Section: US & Canada
Back to the drawing board on Ukraine?
John Maynard Keynes famously remarked that “When the facts change I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” One has to wonder whether the same might not be asked of the International Monetary Fun (IMF) in relation to its Ukrainian lending program. For… …read more Source: The...
Anti-Maidan Activist Booed By Moscow Students
Students at a prestigious Moscow university angrily disrupted a lecture by Nikolai Starikov, the leader of a pro-Kremlin group that has backed separatist militants in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Defies Russian ‘Bully’ but Disappoints Ex-Soviets
European Union leaders met six ex-Soviet neighbors on Thursday in Riga, rejecting Russian “bullying” in the 18 months since their last summit in a once Kremlin-ruled EU capital sparked conflict in Ukraine. “The European Union stays the course despite the intimidation, the aggression, even the war, of the last year,” said...
Podcast: States Within A State
Tatarstan and Chechnya have used different tactics to secure autonomy in Russia — and elicited very different responses from Moscow, …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Worst Idea Ever? Nazi Occupation-Themed Reality Show To Air In Czech Republic
Just, no. In what appears to be an earnest – but entirely tone-deaf – effort to raise awareness of the tragedy of Nazi rule, Czech TV will air a series that takes a modern family and places them in 1939-1945 Czechoslovakia where, according to ABC News, they will “struggle with a range of normal tasks” from harvesting crops...
EU embrace of eastern partners turns lukewarm
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — The European Union reaffirmed its partnership with six post-Soviet nations Friday but offered them no new prospects of future membership in the Western bloc at a summit overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: CNS...
This country’s economy may shrink by 10% in 2015
Ukraine may have dropped out of the headlines but its economic troubles are worsening as it continues to battle with separatists—and bondholders. …read more Source:...
All sides in Ukraine perpetrating war crimes almost daily: Amnesty
Both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are perpetrating war crimes almost daily, including torturing prisoners and summarily killing them, the Amnesty International rights group said in a report Friday. …read more Source: CTV...
Pro-EU Demonstrators At Riga Summit
In the Latvian capital, Riga, pro-European demonstrators waved Ukrainian and Georgian flags outside the European Union’s Eastern Partnership summit. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Wary of Russia, Europe now tiptoes when it comes to expansion
RIGA, Latvia — The last time European leaders gathered to discuss the future of the nations that lie between E.U. borders and Russia, the talks sparked a biting Russian response and the crisis in Ukraine. This time, they are treading lightly.Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...
