Section: US & Canada
Poroshenko Awards Ukrainian Filmmaker, Activist Jailed In Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has awarded medals to film director Oleh Sentsov and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, two Ukrainians who were controversially imprisoned in Russia last month. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine bans Aeroflot, other Russian airlines from flying to Ukraine: PM
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is banning Russian airlines, including Aeroflot, from flying to Ukraine, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on… …read more Source:...
Ukraine government says will propose more sanctions on Russian firms
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian government said on Thursday it would propose additional sanctions against Russian companies, adding to a… …read more Source:...
Kyiv Protests Kazakh Schoolbooks Saying Crimea ‘Part Of Russia’
The Ukrainian Embassy in Kazakhstan has demanded an explanation from Kazakh authorities over new schoolbooks describing Ukraine’s annexed Crimean Peninsula as part of Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama and Putin to hold talks at UN
US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold their first face-to-face meeting in nearly a year on Monday in New York, officials from both countries say. The meeting comes amid tension over Russia’s military build-up in Syria and its annexation of Crimea last year. The two leaders will meet on the sidelines...
U.S. Could ‘Find Areas Of Cooperation’ With Russia On Syria
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has said that the United States is worried that Russia could indiscriminately attack moderate Syrian rebels who are fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Gas Talks Set To Resume Between Russia, Ukraine, And Europe
Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union are set to resume talks aimed at restoring Russian gas supplies to Ukraine, the Russian energy minister said September 24. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Authorities in Ukraine’s separatist-controlled Luhansk order UN agencies to leave
The United Nations humanitarian chief said Thursday he is alarmed that U.N. agencies have been ordered out of eastern Ukraine’s separatist-controlled Luhansk region by the “de facto authorities” there. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine, Syria to Dominate Obama-Putin Talks at UN
President Barack Obama will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the United Nations General Assembly session next week. The White House says Obama has accepted Putin’s invitation for a chance to address Russia’s interference in Ukraine. A Russian government official said Putin wants to discuss Syria. Zlatica Hoke...
Ukraine, Syria issues force Putin, Obama to meet
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has not met one-on-one with President Vladimir Putin for more than 15 months but agreed Thursday to sit down with the Russian leader in New York on Monday as part of a broader effort to resolve the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
