Section: US & Canada
OSCE Says Ukraine At ‘Crossroads’ Of War And Peace
An OSCE official has warned against “further escalation of the conflict” in eastern Ukraine despite encouraging signs of a cease-fire taking hold between government troops and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Grad Students Find ‘Suspicious’ Russian Stock Trading Before Crimea Takeover
A pair of U.S.-based doctoral students have uncovered “suspicious” trading on Russian stock markets ahead of the Kremlin’s push to annex Crimea, suggesting some insiders knew something was afoot. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Leonard Nimoy dies at 83
Leonard Nimoy, the man who made Spock famous, passed away at age 83 on Friday Nimoy, an actor, singer, photographer, poet and voice artist who was so much more than just Mr. Spock from Star Trek, was hospitalized in mid-February for severe chest pains He had been suffering for years from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, frequently blaming a...
Spain Arrests Eight Accused of Joining Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine
Spain on Friday arrested eight citizens who recently returned from fighting alongside pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, the first such arrest in the European Union of foreign citizens involved in the conflict, the Interior Ministry said. The eight suspects, identified only by initials, were arrested in a nationwide operation on suspicion of crimes...
OSCE officials say Ukraine is at crossroads or war and peace with major reduction in combat
Top officials of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Ukraine say the country is at a crossroads with a significant reduction in combat operations and the withdrawal of some heavy weapons. …read more Source: FOX...
35,000 Volunteers Sign Up for Ukraine’s ‘Information Army’ on the First Day
35,000 individuals have reportedly signed up to join Ukraine’s ‘information army’ – the new project drafted by the country’s Ministry of Information Policy which seeks to combat the “Russian occupation on the information front”. The new initiative, which seeks to mobilise Ukrainian bloggers to post their accounts of the...
Anti-Maidan Activists Picket RFE/RL Offices In Moscow
Dozens of young activist belonging to an anti-Maidan movement in Russia have protested in front of RFE/RL’s offices in Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Podcast: The Kremlin’s War Plan
Weeks before Viktor Yanukovych fell, plans to intervene in Ukraine were circulating in the Kremlin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine government forces, rebels withdraw heavy weapons
Ukraine government, rebels withdraw heavy weapons from front line, but suspicion lingers …read more Source:...
Poroshenko wary of Russian threat as deaths rattle Ukrainian ceasefire
Government troops fighting pro-Russian separatists in the east began towing artillery away from the front line on Thursday …read more Source: The Globe and...
