Section: US & Canada
Putin’s Play in Syria
Russia could help end civil war in exchange for concessions on Ukraine. …read more Source:...
OSCE envoy regrets lack of progress in Ukraine talks
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — An envoy from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has voiced regret over the intransigence of Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, who have insisted on holding local elections in defiance of the Ukrainian government. …read more Source: CNS...
Syrian political process must be revived: Cameron and Hollande
London (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande agreed that a political process in Syria must be revived, a source close to the French president said.At a meeting at Cameron’s country residence, Chequers, the two leaders “expressed agreement on the need to revitalise the political...
Russian Trial Starts for Pilot From Ukraine
The pilot, Nadiya V. Savchenko, is charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists, along with entering Russia illegally. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukrainian Pilot Goes on Trial in Russia
A Ukraine helicopter pilot accused in the deaths of two Russian journalists last year in war-ravaged eastern Ukraine has formally denied charges from Russian prosecutors, calling the case against her “a piece of rubbish.” Pilot Nadiya Savchenko spoke Tuesday from a glass cage inside a courtroom in southwestern Russia, at the opening...
OSCE Envoy Regrets Lack of Progress in Ukraine Talks
An envoy from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has voiced regret over the intransigence of Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, who have insisted on holding local elections in defiance of the Ukrainian government.Ambassador Martin Sajdik, the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s richest man plays both sides of war’s front line
KRASNODON, Ukraine — In this town deep in eastern Ukraine’s rebel heartland, about a quarter of the population works in the coal mines owned by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man. Here and elsewhere in territory controlled by the separatist insurgency, the tycoon keeps the lights on and people clothed and fed, with a...
Food trucks stopped entering Crimea – here’s why
Activists in Ukraine have set up road blocks to stop supplies entering Russia-controlled Crimea to protest the treatment of Tatars …read more Source:...
OSCE envoy regrets lack of progress in Ukraine talks
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — An envoy from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has voiced regret over the intransigence of Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, who have insisted on holding local elections in defiance of the Ukrainian government.Ambassador Martin Sajdik, the OSCE’s representative at the Contact Group talks,...
Ukrainian Tatars blockade Russian-held Crimea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans to press the Crimea issue at the UN next week. …read more Source: USA...
