Section: CTV (Canada)
Russia friend Rex Tillerson adopts tough line on Moscow
Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, adopted a tough new line on Russia on Wednesday, calling it a ‘danger’ to the United States and saying he would have recommended a muscular response to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region. Both assertions appeared to contradict...
U.S. lashes out at Russia at UN, Russia goes after Obama
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power, in one of her last appearances at the UN Security Council, lashed out at Russia on Tuesday for invading and annexing Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula and carrying out “a merciless military assault” in Syria. …read more Source: CTV...
Obama retaliates against Russia for election hacking
U.S. President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. …read more Source: CTV...
U.S. orders sanctions on Russia, expels 35 diplomats
U.S. President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. …read more Source: CTV...
NATO, Russia discuss air safety talks but differ on Ukraine
NATO and Russia remain at loggerheads over Ukraine, the alliance’s top official said Monday, but have discussed a proposal to try to improve air safety over the Baltic Sea. …read more Source: CTV...
5 Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian officials say five soldiers have been killed in the latest outburst of fighting with pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin arrives in Japan for territorial talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Japan on Thursday for a two-day summit that marks his first official visit to a G-7 country since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: CTV...
Ex-Ukrainian president testimony postponed
Video testimony by Ukraine’s ousted president was postponed on Friday in the trial of five former special forces policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of demonstrators. …read more Source: CTV...
Obama, Putin discuss Syria and Ukraine at summit in Peru
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. …read more Source: CTV...
Obama, Putin have quick chat at APEC
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. …read more Source: CTV...
