Section: US & Canada
Obama to Versailles
It’s time for a profile in constitutional courage from the Congress, from supporters and critics alike of the proposed nuclear deal with Iran as well as members yet undecided. Our legislative branch should embrace its duty to assess President Obama’s great venture in diplomacy, and do so in a civil and sober way, rather than quail at...
Will France and Other European Countries Break With the US on the Ukrainian Crisis?
Stephen F. CohenOr could we see a thaw in US–Russian relations? …read more Source: The...
Russia expected to veto UN call for criminal investigation of MH17 crash
Russia is expected to veto a new U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to uncover who was behind the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year. The vote, scheduled for Wednesday, would establish a special court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down Flight MH17 from the...
Russia Considers International Tribunal On MH17 Crash As ‘Inexpedient’
Russia is said Wednesday it would be “inexpedient” to establish an international tribunal on last year’s Flight MH17 crash. Australia and the Netherlands have asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to block U.N. Security Council resolution to try those who shot down flight Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine. Putin told Dutch Prime...
Putin says he opposes the creation of a tribunal to prosecute those who shot down MH17
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he opposed the creation of an international tribunal to prosecute those who shot down a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine, hours before a U.N. vote on such a proposal. Putin’s comment was the latest to indicate Russia may block moves at the United Nations,...
UN Security Council to Vote on MH17 Draft Resolution
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a draft resolution establishing an international tribunal to try those suspected of shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine a year ago. Malaysia, the Netherlands, Australia, Ukraine and Belgium have expressed their support for such a tribunal, and Malaysia...
Ukraine blacklists Gerard Depardieu
French actor Gerard Depardieu won’t be allowed to enter Ukraine for the next five years in light of comments he made that seemed to suggest he supported Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The Washington...
How the US can respond to Russia's propaganda
In the parallel universe of Russian propaganda, Ukraine is overrun by fascists, the Central Intelligence Agency shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Donbass and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) dictates who serves as Ukraine’s minister of… …read more Source: The...
Unique Ukrainian folk art on view at NYC museum
NEW YORK (AP) — An exhibition of Ukrainian folk art inspired by an ancient ornamental painting tradition of home exteriors and interiors in central Ukraine is on view in New York City. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s maverick battalions are becoming a problem
(Reuters) – From a basement billiard club in central Kiev, Dmytro Korchynsky commands a volunteer battalion helping Ukraine’s government fight rebels in the east. A burly man with a long, Cossack-style moustache, Korchynsky has several hundred armed men at his disposal. The exact number, he said, is “classified.” In the...
