Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian city marks 2nd anniversary of fire that killed 43
Demonstrators have gathered in the Ukrainian city of Odessa to mark the second anniversary of the street clashes that culminated in a fire that killed 43 people as they took shelter from opponents. …read more Source: FOX...
Nord Stream Divides Opinion, Inside Germany and Out
Berlin’s plan to double the capacity of a gas pipeline to Russia has drawn strong criticisms from around Europe, but it’s also drawing the ire of politicians within Germany. The FT reports: Manfred Weber, chairman of the centre-right European People’s party, said the proposed pipeline would undermine the EU’s foreign and...
Ukrainian Firms Seek UN Court’s Aid Over Crimea Losses
Two Ukrainian energy companies have asked a U.N. arbitrator to award them compensation for investments they lost when Russia seized control of the Crimean peninsula, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) said Monday. The case, brought in June but only now made public, involves gas stations owned by Ukrnafta and Stabil. It is the lastest...
Satire Is Thriving in Russia, While Many Russians Aren’t
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual “direct line” conversation with the nation was still going strong when the joking began on social media. “Question: ‘Everyone has had to make cuts to their household budgets recently. What have you cut spending on?’ Putin: ‘On you lot,’” wrote one Twitter user, in a parody of the...
Odessa on Edge
In a quirk of the calendar, the somewhat ideologically divergent holidays of May Day and Orthodox Easter fell on the same Sunday this year. In Odessa, the Easter Sunday festivities took place on an afternoon so lovely that the citizens of the city could be forgiven for forgetting the generalized sense of dread that had taken hold of the town for...
Ukraine Energy Firms Turn To Arbitrator Over Crimea Losses
Two Ukrainian energy companies that lost control of assets in Crimea when Russia seized the Ukrainian peninsula have asked a UN arbitrator to award compensation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine energy firms turn to arbitrator over Crimea losses
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian energy companies that lost control of assets in Crimea when Russia seized control of the peninsula have… …read more Source:...
The Briefing: Odesa Heats Up
Tensions are high in the Ukrainian city of Odesa on the second anniversary of clashes between pro-Kyiv demonstrators and Moscow-backed militants that killed dozens of people. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Grenades Found In Odesa On Anniversary Of Deadly Clash
Police in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa say they found three hand grenades on May 2 ahead of a commemoration ceremony for the 48 people who were killed in a 2014 clash between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian demonstrators. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, May 2, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
