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Leonid Bershidsky: In trying to eradicate its communist past, Ukraine throws in with neo-Nazis
It’s goodbye Lenin, hello Nazi collaborators in Ukraine these days. Laws signed into effect by President Petro Poroshenko require the renaming of dozens of towns and hundreds of streets throughout the country to eliminate Soviet-era names. At the same time, Ukraine will begin to honour groups that helped Hitler exterminate Ukrainian Jews...
Ukraine is now in a ‘real war’ with Russia, president says amid fears of nuclear weapons in Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is open to considering proposals to place a ballistic missile-defence system on its territory to ward off the risk of attacks from Russia, a senior Ukrainian defence official said Wednesday. So far no one has offered. Oleksandr Turchynov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security Council, told Ukrinform news agency in...
Europe’s New Coal Rush
Balkan countries and Ukraine are making “substantial investments” in polluting coal power stations to sell cheap electricity to the European Union, as the bloc searches for new suppliers to reduce its dependence on Russian gas. …read more Source: Canada Free...
Ukraine crisis: President Poroshenko talks of ‘real war’ with Russia
Ukraine’s president has told the BBC his country is now in a “real war” with Russia – and that Ukrainians should prepare for a Russian offensive. President Petro Poroshenko told the BBC’s Fergal Keane he did not trust his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. However he said he had no option but to negotiate with Mr Putin. Russia...
Ukraine open to hosting missile defence system: official
A senior Ukrainian security official says his country is open to placing a ballistic missile-defence system in Ukraine to ward off the potential risk of attacks from Russia. …read more Source: Global...
Brian Mulroney announces expanded scholarship program
Justin Tang/CP Paying for university just got a whole lot easier, with former prime minister Brian Mulroney’s announcement of a $10-million endowment for high school students. Mulroney announced the new endowment in a hall crowded with dignitaries, including astronaut Chris Hadfield, Juno-award winning quartet the Tenors and Toronto Mayor...
Jean Chretien invited Putin to send emissary to meeting next month
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien tried at a meeting last month to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to send a representative to a meeting of former world leaders where the crisis in Ukraine will be on the agenda. Chrétien is co-chair of the InterAction Council, a global group of ex-presidents and prime ministers. The council’s...
Estonian choir brings taste of the power of music to Canada
Norman Reintamm witnessed the real-world power of music when he left Canada to work in the National Opera House in Estonia, just before the fall of the Soviet Union. During the late 1980s, the declining empire was still throwing its weight around and the Estonians, who wanted to become free of Moscow, did not want to “raise arms against the...
Dispute brews over wounded Russians captured in the Ukraine
The men say they are Russian soldiers who were captured and wounded while on active duty in the rebellious east, Ukrainian authorities say they are definitive proof that Russia is at war in Ukraine, and Moscow hotly denies the claims. …read more Source: CTV...
U.S. should buy Mistral-class ships that were built for Russia
Defence analysts Gene Germanovich and Noel Williams have an interesting commentary at the War on the Rocks website: they argue that the U.S. should purchase the Mistral-class ships that France built for Russia (and will not deliver because of Russia’s actions in Ukraine). “An American purchase of these assets would relieve a key NATO ally...
