Section: US & Canada
Russia Announces War Games After Accusing Ukraine Of Terrorist Plot
Vladimir Putin summoned his security council and the Russian Navy announced war games in the Black Sea, a day after the Russian president accused Ukraine of trying to provoke a conflict over Crimea, which Moscow seized and annexed in 2014.The belligerent posture heightened worries in Ukraine that Russia may plan to ramp up fighting in a war...
Russian Envoy: There Is No Going Back on Crimea
Russia’s U.N. envoy said Thursday the issue of Crimea’s annexation “will never be revisited.” “The reunification of Crimea with Russia was done two years ago after a referendum which was conducted in Crimea — 93 percent of the population expressed their wish to rejoin Russia; this is what has happened,”...
At least 6 die in bus crash in Crimea
Russia’s top investigative agency says that at least six people have died when a bus fell off a mountain road in Crimea. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
At least 6 die in bus crash in Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top investigative agency says that at least six people have died when a bus fell off a mountain road in Crimea. The Investigative Committee’s branch in Crimea said that the bus traveling from Sudak to Kerch veered off the road and fell 50 meters (164 feet) into a ravine Thursday. It said four passengers,...
At Least 6 Die in Bus Crash in Crimea
Russia’s top investigative agency says that at least six people have died when a bus fell off a mountain road in Crimea …read more Source: ABC...
At least 6 die in bus crash in Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top investigative agency says that at least six people have died when a bus fell off a mountain road in Crimea. Investigators said that there were 19 passengers and a driver on the bus, and all survivors have remained in grave condition. …read more Source: San Francisco...
At least 6 die in bus crash in Crimea
Russia’s top investigative agency says that at least six people have died when a bus fell off a mountain road in Crimea …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine says Russia has 40,000 troops amassed in Crimea with ‘very bad intentions’
“These numbers may reflect some very bad intentions and this is the last thing we would like to happen,” he told reporters. …read more Source: Business...
Who Framed Dmitry Medvedev?
The Kremlin said it had discerned the roots of a defamatory campaign against Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. As RBC reports citing two high-profile officials inside the Kremlin, Medvedev’s opponents have launched a coordinated campaign, in the media and on social networks, trying to discredit the PM and get him to resign.As...
Ukraine calls attacks in Crimea a Russian ploy, accuses Putin of intentionally escalating conflict
Accusations that Ukrainian agents have engaged in “terror” tactics on the disputed Crimean peninsula may be a ploy by Russia to justify an escalation of the military conflict in its former Soviet ally, officials in Kiev said. President Vladimir Putin vowed in Moscow to respond with “very serious” measures after his Federal Security Service, of...
