Section: US & Canada
Poroshenko Says Ukraine To Keep Defense Spending High
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his government will spend five percent of gross domestic product on defense and security next year, in a bid to strengthen the army in its fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian President Pardons Russian in Prisoner Exchange
President Petro Poroshenko has pardoned a Russian citizen arrested in eastern Ukraine and exchanged him for a Ukrainian serviceman held by Russian-backed separatists.Poroshenko announced the exchange on his official website, which showed a photograph of him meeting early… …read more Source:...
Turkey and Russia: Days of Future Past?
Turkish-Russian relations, which could be described as hostile during the 1990s, have steadily improved after March 2003 as a result of disappearance of divisive issues such as Chechnya and the Kurds, convergence of Russia’s and Turkey’s stance on Iran, Syria and other states in the Middle East and North Africa before the Arab Spring,...
Russia Warns Of Penalties On Kyiv After Failed Trade Talks
Russia is likely to penalize Ukrainian imports starting in January after negotiators failed to agree on ways to address Moscow’s objections to Kyiv’s free-trade agreement with the European Union. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fighting corruption, Ukraine set to become Canada’s next trade partner
Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland has her marching orders: to implement the Harper government’s trade deal with Ukraine, a country struggling to contain widespread corruption among its public officials. The deal, which was announced by the Conservatives on July 14 as “concluded” but still needs to be implemented through...
Power Outage Forces Crimeans to Reconsider Their Enthusiasm for Secession
Forced to cook and boil drinking water on open fires since protesters blew out electricity lines on Nov. 22, some Crimeans are beginning to reconsider their vote to secede almost two years ago. …read more Source: The New York...
DoD official: US pursuing response to Russia treaty breach
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. defense official says the Obama administration is pursing ways to counter Russia’s violation of a key arms control treaty, but says actions will be rolled into a broader response to Kremlin aggression in Ukraine and other parts of the world.The U.S. announced last year that Russia is violating the Intermediate-Range...
DoD official: US pursuing response to Russia treaty breach
Faced with rising pressure from Congress, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday that the Obama administration is pursuing ways to counter Russia’s violation of a key arms control treaty, but actions will be rolled into a broader response to Kremlin aggression in Ukraine and other parts of the world. … Click to Continue » …read more...
DoD official: US pursuing response to Russia treaty breach
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. defense official says the Obama administration is pursing ways to counter Russia’s violation of a key arms control treaty, but says actions will be rolled into a broader response to Kremlin aggression in Ukraine and other parts of the world. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia Calls Curbs on Ukraine Imports Likely, Cites EU Pact
Russia is likely to penalize Ukrainian imports starting in January after European Union-brokered talks failed to find a compromise Tuesday, exactly a month before the launch of an EU-Ukraine free-trade pact that Russia opposes. “It is a very probable scenario that there will not be an agreement before January 1 and the nonpreferential trade...
