Section: US & Canada
Russia’s Loss, Whose Gain?
Everyone Loses: The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet EurasiaSamuel Charap & Timothy J. ColtonRoutledge, 2017, 212 pp., $21.95 A recent book by Samuel Charap and Timothy Colton—two outstanding Russia experts of two distinctly different generations—will probably not go unnoticed given its grandly pessimistic title. Their...
EU Adds Russians, Entities To Crimea Sanctions Over Siemens Case
RFE/RL has learned that the European Union has added four Russian individuals and three Russian entities to its sanctions list after revelations that four gas turbines from the German company Siemens were “illegally” diverted from Russia to Ukraine’s occupied Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rick Perry, U.S. energy secretary, falls for Russian prankster posing as Ukrainian prime minister
Energy Secretary Rick Perry recently spent a 22-minute phone call speaking with a Russian prankster posing as Ukranian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman. Mr. Perry, convinced he was speaking to Ukraine’s prime minister, spoke July 19 about a range of topics including sanctions against Russia, coal exports, natural gas … …read...
Ukraine strips citizenship of ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili
Ukraine’s president has rescinded the citizenship of Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia who moved to Ukraine to become leader of one of its most corruption-plagued regions and later resigned. …read more Source: FOX...
Russian Security Forces Say Ukraine’s Spies Are Ruining Summer In Crimea
Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 with lofty tourism targets, but bookings for 2017 are reportedly down 30 percent. …read more Source:...
Ukraine strips citizenship of ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili
Ukraine’s president has rescinded the citizenship of Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia who moved to Ukraine to become leader of one of its most corruption-plagued regions and later … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Playing The ‘Little Russia’ Card
When the Kremlin or its proxies start dreaming up new names for Ukraine it’s often a sign that trouble is on the way. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Georgia’s Former President Reportedly Stripped of Ukrainian Citizenship
What now for Mikheil Saakashvili? …read more Source: Foreign...
Canada strips citizenship of ex-Nazi for a fourth time
MONTREAL (JTA) — A 93-year-old ex-Nazi stripped of his Canadian citizenship for an unprecedented fourth time is vowing to appeal the decision yet again. Last week, Canada revoked the citizenship of Helmut Oberlander, a retired developer in Waterloo, Ontario, who has been accused of hiding his Nazi past before obtaining citizenship in 1960. The...
Correction: Ukraine-Journalist Killed story
Correction: Ukraine-Journalist Killed story …read more Source: ABC...
