Section: US & Canada
Saakashvili In Poland To Mark 1944 Warsaw Uprising Day
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region who was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship in late July, has taken part in Poland’s commemorations marking the anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
New EU Sanctions Blacklist Russian Deputy Minister
The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on three more Russians — including Deputy Energy Minister Andrei Cherezov — and have also been blacklisted over the delivery of Siemens’ turbines to Moscow-annexed Crimea. A department head at the Russian ministry, Evgeny Grabchak, is also now barred from traveling to the EU and any assets he...
Analysis: Trump’s reboot of sanctions ushers in `new normal’ for Russia
By Anna Andrianova | Bloomberg News As Russia hunkers down for “decades” of U.S. sanctions, the chill in geopolitics is threatening to turn into a deep freeze for an economy retooling after the crash in oil prices. Related Articles Trump signs ‘seriously flawed’ Russian sanctions bill U.S. says ExxonMobil violated Russia sanctions while...
Canada’s abysmal record as an arms dealer
The new upgraded Light Armoured Vehicle is unveiled at a news conference at a General Dynamics facility in London, Ont., on Thursday, January 24, 2012. Mark Spowart/CP Canadians were not overly surprised last week when video evidence emerged of Saudi Arabia allegedly using Canadian-made armoured vehicles against its own people. The news came and...
In Eastern Ukraine, A Struggle For Survival In The Crossfire Of A Little-Seen War
This year, 59 civilians have been killed and 280 injured as fighting continues in a 3-year-old war between Russian-backed separatists and government forces. Residents despair of ever seeing peace.(Image credit: Brendan Hoffman/Prime for NPR) …read more Source:...
In New Russian Sanctions Law, A U.S. Warning Of Things To Come
WASHINGTON — Legislation signed into law this week by a reluctant U.S. President Donald Trump hits hard at Russia, cementing existing sanctions and adding on a few more for good measure to punish Moscow for its actions in Ukraine, Syria, and allegedly cyberspace. Buried in the bill’s dry legislative language, however, is arguably...
Pentagon Asks White House to Give Lethal Weapons to Ukraine
The package would include Javelin missiles, which are capable of killing Russian tanks. …read more Source:...
Canadian Ukrainian goes from Big Four firm to Lviv hotelier
KYIV – There’s a history of people becoming entrepreneurs after turning 40. Robin Chase was 42 when she co-founded ZipCar, a car-sharing company whose business model is helping define the so-called new economy. Henry Ford was 40 when he started manufacturing automobiles. Giorgio Armani was 41 when he introduced his haute couture line of...
How Obama’s Weakness Encouraged Russian Election Meddling
Amid the unrelenting media din accompanying the latest twist in the White House’s ongoing personnel struggles last week, BuzzFeed News managed to cause a minor stir by publishing an update on the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of Mikhail Lesin, the former Putin advisor instrumental in cowing Russia’s lively media in...
Saakashvili’s options are limited after he loses Ukrainian citizenship
One-time Georgian president, former Ukrainian governor and current U.S. denizen Mikheil Saakashvili is a man without a country. But the firebrand Mr. Saakashvili, who lost his Georgian passport in late 2015 after he took a government position in Ukraine that required him to be a citizen of that country, has vowed to fight Ukrainian President […]...
