Section: US & Canada
European Court Denies Yanukovych Aide’s Bid To Suspend EU Sanctions
The president of the European Union’s General Court has dismissed Andriy Klyuyev’s attempt to have the bloc’s sanctions against him suspended. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump cancels meeting with Putin over Russia’s hostilities with Ukraine
…read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Putin derides Ukraine’s martial law as political trick
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president donned combat fatigues to implement martial law in much of the country on Wednesday, a move Russia denounced as a cynical political trick as both sides ratcheted up tensions after a weekend standoff in the Black Sea. Each side blamed the other for the bellicose turn of events, with Ukraine saying Russia...
President Trump Scraps Vladimir Putin Meeting at G-20 Over Russia-Ukraine Conflict
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he is canceling a one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin after Russia captured Ukrainian ships and sailors in the Kerch Strait near Crimea. Trump made the announcement in a tweet Thursday aboard Air Force One on his way to the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, where the two leaders were scheduled to...
Amid crisis with Russia, Ukraine’s president also faces political fight at home
Petro Poroshenko, deeply unpopular, is again at the forefront of a showdown with Moscow. …read more Source: The Washington...
Trump Cancels Meeting With Putin as US, UK Back Ukraine in Wake of Russia’s Naval Attack
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine got a valuable boost Thursday from its Western allies when ambassadors from the U.S. and Britain both condemned Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian navy vessels and pledged their countries would do more to build up Ukraine’s naval forces. “We call on Russia to de-escalate the tension that Russia has created,”...
Change in Post-Putin Russia?
Russia has reverted to a condition comparable to that which led in the end to the fall of the USSR. Today’s Kremlin, like its Soviet predecessor, has proved unable adequately to address the linked questions of how to secure beneficial relationships with the outside world, responsible governance, and stable economic and social development....
The Latest: Ukraine: Russia opens fire on Ukrainian vessels
The Ukrainian navy says that a Russian ship has opened fire on Ukrainian naval vessels in the Black Sea following a tense standoff off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine says Russia opens fire on Ukrainian navy ships in Kerch Strait near Crimea, one of them damaged
Ukraine says Russia opens fire on Ukrainian navy ships in Kerch Strait near Crimea, one of them damaged …read more Source: ABC...
Manafort Reaches Plea Deal, Agrees to Help Mueller’s Russia Investigation
Paul Manafort, facing a second criminal trial about his secret financial ties to a former Russia-friendly Ukrainian president, has agreed to plead guilty to two charges and has agreed to cooperate with FBI Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. At a plea hearing in a D.C. federal court today,...
