Section: US & Canada
Video: Ukraine's female rebel fighters swap uniforms for evening gowns
Female fighters from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic swap military uniforms for evening gowns to mark International Women’s Day …read more Source: The Globe and...
Putin Recounts How He Gave Orders to ‘Save’ Yanukovych, ‘Return’ Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he ordered security officials in February 2014 to make plans to “save the life” of Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s then-president, and to start planning for Russia’s annexation of Crimea. In a trailer aired Sunday on state television channel Rossiya-1 for an upcoming documentary, Putin...
Putin describes meeting planning Crimea takeover
Ed AdamczykMOSCOW, March 9 (UPI) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s methodology for annexing Crimea, nearly a year ago, is revealed in a Russian television documentary. …read more Source: United Press...
Putin describes secret meeting to take Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea. …read more Source:...
Tusk: New EU Sanctions on Russia “Impossible”
With the ceasefire in Ukraine more or less holding, the question remains whether Europe will be able to keep a common Russia policy in place. In an interview with the New York Times, former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sounded a cautious note, largely writing off the possibility of tougher sanctions at the moment, even as President Obama was...
Nemtsov Ally Skeptical Of Russian Arrests
An ally of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has dismissed the official version of the inquiry into the killing as “more than absurd.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Says Told Officials Of Decision To Take Crimea In February 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he told senior security officials of his decision to take Crimea just hours after embattled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned power. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Vladimir Putin reveals secret meeting when he decided to ‘return Crimea to Russia’
Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea …read more Source: Vancouver...
Putin Describes Secret Meeting To Take Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea — the Black Sea region that Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March. In a trailer for an upcoming documentary, shown on state-owned television late Sunday, Putin said that he met with security officials in...
Islamist Motive For Killing Slain Russian Opposition Leader Nemtsov Is Nonsense, Friend Says
By Christian Lowe and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, March 9 (Reuters) – Suggestions that Russian politician Boris Nemtsov was killed by Chechen Islamists are nonsense designed to deflect suspicion from President Vladimir Putin, a colleague of the slain opposition figure said on Monday. Investigators have charged two men including a former...
