Section: Mexico
Ukraine leader relieved of role
Poroshenko works to ease potential gov’t tensions Ukraine’s Pres. Petro Poroshenko (L) with Dnipropetrovsk Gov. Ihor Kolomoysky. AP Photo/Mikhail Palinchak, Presidential Press Service BY PETER LEONARD The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president acted to quell a potential source of fresh political unrest Wednesday by...
Chechnya threatens to arm Mexico, if the US supplies weapons to Kiev
The Republic of Chechnya, in the Russian Caucasus, threatens to deliver weapons to Mexico to help recover “territories annexed by the United States” if Washington supplies weapons to Ukraine. “We would take the supply of weapons to Ukraine as a sign to take appropriate measures,” said the president of the Chechen Parliament, Dukuvaja...
Putin signs with Georgian rebels
A police officer stands guard on a bridge as people walk along an embankment in Moscow, Russia. AP PHOTO/DENIS TYRIN West alarmed by integration with South Ossestia BY VLADIMIR SOLDATKIN AND TIMOTHY HERITAGE Reuters MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty with Georgia’s rebel South Ossetia region Wednesday that almost completely...
Russia to send Baltic missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to attend a meeting of the V-Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia. AP PHOTO/SERGEI ILINITSKY, POOL Massive war games to showcase military power BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The Associated Press MOSCOW – Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles in its westernmost Baltic exclave and deploy...
Video reveals plan in Crimea
Putin says Russia was raising nuclear readiness Vladimir Putin’s comments highlight the extent to which alarm spread in Russia following Yanukovych’s ouster. AP PHOTO /RIA Novosti , Alexei Druzhinin BY JIM HEINTZ The Associated Press MOSCOW – Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year’s...
NATO: Russia is arming rebels
Stoltenberg calls for parties to respect cease-fire A truck passes by a pro-Russian rebel’s tank with a gas mask placed on it’s barrel in the village of Molochnoye, Ukraine. REUTERS PHOTO/Marko Djurica BY ALASTAIR MACDONALD Reuters MONS, Belgium – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that Russia was still arming and...
NATO, Russia exchange barbs
Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin following a meeting with Italian PM Matteo Renzi. AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin BY RAF CASERT AND VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The Associated Press RIGA, Latvia – NATO and Russia exchanged heated language reminiscent of Cold War days on Thursday with accusations of sinister geopolitical plotting and human rights abuses flying...
Putin condemns slaying of critic
Boris Nemtsov’s mother Dina Eidman (C), relatives and friends stand at his coffin. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The Associated Press MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin Wednesday called the slaying of his top critic a “disgrace” to Russia, while the opposition promised to complete Boris Nemtsov’s work on a report...
Mine blast hits Ukraine troops
24 killed, 9 missing in methane gas incident AP GRAPHIC INFOGRAPHIC BY NATALIYA VASILYEVA The Associated Press DONETSK, Ukraine – A rebel-held city scarred by months of conflict in eastern Ukraine suffered more tragedy Wednesday when a methane gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 24 workers and left nine missing. As rescue efforts...
Shelling persists within Ukraine
Sides exchange accusations of breaking cease-fire Destroyed Ukrainian army armored vehicles outside of Donetsk airport. REUTERS PHOTO/Baz Ratner BY PAVEL POLITYUK AND MARIA TSVETKOVA Reuters KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine –Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine wounded as pro- Russian rebels shelled government positions despite a ceasefire deal,...
