Section: US & Canada
The Daily Vertical: Who Are The Real Fascists?
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 page. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Situation Report: State and Afghan watchdog clash; first step for NDAA; more cash for French fight in Africa; and more to come
By Paul McLeary and Ariel Robinson Lost in translation. There’s a real fight brewing between the State Department and the outspoken Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko over the watchdog’s staffing levels at its office in Kabul. And the two sides have very different versions of a recent meeting, the...
The Daily Vertical: Russia Plays The Victim Card
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 page. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s central bank just slashed rates
The Russian central bank has slashed its key interest rate from 14% to 12.5% due to “signs of stabilisation in annual inflation”. Since the collapse of the oil price last year and the onset of international sanctions due to Russia’s involvement in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine the Russian central bank has been caught between the...
Can America Win a War?
The two divisions, totaling nearly 22,000 men, were massed on the east bank of the river. With their superior numbers, arms and veteran officers, not to mention a long tradition of battlefield triumphs, they were confident of routing the ragtag band of rebels hiding in the woods and marshes on the other bank. The signal was given, and the first...
Savchenko Lawyer Says Conditions In Hospital Worse than Jail
Days after Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko’s transfer to a civilian hospital, her lawyer is demanding she be sent back to a Moscow jail. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
US now sees Russia directing Ukraine’s rebels
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and KEN DILANIAN read more …read more Source: CNS...
US now sees Russia directing Ukraine’s rebels
WASHINGTON (AP) — American officials briefed on intelligence from the Ukraine say Russia has significantly deepened its command and control of the militants in eastern Ukraine in recent months. …read more Source: U.S....
US now sees Russia directing Ukraine’s rebels
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States now sees the Ukrainian rebels as a Russian force.American officials briefed on intelligence from the region… …read more Source:...
G7 Says Chornobyl Shelter To Be Completed By November 2017
The world’s leading powers say a protective cover over the collapsed Chornobyl nuclear power plant would be completed by November 2017, despite insufficient funding. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
