Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Economy Is Worse Than It Looks
The Ukrainian National Bank and government are driving more of the country’s economy into the shadow sector to make the hryvna’s exchange rate palatable to the IMF. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Conflict Tops Agenda Of EU Meeting In Riga
The two-day talks start on March 6 amid heightened tension over Moscow’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and the implementation of a fragile cease-fire agreement between Ukrainian government forces and the rebels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Pays Russia For Gas Supplies Through Mid-March
Russian gas giant Gazprom said on March 6 it had received a pre-payment for gas from Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz ensuring supplies to Ukraine through mid-March. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Imprisoned Ukrainian ready to end hunger strike, lawyers say
Nadezhda Savchenko has been in Russian custody since June on charges that she aided a mortar attack that killed two Russian journalists covering the war between Ukrainian troops and Russia-backed separatists. […] her lawyers on Friday posted photos on Twitter of a handwritten statement from Savchenko saying the high-fat broth was dangerous...
Imprisoned Ukrainian ready to end hunger strike, lawyers say
MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for a Ukrainian military officer imprisoned in Russia say she’s ready to end her nearly three-month hunger strike if she’s offered a balanced diet. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian officer imprisoned in Russia is ready to end 3-month hunger strike, her lawyers say
Lawyers for a Ukrainian military officer imprisoned in Russia say she’s ready to end her nearly three-month hunger strike if she’s offered a balanced diet. …read more Source: FOX...
Putin Says He’ll Take a 10% Pay Cut
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Friday he would take a 10% pay cut, as the country’s economy continues to stagnate. The decision, effective March 1 through Dec. 31, will affect other officials, including Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and Investigative Committee President Alexander Bastrykin, AFP...
Ukraine Ceasefire Monitoring Mission Must Be Expanded, More Sanctions Ready For Violations, EU Says
The European Union’s priority in Ukraine is to strengthen the ceasefire monitoring mission there, the bloc’s foreign minister, Federica Mogherini, said Friday. If fighting picks up again, she said the EU is ready to place more economic sanctions on Russian businesses and politicians. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukrainian girlfriend of Boris Nemtsov under protection after death threats
KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian girlfriend of slain Kremlin critic and Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has been assigned security detail after receiving death threats, Ukrainian prosecutors said Friday. See also: ‘Heroes never die!’: Russians honor opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in massive rally Anna Duritskaya, the 23-year old...
Strengthening “Atlantic Resolve”
With Russia holding massive military drills as shows of force in sensitive places like Crimea and South Ossetia, and with Moscow’s bombers getting in the way of civilian airliners in Irish-controlled airspace, the West has decided to step up its response. Operation Atlantic Resolve, a mission to place NATO troops in countries on...
