Section: US & Canada
The Morning Vertical, March 8, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Freeland knew her grandfather was editor of Nazi newspaper
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland knew for more than two decades that her maternal Ukrainian grandfather was the chief editor of a Nazi newspaper in occupied Poland that vilified Jews during the Second World War. Ms. Freeland’s family history has become a target for Russian forces seeking to discredit one of Canada’s highly...
Opposition Leader: Trump Could Help Russia Drive Putin From Power
President Trump and his administration have a unique chance to convince Russian leader Vladimir Putin to give up power and return the country to the path of democratic political reform, a leading Russian opposition leader says. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the exiled Russian businessman turned democracy advocate, also warned that Russia under Putin has...
Russia’s Hallowed October Revolution Now Seen as a ‘Communist Coup’
For decades, the Soviet Union celebrated the October Revolution, which brought the communist Bolsheviks to power in Russia. Nowadays, there’s much less celebration. The October Revolution, which took place in November 1917 under the modern Gregorian calendar, led to the rise of the Soviet Union and created the world’s first communist...
European Diplomats Push For More U.S. Support Against Russian Aggression
Envoys from six European countries that border Russia have pushed for more U.S. military and economic support, as they repeated warnings to U.S. senators about an increasingly aggressive Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The return of the czar
Russian President Vladimir Putin enters the St. George Hall at the Grand Kremlin Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 12, 2013, to deliver an annual state of the nation address. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images) THE RETURN OF THE CZAR One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, an emboldened Putin regime is embracing its czarist...
Watch: MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell thrown out of Tillerson meeting while asking about Russia
Cameras captured the moment that MSNBC journalist Andrea Mitchell was escorted out of a meeting between U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson and the Foreign Minister for Ukraine. Mitchell was yelling questions about Russia and Vladimir Putin Tuesday when she was hurried out. As the two shook hands and cameras whirred away, Mitchell can be heard in...
Ukraine Envoy: US Supports Kyiv Against ‘Russian Aggression’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has assured him that Washington will continue to support Kyiv in its standoff with Russia. Klimkin spoke to reporters after meeting at the State Department Tuesday with Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil CEO who now serves as President Donald Trump’s top...
Ukraine foreign minister urges continued sanctions on Russia
Ukraine’s foreign minister told U.S. senators on Tuesday that sanctions against Russia shouldn’t be eased and possibly should be ratcheted up as Moscow escalates its military aggression against its western … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine foreign minister urges continued sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister told U.S. senators on Tuesday that sanctions against Russia shouldn’t be eased and possibly should be… …read more Source:...
