Section: Canada Free Press (Canada)
Crimea and Ukraine: a Tragedy Like the Charge of the Light Brigade!
Crimea, surrounded by the Black Sea, hangs like a diamond from the southern end of Ukraine. It has historic ties to Russia but was an independent republic until annexed in 2014 as part of the Russian Federation after a dubious referendum. Russia’s maritime fleet has been stationed in Crimea for decades. Almost 30 percent of Crimeans receive...
UKRAINE: Religious Freedom Under Threat
Source: Release International One year since the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Ukrainian Christians say they are facing persecution by separatists. Evangelical churches in particular have come under severe restrictions in Crimea, and a church leader is warning that Ukrainian churches will also lose their religious freedom if the Russians take...
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada one year after the Crimean “Referendum”
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement to mark the so-called Crimean “referendum” held one year ago and the subsequent illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia: …read more Source: Canada Free...
The vulnerability of Putin and his bomb
The media have been alive with reports that Russian president Vladimir Putin was ready to use atomic weapons if the West forcefully intervened to prevent Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, a part of the nation of Ukraine. Putin’s use of force and his readiness to resort to nuclear weapons indicate what is at state for...
The Russia-Ukraine Conflict in Pictures, One Year After Crimea’s Annexation
KYIV, Ukraine—Monday marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, a former Ukrainian territory. …read more Source: Canada Free...
The Minsk II Agreement: Implications of a (Shaky) Ceasefire
The Minsk II Agreement, reached on February 12, 2015 between Ukraine and the separatist provinces in the east of the country, did not lead to an immediate ceasefire. The Russian-backed separatists intensified the fighting and succeeded in encircling and defeating the Ukrainian forces in the Debaltseve bulge. …read more Source: Canada Free...
Putin Ready To Turn Off Europe’s Gas Supply
Russia threatened yesterday to disrupt gas supplies to Europe within days, opening a new front in the showdown over Ukraine. President Putin demanded immediate advance payments from Kiev to keep the gas taps on in the depths of winter. Cutting off gas would be likely to hit transit flows to Europe. His ultimatum came on the day that the EU...
Turns out not too much fire ended up ceasing in Ukraine
The overnight deal that last week brought a “cease fire” to Ukraine was always tinged with peril. As we wrote at the time, it was easy for Putin to sign the deal knowing he could re-assume his aggressive behavior whenever he felt like it, since there’s clearly nothing the West is going to do to stop him. …read more Source: Canada Free...
Overnight deal achieves ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
All-night negotiations led to an announcement early this morning that a ceasefire agreement has been reached in eastern Ukraine. Germany and France brokered the deal between Russia and Ukraine. That doesn’t mean the Russians are packing up and heading home, but at least it means the shooting will come to a halt for now while the principles...
New Cold War: US, Russia Fight Over Europe’s Energy Future
As the Obama administration escalates economic sanctions on Russia and weighs military support to Ukraine, it has revved up a less noticed but far broader campaign to wean Central and Eastern Europe off a deep reliance on Russian energy. It’s a Cold War reprise, but not for military supremacy, and the points on the map aren’t troop...
