Section: US & Canada
Russian consumer rights group warns against trips to Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Prosecutor General’s office has launched a probe against a consumer rights group that has cautioned Russians against traveling to Crimea. …read more Source: U.S....
Russian Consumer Rights Group Warns Against Trips to Crimea
Russian consumer rights group investigated for cautioning citizens against visiting Crimea …read more Source: ABC...
Russian consumer rights group investigated for cautioning citizens against visiting Crimea
The Russian Prosecutor General’s office has launched a probe against a consumer rights group that has cautioned Russians against traveling to Crimea. …read more Source: FOX...
Russian consumer rights group warns against trips to Crimea
Acting on a request from prosecutors, the government communications watchdog on Monday quickly blocked the website of the Society for Protection of Consumer Rights. Last week, the group published a notice warning Russians that after visiting the Black Sea peninsula without permission from Ukrainian authorities they could face criminal punishment...
NATO Spending to Decline in 2015 Despite Russian Threat
The Russian threat to Europe hasn’t been as stark as it is now since the end of the Cold War. Yet despite the ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the looming threat to the Baltic states, overall NATO spending declined last year, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced yesterday. In a speech reported by the Atlantic Council, he noted that:...
Kremlin warns of retaliation after sanctions extended
The extension until Jan. 31 will keep the economic pressures in place through the deadline for implementing all parts of a cease-fire agreement to settle the conflict between Ukraine’s Western-allied government and pro-Moscow rebels. Western leaders have repeatedly stated that Russia must support implementation of the cease-fire agreement...
Russia And Belarus To Conduct S-400 Air Defense Drills In East Siberia; 40 Jets And Helicopters To Be Involved
Russia and Belarus will take part in joint exercises in East Siberia to test Moscow’s advanced S-400 missile defense system, according to a Russian officer speaking on Monday. The exercise, which will see as many as 40 jets and helicopters used, is part of a growing number of military operations in which Russia partners up with former...
Putin’s War: The Ukraine Cease-Fire That Never Was
The notion that the Ukraine cease-fire is still largely holding, or even being followed at all, is fiction. In the eastern Ukrainian village of Pisky, only six kilometers from the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, and two kilometers from the ruined Donetsk airport, the Ukrainian army 93rd Mechanized Brigade is engaged in sustained combat with...
Ukraine’s restless lenders question sweetened debt deal
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s main debt holders responded with extreme caution Monday to a sweetened but “final” debt restructuring offer that would keep the war-torn nation from imposing a repayment moratorium next month.Franklin Templeton and three other US financial titans own about two-thirds of the debt upon which Ukraine is...
Putin discusses Ukraine in call with Merkel, Hollande
The Kremlin says leaders of Russia, France and Germany have discussed the Ukraine crisis before a new round of diplomatic efforts. …read more Source: FOX...
