Section: US & Canada
How MH17 Gave Birth to the Modern Russian Spin Machine
The downing of a passenger flight over Ukraine triggered an extraordinary campaign of lying, dissembling, and distortion that hasn’t stopped since. …read more Source: Foreign...
Why Is Gazprom So Intent on Nord Stream 2?
When Polish regulators struck down a deal this past month to construct Nord Stream 2—a gas pipeline connecting Russia with Germany via the Baltic Sea—we wondered whether we were seeing the death of the project. Poland’s concern centered on the anti-competition effect the pipeline would have in Europe by making the continent more reliant on...
Ukraine marks 75th anniversary of WWII Babi Yar massacre
Ukraine on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of the Second World War. …read more Source:...
Pentagon pushing aggressive nuclear strategy to threaten Russia, says Russia’s foreign ministry
Amid the widening U.S.-Russian spat over Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a strongly-worded statement accusing the Pentagon of nurturing an aggressive nuclear strategy threatening Russia, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: The ministry cast a recent speech by U.S. Defense Secretary...
MH17 Gave Birth to the Modern Russian Spin Machine
The downing of a passenger flight over Ukraine triggered an extraordinary campaign of lying, dissembling, and distortion that hasn’t stopped since. …read more Source: Foreign...
Ukraine marks 75th anniversary of killing of Jews at Babi Yar
The massacre, one of the worst of the Nazi Holocaust, was largely papered over in the Soviet histories. …read more Source: The Washington...
Ukraine marks 75th anniversary of Babi Yar massacre
Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, is where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within 48 hours in 1941 when the city was under Nazi occupation …read more Source:...
Canada-Russia Arctic conference set despite Syria, Ukraine differences
OTTAWA — Canada and Russia will hold a joint conference on Arctic co-operation next month in Ottawa, despite differences over Syria and Ukraine. Pam Goldsmith-Jones, parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion, said Canada profoundly disagrees with Russia’s conduct in Ukraine and Syria. But the two countries have to...
Ukraine marks Babi Yar massacre’s 75th anniversary
Ukrainians have marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II …read more Source: U.S....
Report Confirms Russia’s Responsibility for Shooting Down MH17
A team comprised of investigators from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Ukraine released interim findings of its criminal investigation into the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 on July 17, 2014 which killed all 298 people on board. The Joint Investigation Team report concludes that MH17 was shot down by a BUK...
