Section: US & Canada
Blacklist Chelsea Football Club Owner Abramovich, says Putin Critic
Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny has called on the EU and U.S. to impose sanctions against more Russian businessmen close to president Vladimir Putin, including blacklisting Chelsea FC-owner Roman Abramovich and Arsenal FC shareholder Alisher Usmanov. “You can draw up a blacklist of about 1,000 people who will no longer be allowed entry into western...
Poland, Which Has US Weapons, Weighs Sending Lethal Aid To Ukraine
Poland’s Ministry of National Defense began discussions Thursday on whether to send weapons to Ukraine. While the Polish government has said that no firm decision has been made, the head of the country’s National Security Bureau, Stanislaw Koziej, said both parties were in agreement “that the stronger the Ukrainian army, the higher...
‘Friendly’ Ukraine Debt Talks Seen as Minister to Meet Creditors
Barclays Plc and Commerzbank AG are predicting Ukraine will avoid pushing bondholders to reduce the face value it owes as talks begin to ease its debt burden. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Expects First IMF Loan Tranche By March 13
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko says Kyiv expects the first tranche of $5 billion under a new four-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program to be disbursed no later than March 13. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nemtsov Killing May Have Exposed Cracks in Kremlin Unity
The killing of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov within sight of the Kremlin has exposed rarely seen tensions between different camps inside President Vladimir Putin’s system of rule. No outsiders can know with any certainty what is happening behind the red-brick walls of the Kremlin, but some of Nemtsov’s associates say his...
Exclusive: From ‘Red October’ village, new evidence on downing of Malaysian plane over Ukraine
By Anton Zverev CHERVONYI ZHOVTEN, Ukraine (Reuters) – Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly… …read more Source:...
Photos March 12: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Paramedics load one of two police officers who were shot while standing guard in front of the Ferguson Police Station during a protest in Ferguson, Mo. A 32-year-old officer from nearby Webster Groves was...
Ceasefire will not stop Putin’s push for Russian control of eastern Ukraine
The current lull in fighting in eastern Ukraine, the result of a ceasefire signed in February, is a temporary reprieve from what is likely to be a protracted and increasingly violent conflict. With or without peace, what is to become of Ukraine’s eastern regions? …read more Source:...
Crimean Tatar Man Detained Over Pre-Annexation Clash
A Crimean Tatar activist has been arrested over a clash on the Black Sea peninsula in February 2014, shortly before Russia seized control. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Kremlin’s Kool-Aid
We were nearing the end of dinner when the eminent personage leaned in my direction and began yelling at me. Up to that point, the argument among the five of us at the end of the long table at the restaurant had been heated but at a conversational volume. The fact that we were arguing at all was at least partly my fault. After all, I’d...
