Section: US & Canada
What the Litvinenko assassination accusation means for the Kremlin
HARI SREENIVASAN: We dig deeper into the story with Michael McFaul, U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. He’s now a professor at Stanford University. And Steven Lee Myers, he covers foreign affairs and national security at The New York Times. He was based in Russia from 2002 to 2007. He’s also the author of “The New Tsar: The...
Russia’s Litvinenko Is Just One Of Many Silenced Kremlin Critics
While a report by a British judge found that Russian president Vladimir Putin probably approved of the Russian security service’s plan to kill Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB officer turned Kremlin critic, justice remains far for many other dead, disappeared or jailed Putin critics. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 56...
NATO allies miffed over Canada’s failure to meet defence spending commitment
The British may form the world’s most orderly line-ups but they tend to lose patience when people don’t live up to their commitments. At the conclusion of the NATO summit in Wales two years ago, all countries signed a declaration reaffirming collective defence, after Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and agreeing to increase...
The Moment Russia Went Fully Rogue
The grave of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London Toby Melville / ReutersIn many ways it all began with the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko. Not that Vladimir Putin’s Russia was exactly a model global citizen before the November 2006 killing of the former KGB spy who defected to Great Britain. But when Litvinenko was lethally...
Coca-Cola and Pepsi Face Criminal Probe by Ukrainian Government in Crimea
The Prosecutor of Ukraine’s regional government in exile in Crimea has launched a criminal probe against officials of the Coca-Cola Company and Pepsi, after the two companies presented Crimea as a part of Russia in separate incidents. The Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014 from the territory of Ukraine and Moscow’s...
Rites of Spring: Ukrainian New Year in Strathcona
Kazotsky kicks keep revelers in splits. Photo: Scott Alpenread more …read more Source: Vancouver...
‘Winter on Fire’ is an Oscar nominee and a ‘manual for revolution,’ says director
Evgeny Afineevsky’s Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom has it all: blood, sweat and tear gas See also: Ukraine’s children of war In just an hour and a half, the film captures the view from the trenches of Ukraine’s Euromaidan revolution, with special attention paid to the bravery and steely resolve of the hundreds...
Ukraine probes Coca-Cola, Pepsico over map showing Crimea in Russia
Ukrainian prosecutors investigating online publication by the U.S. drinks companies that showed Crimea as part of Russia …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine can see economic growth in 2016: FinMin
Despite persistent inflation and recent exit from recession, Ukraine can eke out modest growth in 2016, the country’s finance minister told CNBC. …read more Source:...
Under the Long Shadow of the Holocaust
Two significant statements about the relations between Jews and Christians were published toward the end of 2015; both were widely reported by both religious and general media. On December 3, 2015, the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding, an Orthodox institution located in Efrat, Israel, published a statement on the relation between the two...
