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At least 5 killed in eastern Ukraine despite ceasefire
At least two civilians and three Ukrainian troops have been killed in eastern Ukraine despite the ongoing ceasefire, officials on both sides of the conflict said Monday. …read more Source: CTV...
Malaysia Airlines, ‘technically bankrupt,’ to terminate 6,000 jobs
Carrier, already hit ny stiff competion and years of losses, saw flight MH370 disappear in March last year and MH17 shot down over Ukraine …read more Source: Toronto...
Former Georgian President Saakashvili appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odesa
Saakashvili’s appointment could aggravate relations with Russia that have been severely damaged by the Crimea annexation and the fighting in the east …read more Source: The Globe and...
Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region
MOSCOW — Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday was appointed governor of Ukraine’s troubled Odessa region. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko posted the appointment announcement on his website and presented Saakashvili to officials in Odessa city, the region’s capital. Odessa is Ukraine’s largest seaport...
Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region
Russian President Vladimir Putin disdains Saakashvili, who came to power in the 2003 Rose Revolution protests. The Kremlin points to those demonstrations as the beginning of the so-called ‘colour revolutions’ …read more Source: Vancouver...
Monumental folly on Ottawa, Cape Breton fronts
Is there a moment in the life of every government when it decides it must, absolutely must, build a monument? Power is fleeting in a democracy, thank heavens, and governments aren’t made of concrete. But monuments are made of that sturdy stuff. They last, no matter how ugly. For prime ministers and potentates who want their legacies...
Derek Fraser: What’s at stake in Ukraine
Lately there have been voices raised questioning Canada’s support for Ukraine, which highlights the need for an examination of what Russia’s aims are in the conflict and why the West, including Canada, has to remain engaged. Ruslan Pukhov, an analyst close to the Ministry of Defence and author of an authoritative study of the new...
Leonid Bershidsky: Putin’s latest decree reflects Russians’ lack of interest in the truth
News of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to classify more data on Russian military losses prompted many in Russia, Ukraine and the West to draw the facile conclusion that he acted to hide the casualties of his hybrid war on Ukraine. Putin, however, is doing something worse than that: He’s telling the country he has ruled...
‘Kremlin trolls’ tilting the balance of power towards Putin, one blog at a time
The operation that has worried the EU is drawing Serbia away from its EU membership path, convinced people that Ukraine is neo-Nazi and Putin was right to annex Crimea. …read more Source: Toronto...
Russia to build its own carriers similar to France’s Mistral-class vessels
The ongoing saga about the Mistral-class amphibious/helicopter carriers continues. Russian military industry officials now say Russia will build its own carriers to replace the ones that France is refusing to deliver because of the situation in Ukraine. “We have these types of ships planned but we will build them a bit differently,” Oleg...
