Section: US & Canada
The economic stakes of the standoff between Russia and Turkey
A still image from video shown by the HaberTurk TV shows a burning trail as a plane comes down. (HABERTURK TV CHANNEL/EPA/CP) MOSCOW — Russia plans to retaliate against Turkey for the downing of a warplane by imposing sanctions, cutting economic ties and scrapping major investment projects. Since the plane was shot down Tuesday on the...
In Response To Turkey’s Aggression, Russia Plans to Retaliate With a Number of Economic Sanctions
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia plans to retaliate against Turkey for the downing of a warplane by imposing sanctions, cutting economic ties and scrapping major investment projects. Since the plane was shot down Tuesday on the Syria-Turkey border, Russia has already restricted tourism, left Turkish trucks stranded at the border and confiscated large...
Russia Seeks Economic Revenge Against Turkey Over Jet
By Humeyra Pamuk and Vladimir SoldatkinISTANBUL/MOSCOW, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey on Thursday and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as “emotional” and “unfitting.”In an escalating...
Hollande Urges Russia to Join Forces to Defeat Islamic State
French President Francois Hollande urged Russia to join world powers in creating a grand coalition to defeat the Islamic State militants who not only attacked Paris two weeks ago but control large areas of Iraq and Syria. Hollande, on a diplomatic offensive to build a large force against the militant Islamist group, met with Russian President...
Russian PM Pushes For Sanctions Against Turkey
ISTANBUL/MOSCOW, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey on Thursday and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as “emotional” and “unfitting.”In an escalating war of words, President Tayyip Erdogan...
Ukraine president defends his country’s pact with EU
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine’s president has strongly defended a pact his country signed with the European Union, calling it “the last farewell to the Soviet Union, the last farewell to Communism.” …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine president defends his country’s pact with EU
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine’s president has strongly defended a pact his country signed with the European Union, calling it “the last farewell to the Soviet Union, the last farewell to Communism.” …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine president defends his country’s pact with the EU, ahead of Dutch referendum next year
Ukraine’s president has strongly defended a pact his country signed with the European Union, calling it “the last farewell to the Soviet Union, the last farewell to Communism.” Petro Poroshenko’s comments Thursday came during a visit to the Netherlands, which is holding a non-binding referendum next year on whether the...
Italy Says No Agreement Made At G20 To Extend Russia Sanctions
ROME (Reuters) – No agreement was reached among leaders at this month’s Group of 20 summit in Turkey to extend sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday. A senior European diplomat told Reuters this week that Western leaders at the G20 in Antalya agreed on the...
Russia strikes back at Turkey by cutting business ties
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia plans to retaliate against Turkey for the downing of a warplane by imposing sanctions, cutting economic ties and scrapping major investment projects. Since the plane was shot down Tuesday in disputed circumstances on the Syria-Turkey border, Russia has already restricted tourism, left Turkish trucks stranded at the border and...
