Section: US & Canada
Kelly McParland: Putin finds a convenient scapegoat for Nemtsov killing, while admitting he lied about Crimea
If you were the president of Russia, and you were looking for a convenient way to clear your regime from suspicion in the recent murder of a high-profile opponent, the ideal solution would be to find an unsympathetic figure you could pin the blame on. Bingo. Russian authorities on Monday announced the detention of five Chechens in the killing of...
NATO Naval Drills Start in Black Sea After One-Day Delay
NATO’s Black Sea members Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey joined four other alliance states in a multinational naval exercise on Tuesday just across the water from the Crimean Peninsula annexed by Russia last year. The naval rapid reaction force in the Black Sea drills consists of a United States flagship, the guided missile cruiser USS...
Ukraine Crisis Update: UN Refugee Agency Concerned For Civilians Amid Lack Of Supplies, Continued Shelling
The United Nations Refugee Agency expressed concern Tuesday over the “worsening humanitarian situation” experienced by civilians in war-torn eastern Ukraine, especially those who reside in territory controlled by pro-Russian separatist rebels. Noncombatants who live near the cities of Donetsk, Luhansk and Debaltseve lack regular...
Ukraine’s President Says Arms Withdrawal Is Almost Complete
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says government and Russian-backed separatist forces have pulled back the bulk of their artillery and rocket launchers from the front line in the east, in compliance with a cease-fire deal. Petro Poroshenko told a state broadcaster Monday evening that some heavy weaponry remains in place at the...
Ukraine President Says Arms Withdrawal Almost Complete
KIEV, Ukraine— Ukraine’s president says government and Russian-backed separatist forces have pulled back the bulk of their artillery and rocket launchers from the front line in the east, in compliance with a cease-fire deal. Petro Poroshenko told a state broadcaster Monday evening that some heavy weaponry remains in place at the airport of...
China Ready to Sign 2nd Major Gas Deal With Russia
We’ve already heard how eager Moscow is to sign a second gas deal with Beijing, but now it’s a Chinese minister’s turn to publicly tout the warming relationship and express a desire for a finalized deal in the near future. The Financial Times reports: The relationship between the two on-again, off-again Cold War allies is...
NATO Naval Drills Start In Black Sea
NATO has held a series of exercises in eastern Europe, aimed in part to reassure members concerned about Russian intentions following Moscow’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in March 2014 and its moves in support of separatists fighting government forces in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine, rebels withdraw ‘lion’s share’ of weapons: Poroshenko
Kiev (AFP) – Both sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine have withdrawn most of their heavy weapons from the frontline, bolstering a month-old truce, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.In an interview with state television Monday evening Poroshenko said government forces had “withdrawn the lion’s share of multiple...
Poroshenko says heavy weapons withdrawal almost complete
Ukraine’s president says government and Russian-backed separatist forces have pulled back the bulk of their artillery and rocket launchers from the front line in the east, in compliance with a cease-fire deal. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine president says arms withdrawal almost complete
Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatist forces have both pulled back the bulk of their artillery and rocket launchers from the front line in the east, in compliance with a cease-fire deal, Ukraine’s president said. …read more Source: Global...
