Section: US & Canada
Obama To Press EU On Russia Sanctions, Meet Abadi At G7
U.S. President Barack Obama will urge EU leaders at the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit to maintain economic sanctions against Russia over its involvement in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Makes Putin Look Like a Wimp
Ukraine’s president makes the speech his Russian counterpart should have made. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s President Warns Of Russian Invasion
Petro Poroshenko, addressing parliament, said there is a “colossal threat” of an upsurge in attacks by pro-Russia separatists and a “full-scale invasion” by Moscow’s forces.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
War flares in Ukraine. Who’s lighting the fuse?
President Poroshenko claimed today that Russian forces are set to invade Ukraine. But the spark that ignites new fighting may actually prove to be domestic. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Russia Bans Canned Fish From Latvia, Estonia
Russia temporarily banned imports of canned fish from Latvia and Estonia on Thursday on health grounds, prompting Latvian accusations that Moscow was trying to apply political pressure on the Baltic region. Relations between the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been tense since the crisis over the pro-Russian separatist...
Prominent Soviet Dissident Leonid Plyushch Dies
Communist-era Soviet dissident Leonid Plyushch, who was forcibly commited to a psychiatric ward for nearly three years, died in France on June 4 at the age of 76. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Aims to Hold the Line on Russian Sanctions at G-7 Summit
As heavy fighting rages on in eastern Ukraine, the United States plans to urge European allies to extend sanctions against Moscow as continued punishment for fueling pro-Russian separatists in their year-long battle against Kiev’s forces. …read more Source: Foreign...
E. Ukraine Volunteers Help Children Displaced by Violence
Ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine has displaced more than a million people. The violence and displacement have affected the psychological state of many of those, most worryingly – children. Volunteers, including psychologists, are trying to help. This carnival-like atmosphere is a welcome and joyful distraction for these families,...
Ukraine’s War Is Back
Russia’s claims that it would abandon eastern Ukraine are a smokescreen. …read more Source:...
Prominent Soviet dissident Leonid Plyushch dies
Moscow (AFP) – Communist-era Ukrainian dissident Leonid Plyushch, who was detained for almost three years in a psychiatric ward by the Soviet authorities, died Thursday aged 76 close to Paris, a friend told AFP.”Leonid died on Thursday morning,” said Arina Ginzburg, another Soviet dissident.”He was a remarkable man who...
