Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Detains Former Crimean Lawmaker Suspected Of Treason
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has detained a former member of the Crimean parliament wanted by Kyiv on suspicion of treason. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Facebook bans pejorative for anti-Russia Ukrainian Jews
MOSCOW (JTA) – Facebook has taken down dozens of pages containing a Russian-language phrase that combines a Ukrainian pejorative for “Jew” with the name of a nationalist whose troops murdered Jews. The removal of pages containing the phrase “Zhidbanderovets” occurred on April 22 after it was deemed by Facebook to violate the social...
Ukraine says rebels firing rocket launchers again
The army said that rebels fired Grad rockets at the government-held town of Avdiivka. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine says rebels firing rocket launchers again
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military officials said Tuesday that separatist rebels in the east have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine says rebels firing rocket launchers again
By PETER LEONARD KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military officials said Tuesday that separatist rebels in the east have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal.read more …read more Source: CNS...
The Daily Vertical: Bikers Of Mass Distraction
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...
Ukrainian serviceman killed in rebel attacks in eastern Ukraine: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and 14 others wounded as pro-Russian separatists significantly increased attacks on… …read more Source:...
Ukraine says rebels firing rocket launchers again
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military officials said Tuesday that separatist rebels in the east have resumed the use of rocket launchers that… …read more Source:...
Ukraine says rebels firing rocket launchers again
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military officials said Tuesday that separatist rebels in the east have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal. The army said in a statement that rebels fired Grad rockets Monday evening at the government-held town of Avdiivka, which lies on the fringes of the...
Harper’s hockey bet among most popular world leader tweets in 2014
OTTAWA – Plenty of diplomatic deals get done on the margins of global get-togethers, but one conducted on Twitter in 2014 made Prime Minister Stephen Harper a digital star among his fellow world leaders. Harper’s trash-talking tweet to U.S. President Barack Obama about the men’s and women’s hockey finals at the Sochi Olympics...
