Section: US & Canada
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Democrats Split With Obama On Putin
…read more Source: The Washington Free...
Is Ukraine Fascist?
So which is it? Is Ukraine a hotbed of fascism, as the Kremlin and its supporters insist? Or is it a tolerant democracy, as Kiev and its supporters insist? The issue is important to sort out since members of the new Greek government, including Prime Minister Tsipsas, have suggested in the recent past that the new government in Kiev has...
Russian Treason Suspect Released, Ordered Not To Leave City
A lawyer for a Russian woman accused of treason for allegedly reporting to the Ukrainian Embassy about possible troop movements says his client will be released from custody by the end of February 3. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poland ready to sell weapons to Ukraine in commercial deal, as US weighs sending weapons there
Poland says it’s ready to sell weapons to neighboring Ukraine, as the U.S. weighs whether to offer Kiev armaments in support of its struggle against pro-Russia rebels. …read more Source: FOX...
Poland ready to sell weapons to Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it’s ready to sell weapons to neighboring Ukraine, as the U.S. weighs whether to offer Kiev armaments in support of its struggle against pro-Russia rebels. Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Wojciechowski said Tuesday that Poland was ready to sell armaments to Ukraine in a commercial deal. He didn’t...
Foreign Minister John Baird steps down from cabinet, won’t run again
Ottawa MP John Baird, the longest-serving foreign affairs minister Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has ever known, officially resigned from cabinet Tuesday morning and will step down as MP for Ottawa West-Nepean in the coming weeks. A grinning Baird told the House of Commons,“Let me start by saying how overwhelmingly optimistic I...
Relief official: 5 million people affected by Ukraine conflict, UN trying to boost aid work
U.N. …read more Source: FOX...
Lawyer Says Ukrainian Pilot ‘Dying Slowly’ In Russian Jail
A lawyer for Nadia Savchenko says the captured Ukrainian Air Force pilot is “dying slowly” in a Russian prison after 50 days on a hunger strike. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Deteriorating relations? Russia, Poland clash over World War II remembrances
A new dispute concerning World War II remembrance has erupted between Poland and Russia — the third such controversy in recent weeks and a sign of deteriorating relations between the two neighbors over Russian actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Poll: Third of Russians Say Sanctions Causing Problems
A survey by an independent Russian polling agency has found just a third of Russians say the Western sanctions imposed on their country for its actions in Ukraine have created problems for them. In the poll conducted by the Levada Center, 27 percent of the respondents said the sanctions have created “pretty serious” problems for them and their...
