Section: US & Canada
A New Ukraine Revolution Nobody Needs
On the second anniversary of EuroMaidan, right-wing nationalist militias call for a new coup, playing right into the hands of pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The Daily...
German, French Foreign Ministers In Ukraine
The foreign ministers of Germany and France have arrived in Kyiv for a visit aimed at reaffirming EU support for Ukraine’s leadership. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Why Russia Stopped at Crimea
Putin didn’t need to take over all of Ukraine to achieve his goals. …read more Source:...
Why are Russian Banks in Ukraine Being Vandalized and Torched?
Over the weekend no fewer than six Russian banks across Ukraine were torched or vandalized by mystery attackers, on the eve of the two-year anniversary of Kiev’s Maidan protests. Molotov cocktails were hurled at three different banks in the western city of Lviv during the early hours of Monday morning, according to a report by the...
Michael Ignatieff: I’m Angry With Americans for Being Bystanders to the European Refugee Crisis
Being a Canadian politician of Russian descent, Harvard’s Michael Ignatieff talks bluntly with Alexander Görlach about the role the U.S. should play in the European refugee crisis.Görlach: What’s your perspective of what’s going on in Europe?Ignatieff: What you have is the dissolution of state order in the Middle East, and...
Russia Seeks to Fly Over U.S. With Advanced Digital Camera: ‘Is It Me or Is This Just Insane?’
WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin (Image source: AP/RIA-Novosti,...
Russian Bank Attacked In Kyiv
Right-wing Ukrainian nationalists attacked a branch of privately-held Alfa-Bank in Kyiv on February 20. It was just one of a series of attacks on Russian banks in the capital, as well as Lviv and Mariupol. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Wants to Fly Over US with Advanced Digital Camera
Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United States. Russia and the United States are signatories to the Open Skies Treaty, which allows unarmed...
How Delaware became an American haven for “grand corruption”
Normally, when one of our 50 states gets singled out by an international body of some consequence, you would hope it would be good news and something that the locals would brag about. But that’s not likely to be the case with Delaware’s recognition by Transparency International this month as one of the world’s best examples of...
France, Germany push Ukraine to implement reforms
BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France are pushing for Ukraine to move ahead with reforms needed in order to implement the year-old Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source: CNS...
