Section: US & Canada
Russian State Media Feeds Euroskepticism, but Raises Brexit Concerns
Russian state media often act as cheerleaders for disunity and dysfunction within the European Union and tout Europe’s supposed moral decline and failure to protect traditional values, and project attitudes that dovetail with supporters of Britain leaving the European Union. Numerous state TV messages portray Europe as, unlike Russia,...
Moldova Asks Russia’s Army to Stop Recruiting Its Citizens
Moldova has urged Moscow to stop recruiting its citizens into the Russian armed forces, in a statement published by Moldova’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. The small former Soviet country’s eastern region—along its border with Ukraine—has been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since Moldova’s...
Is the US Pursuing a Rogue Policy by Waging Undeclared War Against Russia?
Stephen F. CohenWashington’s NATO buildup on Russia’s borders, its refusal to cooperate with Moscow in Syria and Ukraine, and its anti-Putin propaganda form an ominous pattern. …read more Source: The...
Putin Accuses NATO of ‘Aggressive Actions’ and ‘Rhetoric’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused NATO of intensified rhetoric and expanding and boosting its military infrastructure close to his country’s borders. Putin accused NATO of ignoring Russia’s call for closer cooperation, saying there was a need for a “modern off-bloc system of collective security that is equal for all...
Russian Reports Say Victoria Nuland To Meet With Top Putin Aide On June 23
Russian state media report that U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland is scheduled to meet in the Russian capital on June 23 with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal adviser on Moscow’s relationships with Ukraine and Georgia’s breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. …read more Source: Radio...
Putin Says Russia Must Strengthen To Ward Off NATO Drive
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia must boost its combat readiness in response to NATO’s “aggressive actions” near Russia’s borders, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.Addressing parliament on the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union, Putin berated the West for being unwilling to build...
Steinmeier Says Europe Threatened By ‘New Divides,’ Urges Dialogue With Russia
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned that Europe “is at risk of splitting along new divides.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany warns of new risks to Europe; urges dialogue
BERLIN (AP) — Seventy-five years after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, which led to the deaths of tens of millions, Germany’s foreign minister is warning “Europe is at risk of splitting along new divides.” In an op-ed printed Wednesday in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, Frank-Walter Steinmeier cautions “peace in Europe cannot be taken...
Germany warns of new risks to Europe; urges dialogue
Seventy-five years after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, which led to the deaths of tens of millions, Germany’s foreign minister is warning “Europe is at risk of splitting along new divides.” In an op-ed printed Wednesday in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, Frank-Walter Steinmeier cautions “peace in Europe cannot be...
EU To Extend Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine: Report
The European Union’s Brussels envoys agreed Tuesday to extend until the end of January the energy, financial and defense sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, but formal approval is still pending, diplomatic sources said. After more than two years of sanctions imposed over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from Kiev and a...
