Section: US & Canada
Pro-Russian rebel leader assassinated in eastern Ukraine when rocket fired into his office
MOSCOW — A prominent pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has been killed in an explosion in his office, his associates said on Wednesday. The rebels’ Donetsk News Agency said Mikhail Tolstykh, better known under his nom de guerre Givi, died early Wednesday morning in what it described as a terrorist attack. The agency said 35-year...
Today’s letters: School board accountability and supporting Ukraine
School board trustees don’t have wide mandate Re: How to break the cycle of school closings, Feb. 3 Randall Denley’s column contains at least one faulty premise, namely that, somehow, more local control of education taxes and how they are spent would be more “democratic.” While most taxpayers are eligible to vote in school board...
Ukraine Revisited
Stephen F. CohenFrom the beginning of the crisis more than three years ago, false (or half-true) narratives have dominated US media accounts and policymaking. …read more Source: The...
U.S. Senators Want Veto Power Over White House On Russia Sanctions
A group of U.S. senators plan to introduce legislation making it more difficult for President Donald Trump’s administration to lift sanctions imposed on Russia for its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine separatist leader ‘Givi’ killed in bomb explosion
Ed AdamczykFeb. 8 (UPI) — Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine blame the government for the death of military commander Mikhail “Givi” Tolstykh. …read more Source: United Press...
Dealing With a Revanchist Russia
Brian Michael Jenkins Security, The Western allies and Russia conceivably could achieve through dialogue and accommodation a more constructive relationship. The current debate in Washington about Russia’s role in attempting to influence the outcome of the U.S. presidential race is part of the larger strategic issue of how to respond to a...
Matthew Fisher: The situation in Ukraine tests the limits of Trump’s friendship with Putin
Trump suggested earlier this week on Fox News that it was unclear to him whether Putin actually had any control over the rebels who claimed to act on Russia’s behalf …read more Source: Vancouver...
7 Russian sailors, 1 Ukrainian kidnapped in Nigerian waters
The Russian embassy in Nigeria says seven Russian sailors and a Ukrainian have been kidnapped from a cargo ship in Nigerian waters. …read more Source: FOX...
Matthew Fisher: The situation in Ukraine tests the limits of Trump’s friendship with Putin
Within hours of a telephone conversation between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin on January 28, separatist and government forces in eastern Ukraine were hurling thousands of rounds of deadly artillery at each other. The on-again, off-again civil war in Ukraine is now in its third winter. The dubious prize being fought over...
7 Russian sailors, 1 Ukrainian kidnapped in Nigerian waters
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — The Russian embassy in Nigeria says seven Russian sailors and a Ukrainian have been kidnapped from a cargo ship in Nigerian waters. It comes less than three months after three Russians were taken hostage off a ship in Nigerian waters and later freed. Ship hijackings and crew kidnappings are common off Nigeria’s...
