Section: US & Canada
The Morning Vertical, April 12, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s Crisis Menu
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine coalition hopes boosted by four MPs: vice-speaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Four Ukrainian lawmakers have joined the president’s BPP faction, parliament’s vice-speaker Andriy Parubiy said on Tuesday -… …read more Source:...
Danylyuk to be Ukraine finance minister in possible government: lawmaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Under a possible government headed by Volodymyr Groysman, the post of Ukrainian finance minister would be given to Oleksandr… …read more Source:...
Freedom House: Economic Troubles Threaten Stability In Ex-Soviet ‘Dictatorships’
In a new report, Freedom House warns that economic woes are threatening the stability of “entrenched dictatorships” in the former Soviet Union, the migration crisis is fueling populism in Eastern Europe, and reforms in the Balkans are in retreat. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. limits training in Ukraine to avoid provoking Russia in the region
The U.S. has boosted aid for Ukrainian forces battling separatists but limits training to defensive tactics. …read more Source: USA...
Russia-NATO Relations 2016: First Meeting Since Ukraine Crisis Will Not Be ‘Business As Usual’
NATO and the Russia Council are scheduled to meet next week for the first time since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014, but don’t expect it to be a breakthrough in relations between the political and military alliance and the Kremlin. …read more Source: International Business...
Talks On New Ukrainian Government End For Night Without Deal
The two main parties at the talks in Kyiv were unable on April 11 to come to an agreement with the candidate nominated to be the next prime minister — current parliament speaker Volodymyr Hroysman. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Disillusioned Ukrainians await new government
KIEV, Ukraine — Swept into office by the mass protests that deposed the Russia-friendly president two years ago, Ukraine’s new leaders promised that the country would soon be welcomed into Europe as a thriving new democracy. Disillusioned and angry, Ukrainians now await the arrival of a new government that will be under immediate pressure...
Radioactive Wild Boars Have Run Amok Around Fukushima Nuclear Site
The wild boar population near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have bred uncontrollably in the past five years since the massive 2011 earthquake. The radioactive boars have ran amok in the area surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear disaster zone in northern Japan, destroying local agriculture as well as eating nuclear-contaminated food...
