Section: US & Canada
No McDonald’s, No Plastic: Crimea Isolated One Year Later
Crimea is celebrating its first year since voting to join Russia in a referendum – but sanctions have hit the peninsula’s economy hard. …read more Source:...
Russia launches large-scale military manoeuvres in the Arctic
The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military manoeuvres in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine. The five-day Arctic drills involving 38,000 servicemen, more than 50 surface ships and submarines and 110 aircraft are intended to check the...
EU’s Tusk says sanctions on Russia must be maintained
ROME (Reuters) – Europe must maintain pressure on Russia with sanctions until the Kiev government has full control of Ukraine, the president… …read more Source:...
Russia launches large-scale military manoeuvres in the Arctic
The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military manoeuvres in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin: Russia was ready to put nuclear forces on alert
Russia was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert over the crisis in Crimea last year, such was the threat to Russian people there, President Vladimir Putin said in a documentary that aired on state TV on Sunday night. …read more Source:...
Russia launches massive military drills in the Arctic
The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military manoeuvrs in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Putin set to reappear after 10-day absence
Saint Petersburg (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman.Putin is scheduled to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint Petersburg later Monday, and a Kremlin...
Russia launches massive Arctic military drills
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Citizenship Minister Chris Alexander delivers a troubling speech on Ukraine
One of the principal talking points of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his supporters in the federal election campaign that is now for all intents and purposes under way is that the Conservatives are statesmanlike and mature, while Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is a crazy kid who could do or say anything and NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is an...
Crimea leader says it will never again be part of Ukraine
Crimea’s prime minister has told the BBC the peninsula has returned to its historical Russian homeland and will never again be part of Ukraine. Sergei Aksyonov said the annexation of the peninsula by Russia one year ago had been a “democratic act”. In a pre-recorded interview which aired on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he...
