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CNN Opinion: November 18, 2022

My very personal account for CNN Opinion of being one of the first to reach the crash site of Mh17 in July 2014 - and my thoughts of the verdict handed down by a Dutch court.

Michael BociurkiwNovember 18, 2022MH17, Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines, aviation, Ukraine, Netherlands, Amsterdam, travel, CNN, CNN OpinionComment

CNN Opinion: Who's standing up to Russia on Navalny poisoning? Not America

With the German government's announcement Wednesday of "unequivocal evidence" that the nerve agent Novichok was used in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, we are once again reminded how a vacuum in global leadership -- notably, in this instance, the silence of the American President -- can potentially open the way for the world's strongmen to reach for the deadliest means to silence their critics.

Michael BociurkiwSeptember 5, 2020Russia, Navalny, Alexei Navalny, Cnn Opinion, Ukraine, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Germany, sanctions, Nord Stream, Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, CNN OpinionComment

CNN Opinion: Is China the new leader on the world health stage?

The World Health Assembly (WHA) -- the biggest event on the global health agenda -- held on Monday and Tuesday this week, can be easily summed up: The Trump administration threatened to take the UN agency off life support as it fights a global pandemic -- and Chinese President Xi Jinping threw it a new life line.

CNN Opinion: Trudeau's Assault Weapon Ban Doesn't Do Enough

Published News & OpinionMichael BociurkiwMay 4, 2020CNN, CNN Opinion, Justin Trudeau, Canada, guns, violence, NRA, Liberal Parry, Angus Reid, Shachi Kurl, Yaroslav Baran, RCMPComment