Section: US & Canada
What’s happening to Crimea a year after Russia annexation
Despite all the celebrating you’re seeing this week, it’s not going so well. …read more Source: USA...
Putin Urges Russian Business Leaders to Return Capital
MOSCOW— Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged a gathering of Russia’s billionaires and business leaders to return their capital to Russia and suggested that funds kept abroad could be frozen. In an apparent reference to the possibility of further U.S. and European Union sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis,...
Ukraine Urges EU to Keep up Sanctions Pressure on Russia
BRUSSELS— Ukraine urged the European Union on Thursday to stay united in keeping up sanctions pressure on Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, as EU leaders gathered for a two-day summit. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to divide Europe over Ukraine and that this would be a...
Divided by the Frontline in Ukraine
Tom Burridge reports from one of Ukraine’s divided regions, Donetsk, from both sides of the frontline. …read more Source: The Boston...
FP’s Situation Report: U.S. eyes turn to the U.N. for Middle East peace push; Is the Iran deal good for Washington and Jerusalem?; Tourist massacre in Tunisia; and much more from around the world.
By David Francis with Sabine Muscat Netanyahu’s victory might force Washington to change course at the U.N. In an election countdown turnabout, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the creation of a Palestinian state, abandoning his years-long support for a two-state peace deal. Now, President Barack Obama is eyeing a reversal...
Ukraine PM Calls On EU To Keep Russia Sanctions
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called on the European Union to maintain its sanctions on Russia and to step them up if Moscow fails to implement the agreement reached last month in Minsk on ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin urges Russian business leaders to return capital
In an apparent reference to the possibility of further U.S. and European Union sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, Putin warned of a possible “limit on the use of these capital amounts which are located in foreign jurisdictions.” …read more Source: San Francisco...
Could Russia conflict ‘move beyond Ukraine’?
A show of force by the Russian military on the anniversary of its annexation of Crimea has led to fears that Putin could seek more “foreign distractions.” …read more Source:...
Ukraine urges EU to keep up sanctions pressure on Russia
By LORNE COOK read more …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine urges EU to keep up sanctions pressure on Russia
The EU has visa bans and asset freezes in place targeting 150 individuals, including high-ranking Russians, and 37 entities such as banks, companies and rebel groups. If Russia divides European opinion on sanctions, “this will be the biggest success story for President Putin,” Yatsenyuk said, after talks in Brussels with European...
