Section: US & Canada
Tymoshenko Defends Decision Not To Fight Over Crimea, Attacks Minsk Process
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is a leading candidate in the country’s March 31 presidential election, has defended her support for Kyiv’s 2014 decision not to use military force to resist Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea region of Crimea. Tymoshenko said that if elected she would reject the Minsk...
NYT: DOJ Moves FARA Probe Into Obama White House Counsel To DC
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. have taken over a criminal investigation into whether former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig failed to register as a foreign agent after the case was moved from New York in January, the New York Times reported Monday. The decision to move the case from the Southern District of New York to D.C. comes...
Ukraine Reports 11 Measles Fatalities, More Than 30,00 New Infections This Year
Health officials in Kyiv have said that 30,794 cases of measles have been reported in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Leading Ukraine Candidate Fights ‘Fakes With Fakes’ As Facebook Tests New Political Ad Rules
Beginning today, Facebook advertisers in Ukraine need the social network’s authorization to reach users — and ads from annexed Crimea and separatist-held areas are banned outright. But 13 days before an election, is it too little, too late? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Visits Crimea to Mark 5th Anniversary of Annexation
President Vladimir Putin is marking the fifth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine by visiting the Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: U.S....
Canada extends Iraq and Ukraine military missions to 2021 and 2022
OTTAWA — Canada is extending its military missions in Ukraine and Iraq, both of which were due to expire at the end of the month. The extensions shore up Canada’s contributions to the global effort to curb Russian aggression in Eastern Europe and to the fight against Islamic militants in the Middle East. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and...
Exclusive: Tymoshenko Defends Decision Not To Fight Over Crimea, Attacks Minsk Process
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is a leading candidate in the country’s March 31 presidential election, has defended her support for Kyiv’s 2014 decision not to use military force to resist Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea region of Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin visits Crimea to mark 5th anniversary of annexation
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday marked the fifth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine by visiting the Black Sea peninsula. Putin began his trip by attending the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
NATO, EU Condemn Russia’s 2014 Seizure of Crimea
NATO and the European Union are condemning Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula five years after Moscow declared the region Russian territory. NATO allies said in a statement Monday that “we strongly condemn this act, which we do not and will not recognize.” They also criticized Russia’s military...
Vladimir Putin visits Crimea to mark 5th anniversary of annexation
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is marking the fifth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine by visiting the Black Sea peninsula. Putin on Monday attended the launch of new power plants in Crimea, part of Moscow’s efforts to upgrade the region’s infrastructure. Ukraine has cut off …...
