Section: Egypt
Medvedev: Russia Adapting to New Economic Reality
MOSCOW—Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Russia was suffering significant economic problems because of international sanctions, but the situation could have been much worse and Russia was adapting. Referring to Western sanctions imposed last year because of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, Medvedev told parliament: “Losses from the...
Ukraine: A war funded by people’s donations
Kiev, Ukraine – Every day volunteers stand with clear plastic collection boxes in Maidan, the scene of deadly protests that eventually escalated into full-blown war. People walking past flower-strewn steps in Independence Square or along the memorial-lined streets leading to it pause and dig into their pockets for small bills. The donations...
Mother of Ukraine Pilot Held in Russia Seeks Global Support
UNITED NATIONS—The mother of a Ukrainian helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia is on a global campaign seeking support from world leaders to pressure President Vladimir Putin to free her daughter. Nadezhda Savchenko was captured by a pro-Russian militia and has been in Russian custody since June 2014 on charges that she was involved …...
US Forces Launch Ukraine Military Training
[unable to retrieve full-text content]U.S. troops have begun a training program for Ukrainian forces at a base in western Ukraine, far from the fighting in the east, but linked to it very closely. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from London. …read more Source:...
US, Ukraine Start Military Training, Defying Russian Fury
YAVORIV, WESTERN UKRAINE—Troops from the United States and Ukraine kicked off joint training exercises Monday intended to help bolster Ukraine’s defenses against incursions from Russian-backed separatists in the east. Speaking under driving rain… …read more Source:...
Poland to summon US ambassador over FBI head’s Holocaust remarks
Poland will summon the United States’ ambassador in Warsaw over an article written by a top US intelligence official on Poland’s alleged responsibility for the Holocaust during World War Two, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday. The article by FBI director James Comey, published in the Washington Post last week, prompted an...
Harper foreign policy: All gesture, no action
Nobody should be surprised that Canada is getting directly involved in Ukraine on the side of Kiev. On Tuesday, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that he was deploying “significant additional military resources to help train and build the capacity of Ukrainian forces personnel”. These will be in the form of...
EU dreams of Iranian gas to break dependence on Moscow
The EU is hoping future gas imports from Iran can break its dependence on Russia as prospects grow for a nuclear deal that would include lifting sanctions on Tehran. The European Union is betting on so-called Southern Corridor pipelines to supply gas to southern Europe via Turkey from fields in Azerbaijan and nearby countries, including Iran....
TV: Russia’s Putin says ready to work with United States
Russia has key interests in common with the United States and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in a television interview. In his comments to the state-run Rossiya channel, Putin appeared to soften his anti-American rhetoric after being highly critical. Relations between Moscow and...
Putin ‘Ready to Work with US’
MOSCOW—Russia has key interests in common with the United States and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in a television interview. In his comments to the state-run Rossiya channel, Putin appeared to soften his anti-American rhetoric after being highly critical. Relations between Moscow and...
