The struggle against the oligarchs has long been a popular slogan in Ukraine, but there was little meaning behind the phrase. While the need for such a struggle was acknowledged by virtually all politicians and political forces, they also carried out numerous and costly election campaigns on the dime of the same […]

Vietnamese residents resist brutal raid by Odessa riot police

January 28: About a dozen representatives of the Vietnamese diaspora tried to prevent SBU officers from leaving after the search of the Lotus residential complex on Grushevskogo Street. TIMER’s correspondent reported this from the scene. When the SBU finished its investigation and was preparing to leave, about a dozen residents of the housing complex tried […]