Section: US & Canada
Russia Creates Aerospace Forces by Merging Military Branches
Russia has merged several branches of its military into the Aerospace Forces – a reorganization aimed at enhancing coordination and efficiency, officials said Monday. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the decision offers “the optimal way of improving the system of the nation’s aerospace defense.” The new branch will...
Ukraine’s Ministry of Truth — A Flop of Epic Proportions
The Kyiv Post reported on July 15, 2015, that Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers had registered draft legislation to establish Ukraine Tomorrow, a state-owned foreign broadcasting company. Ukraine Tomorrow strives to be Ukraine’s answer to Russia Today: a media outlet that can resist the almost incessant influx of Russian propaganda to...
Western sanctions are hitting Russia harder than people realized
Sanctions linked to the Ukraine crisis could end up costing Russia 9% of its gross domestic product, the International Monetary Fund has said. Russia’s economy is showing signs of stabilisation after slumping under pressure from Western financial sanctions and Russian counter-measures. Low international prices for its oil exports have added...
Cheap, Beautiful, Ours — Crimea Sold As Russian Holiday Paradise
Russian tourists are being enticed to vacation in Crimea this summer by ads that portray the annexed peninsula as the ultimate holiday destination. But the gulf between the promising ads aired on state television and reality on the ground is as plain as day. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ex-PM Azarov, in Moscow, Proclaims ‘Salvation Committee’ for Ukraine
Former Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov has announced the formation of a “Ukraine Salvation Committee,” calling for “total regime change” through early elections and vowing to “restore order in our home.” Azarov, who was former president Viktor Yanukovych’s prime minister until the latter was...
East Ukraine Conflict: Four Ukrainian Troops Dead As Ceasefire Breached 140 Times In 24 Hours
Four Ukrainian soldiers died overnight Sunday and Monday morning during intense clashes with Russian-backed rebels in the contested region of Donbas, according to a report by the pro-Ukrainian news web site Unian. The deaths came after February’s Minsk II ceasefire agreement was breached around 140 times in 24 hours. …read more...
IMF Says Western Sanctions Could Cut 9% off Russia’s GDP
Sanctions linked to the Ukraine crisis could end up costing Russia 9 percent of its gross domestic product, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. Russia’s economy is showing signs of stabilization after slumping under pressure from Western financial sanctions and Russian counter-measures. Low international prices for its oil...
Ukraine’s ex-PM sets up ‘Ukraine salvation committee’
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s former prime minister, in exile in Moscow, has announced the creation of a ‘Ukraine salvation committee’ and pushed for early presidential and parliamentary elections. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s ex-PM announces creation of ‘Ukraine salvation committee’ in Moscow
Ukraine’s former prime minister, in exile in Moscow, has announced the creation of a ‘Ukraine salvation committee’ and pushed for early presidential and parliamentary elections. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine’s Ex-PM Sets up ‘Ukraine Salvation Committee’
Ukraine’s ex-PM announces creation of ‘Ukraine salvation committee’ in Moscow …read more Source: ABC...
