Section: US & Canada
Talks Collapse; Ukraine Halts Purchases of Russian Gas
Ukraine suspended its purchases of Russian natural gas after European Union-mediated price talks collapsed Tuesday. Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said he was “surprised” that Ukraine was demanding a much deeper discount than what he was offering. He said the price the Ukrainians wanted was out of line with current market...
From Greece To France To China, Nationalism Is Back In A Big Way
WASHINGTON — In China, a military parade this year will commemorate not the triumph of communism, but, rather, the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Chinese nationalism (and historical hatred of Japan) will trump Marxist ideology. In France, right-wing ultra-nationalists support the referendum that Greek’s...
Moscow To Build Bridge From Russian Mainland To Crimea Across The Kerch Strait
Russia is pressing ahead with the construction of a bridge from the mainland to the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed from Ukraine in March 2014, according to a report by the pro-Ukrainian news site UNIAN on Tuesday. The bridge, which will consist of parallel road and rail sections, and connect Crimea with Russia’s Taman peninsula across...
Russia Fails to Clinch Deal on Gas Supplies to Ukraine
Russia fails to reach deal on future gas supplies to Ukraine amid price differences …read more Source: ABC...
Russia fails to clinch deal on gas supplies to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Talks on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine have failed to reach an agreement on future supplies. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia fails to reach deal on future gas supplies to Ukraine amid price differences
Talks on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine have failed to reach an agreement on future supplies. …read more Source: FOX...
A Russian military base has been spotted in eastern Ukraine
A Ukrainian pro-government militia has released drone footage showcasing the creation and expansion of a Russian military forward operating base (FOB) along a crucial front line in eastern Ukraine, Pierre Vaux reports for The Daily Beast. The footage compiled by the Ukrainian volunteer militia Dnipro-1 was filmed during two separate drone flights...
Russia investigates legality of 1991 recognition of Baltic independence
Fred LambertMOSCOW, June 30 (UPI) — Russia is examining the legality of its recognition of Baltic independence in 1991, one week after it deemed the 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine illegal. …read more Source: United Press...
Russia is reviewing the ‘legality’ of Baltic states’ independence
Russia is going to review whether or not it was legal for the Soviet Union to recognize the Baltic states as independent nearly 25 years ago, according to a report by Interfax. A “source familiar with the situation” told Interfax on Tuesday that the Russian Prosecutor General’s office began checking the legality of the...
Ukraine Suspends Russian Gas Purchases
Ukraine’s state-run energy firm Naftogaz says it will stop buying gas from Russia from July 1 until new supply conditions are agreed. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
