Section: US & Canada
Swiss extend freeze of Ben Ali, Mubarak, Yanukovych assets
Switzerland has decided to keep assets of the former presidents of Tunisia, Egypt and Ukraine and their associates frozen for another year, a move meant to support investigators’ efforts. …read more Source: FOX...
Swiss extend freeze of Ben Ali, Mubarak, Yanukovych assets
Switzerland has decided to keep assets of the former presidents of Tunisia, Egypt and Ukraine and their associates frozen for another year, a move meant to support investigators’ efforts. Assets … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Swiss Extend Freeze of Ben Ali, Mubarak, Yanukovych Assets
Switzerland has decided to keep assets of the former presidents of Tunisia, Egypt and Ukraine and their associates frozen for another year, a move meant to support investigators’ efforts …read more Source: ABC...
Russian Military Draws Lessons From Ukraine and Syria Ops
Moscow and the Russian defense industry looking to cash in, while commanders on the ground forge deeper ties with Iran and Hezbollah …read more Source: Foreign...
Swiss extend freeze of Ben Ali, Mubarak, Yanukovych assets
BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland has decided to keep assets of the former presidents of Tunisia, Egypt and Ukraine and their associates frozen for… …read more Source:...
Dutch PM Rutte Could Scupper EU-Ukraine Trade Deal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte could scupper an EU-Ukraine agreement if he does not secure key concessions following battles with Euroskeptics at home. Rutte told the Financial Times that he would only ratify the EU-Ukraine association agreement, which aims to improve trade and security co-operation between the country and the bloc, if EU heads...
Russia threatens retaliation over latest round of Canadian sanctions
Canada has quietly imposed additional sanctions on Russian nationals over the annexation of Crimea and Moscow’s ongoing support for separatists in eastern Ukraine. The new measures, including asset-freezing and a prohibition on business dealings, were passed by the Liberal cabinet on Nov. 28 and released, without much fanfare compared with...
Russian ambassador to Swedish television: ‘We have no plans whatsoever to invade Sweden’
Good news from Scandinavia: Russia is not going to invade Sweden. At least that’s what Viktor Tatarintsev, the Russian ambassador to Sweden, is saying. Tatarintsev was being interviewed by Swedish public broadcaster SVT about Crimea on Wednesday evening, when he decided to publicly dismiss concerns that Russia had its eyes on Swedish...
Ukraine’s “Success Trap”
By Andreas UmlandWithin five to ten years, Ukraine will be a largely renewed country with less corruption and stronger rule of law than today. But Putin & Co. remain a big risk factor.In contrast to much of the continuously negative reporting from Kyiv that appears in Western media, Ukraine’s political, social and economic reforms are...
Beware the autocrat: Believe everything Trump says. Unless you agree with it. Then he is lying. Resist now!
Vilnius, Lithuania (Credit: Getty/Sean Gallup) In the weeks since the American election dumped a great big load of fertilizer over the hopes and dreams of a generation, I’ve rapidly emerged as one of the smartest and most incisive critics of The Trump Ascendancy. My article “Rules For Resistance: Resisting The Ruler,” written mere hours...
