Stories for March 17th 2018

Saturday, March 17th 2018 - 16:55 UTC
Transparency International denounces “Venezuelan apartheid”

NGO Transparency Venezuela denounced through a follow-up that the Carnet de la Patria (homeland card), identity document devised by the government of Nicolás Maduro, is a tool of social control that seeks, among other purposes, the loyalty to the ruling party at the polls.
Saturday, March 17th 2018 - 06:58 UTC
Boris Johnson points directly to Putin, the dictator. Furious reaction from the Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin is “overwhelmingly likely” to have ordered the nerve agent attack on an ex-spy and his daughter, Boris Johnson has said. The foreign secretary underlined that “our quarrel is with Putin's Kremlin, and with his decision” over the Salisbury incident.
Saturday, March 17th 2018 - 06:51 UTC
British police launch murder investigation into the death of another Russian exile

British police launched a murder investigation Friday after an autopsy revealed that a Russian exile who was critical of Vladimir Putin was strangled in his home. Nikolay Glushkov, whose body was found on Monday, died as a result of “compression to the neck,” London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

Transparency International denounces “Venezuelan apartheid”