Section: US & Canada
Economic toll of conflict builds up for Ukraine
For average Ukrainians, the economic decline has caused a plunge in the value of the national currency, which in turn pushed inflation to highs of 60.9 percent, meaning the cost of living has soared far above modest increase in wages. Finance minister Jaresko trying to renegotiate debt terms with an array of creditors, part of an IMF rescue plan...
Economic toll of conflict builds up for Ukraine
There seems to be no bottom for Ukraine’s economy. …read more Source: U.S....
AP Interview: Georgia's leader warns of Russian expansion
TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia’s president said Tuesday that Russia is poised to use its armed forces to expand further into former Soviet states and he called on the West never to accept any Russian aggression.Russia’s 2008 war with neighboring Georgia and its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 showed that Moscow is ready to exploit...
Economic Toll of Conflict Builds up for Ukraine
Ukraine loses almost a fifth of its economy to conflict as decline shows no signs of easing …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine Takes Step Toward Debt-Payment Freeze
Ukraine’s cash-starved government says it has asked parliament to approve a law granting the cabinet “the right, if necessary, to stop payments to foreign debt holders.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Chief Meets Russia’s Lavrov, Urges Ukraine Withdrawal
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Russia’s foreign minister met Tuesday for the first time in three months, and Stoltenberg said he restated the “very strong NATO position” against Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and its support for rebels in eastern Ukraine. Speaking later to journalists, Stoltenberg said he called on the...
NATO’s Stoltenberg tells Russia’s Lavrov to pull out of Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday he had told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Russia… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Crisis: Alleged Russian Soldiers To Be Charged For Terrorism By Kiev
Ukraine said Monday that it will prosecute two alleged Russian soldiers it captured fighting in eastern Ukraine. The two men, who were held after being wounded, were detained in the town of Shchastya, which is close to the Russian border. …read more Source: International Business...
The Daily Vertical: The Strange Endgame In Donbas
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook pag …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kerry Helped Free U.S. ‘Spies’ Trapped in Ukraine
Aid workers became pawns in Washington-Moscow diplomacy. …read more Source:...
