Section: US & Canada
The Briefing: The Donbas Calm
The Power Vertical Briefing is a short look ahead to the stories expected to make news in Russia in the coming week. It is hosted by Brian Whitmore, author of The Power Vertical blog, and appears every Monday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s Newspeak
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Says Moscow Will Continue Sending Military Supplies to Syria
Moscow will continue providing military aid to Damascus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reportedly said Sunday. “There were military supplies, they are ongoing and they will continue,” Lavrov told Russian news agencies, according to Reuters. “They are inevitably accompanied by Russian specialists, who help to adjust the equipment, to...
Ukraine Is Moving Towards Peace With Russia: Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country was moving towards peace with Russia. According to Poroshenko, he had been working “day and night” in the last 15 months since Ukraine clashed with Russia. While he does not want to dream about peace yet, he said there was “a change in tactics.” …read more Source: International Business...
In Moldova, Tens of Thousands of Protesters Are Demanding the President’s Resignation
Huge anti-corruption demonstrations in the Moldovan capital Chisinau have entered their eighth day, with protesters calling for the government’s resignation and early elections. About 20,000 people took to the streets Sunday to demand an investigation into why an estimated $1.5 billion vanished from three Moldovan banks, reports the BBC....
Five-star Ronaldo takes aim against homeless Shakhtar
Madrid (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo has more goalscoring records in his sights when Real Madrid get their Champions League campaign underway at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.Ronaldo became Los Blancos’ all-time top goalscorer in La Liga on Saturday with five goals in a 6-0 rout of Espanyol to move ahead of club legends Raul and...
Climate Apocalypse and/or Democracy
In the last week, a group of scientists and a prominent historian each predicted a climate apocalypse. The scientists, led by Ricarda Winkelmann of Germany’s Potsdam University, issued a paper finding that, if humans burn the rest of the world’s estimated fossil fuel reserves — which might take only another 140 years at current...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko on Russia, corruption and the challenges ahead
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave a joint interview to The Washington Post, Britain’s Independent newspaper and Germany’s Die Welt newspaper about the challenges facing his nation. Here are some highlights. On the meaning of the cease-fire that has finally taken hold in eastern Ukraine in recent days. The...
Parties in Ukraine Conflict Are Urged to Build on Progress
Buoyed somewhat by the relative success of a two-week-old cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, four foreign ministers urged fighters and mediators to withdraw weapons and remove land mines. …read more Source: The New York...
Deal To Remove Heavy Weapons From Ukraine ‘Very Close’
The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France, met in Berlin over the weekend following a two-week cease-fire that appears to have held.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
