Section: US & Canada
Searching for Crimea’s Disappeared
Putin said he’d protect the annexed peninsula with nukes if need be, but the biggest threat to Crimea comes from within. …read more Source: The Daily...
Crimea: Putin’s ‘Mission Accomplished’
As Crimea marks the anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine, supporters of the ‘Russian Spring’ on the peninsula appear to outnumber its opponents. …read more Source: The Boston...
Mr. Harper’s phoney cold war
To the world, Canada is not a player in Russia’s proxy war in Ukraine. We give speeches — intended solely for domestic political consumption — but we’re nowhere near the centre of events. To the Harper government, however, Canada is more than a player — it’s a target. And not even NATO can convince it otherwise. The prime...
Fighting Rages Near Donetsk Airport Despite Ukraine Ceasefire
Heavy machine gun and light artillery fire pounded a district of Donetsk, the biggest city of eastern Ukraine on Monday and pro-Russian rebels said there had been no lull in the fighting since a February ceasefire. The Spartak district, adjacent to the city’s now-flattened airport, is one of several sites in eastern Ukraine to have seen...
News of the day from across the globe, March 17
Pakistani police fired tear gas on Monday after Christian protesters clashed with police in Lahore, a day after Taliban suicide bombers killed 17 people in attacks on two churches in the city. Lahore’s Police Deputy Inspector General Haider Ashraf said his men were “showing restraint” but had to fire tear gas when the situation...
What to Do About the Putin Problem?
It’s quickly become a favorite guessing game among pundits here in America and abroad: What is Vladimir Putin up to? It’s been more than a year since the Russian president authorized aggressive military action that led to the annexation of Crimea and the amassing of tens of thousands of Russian troops near the border of Ukraine. In...
Russia launches large-scale military manoeuvres in Arctic
The war games come as Russia-West ties are strained over the Ukrainian crisis and the West is also boosting its military preparedness. …read more Source: Toronto...
Russia’s Vladimir Putin resurfaces after days out of public eye
Rossiya 24, a state television station, showed Putin seated with the president of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, at a palace in St. Petersburg, as the two discussed Kyrgyzstan’s planned accession to a Russian-backed regional trade group. Putin’s departure from the public eye captivated Moscow’s political class, already uneasy...
Canada not backing down on first anniversary of Crimean referendum
Foreign Affairs Rob Nicholson is marking the first anniversary of the tainted referendum in Crimea with a promise never to recognize the outcome. The vote led to Russia annexing the strategic Ukrainian peninsula and heated up a crisis which continues today. Nicholson says Canada does not recognize the annexation and insists on a full Russian...
