Section: US & Canada
More Than a Year after Annexation, Crimean Tatars Need Allies
Amidst all the media frenzy surrounding Putin’s nefarious destabilization efforts in Eastern Ukraine, other issues of vital importance have gone ignored. Take, for example, the plight of ethnic Tatars, a group which is predominantly Sunni Muslim and traces its roots back to Turkic and Mongol tribes. Physically, Tatar men are distinguished...
German FM: progress in resuming NATO-Russia military contact
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AP) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Russia and NATO are making progress in restoring military contacts that were suspended as the Ukraine crisis intensified. …read more Source: U.S....
East Ukraine War: Grad Rockets Used For First Time Since Ceasefire, Says OSCE Chief
Fighters in eastern Ukraine are resorting for the first time since a ceasefire was signed in February to using a powerful, indiscriminate weapon that can cause heavy damage at long distances, and inflict enormous collateral damage on civilians. …read more Source: International Business...
German FM touts progress in resumption of NATO-Russia military contacts
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Russia and NATO are making progress in restoring military contacts that were suspended as the Ukraine crisis intensified. …read more Source: FOX...
German FM: progress in resuming NATO-Russia military contact
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AP) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Russia and NATO are making progress in restoring military contacts that were suspended as the Ukraine crisis intensified. Earlier Steinmeier and Lavrov laid wreaths at the memorial to Soviet soldiers who died in the Battle of Stalingrad. …read more Source: San...
German FM: progress in resuming NATO-Russia military contact
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (AP) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Russia and NATO are making progress in restoring military contacts that were suspended as the Ukraine crisis intensified…. …read more Source: Associated...
Poland Marks 70th Anniversary of End of WWII
Poland’s president led international commemorations on Thursday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, a gathering meant as an alternative celebration to Moscow’s Red Square parade two days later. President Bronislaw Komorowski organized the ceremonies in Gdansk in reaction to the deep divisions between the West and...
Germany’s Nuclear Cutback Is Darkening European Skies
Germany’s influence in Europe is unquestionable, but it appears that some of its neighbors may be adversely affected by recent German decisions; and Greece is not the neighbor in question here. France has been reporting heavy levels of air pollution which authorities in the country are blaming on diesel cars there. But the real culprit may...
Why is the US Failing to Honor Russia’s Victory Day Anniversary?
Martin SieffInstead of honoring shared sacrifice in the fight against the Nazis, the president has taken another cheap shot at Russia over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Poland’s World War II Ceremonies Lose Some Edge as Tensions With Russia Ebb
A commemoration in Poland was originally billed as a Western alternative to a military parade planned by Vladimir V. Putin, but with a cease-fire in Ukraine, few want to pointedly snub him. …read more Source: The New York...
