Section: US & Canada
Tensions Escalate Between Kiev and Moscow Over ‘Special Status’ Bill
Ukrainian legislators approved revisions to a law offering limited self-rule to pro-Russian insurgents in the country’s southeast on Tuesday, angering both rebels and the Kremlin alike who say the move undermines a fragile cease-fire agreement inked last month. The legislation, which was first passed last September, grants “special status”...
Crimea exiles fight to keep Ukraine unity message alive
SHCHASLYVE, Ukraine (AP) — The tormentors stuck scotch tape to his eyes and locked him in a dank room. For 11 days, Andrei Schekun said, they beat him, shocked him with electrodes and scalded him with burning metallic plates. …read more Source: U.S....
Crimea exiles fight to keep their Ukraine unity message alive, bemoan lack of government help
The tormentors stuck scotch tape to his eyes and locked him in a dank room. …read more Source: FOX...
Crimea exiles fight to keep Ukraine unity message alive
Schekun’s crusade for Ukrainian unity, which he continues today in exile, began as pro-Moscow sentiment among the majority ethnic Russian population reached fever pitch on the peninsula. Russian state television stations already fed them a steady diet of stories about unrest being led by rabid Ukrainian nationalists bent on oppression of...
Crimea exiles fight to keep Ukraine unity message alive
SHCHASLYVE, Ukraine (AP) — The tormentors stuck scotch tape to his eyes and locked him in a dank room. For 11 days, Andrei Schekun said, they beat… …read more Source:...
Crimea Exiles Fight to Keep Ukraine Unity Message Alive
Crimea exiles fight to keep their Ukraine unity message alive, bemoan lack of government help …read more Source: ABC...
Crimea exiles fight to keep Ukraine unity message alive
SHCHASLYVE, Ukraine (AP) — The tormentors stuck scotch tape to his eyes and locked him in a dank room. For 11 days, Andrei Schekun said, they beat him, shocked him with electrodes and scalded him with burning metallic plates…. …read more Source: Associated...
10 things you need to know before European markets open
Good morning! Here are the 10 most important things in markets today. Is the Fed losing patience? All eyes are on the Fed today. If the US central bank drops language saying it will be “patient” about raising interest rates, markets will likely take it as a signal of a looming hike, possibly in June. A huge Chinese property developer...
Euphoria fades in Crimea after Russia takeover
A year after Russia’s takeover of Crimea sparked a wave of euphoria across the Black Sea peninsula, residents are suffering growing hardship. …read more Source:...
Amnesty Slams Crimea’s Pro-Russia Regime
Amnesty International says the de facto authorities in Crimea have failed to investigate a series of abductions and torture of their critics. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
